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

submitted 2 years 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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[–] Dav@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've been playing Dave the Diver and it might be exactly what you're looking for, 1 dive is 15-20 minutes with loads of progression and a fun story.

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think Battle Bit is a good one for this kind of things even though it is not single player that you are looking for. In this game, you could just hop in one of the 127vs127 server, shoot like a maniac and have fun and maybe revive a few crews and so forth. As you rack up points and kills, you unlock stuff for your gears and that is some of the progressions you feel earned as you play the game. You could just hop in for one session and leave anytime without having to make any commitment.

In Battle Bit, it's basically anything goes, it's chaotic and fun, it doesn't feel like a competition either that you sometime see in PVP matches on other games.

[–] insurgenRat 1 points 2 years ago

A few thoughts:

You could try roguelikes (not modern roguelites) like ADOM or DCSS. While when you die you start over you will have learned a lot and a beginners winning run is likely to take about 12 hours of dungeon diving (it saves after every action so you can quit and resume whenever) in DCSS for example. They're free, and DCSS is constantly updated so you can really play that game on and off for a lifetime if you like. Because they're so lightweight they also open and close almost instantly, which can be a plus if you're pressed for time. Hell you can play DCSS from anything with an internet connection and a screen using the online server!

Adventure-puzzle games like myst, obduction, talos principle? Long breaks between sessions could lead to you forgetting things, but short regular playtime is how we solved this style of game as kids. No loot but clear progress.

Minecraft remains ever popular?

You could look into emulating some old handheld games on your phone? or grab something like a modded 3DS and use that. A lot of handheld games had pretty pick up and play approaches, and with emulators you can just suspend the state whenever you have to stop even if there's no save point which fixes a lot of the problems with older games. I can recommend giving chronotrigger a shot on an emulator!

[–] Omegamanthethird 1 points 2 years ago

Rogue Legacy

Final Fantasy 1-6

[–] lemor 1 points 2 years ago

umm, under 10GB?

Anyway, Single player: Death Stranding. Multiplayer: Dead by Daylight

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