Nuki News #66 - What Games are you playing lately?

Lately I’ve been noticing when it comes to games, I mostly just play them for 3 reasons;

1- Chilling out before bed or waiting for something

2- When I want something engaging to put my hands and mind to

3- Socializing!

The top 5 games I have on my Steam library sorted by recently played really exemplify this. I think I play my chill games the most. They are:

Hexcells Infinite - It’s a nifty very simple puzzle game, where you have to figure out where a Hexagon is Blue, or Black, and fill out the whole board. I normally don’t like puzzle games, but simple logic puzzles like this are great to unwind. What’s especially zen about it is the soundtrack, my goodness. Take a listen to this while you read on!

https://youtu.be/Uym5XS2LYkU

Another is a more recent obsession, Infinitode 2 - a Tower Defense game that also sports simple polygons representing your towers and enemies. While Tower Defense technically takes more thinking, strategy, and is more real-time, the game lets you speed up or slow down the pace of the game at your will. I think that’s often an important aspect of ‘chill’ games, dictating the pace of the experience. It’s like crossword puzzles and Sudoku back in the newspaper days.

For active games, I’ve constantly played Gunfire Reborn, and Risk of Rain 2. Both are ‘Rogue Lites’ and are effectively shooters. Dying means having to start all over, but each time you play has a lot of variables in items you get that change up the gameplay.(And they’re pretty challenging). They also are multiplayer, so I can play with my friends and have a good time tackling a challenging game together.

Bringing me to the social aspect of games I play; there are chill examples too, like minecraft, and Mario Golf, that can be nice to relax with friends. And of course, VRChat, maybe a bit less of a game in of itself, but more an avenue for easier socializing in virtual spaces. I feel that while I don't get to play them too often they're still important to me in letting me decompress. 

Those have been the games I’ve been playing lately, how about you?

What game do you like to chill out to? What game do you like to sink your teeth into and put all your attention in?