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Terraria's pretty chill, just don't use any life crystals, get at least three NPCs asap (you start with the guide; the dye trader, merchant, and demolitionist are probably the next easiest to get), and don't leave the town at night

Littlewood, World End Diner, Tales of Autumn and Stardew Valley.

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Stardew valley.

As long as you don't try to min/max. I also make the days longer.

It's just got such an amazing vibe. One of my favourites.

The long dark. The game drips with atmosphere, sleeping when there is a blizzard outside your little cabin is just fantastic. Hearing the snow crunch as you're exploring, or the haunting sound of wolves howling as they follow you while you're hauling your latest kill of fresh meat.

The feeling when you come across a rare find that saves your life, like a nice jacket or leggings.

Oh! Once you learn to navigate in a blizzard? You can't see and it can be so hypnotic. Walking until you find a landmark and adjusting your path, crunching along while the wind howls hoping you find shelter before you die.

The feeling of seeing the Aurora borealis in that gorgeous sky at night?

It all almost makes you forget that you're probably starving/freezing to death.

Either A Short Hike or Minecraft, sometimes.

I personally find it relaxing sometimes to just boot up the mahjong or solitaire game on my laptop. Absolutely no pressure to perform well, unlike how I sometimes feel in most other games.

It's not 100% pure relaxation, but 1010 Klooni is nice once you get good at it. It's available on f-droid; you should be able to find alternative versions if you search for Tenten.

Rock Band 4/Rivals is my zen time. Nothing like listening to music I like while rhythmically clicking plastic buttons.

The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games have a soothing vibe to them.

Picross 3D and Picross 3D 2 are among my favs for chill games. There is technically a timer, but once you get the flow of the game the timer really doesn't impact anything at all.

I've never been into gaming, mostly due to this stress thing. The suggestions in this thread makes me want to try taking it up.

I have a jailbroken PS3 that was handed down to me few years ago and is lying unused. Can someone suggest me a simple tutorial on how to find and load games onto it. I would prefer to try the games out before I buy them. High seas are familiar to me, but what exactly am I looking for?

Thank you.

Lucid, puzzle match kinda game.

Powerwash Simulator is weirdly calming.

I spent all Saturday playing it in VR. When I was done I was like "hold up. Did I just waste a Saturday... Cleaning shit? Shit that wasn't even real?!"

Had to go play some more to calm myself down.

Minecraft in peaceful mode

There are some good games mentioned already but I'd like to pitch in Planet Crafter. No enemies, no time pressure beyond an oxygen/food/water system, just you and the long-term goal of terraforming a planet by yourself.

The award for almost-but-not-quite-relaxing goes to Hardspace: Shipbreaker, where you can fall into a comfortable trot after you figure things out – and then the storyline makes you want to strangle someone with their own necktie. But the gameplay can be very relaxing.

Bastion was really relaxing for me but I think that had more to do with the context of when I played it vs. the actual game. It's still a very slow and calming game regardless

I just like wandering around in Skyrim picking flowers and not doing any quests.

I feel like I've been recommending this game a lot lately, but: A Short Hike.

Firewatch, the walking simulator.

Truck simulator either the American or European version.

Hexologic. Make sure to play with the music on too.

Dorfromantik it's a sort of puzzle game that's deeply relaxing

Anyone play "the longing" ? It looks like it ought to be really chill. I guess I will have to find out.

I play Merge Dragons which is just a game where you endlessly merge and build worlds. It's relaxing.