gaming Your 'go-to' video games for relaxing?

[Chara 1,565]

A first person shooter or something violent if I am angry (I pretend I am killing the people I am mad at, it is actually a great way to relax from stress) but I normally play games like Portal, League, or something like that.

[Monsoon 1,662]

Mortal kombat X it helps me release pent up anger

[----------------------- 171]

Soul Calibur (any one). Fighting games are like the virtual equivalent of a punching bag. You relieve all of your stress by beating the crap out of your opponents. XD

[power strike 198]

alien isolation just being quiet and relax and listen for the alien xD lol

[Troblems 5,617]

Viva Piñata, without a doubt. I always end up far more vexed with the AI than anything going on in my actual life.

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

Definitely Pokémon, any generation

[Unr3alGamer 230]

Either Minecraft on Creative Mode or Flower (PS3 or PS4). Those are real stress-relievers. 

[Sintanan 151]

The Suikoden series is my goto.  Keeping mental track of all the little steps needed to unlock all 108 characters and get the good ending; it relaxes me by giving me something to focus on.  Really it depends on the mood I'm in.  Bipolar and chronic depression means I can cycle through any mood at and point, so I keep a huge catalogue of games to play whatever strikes my fancy.

[Lunia 332]

Battlefield 3 is relaxing sometimes, Assassin's creed 4, and theForest (With mutants/cannibals disabled) so I don't have to worry about them. I find it relaxing just chopping down trees and making things. 

[gyashaa 252]

You have to try Viva Pinata for Xbox 360. It's so cute and relaxing. It really helped me through a tough time in my life.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,494]

You have to try Viva Pinata for Xbox 360. It's so cute and relaxing. It really helped me through a tough time in my life.

I actually have played this game and I love it so much. It is another game I totally forgot to put into my original post which is really dumb of me, that game is incredibly chilled out, how could I have missed it in the list? I actually am playing the game again on the Xbox One thanks to backwards compatibility and I am always reminded that it is one of the modern Rare greats. It is wonderful to hear that the game helped you too, shows the power of Rare when they make greatness. :3

 

I just thought of another one, does anyone else find the Sims to be relaxing? Specifically the first one but all of the main games are as well. The first game has such a wonderful atmosphere and music.

[Alto 437]

right now

skyrim loaded with survival mods

 

trying to get from whiterun to markath is a bit of a challenge especially if you dont use fast travel

have to set up camp when it rains, or a snow storm,or sleep,cook food etc

 

its sort of my substitute instead of going out to nature myself and its relaxing kinda like a camping trip

Edited July 21, 2015 by Alto

[sact3rnlang3l 59]

Journey is for sure my go to relaxation game.

Its quite and calming, but fun to replay again and again.

The music is great for setting a mood, and it is by far one of my favorite games of all time.

[Cash In 22,313]

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is extremely relaxing to sit down and chill out with. Whether I'm chatting with the folks in my town or hunting for stuff, it's all so therapeutic.

Edited October 23, 2018 by Cash In

[Dashy 4 Ever 4,835]

Probably Mario Kart Wii.

Or minecraft. Or just one of the those classic old games I have.

[Celli 4,338]

World of Warcraft, whether to do some daily questing for decent rewards, PvP, or some 5 man dungeons.

[Cynthia Mintwing 2,216]

My go-to game for relaxing used to be minecraft (and some professional pvp lol). But now I either play some modded Terraria, watch some YouTube, or hangout on this site.

[CandyCorn 428]

It would most definitely be Pokemon. It doesn't matter the game in the series... as long as it's a Pokemon game, especially since I've been into Pokemon since Yellow came out. I've grown up a lot with the games.

Edited October 19, 2018 by AdorbzFangirl

[Olly 1,011]

Skyrim, or any assassin's creed game

[碇 シンジン 27,431]

Skyrim, Beamng pretty much those sometimes ESO or some other random game

[Discordian 6,015]

I don't play video games to relax really but sometimes when I'm sick I'll play something that requires little thought or easy to just go through the motions of playing. Last time it was Plants vs Zombies.

[Midnight Solace 5,132]

Minecraft. I really like the music.

[Quinch 1,120]

On a similar note, Starbound is my unwind game for now.

[Retro*Derpy 3,185]

I used to play rocket league rather competitively until it started stressing me out too much. Took a few months off and now I enjoy playing casuals. Though that's mostly unsober too 

Terraria is relaxing as well, and doesn't require anyone else 

[Here No Longer 5,276]

Probably among the best for this in my opinion would be the Mario Bros. arcade game (of course the version from the GBA ports). It's very laid back and doesn't take much concentration until you get to around level 15 or so.