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Hi all,

Recommend me a game! I'm looking for something casual (to play for 20-30 minutes from time to time), challenging (like in difficult to master), not super complicated (I don't want to spend hours learning all the rules), but not super simple (when it's too repetitive the patters get ingrained in my brain. anyone else has this?), cheap (don't want to spend $30 on a game I will play from time to time). Must work on Linux and on an integrated GPU. Games I enjoyed previously:

  • Fistful of Frags
  • smashcarts.io
  • xevil

What I did a lot years ago was to play single levels of games over and over until I totally crashed it even if I wasn't that interested in the entire game. I guess what I like most is figuring out the smallest details of a game, not getting into long campaigns.

So, what can I play?

Edit: Thanks for all recommendations so far but I see I need to add one more requirement: no levels. I'm looking for something quick, in and out, skirmish, death match, melee type of game. Not something where you build a character, solve puzzles and so on.

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[–] 50MYT@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Factorio.

There is a free demo, start there. Most people can get a good 20 hours out of that if they enjoy it.

It can get somewhat complex if you go with mods etc. But you will get 100 hours out of it before you go down that path

The full game is worth every cent (5500 hours later...)

[–] SmoochPooch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

One do a not simply stop playing factorio after 20-30 minutes

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 1 year ago

Tried it. Great game but as with lots of games of this type after some time it gets repetitive. I usually stop enjoying them after couple or hours.