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submitted 2 months ago by Contentedness@lemmy.nz to c/games@lemmy.world

I've just broken my left collarbone and for the next couple weeks have left arm in a sling. Thinking about games that are played just with the right hand?

I've already got Slay the Princess which I've been meaning to get around to for a while and Disco Elysium which I never got far through, but taking any suggestions at this point, always keen to try fresh genres and formats.

Let em on me!

Thanks, gang.

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[-] Revanee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago
[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Haha as soon as I posted I realized I forgot to mention I've been playing Balerto already! GreR suggestion tho!

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Kinda depends on what type of games you like!

Here's a few different ones: Timberborn, Slay the Spire, Darkest Dungeon, TemTem, FTL, Into the Breach

Edit: some personal favorites too: Dungeon Clawler and Ballionaire

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them out. Appreciate it!

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[-] fossphi@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Getting over it with Bennett Foddy.

It's a challenging but deeply emotional game. You only need to use the mouse to climb the character up.

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I guess uncontrollable rage is an emotion!

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Oh cool that's the kind of thing I wouldn't usually play but reckon I'll have time to enjoy over the next couple weeks. Great suggestion!

[-] LoreSoong@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago

Every game can be mouse only with an mmo-mouse

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Haha good point, unfortunately I've also bruised right hand thumb so even if I still had mmo mouse I think it wouldn't work that well. Good suggestion tho!

[-] duchess@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Maybe some classic, more phantastical CRPGs with turn-based combat are more your juice than Disco Elysium: Baldur's Gate III, Pillars of Eternity II, Fallout. Planescape Torment, Tyranny, Pathfinder, Pillars I and the rest of the Baldur's Gate series rely on real-time combat with pause which might get tedious when only using the mouse.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Was thinking of getting back into pillars of eternity 2 but thought you needed a bit of keyboard, like number keys?

People have suggested some RTS titles but I can't imagine playing them without group numbers and force attacks a d things..

[-] ghostsinthephotograph@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

For point-and-click adventures, I've enjoyed the Samorost series, Machinarium, and Botanicula!

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting! Looking forward to checking them out. Thanks!

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

You can play osrs with just mouse, though keyboard shortcuts are handy/mandatory for late game - you won't be there though before the hand heals 😅

[-] Kaijobu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago
[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 months ago

Fuck peglin, go og peggle

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Stardew valley with the mouse move mod /hj

Or bloons tower defence :3.. I've gotten a lot of gaming hours out of btd5

[-] Akip@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

+1 for Bloons

also all the cookie clicker games e.g. https://cheerfulghost.github.io/civ-clicker/

[-] brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

While we're talking about tower defence, I really recommend the Gemcraft series! IMO probably the best tower defence games out there. Chasing Shadows and Frostborn Wrath are both on Steam, and I highly recommend them.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks I've e e enjoyed some tower defense games in the last but don't remember any titles, I'll check out these suggestions!

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago

My random suggestions right now for stuff I like and is played with mouse would be:

  • Rimworld. Almost any top-down PC management or (not too fast paced) strategy game should work, but, I really like the crazy random shit that happens to the characters you're slowly getting to know in Rimworld.

  • Almost any of the Zachtronics games, if you like to torture your brain. Open-ended sort-of-engineering puzzles.The bigs ones like Spacechem, Opus Magnum and Shenzhen IO in particular, last call BBS for a bit more variety inside one game. Not Infinifactory, since while it doesn't have any kind of fast paced action it still requires navigating in 3D so mouse only wouldn't work.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I dunno, playing Rimworld without mouse sounds very hard.

[-] Akip@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

you mean without a keyboard? op said only mouse

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Would be my first time playing rimworld. Would it work without a keyboard?

