What games do you recommend to play with a girlfriend

Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨twix@infosec.pub⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

My girlfriend has never really gamed. But she’s now forced to move less than she would like to (health problem) and she’s getting bored. I was thinking of introducing her to a game or two that we could play together. She’s not the real action game type, and seeing as she has no experience with controller/mouse and keyboard I was thinking starting simple.

I can’t think of anything else than Factorio, as she likes organizing/keeping track of stuff.

Would you recommend against that or have anything better in mind? Let me know!

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kionay@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Stardew valley is 2D so fewer controls to learn than a 3D game. It also has a cute art style.

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Drummyralf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Games that I played with my wife that wr thoroughly enjoyed

--------COOP-------- -Unravel two. Great cute platformer where it doesn’t matter if one player isn’t that great at platformers. A mpving stoey with beautiful graphics and fun coop.

It Takes Two A platforming game with a great story. Good feels all around

-Stardew Valley Many people already suggested this. It’s amazing. Super addictive, great coop, but can be played singleplayer as well if you’re not around

- Trine series Another great platformer series. Difficulty can easily be adjusted (by allowing lifting boxes with people on it with wizard). And can also be played solo.

Escape Simulator Great escape room game with many small escaperooms that take about 10 to 15 minutes each to solve. Solo and coop.

-Overcooked Great hectic coop game. I find this game quite hectic and exhausting to play for a long time, but my wife couldn’t get enough of it. Even when she was tired. Best to play coop, can be played solo.

-------SINGLEPLAYER------- My wife enjoyed management style games a lot, where you had no time pressure of any sorts.

- Strange Horticulture Puzzle game where you try to find the right plants by deductions. No time pressure, very relaxing. Only single player, although you could play it together.

Planet Zoo Probably the best zoo management game out there. Wife was addicted to it for months

Planet Coaster Same as above, but with theme parks

Cities Skylines (first one) Great city planner

Hope this helps!

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the_frumious_bandersnatch@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Return of the Obra Dinn is short but a great puzzle game for keeping track of things.

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- ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’ll second this. I finished playing it the other week.
  
  It’s a singleplayer game, but seems like it would be fun for two people to discuss all the clues together.
  
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Start her on Dark Souls so that nothing she plays after will be hard.

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simple@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’d recommend story-based games like The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, Life is Strange, etc. You don’t need to know anything about gaming to enjoy them, and you can both play it like a series.

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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Portal and Portal 2 are excellent introduction to gaming games. Memorable, fun, funny, and most importantly the entire game teaches you the skills needed for a large percentage of other games.

Factorio, Satisfactory, and Dyson Sphere Program are all good factory building games.

Terraria and Minecraft can be surprisingly engaging with multiplayer.

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Daikusa@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Stardew Valley, therapy the gamem

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solitaire@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It Takes Two would be my introduction for a partner who doesn’t game very much. Co-op, easy to play, fun in a really low stakes way with a great story. I had tons of fun with the game playing with an ex.

Raft is another I played with an ex that was a lot of fun. It’s a very chill co-op survival game where you build up your boat.

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winety@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is a cliche, but a lot of women I know play the Sims. Your girlfriend might like it as well.

Wilmot’s Warehouse is a cool game about organizing a warehouse.

I played a lot of Terraria with my sister. It’s 2D, so she did not get motion sickness. There’s a lot of costumes we could collect. (This was probably our favourite part of the game.)
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
For puzzles, absolutely unpacking, also have seen similar friends put time into that remodel game that escapes me right now. House Fixer maybe?

It is more action, but I have had success during covid with family who was trapped at home by introducing them to Mass Effect (on story mode, the easiest setting). The story is so engrossing through the three games that they overlooked the action. If she likes big stories, I would suggest that. On keyboard and mouse it’s not the most confusing game either, pretty simple.

If you were thinking Factorio but want to do it together, check out Satisfactory. It’s a 1st person version of it that supports multiplayer, and you could set up a dedicated server. (I’m biased though, I have over 2000 hours in it and I am a mod of !satisfactory@lemmy.world). Satisfactory is definitely less intimidating than factorio for newbies to the factory building environment, and there’s a creative factor in there too.

I’ve also had luck with people giving them portal. Portal is a great game to introduce them to not anction gameplay but helps them learn movement controls. Honestly out of the three I suggested maybe portal first and go from there. Would introduce movement, a weapon, and the second has a pretty strong story.

For anything else, what are her interests, what does she do for a living? Maybe we can put forward some more.

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Epzillon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I played Minecraft with my gf before but she didn’t really enjoy it. The only game I’ve seen her play a lot of is Civ 6.

This time on Minecraft I started a server with some friends and she’s having a blast. She made a cute little house and she has built a “girl-cave” where she and her friend shares cake. It’s so wholesome.

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sevan@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I haven’t tried it yet, but A Little to the Left looks like a fun organizing game. It was just added to Game Pass if you have that. I also see my daughter playing Power Washer Simulator sometimes, which I haven’t tried, but it looks like it could be satisfying to play.

I’m a big fan of Don’t Nod games (Life is Strange, Tell Me Why) for atmospheric storytelling. Life is Strange: True Colors is from Deck Nine games, but falls in the same category. Detroit: Become Human is also kind of similar, but it occasionally throws in sections where you have to quickly react with button pushing that I don’t enjoy. One thing I find interesting about all of these is that you can play them more than once with different choices to get different paths, but so far I haven’t replayed any of them because I felt like the path I took was meaningful and I don’t want to change my story yet.

