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Ask HN: Which games are you playing in free time?
- gokaygurcan 9y agoDon't Starve Together.
- ultratopo 9y agoDark Souls 2 & Dark Souls 3 (PS4) this first semester.
- vuldin 9y agoDead Cells
- raverbashing 9y agoOne recent launch that might resonate with some is Thimbleweed Park
- justinucd 9y agoOverwatch
- lewisgodowski 9y agoLoL, Minecraft, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
- robinhoodexe 9y agoTeam Fortress 2 with a mate. Dwarf Fortress 2 when I need to immerse myself in something completely different than theoretical chemistry.
- Filligree 9y ago> Dwarf Fortress 2 You from the future, mate?
- thelonelygod 9y agoTechnically the full name of Dwarf Fortress is Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress so their not too far off.
- Filligree 9y agoFactorio. And I used to play Minecraft, but these days I'm too busy writing mods and server tooling to actually play it. :V
- zachgersh 9y agoA whole handful because they all bring something different to the table: - Dishonored 2 - The Witness - The Talos Principal - Batman - Arkham Knight - Shadows of Mordor - Transistor
- AdamGibbins 9y agoFactorio + Rimworld. Both great simulation games, both continually improved upon and under active development.
- spajus 9y agoThese two are my favorites as well, both deep and infinitely replayable
- psyc 9y ago+1 Factorio. Used to be an avid gamer. Now just an avid Factorio player.
- gremlinsinc 9y agoHaven't been much of a gamer for a long time... but I do love factorio, it's a lot of fun.
- skibz 9y agoZelda, Dota 2, Factorio, Team Fortress 2, and Quake Live.
- zengid 9y agoThe Witness is pretty fun. Some of the puzzles take me a while to grok, so I play it every now and again.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoCounter Strike
- hacker_9 9y agoFor online multiplayer I like playing mindless games like Halo or DOOM4. For single player... I struggle to think of the last good campaign I played, probably Hitman Absolution because it felt like a movie whilst also having entertaining gameplay.
- VohuMana 9y agoFactorio and Dawn of War 3
- punk_coder 9y agoI had the original Witcher 3 on my XBox360, with no DLC. I just started playing Witcher 3 Complete Edition on my PS4. Currently level 5 and really enjoying it. I get maybe 6 hours a week to play, so it will take a while, which is fine with me.
- danerov 9y agoCounter strike but without voice. Helps relax
- AwesomeBean 9y agoIt really is amazing how much more relaxing casual is when you turn down VoIP.
- CM30 9y agoThe Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. Admittedly, part of that's because I'm messing around with different quest/dungeon orders and NPC interactions, but damn, that game can keep you playing for hundreds of hours if you let it. Maybe I'll stop when that rumoured Mario & Luigi remake comes out. If not, probably when Super Mario Odyssey is released.
- dey 9y agoim also playing it, although i would have enjoyed it more without friends spoiling it for me by telling me where they are or what they found :(
- Diamons 9y agoLoL, Overwatch
- htsh 9y agoZelda.
- Morantron 9y agoSensible Soccer
- GvS 9y agoFaeria - beautiful card/board strategy game for PC. It's free to play. https://www.faeria.com/ https://www.faeria.com/
- cagenut 9y agoRecRoom
- Deuterio7 9y agoTotal war: Warhammer
- nom 9y agoPC: The Witness, Portal 1+2 Mobile: Super Hexagon, Glitchskier, Alto, hocus, Snakebird
- cdubzzz 9y agoShadow of Mordor, Tomb Raider, Watch_Dogs, Zelda 2 (SNES on RetroPi). Want to try Red Orchestra with old MOH/BF series friends but trying to avoid time suck online FPS games.
- nickserv 9y agoCivilization, Stellaris, Europa Universalis...
- je_bailey 9y agoBreath of the wild consuming way to much of my time and Darkest Dungeon, the despair and melancholy in that game brings me happiness
- pataphysician 9y agoFactorio, Overwatch
- DanBC 9y agoMinecraft Fallout3, Fallout New Vegas, Tower of Hero (until their most recent update broke the game)
- reducesuffering 9y agoLeague of Legends
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- b1gtuna 9y agoStarcraft 2
- chaosmachine 9y agoChess
- zenlot 9y ago+1 for it.
- gfredtech 9y agoMinecraft :)
- iamwil 9y agoTeam fortress 2, witness. Surprised how many Factorio fans there are here.
- heimatau 9y agoStar Wars Galaxy of Heroes on mobile. It's fun and able to passively play and progress in the game. Biggest plus is the game mechanics in the game, they constantly improve things. I've been playing for about 18 months.
