region: Light / Casual

Games that are experiences, not contests

Games with a low ceiling on every axis - an experience, not a contest.

Not every game is a fight to win, and you know it. Someone once called you a casual; you were enjoying yourself too much to notice.

Examples: low ceiling on every axis

The Walking Dead: The Final Season cover art
+4 editions

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Detroit: Become Human cover art

Detroit: Become Human

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Detroit: Become Human
Firewatch cover art

Firewatch

Light / Casual · narrative mystery

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Firewatch
Heavy Rain cover art

Heavy Rain

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Heavy Rain
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe cover art
+1 edition

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Light / Casual · narrative walking sim

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
What Remains of Edith Finch cover art

What Remains of Edith Finch

Light / Casual · narrative anthology

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What Remains of Edith Finch
Beyond: Two Souls cover art

Beyond: Two Souls

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Beyond: Two Souls
Outlast cover art

Outlast

Light / Casual · survival horror

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Outlast
SOMA cover art

SOMA

Light / Casual · narrative horror

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SOMA
Tales from the Borderlands cover art

Tales from the Borderlands

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Tales from the Borderlands
Gris cover art

Gris

Light / Casual · artistic platformer

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Gris
Gone Home cover art

Gone Home

Light / Casual · narrative exploration

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Gone Home
Amnesia: The Dark Descent cover art

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Light / Casual · survival horror

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Life is Strange 2 cover art
+3 editions

Life is Strange 2

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Life is Strange 2
ABZÛ cover art

ABZÛ

Light / Casual · exploration adventure

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ABZÛ
Garry's Mod cover art

Garry's Mod

Light / Casual · physics sandbox

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Garry's Mod
Indigo Prophecy cover art

Indigo Prophecy

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Indigo Prophecy
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter cover art

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Light / Casual · first-person mystery

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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Batman: The Enemy Within cover art
+1 edition

Batman: The Enemy Within

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Batman: The Enemy Within
Goat Simulator 3 cover art
+1 edition

Goat Simulator 3

Light / Casual · physics sandbox

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Goat Simulator 3
Astro's Playroom cover art

Astro's Playroom

Light / Casual · 3D platformer

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Astro's Playroom
A Short Hike cover art

A Short Hike

Light / Casual · cozy exploration

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A Short Hike
Silent Hill 2 cover art

Silent Hill 2

Light / Casual · psychological horror

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Silent Hill 2
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer cover art
+3 editions

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

Light / Casual · home design sim

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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
The Beginner's Guide cover art

The Beginner's Guide

Light / Casual · narrative walking sim

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The Beginner's Guide
Grim Fandango Remastered cover art

Grim Fandango Remastered

Light / Casual · point-and-click adventure

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Grim Fandango Remastered
Donut County cover art

Donut County

Light / Casual · physics puzzle

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Donut County
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture cover art

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Light / Casual · walking simulator

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Circle of Blood cover art

Circle of Blood

Light / Casual · point-and-click adventure

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Circle of Blood
Observer cover art

Observer

Light / Casual · cyberpunk horror adventure

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Observer