I completely understand that! It throws you into a mission right from the start, with no easing in. And from the very beginning you can see that the game allows you to choose - do you kill? Do you sneak around? Do you shoot the leader? Do you let him go? What are the consequences of your actions? It’s not all clear from the start.

I played the original Deus Ex around 10 years ago. Once you accept the aged visual side of it, the world, characters and plot can easily immerse you till the end. I’d say play the original (maybe with some modern visual mods), then skip to Human Revolution, then Mankind Divided.

I didn’t bother with Invisible War and The Fall. I tried them for a moment, but the bugs and clunkiness put me off.

There’s also Deus Ex Go, a mobile game that’s actually a really good puzzle with fantastic music.

For me, it’s games in the immersive sim genre. The Dishonored series and Prey, both made by Arkane studios, I can replay over and over, enjoying every moment of them, exploring alternate paths I haven’t tried yet. Deus Ex is another one that fits, especially Deus Ex Human Revolution. These games often go well below $10 during sales - here are their historical lows:

• Dishonored: $2
• Dishonored 2: $3
• Dishonored DOTO: $6
• Prey: $3
• DXHR: $3

I also loved every second of The Witness - the puzzles are ingenious, hidden things are super enjoyable, and the community made a randomizer that generates new, harder puzzles to add more content to it. The Witness is at $9.99 now, its historical low.

I know a few people who love factory-building games, optimizing the production and even creating spreadsheets to calculate the perfect production rate. But the two major games in this category don’t fit your price criteria (Satisfactory is $15 right now, and Factorio $35 and won’t get any lower).

Propreantepenultimate. Fifth to last.

1. Ultimate
2. Penultimate
3. Antepenultimate
4. Preantepenultimate
5. Propreantepenultimate

Sounds like FutureMe is exactly what you’re looking for.

Yeah, don’t underestimate the Supra- series of games. I thought Supraland looked childish, but then I started playing it and couldn’t stop. It’s SO fun.

The jokes are hit and miss, but the interconnected world, steady progression and cool mechanics make it stand out. And you can freely draw on the map to mark points of interest!

There are currently 3 games out in the series, with 4th (Supraworld) being in the works.

Same, and I’ve just spent the entire weekend getting from 46% to 60% completion. I didn’t expect it to be this good and this long. Each new location I’m in awe, then I get its map and see how huge the area is going to be. There’s SO MUCH to explore!

Warrior Within used to be my favorite Prince of Persia game, but now it has changed to The Lost Crown. It’s just SO good.

I’m jealous! I wish I could play Tunic for the first time, again. Let us know what you think!

I liked the original Ori the most. I’ve played it so much that I’ve gotten all achievements, including the no-death and under 3 h ones.

The definitive edition added the much needed teleports between wells, so that was a great upgrade.

The sequel lost some of its charm imo. I didn’t like that Ori is now slashing with a sword; I preferred the original’s approach of Sein being the damage dealer.

The final battle in 2nd game was a huge difficulty leap imo. Falling down was really not fun.

If you liked The Witness, you might like these games too:

• Taiji
• Linelith
• The Looker

I tried to use it for reminders, like “remind me about the laundry in one hour”, only to realize a few hours later that I forgot about the laundry. The reminder never appeared. Asking “where is my reminder, google?” didn’t help.

Didn’t they pretty much use “accessing your cookbook” in their marketing for tablets?

I got my Deck around May, and yesterday I’ve finished 18th game this year, played exclusively on Valve’s handheld. 2 games last week, since it was a holiday break.

I’ve finished Wall World + DLC, Spyro 1 (and started 2), Tunic, Contrast, A Short Hike, Cloudpunk, Assemble With Care, Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, Vampire Survivors, Webbed, The Last Campfire, and Sable. Replayed older games like Linelight, Expand, Scrapland, MDK 2, and Gift. Started Obra Dinn, Grim Fandango, Dome Keeper, Gunpoint, Ctrl Alt Ego, and Zelda BOTW.

This device is such a delight. It plays overwhelming majority of titles out of the box, while older titles like Gift and MDK 2 only require a few minutes of tinkering to get right, plus maybe adjust the control scheme for gyro aiming the sniper mode in MDK.

I wouldn’t get even close to this number of titles on a classic PC. My gaming computer is at the same desk where I work from home, creating this unpleasant mental image that I’m still “at work” when gaming - so having an external device that handles AAA games like Hogwarts Legacy with ease is a godsend.

My desktop PC was down for two weeks due to fried motherboard. I connected the Deck via a simple JSAUX cable that has HDMI out and USB-C for charging, paired a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and it worked perfectly as a replacement. I could play Soldat 2, design in Figma, and watch movies - because it’s a regular PC, just in an unusual form factor.

I’m definitely getting a SD2 when it comes out in a few years.

It definitely does! I misremembered, thought that you can manually select from a list of tapes. Thanks, will edit the parent comment.

I thought about it when compiling my reply, but I can’t recommend it under “calm” requirement. The number of times I yelled at the game for giving me Time Eater when I’m playing a Shiv deck…

I didn’t test most of these personally on a touch screen, but they seem like good candidates to check:

• Pawnbarian
• Osmos
• Hexcells (+ Hexcells Plus + Hexcells Infinite)
• Frog Detective (+ 2 + 3)
• The Witness
• Taiji
• shapez
• Her Story sorry, it needs a keyboard
• Eufloria
• KAMI
• Hook (+ 2)
• The Pedestrian
• Subsurface Circular
• Dorfromantik
• Polychromia
• Hidden Folks
• Cogs