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Looking for games that feel like a summer adventure (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by Paradigm_shift@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I have this loosely defined made-up genre I call "Summer Games".

It started a long time ago subconsciously. At some point I realized that during the hottest time of the year I gravitate to certain games that I mostly play on a small device (laptop/switch/steamdeck), laying in bed, late at night, when I have trouble sleeping because it's too hot. A friend of mine once said that the reason she loves super high temperatures so much, is that what you experience leaves more vivid, burned in, memories. I think she has a point.

The criteria aren't super rigid but I hope you get the "vibe" and might know some games that fit:

Low-stakes/chill gameplay. I'm already sweating, I don't need sweaty gameplay right now
a warm aesthetic/color palette and/or setting. My outside experience shouldn't feel too different to the games inside experience aesthetic-wise.
It feels like a road trip, adventure or vacation. I want to get a summery memory out of this.
the game leaves some kind of impact.

Games I played in the past that evoked that vibe perfectly:

Kentucky road zero
oxenfree
road 96
firewatch
sable
rime
steins: gate
life is strange

Games that have fit okay-ish

tunic
journey
citizen sleeper
nightcall
no umbrellas allowed
the talos principle
the solus project
the witness
the vanishing of Ethan Carter

If anyone has a recommendation, I'd be thankful. This year I have started to play chants of Sennaar and it seems to fit the criteria so far.

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[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Manifold Garden is a game I felt like I have always wanted, even before it was made when I was a child fucking around online and discovering the concept of fractals online. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced the concept of such an infinite-feeling infinity the way I have in this game. The idea is kind of timeless, and I think a lot of people who don’t really play games can at least enjoy watching someone play it.

I finished the main game and can really recommend it, although there’s more to the game than just the main levels apparently. There’s a whole bunch of achievements I didn’t get. Should probably go back in and try to get them sometime, traversal and problem solving in that game were so cool.