- jellekralt 9y agoNot a lot right now, but I've put a huge amount of hours in Minecraft the past couple of years :)
- failrate 9y agoCodegolf.stackexchange.com tag:king-of-the-hill My own prototype board game Severed Desert Golfing
- b0rsuk 9y agoI used to play Rimworld, then I realized I dislike sandbox games for the same reason I hate MMOs, MUDs and the 'roguelike' T.O.M.E. Huge time wasters. Rimworld is barely even a survival game. I mean it doesn't even display how many days your food will last! I generally like my games short and tight: Online FPS games come in 20 minute chunks. Catacomb Kids is a splendid Early Access roguelike platformer, similar to Spelunky but much harder and terrain is generally indestructible. The amount of item and dungeon feature interactions is crazy, and the game is notable for having smart humanoids as its most dangerous enemies. They chase, keep distance if you have a longer weapon, run away and bring reinforcements when badly wounded, or escape to the next level. It may look like a brutally hard arcade game at first, but your success chance dramatically improves with planning ahead. I also play many board games. Board games are funny because good games are played for decades, unlike Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Heroes of Might and Magic II, or Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. They are also extremely modding friendly, and it's trivial to write a patch (it's called "house rules" and it's widely used). Board games have the sense of community like in old FPS games that had multiplayer based on dedicated servers. You don't get people randomly disconnecting. Also, one copy of a game is enough for several people. Board games also have the advantage that they are more about mechanics. I mean Quake and Unreal Tournament is basically the same game. Heroes of Might and Magic III would be called an expansion pack to HOMM2 if it was a board game. People play the games that are most fun, not ones that look best or have best action figures.
- Gurrewe 9y agoFactorio, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Rocket League
- nol13 9y agotic-tac-toe
- edoceo 9y agohttp://slither.io http://slither.io
- steanne 9y agogurk 3
- galleanv 9y agoI am currently working on my own game Photon Rush - which makes me play it alot. It is in test phase but you can try it: http://www.gametroleum.com/news/invitation-to-photon-rush-test/ http://www.gametroleum.com/news/invitation-to-photon-rush-te...
- niyazpk 9y agoI play "Kingdom Rush" on my phone.
- throwaway7645 9y agoText adventures. It's not out yet, but I've been following the development of taustation which will be an in-browser space adventure using text as a medium to tell the story. It is multiplayer of course. There are a few games like this within a fantasy setting, but none Scifi that I've seen. The team does bi-monthly blog post updates going over everything from in game lore to artwork to code testing and architecture. The games creator and lead is an expert in the Perl community and wrote one of the best programming books in my rather large collection. So not doing a huge amount of playing at the moment, but eagerly anticipating. Check it out: https://taustation.space/ https://taustation.space/
- tarboreus 9y agoAny other text-based games you'd care to recommend? I'm a fan of Counterfeit Monkey, Spider and Web, and a few particularly good Choice of Games games, like Lost Heir and Choice of the Deathless.
- throwaway7645 9y agoSounds like you're in the know! Andrew Plotkin(spider and web guy) did one for Linux/iOS/Android recently called Hadean Lands that got good reviews. I'm a big fan of most of Emily Short's work (Bronze was good if you like Beauty and the Beast with a bizarre plot line). I also really really liked City of Secrets as the storyline was riveting although I did get stuck at one point and can't find a good walkthrough. Alabaster to me was a beautiful & short work of art. Good stuff.
- tarboreus 9y agoGoing to check out Alabaster and City of Secrets. Already got through most of Emily Short and Andrew Plotkin's respective oeuvres. Thanks!
- bdz 9y agoFFX and Overwatch
- moneytide1 9y agoDistant Worlds
- drspacemonkey 9y agoLately, my main timesink has been State of Decay. GTA in a zombie apocalypse, with basebuilding and resource management.
- cozuya 9y agoShameless plug, my online version of the social deduction board game Secret Hitler. https://secrethitler.io https://secrethitler.io
- poopsmithe 9y agoLeague of Legends is my jam, I love the split second mechanical strategy that has me constantly trying to outsmart my opponents. Example: I cant cast my ultimate ability in a team fight until two specific opposing champions use their interrupt abilities. Opponents building Magic Penetration items? Magic Resist items won't help me, time to build straight health items. The other game I play is Battlefield 1942. I've been playing that game since 2002 and there are a number of communities keeping the online scene alive even though Gamespy shut down their master server browser.
- maturz 9y agoHearthstone
- jbeja 9y agoHearthstone. Addicted to it!
- rkwasny 9y agoOverwatch for quick 20 minutes- 1 hour session Factorio - when I need to relax I tried Rimworld, but automation aspect in Factorio is soo much nicer :)
- BuzzYeager 9y ago-Red orchestra 2, Rising storm 2: Vietnam beta. - Kerbal Space Program - Lunar flight Just to get my mind somewhere else.
- charlieegan3 9y agoFlatmate bought a switch and we've been playing quite a bit of Mario Kart 8. It's just nice to play a game that you don't need to get 'in the zone' to enjoy. The switch controller setup is really good too.
