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PC game recommendation for my partner and I (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 day ago by JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org to c/games@lemmy.world
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My partner expressed an interest in finding a game for both of us to play. She doesn't play many games, and I generally prefer single player games so I find myself at a loss for what's out there that we might like. Hoping the community here can help!

We have played some retro platformers together. Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, that kind of thing. And I know she plays puzzle match games on her phone. Which isn't a lot to go on.

It needs to be a multiplayer PC game that runs on Linux/Proton (if unsure, please suggest your game anyway. It probably does). One machine is a mid-range PC from about 5 years ago. So probably no recent AAA games with high system requirements.

I'm thinking:

  • Easy to pick up and play and can offer a satisfying play experience with short play times.
  • Cooperative play would be a plus.
  • Being able to play with just two people (not forced to play with random people online).

My particularities:

  • I won't play a game that requires creating/signing in to an account to play it at all. I can tolerate that requirement for multiplayer play, but I'd rather it just use a Steam account.
  • I'd prefer if it didn't install a launcher.
  • I'd like it to either have a built in server and/or be selfhostable.
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[–] justdaveisfine@piefed.social 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Semi-casual games that run well on older PCs and linux? Plus no launchers? Let's see.
I got a few but there may be splitscreen ones in this list too. (If that's ok)

  • Battleblock Theater
  • Biped (maybe?)
  • Cassette Beasts
  • Castle Crashers
  • Children of Morta
  • Don't Starve Together
  • Dinkum (If Australian Animal Crossing sounds interesting)
  • Factorio
  • A hat in time
  • Guacamelee
  • Human Fall Flat
  • Hyper Light Drifter
  • ibb & obb
  • KeyWe
  • Kingdom Two Crowns
  • Knights and Bikes
  • Like, all of the lego games (They're all similar mechanically, so pick one of the newer ones that look good)
  • Lovers in a dangerous spacetime
  • Magicka (I like the first one but the second one isn't bad)
  • Monaco
  • Moon Hunters
  • Necesse
  • Peak
  • Resident Evil 5/6 (Yes, really, its a great time in co-op)
  • Satisfactory
  • Secrets of Grindea
  • Split Fiction (This one may be graphically harder to run?)
  • Stardew Valley
  • Spiritfarer
  • Terraria
  • Trine games
  • Valheim (At least until mistlands)

I'm kind of going off of semi-casual meaning not high intensity shooters or things that require crazy skills. Most of these are pretty easy to pick up and are generally forgiving. They shouldn't have launchers but if they added one in a later update, then dang.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Don't Starve is anything but casual lol

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Semi-casual

Factorio

Are you trying to kill him?

[–] justdaveisfine@piefed.social 6 points 23 hours ago

Playing Factorio co-op was one of the games that got my wife into gaming. She couldn't do quick reaction time shooters, but Factorio at its most basic is essentially a 'puzzle' game.

... But yeah we lost a few weekends or weeks or months to it. The factory must grow.

[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is quite the list! I know a handful of these but most are new to me. I haven't gone through it them yet but I wanted to be sure to say thanks for the effort you put in to your reply.

[–] BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I will toss in, don't starve together is very much NOT beginner friendly. Playing with someone less experienced with video games can turn into effectively playing with one hand behind your back as you try to cover the needs for both of you, the world is threatening, and the penalty for death is high. Might not be well suited to what you're looking for