An MMO could be a good way to go. My wife isn’t really into gaming, but we played WoW together on and off for years. I haven’t played them much, but if I were to recommend one to start with now I’d probably check out Final Fantasy 14 or Elder Scrolls Online.

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RatherLemming@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
One more recommendation I haven’t seen here - Dave the Diver. A cosy blend of underwater exploration, collecting, and selling sushi!

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Dvixen@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Satisfactory. Lots to organize and build.

No Man’s Sky. (Free to play this weekend on all platforms.)

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Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Mindustry. It’s easy Factorio.

The Trine Games.

Warframe maybe.

Portal 2.

Dungeon Defenders 2 maybe.
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- daddy32@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Mindustry can also be had for free.
  
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Fades@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It Takes Two is a great coop game for causal gamers and it’s romantic too

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Bobmighty@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My wife wanted to check out gaming and tried many of the games mentioned here. Only two landed in any real way. Unpacking and animal crossing. Neither need you to really understand how to game very much. Unpacking especially. If you know how to move elements on a desktop, you can fully play unpacking. She filled each save file on it and adores it.

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Unmindful5248@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Stardew Valley

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Or maybe just Minecraft

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DillyDaily@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If she loves organisation, “A Little to the Left” and “Unpacking” are cute.

Stardew Valley is being mentioned a lot and with good reason, there are a lot of elements to that game and you can choose which activities you like most - farming, mining, fighting monsters, foraging, interacting with villagers.

From there you can get a really good idea of what other games could be even better. For example if she loves the social side of Stardew Valley a Japanese Social Sim game might be fun too.

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Ilflish@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
No experience with games? Has she watched you play games, did she have favourites from those? Are there certain IPs she likes that would help?

My sister is now a casual gamer. The games that got her into it are Kingdom Hearts just via Disney branding and Uncharted (which she liked watching people play due to the Nathan Drake) which slid her to her favourite series Tomb Raider.

I recommend going that route instead of trying to find some weird fit since if she likes Harry Potter for example one of the best solutions regardless of the time you put in will be Hogwarts Legacy.

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sailormoon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Phogs

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plantedworld@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Unpacked

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Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you’re a fan of 80s-90s action movies check out “broforce”. There are some multiplayer "single stick shooters"out there that are quite fun, vampire survivors comes to mind. Don’t starve together is a great multiplayer experience. Others have said stardew valley, and I agree with them, if single player is desired check out animal crossing. Satisfactory is the 3-D version of factorio, with fewer resources constraints and less enemy aggression, Dyson sphere program is factorio tuned the opposite way. Rimworld and dwarf fortress are both highly recommended "run your own city, but in a passive manner"games

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Aremel@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Phogs is a game where you a control a dog-dog (Remember Cat-Dog from Nickelodeon? That, but double dog) through a series of themed worlds solving puzzles. The themes are things puppies are interested in (eating, sleeping, and playing). The game is meant to be played co-op, but I believe it can be played alone.

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iAmTheTot@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

she likes organizing/keeping track of stuff.

Stardew Valley.

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teft@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Elden Ring

Carve her into a gaming god.

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daniyeg@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
sorry i don’t know enough about multiplayer or local multiplayer games although if you’re looking for a Co-op game i would recommend It Takes Two. it’s simple but has its own charm. beware it’s a third person game and has some shooting sections in it but it’s beginner friendly enough.

i think city builders and management/tycoon games would be great for these situations cause if you like them there’s no upper limit on playtime. cities skyline and RollerCoaster Tycoon are both great. if you’re looking for something like factorio satisfactory could also work.

of course adventure games or puzzle games are also a great fit since most of them tend to have simple controls but great story and humor and hard puzzles that can keep you busy while solving them is satisfying. i’ve made a post recently on this community asking for people’s recommendations so definitely check that out.

there’s also this lovely little game called Townscaper. it’s really simple you just add or remove blocks on a non-rectangular grid on a sea and the game tries to generate a pleasant looking town. it might sound lackluster on paper but it’s fun and you can get some hours out of it developing your town and discovering the town style rules (there is also some hidden structures that can pop up discovering those is also fun).

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- CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I was going to suggest Adventure games too. Games like the Broken Series series, Sam and Max games, Sherlock Holmes and a large variety of puzzle games like Machinarium. There is a huge selection to choose from. A lot of them tell stories, are humorous and engaging
  
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morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Switch?

AC New Horizons Cult of the Lamb My Time at Portia

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- naticus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Was just thinking about My Time at Portia. Pretty new gamer friendly and when things start feeling tedious, a new mechanic is introduced to make everything you were doing easier. Haven’t played My Time at Sandrock, so can’t speak for the sequel.
  
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  - morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ve heard Sandrock is far better on PC than on Switch fwiw
    
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- glitches_brew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I was gonna say animal crossing as soon as he said organizing and stuff.
  
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Tigress@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Haven. You can play alone or with 2 people, it’s very relaxing and I don’t know any other game like it. It has a story and 2 endings.

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hordenduopol@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Return to Grace! It’s a short AWESOME sci-fi adventure in FPS perspective but no fights, no hard puzzles, the controls are very well explained and quite basic.

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