Searching for a grindy game for on the Steam deck (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Zwabber@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Hey everyone!

So I recently bought the Steam deck, and love every second of it. It allows me to play games that I normally never play on PC. Like some indies.

But I have a question. I want a game where I can just braindead level. Bit like Runescape back in the day. Is there some game like that for the Deck?

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[-] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vampire Survivors seems to fit the bill: no story, a bit of tactics, you level up to get new items, and enjoy killing hordes of enemies at once. After every run you can unlock power-ups for the next run.. It's one of my most played games in the last few months. It's one of the classic "just one more run" type of games

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Alternative suggestions:

Halls of torment

Soulstone survivors

Hakls of torment is great. Much better than vampire survivors, in a lot of ways

[-] Thoth19@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Great game unfortunately it's finishable in about 40-50h. And there isn't much to do after that. You can overnight farm gold but it doesn't really get you anything

[-] havocpants@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Oh, only 40-50 hours of entertainment for £3 what a scam!

[-] Thoth19@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Great game. Totally worth the money. But not long and grindy like OP asked for.

[-] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Lol I honestly was not sure if your comment was sarcastic or not. I guess you're saying that if you're looking to spend 1000s of hours with a game (like what people do with Runescape) Vampire Survivors is not the best. Still, you can easily get 100+ hours out of the base game + another buch of hours with the DLCs.

Also I think how quick you get tired of it depends on how much you're looking to break the game with golden eggs farming. I personally have not done it but, if you do, it becomes pretty boring pretty fast.

[-] Thoth19@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed my 50h but it isn't a super long grindy game like OP is asking for.

Also there's nothing to do when you farm golden eggs. You can just keep getting bigger numbers but there are no more unlocks etc. Also the lag is the real enemy at that point.

So great game but not that long.

[-] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Second this, it's my usual go to when I want something that doesn't take a ton of brain power. It can also be played with only one hand on the Deck (mapping A and B to L4 and L5).

[-] echoplex21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I was so addicted to this game it was crazy. Finally able to pull myself away now . It's also a fun game to just pick up and have a quick session commuting.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Warframe is pretty grindy and is free to play.

[-] There1snospoon7491@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Second this, though it can be a bit rough for new players to get the hang of all the many systems they use. Once you figure out how to build around specific frames though, it’s totally brain dead slaughterfest for the most part

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[-] nugget359@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Loop Hero

Hades

Persona 4 or 5

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

You absolutely can't play Hades at a braindead level

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[-] Fermiverse@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Grim dawn

[-] DireLlama@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Serious question: I have hundreds of hours in GD, but never installed it on my deck because I never imagined playing it with a controller. Does it work well?

[-] prograhammingdev@lemmy.prograhamming.com 3 points 1 year ago

It works surprisingly well! I beat the game with my second character on the Deck exclusively.

[-] tissek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

The only issue I have with GD and a controller is difficulty targeting specific foes and precuse use of movement abilities. Nothing gamebreaking, just annoying.

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[-] PhillDanks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Or Path Of Exile. Virtually interchangable.

[-] toastus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Do you enjoy PoE with a controller?

I didn't like it when I triedit once, but I might give it another chance.

[-] bhj@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I have a few thousand hours in PoE, the last few hundred have been on the Steam Deck.

Honestly, it's pretty great. Some builds might not work as well though.

Trading is pretty rough though, which is a pretty important part of endgame PoE.

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[-] zeekzag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for mentioning Grim Dawn. Now I have the mightiest urge to play that again :T

[-] GrumbleGrim@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Best ARPG.

[-] Ferris@discuss.online 10 points 1 year ago

Stardew Valley lol

It's very treadmill, but can be fun.

[-] pory@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Halls of Torment. Cookie Clicker. Vampire Survivors.

[-] siata@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Dorfromantik

[-] Shivs@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Siralim Ultimate maybe? The Steam description: "Siralim Ultimate is a monster catching, dungeon crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot."

At some points, you need to rethink your setup and incorporate the new stuff you've found along the way to be able to mindlessly grind on but I've played for 160 hours so far and having a blast trying different strategies. Evoker is my favorite class so far - casting so many spells before the battle even begins that the enemy never gets their turn.

[-] JBloodthorn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I played Siralim Ultimate on my deck while my newborn was sleeping on my lap pillow. It is absolutely great for just mindless numbers go up gameplay. It's also fantastic if you want to spend hours theorycrafting and tinkering to get the perfect team for you.

Animator for lyfe. My Animatus goes first, punches one thing, and corpse explosions start rolling.

[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Path of exile new league (season) drops in 9 days, perfect time to familiarise yourself with basics and hit the grind, and oh boy is there grind to be had.

[-] Lycist@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

The Disgaea games are a great grind, tons of Post Story content to delve into and days of pure grinding.

Tactical RPG is the genre, fyi.

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[-] PsychedOut@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

If you like RuneScape from back in the day we have OldSchool RuneScape based on the game from 2007 and still being updated weekly. Polls control most updates so players get to choose and have feedback with the development of the game. 2 weeks ago they just released Desert Treasure 2, one of the biggest quest updates ever.

[-] clive@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Why not Runescape/Old School Runescape? I dont have a Deck but I know a bunch of people who play OSRS on one

[-] Zwabber@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Its more like, I have played OSRS for soooo long now. Really want to try something new.

[-] clive@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Ah ok, when you said "back in the day" it made me think that youd taken one of those "prolonged breaks"

[-] TabbyCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Melvor Idle is an idle game inspired by OSRS (Now published by Jagex) if you're looking for something directly inspired by RuneScape.

[-] hogart@feddit.nu 4 points 1 year ago

Diablo IV. World of Warcraft. Final Fantasy XIV.

[-] JBloodthorn@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I read the title wrong, and now I'm picturing an angle grinder simulator that uses the motion controls on the deck.

[-] Hiuhokiguess@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

D2R. I know plenty have played the shit out of D2 already but somehow I hadn’t and after seeing how shit D4 was D2R has been great on the deck. Runs flawlessly.

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[-] Nelots@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If you're into idle games at all, try out Melvor Idle. Costs $10 but you can try it for free on a browser if you want to see what you're getting. It's heavily inspired by RuneScape. Melvor is without a doubt the best idle game I've ever played, so if you're a fan of the genre and aren't afraid of the grind, I'd highly recommend it.

[-] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

I almost wanted to recommend this, but for a dedicated game system it's a real emphasis on idle. You'd essentially be tapping every so often or setting up a task and then letting it go. I don't think it's a good dedicated Steam Deck game, but it is a hell of an idle game

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