Recommendations for a low-attention game to play during meetings (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by turkalino@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I've been playing Old School Runescape during zoom meetings but I've done all that can be done in a free account and I don't wanna pay the exorbitant membership fee.

Looking for recommendations for a similar game that doesn't require a lot of attention and can be easily paused/resumed at will.

Must be able to run/emulate on Linux

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[-] thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Balatro is my rec.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

A Dark Room

Universal Paperclips

[-] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Roguelike games like https://crawl.develz.org/

Easier than Dwarf Fortress, still fun.

[-] Switorik@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

If you're fine playing single player, you can try 2009 scape.

[-] turkalino@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Forgot about this, thanks!

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can even play it locally on your PC.

https://gitlab.com/2009scape/singleplayer/windows

[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Balatro, Slay the Spire 2, Poker Night At the Inventory, most Pokemon titles, Mewgenics, Worms titles, Plants vs Zombies (GOTY edition with widescreen fix), Poly Bridge

[-] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

TIL poker night at the Inventory has a SFW version

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Polytopia is a pretty stripped down 4x game. Fun enough. Free too if you don't want to buy add-on factions, and it doesn't aggressively push you to buy which is nice.

[-] h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

For a truly low-attention game, I suggest ProgressQuest. As a bonus, it runs great on Linux, too!

[-] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Turn based games work the best for this, you can stop playing at any moment or resume at any moment without any issues. I played Civilization III for most lectures through university. Civ III does run under Proton but not well. Civ V has a native build, and would be a good entry point into the series.

[-] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Freeciv could be an alternative too https://www.freeciv.org/

[-] toddestan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I can't speak for Civ III, but my experience with Civ V is that running the Windows version under Proton actually performs better nowadays than the native build. But YMMV.

[-] yaroto98@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've been replaying my favorite turnbased jrpgs from my youth. Working my way through final fantasy, beat the first three I'm on number four now. Also playing the og bards tale. Breath of the wild and the old ultimas are next.

Great on my steam deck during long meetings.

[-] toddestan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Banished is a pretty chill city builder game that could work well for what you want. The mechanics aren't that complicated which I find makes it pretty easy to put down and be able pick right back up where I left off. It's a Windows game but I've had no problems running it under Proton in Linux.