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What about tycoon games ? Old school ones are usually still very playable. Or for something more recent Planet Zoo can be as slow and peaceful as you like
Cities: Skylines is worth a mention too! There's a bit of a learning curve but it's good fun. And pocket city 2 for a mobile version
This is my exact genre of choice. I’m only gonna list the games I play, because I can’t name them all.
Just about any sandbox survival game will fit the bill:
- Minecraft (obvi, but needs another mention)
- Satisfactory
- Rust
- Valheim
- Raft (there’s some story to read if you want to actually complete the game)
Then you have the simulators:
- Dreamlight Valley (a lot of story in this one, but once you get past the dialogue and tutorials it’s basically fetch quests and farming)
- My Time at Portia (same with this)
- Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
- House Flipper
- The Sims
- TABS (honourable mention; whimsical battle sandbox with some customisability)
You might like Super Auto Pets. Not my kind of game but it's casual and my friends loved it.
Part of my daily routine is to play Forza Horizon 5 while both listening to podcasts and working out on an elliptical machine every morning. I’m doing it on an Xbox, but it’s available on PC too. This kind of game is totally playable while listening to podcasts and still actually being able to follow what’s going on in the podcast.
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I love to play from time to time Banished with podcasts. Once you figure out how to survive then it's just "how much can I build on a map before my PC explodes".
Ostriv seems nice too, but it's still in alpha, so weird things happen like villagers going out to buy candles or soap and returning with shoes.
Celeste can be quite casual and also challenging at the same time.
You can die as many times and the game doesn't punish you, you can save at any point and come back exactly where you lef off later.
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Dead Cells was my go-to podcast game for quite a while! Story tidbits are few and far between, and it’s more about finding your stride in subsequent runs. There’s a lot of DLC that often goes on sale too.
Kartrider is a well developed Mariokart like game that is basically on all platforms (except Switch obviously).
Pokémon, via emulation.
I'm playing Ultra Moon on the Steam Deck and it's wonderful and chill.
I've started playing Infinite Fusion this week and it's really fun!
TBH Minecraft Parkour in the Hypixel server's housing area are good for this. I usually play one until I starts getting hard/finish then switch to the next one while I'm watching YouTube.
I just gave Cassette Beasts a shot and was instantly hooked. Fun PokeClone that is one of the best I've played and gets some stuff better than even Pokemon does. Also on gamepass if you've got that