gaming What is/are your stress relieving game(s)

[No Longer Here 15]

What video games do you play to relieve your stress. If you had a bad day whether it be at work or in general, what games would you play that are therapeutic to you and why?

Here are mine:

Grand Theft Auto V

Killing Floor 2

COD WAW Zombies

Left 4 Dead 2

 

[Odyssey 5,718]

Any game is therapeutic to me really. I always play them to relax.

[Here No Longer 5,281]

I find video games in general to relieve real world stress, but among the best I find are more easy-going and relaxed like Kirby games.

Edited December 23, 2018 by Santa Barik

[TBD 17,262]

slow paced video games like mystery or puzzle games. 

[Cash In 22,706]

I tend to be more relaxed when I'm playing games that engage in a slower pace. RPGs usually do the trick for me, as they can let my mind settle.

Edited September 19, 2019 by Cash In

[ExplosionMare 18,101]

Animal Crossing: New Leaf and a game I’m sure no one knows about called Cookie Shop: DS. The latter is a pretty simple game but it’s simplicity is what makes it so calming.

[Tao 8,310]

Pokemon is one my top ones and Smash brothers on my 3ds!   On the side,  I love me some Okami and FFX! 

[Quinch 1,120]

Starbound. Just tooling around the universe with no time pressure and general freedom is pretty nice to unwind.

[Phasereale 342]

I play Minecraft for a stress relief game, because I like how relaxing and calm the game is when you only play on peaceful!

[Berry Punch 30]

Yeah, Minecraft is a very calming game for me as well.

Only problem is the creepers which can scare me.

[Midnight Solace 5,132]

Well, I like to play the Halo games to relax. I know the gameplay isn't that relaxing, but I really enjoy the soundtrack of all the Halo games.

Edited January 3, 2019 by Midnight Solace

[lua 106]

Postal 2, I just like going into populated areas and uh.. yeah you get the point

Or almost any sonic game, I just love playing them cause their so fast paced

[DixonTheAdversary 1,634]

Team Fortress 2. It's a game that I can just play and relax, not having to worry about anything.

[Misty Shadow 7,999]

Any game can calm your nerves with the right attitude. Admittedly, I do find the Pokemon games particularly relaxing, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force games on my PSP are usually my go-to for a game that helps my mood, and Devil May Cry always helps me feel good imagining myself standing strong and indomitable with a cocky smile on my face in the presence of evil. 

[Quinch 1,120]

  On 2019-01-26 at 10:12 PM, cpl_dixon said:

Team Fortress 2. It's a game that I can just play and relax, not having to worry about anything.

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[Peppermint Larry 203]

Skyrim and Breath of the Wild.

Mostly because nature is my best stress reliever, and those games have you walking in nature a lot.

But also, in Skyrim, sniping someone with a bow and arrow and getting that snare drum sound as it hits...  It's so satisfying.

[The Cynical Lone Wolf 615]

Doom(2016), ripping and tearing demons is really relaxing to me

[Phosphor 11,534]

For me, Streets of Rage 1 and 2 and any of the 007 games. 

I would add Tekken 3, but I lost the disc a long time ago. Need to get another copy. 

[Lucky Star 972]

The old Doom games, I have them is an all in one kind of launcher, it even has Hexen and strife though I don't play those as often as I do the Doom titles in it. Did you know they made a first-person shooter based on Chex cereal? XD It has it, and it's weird as all heck. 

 And then I have Brutal Doom for when the rage is epic. lol 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,939]

I like to go with games that are very slow and just make me happy in its purest form. Games like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Animal Crossing and Minecraft great examples of this. I also like to dip into Train Sim World or Binding of Isaac other times, those also work wonders. Playing some of these while listening to videos in the background helps a lot to lower my stress levels.

[MangoFoalix 25,042]

Probably Killing Floor 2. Good game to shoot up shit.

[Thuja 3,663]

Skyrim

Animal Crossing: new leaf

My Time at Portia

[Clawdeen 15,837]

A Hat in Time and Stardew Valley

[Cash In 22,706]

Stardew Valley has been my main relaxation game for the last eight years, but I also de-stress by loading up classic Doom and just shooting stuff.

[Sparklefan1234 174,368]

I like to play "beat 'em up" and wrestling video games to relieve stress.