[-] INeedMana@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I wonder if Bud Tucker in Double Trouble would still run. Probably would need dosbox

Anyway, whole adventure genre. Syberias, Mysts, Gabriel Knight

I've found Shadowrun trilogy fun

Darkest Dungeon, Oxygen not Included, Surviving Mars
Citizen Sleeper is short but well done, got me hooked to finish it in a single sitting
Arcanum I still consider one of the best RPGs ever made
Fallout 1&2

I don't know if Commandos style games would not require too fast clicking without a keyboard, but you could try out Shadow Tactics, it has active pause IIRC
Speaking of Commandos, Jagged Alliance was fun too

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[-] EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

First of, sorry about your collarbone, that sucks

Second, I think if you're looking for something to disappear into I really recommend Baldurs Gate 3, I've seen it recommend here already but just wanted to second that, it's a really fantastic world to live in for a bit

[-] ueiqkkwhuwjw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Old School Runescape if you like grinding. But you might never quit if you get hooked :')

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

That's only one hand til you get real good, f keys to swap inventory page like the pros do.

Or just click everything because for the first few hundred hours it doesn't super matter anyway.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Ok I'll look into it!

[-] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'll throw in Oxygen Not Included.

[-] onoki@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

One of the best games there is, but without any keyboard shortcuts, that will be annoying really soon.

[-] vegetvs@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

Classics like The Incredible Machine and Ultima 8 come to mind.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Haha I'm not mentally prepared to get back into The Incredible Machine right now. Thanks for the suggestion tho!

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

The last two point and click games I've enjoyed were the Deponia series and the Book of Unwritten Tales. Both really good, challenging and fun :)

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Amazing thank you! Will check these out. Appreciate the suggestions!

[-] simple@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

If you're a grand strategy fan: Crusader Kings 3. You could spend hundreds of hours in that game, and it's mainly designed to be played with only a mouse.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

point & click adventure games? Some older ones can be aquired for cheap, or even free as some of them have been released as freeware.

some suggestions in no particular order, some are older (like, DOS old, but still good today, imo), some are 2010's or so:

  • TellTale Sam & Max -episodic games (3d, cartoony, comedy)
  • Monkey Island -series, parts 1-3. (2d, cartoony, comedy, pirates, yarharhar) (Later games in the series are pretty finicky to get running/stay running.)
  • Sam & Max: Hit the road (2d, cartoony, comedy)
  • The Dig (2d, scifi)
  • Full Throttle (has a modernized remaster) (2d, "scifi", biker-theme)
  • Flight of the Amazon Queen (freeware) (2d, ~40's vibe, "retro-scifi")
  • Beneath a steel sky (freeware) (2d, scifi, comedy, some gore)

Ones that have some keyboard usage, but are mainly mouse driven (or can be mouse driven)

  • Grim Fandango (modernised remaster, original doesn't do mouse) (3d, latin-american land of the dead, comedy)
  • Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis (some occasional fights where keyboard would be preferred, most of these can be circumvented though) (2d, some comedy, ww2, I mean, it's indiana jones)

The older ones can be played via Scummvm (https://scummvm.org/) - it's basically a simplified launcher/runner just for adventure games.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Believe it or not I played Sam and Max Hit The Road when it first came out! Great suggestion thanks!

[-] Luckaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Get yourself Broken Sword Reforged and chill

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[-] sirico@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Oh good suggestion I was playing that w couple years ago might be time for another go!

[-] Lodra@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Backpack Battles! Fantastic little inventory management game with a load of replay value.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'd say most RTS games I can think of can be played with just a mouse

Older diablo-like ARPGs didn't really rely on the keyboard too much IIRC, the modern ones do tend to rely on the keyboard a bit more

If you don't mind older games, basically the whole genre of point and click adventures is this by definition

[-] Enzy@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Warcraft? Sid Meier's civilization?

Or in general any top down RPG game, like RuneScape.

[-] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Age of Empires, XCOM, Cities: Skylines, Divinity Original Sin 2, Starcraft, +1 for OSRS.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Without numbered groups and force attack/move tho?

[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There is no game: wrong dimension

There might be some keyboard moments iirc but they’re not intense and you can let the mouse go iirc

This game needs more love

[-] Jayk0b@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Nubbys Number Factory, addicting and mouse only.

[-] Mozingo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Nubby's Number Factory

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