Dear community,
I’m looking for a similar (calm) game like Portal 1/2 or Firewatch that I can play on macOS with a similar vibe. The last time I played a game is years ago, and I wish I had at least once a week a nice single-player game that I can play 1-2 hours. =)
I enjoyed Portal because I had to plan out what I’m doing before I act (without being pressured to act), the atmosphere of the game was legendary and I liked that little robot following me. Firewatch had a calm amazing story, there was no ‘action’ but sometimes that feeling that something could happen. It was a nice exploring game.
Any ideas?
Update: Thank you for your input!
If factory games are up your alley, Factorio is also great. You can completely turn off the enemy forces/bugs and just build stuff. They have native ports for Mac, along with every other OS, and Nintendo Switch!
The Talos Principle (both of them, though the DLC for 1 is optional, and incredibly challenging). They’re the best puzzle game I can recommend next to Portal. They do their own thing, and almost to the same level. The gameplay doesn’t feel quite as smooth, but there’s a lot it goes better than Portal too.
The Outer Wilds. It doesn’t feel as chill to some people, but I think it is. Very tiny first ~20m spoiler that can help with being chill:
spoiler
it’s a time loop, so there are no consequences. Feel free to wreck your ship. It’ll be repaired next loop. Feel free to mess around and die. You’ll lose nothing. Don’t be sucked into the idea you need to do things well or quickly, because it literally does not matter. The only thing that effects the next loop is what you learned.
The Talos Principle is amazing and the sequel is super good too. Devs recently came out with a remaster of the first game too.
Outer Wilds is a masterpiece, although it’s not completely chill at all times (actually can be scary but only rarely and you can disable that too). But it’s a really really really good game.
Talos Principle
This. 👍
Nice
Gris is a nice, chill game with a really beautiful artstyle.
How about a nice game of Global Thermonuclear War?
Or maybe just tic tac toe.
I was always more fond of Chess, or Guerrilla Engaugement for a calm evening at home.
uhm, I’d prefer tic tac toe then
You need to go watch an 80’s movie with Matt Broderick in it called WarGames.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker in sandbox/unlimited mode
Agreed. Without the shift timer the game is almost peaceful.
I heard Doom is a very peaceful game. You might wanna try that.
especially myhouse.wad
For context
A very calm game in the same genre: Wolfenstein.
Or DOOM II
Farewell North
Palia is also nice to play on and off if you don’t care about missing limited edition drops. If you’re prone to FOMO, then maybe pass.
Oxenfree - similar to firewatch
My current favorite calm game is Shapez 2. A pure factory building game.
I’ll 2nd the Talos Principle. It’s my favorite game ever. Not for replayability but the gameplay is just that good.
Also if you like exploring, the Mudrunner games or Snowrunner would be fun. It’s a trucking simulator.
This is exactly what I want
minecraft, bloons td 6, balatro
I enjoyed Portal because I had to plan out what I’m doing before I act (without being pressured to act), the atmosphere of the game was legendary and I liked that little robot following me
Portal 2 has two community made “Valve Quality” DLCs. “Portal Stories: Mel” and “Portal: Revolution”. Mel seems playable on macOS at least. Revolution is basically a Portal 2 presequel. (It’s also so long I would have payed for it.)