- CodeTheInternet 9y agoCiv V and VI, Horizon: Zero Dawn and Destiny
- mnm1 9y agoPro Evolution Soccer ($insertCurrentYearHere)
- JohnLeTigre 9y agoFor some reason I'm in a nostalgic phase I'm playing Lufia II for the snes I'm amazed I missed that one at the time.
- polotics 9y agoArma 3, still the best sim
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoLoL, Civ, Factorio. Just finished Torment: Tides of Numenera.
- scruple 9y agoMostly Hearthstone followed by Breath of the Wild, but also occasionally WoW and D3.
- sogen 9y agoHuman resource machine, Knizia games specially Poison and Modern Art
- mstaoru 9y agoJust completed Witcher 3 at almost 270 hours. It was an amazing experience and comes highly recommended. Started The Last of Us (ps4) now, and so far it's been very good as well. Skipped FF15 after playing half an hour (used to be a huge FF fan, but they ended on 9 for me).
- i_r7al 9y agoClash Royale
- gls2ro 9y agoKerbal Space Program
- dennisgorelik 9y agodiep.io
- StopOFlop 9y agoPath of Exile, Heroes of the Storm, and sometimes a bit of Starcraft 2
- cdumler 9y agoGuild Wars 2: Free to play, no subscription if you play for the game, and plenty of "things to do." The game revolves around story lines and open world events. What I like is that I can pop on and just do something and then pop off without feeling like I have to get my money's worth every month. Sometimes, it's nice to fell like I've managed to complete something (when it doesn't feel like it at work).
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 9y agoI played Factorio for a while, but at some point becomes as complex as coding, when I reach that point I say "well, I can just work, get paid for it, and get same amount of fun", so I always drop around that. Kerbal Space Program is by far the one I spent more time in, probably around 1000 hours. Dark souls was one of my favourite (1st and 3rd), spent a lot of hours there too. I'm also playing a lot of board games lately, not sure if they count! I'm always looking for cool new games, I'm really picky. Oh I almost forgot! XCOM and Invisible Inc, both great!
- andaric 9y agoFactorio, Stellaris, XCOM, and Tiny Rails on mobile to relax and look at trains =)
- jetti 9y agoI was playing Rocket League while trying to get into other games (Cities: Skylines, Rome: Total War) but I would always fall back to Rocket League. I was also playing Diablo 3 for awhile but just get bored. I start just about every season but quit shortly after I start. Currently I'm not playing anything because my desktop died in my move :(
- mbrd 9y agoThe game I play most is Starcraft 2. It's really hard to get "good" (I've played on and off for 2-3 years and still don't feel competent!) but the matchmaking is good enough that you win about 50% of games. I like that it's 1v1, so when you win or lose, it's usually completely your own doing. I also like that you pay once and are on a level playing field with everyone else. All of the in-game purchases are purely cosmetic. I played Hearthstone for quite a while but eventually totaled up the amount I spent on it and promptly quit!
- dey 9y agoStarcraft 2 player here as well :) #Eyenstyn2661 been playing since 2010, still newb currently silver leageue mostly playing coops, campaign and 1v1 Also Hearthstone casual player here as well :) I also bought a Nintendo Switch recently and its a great 4 player party game device, I play Zelda but its much better to play on a big screen.... I was just happy to see someone playing similar games :)
- ed_resende 9y agoThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart 7. Both on Nintendo 2DS
- Leisureguy 9y agoMostly Go, and some chess.
- azurelogic 9y agoI keep coming back to Titanfall 2. I play a considerable amount of Amped Hardpoint, along with CTF, Coliseum, and whatever is 2XP. Risk of Rain would be my indie game addiction.
- vassilevsky 9y agoOverwatch!!! After an exhausting day of swimming in the current of JIRA issues, bugs, pull requests, server logs, and such, Overwatch gives me a dose of pure fun and excitement! It's a Game Of The Year for a reason! You know, the world could always use more heroes ;)
- jitbit 9y agoBattlefield anyone? I play Battlefield 3/4 (and 1) all the time. Mostly BF 3.
- durul 9y agoI mostly play Call of Duty : Black Ops 3.
- fjaguero 9y agoI'm currently playing PUBG (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds). It's an incredible game to play with friends.
- hiperlink 9y agoDeadly Rooms of Death (and the followups)- recommended to anyone who likes hard puzzles.
- jcubic 9y agoWhen I bought my new game laptop I was playing Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and on Linux I use to play rouge-like game ToME, I've also play Adom but I was cheating by copy the whole game directory to restore the game when I was killed.
- gok2 9y agoDawn of Crafting Clash Royale
- Davertron 9y agoPUBG Dark Souls 3 TIS-100 Rocket League