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Recommendations for short session games with materialistic progress made with each session (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Datman2020@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/gaming

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I am not a professional gamer nor do I have much time to invest into a game in one stretch. However I do enjoy the cumulative progress I make with each session I have with the games, specifically progress of acquiring loot, money, powers or in-game materials. Are there any games that try to match my interests?

An example of such games would be Papa Louie's food games. Though these are very simplistic and made for kids, their per-day game sessions (which last about 10 minutes) perfectly fit the idea of the type of game I am looking for. (I could have come up with a more appropriate or mature example, but that is exactly the point why I am looking for similar games.)

I have looked into the genre of roguelikes, however the basic premise of these games are that they start all over again from each session, which is what I am trying to avoid.

I can play on PC (controller included) and mobile. Apart from this, I would really appreciate if the game is under 10GB, single-player and is just easy in general to understand and play.

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[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Vampire Surviver spawned a new genre of games that are great single session games. There are a lot of variations, but the core loop of vampire survivors is similar to a rouge-like, but focuses on making each run fun and rewarding. You generally get points of some sort for a run, which you invest into a skill tree or stat points, and your next run is better as a result. Even most rouge-lites try not to give you a huge advantage with your unlocks, but Vampire Survivor and it's ilk really focus on that. As a result, the repetition isn't as brutal, and death doesn't feel like a punishment.

[–] SoaringFox 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does this new genre have a name? Or do you have other examples like it? I really enjoyed Vampire Survivor so I would love to try something similar to it.

[–] CaptainDogwater 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The main tags I see applied to that genre is Survivors-like or Bullet Hell.

My personal favorite of that genre is Soulstone Survivors. Highly recommend checking it out!

[–] SoaringFox 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, that one looks kinda similar to Vampire Survivor - just added it to my wishlist.