PC Game Recommendation for a Broken Arm?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

So, yesterday I broke my dominant arm. Yay! For the next 6 weeks, I have a cast, and at least for now, I can’t use my right hand or arm at all (I am typing this with my left hand).

I’m looking for suggestions what I can play. Some thoughts:

On PC, of couse
Can be played only with the keyboard
No time limits or need to respond quickly (e.g. many RTSes)
I like puzzle games, RPGs, and good storytelling. I want to like sim games, but haven’t yet found one that I love.
Nothing too difficult

Here’s a link to my Steam profile, if that helps: steamcommunity.com/profiles/…/games/?tab=all

Thank you all for any advice!

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simple@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Slay the Spire and Monster Train are great singleplayer card games that can be played with just the mouse.

Pretty much any turn based RPG is on the table, I can easily recommend Octopath Traveler 2.

You can also play story-driven games like Telltale games and Pheonix Wright, those are pretty fun.

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- hactar42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Slay the Spire works great on a touchscreen as well. It runs great on my Surface.
  
  However, there is a weird bug if playing on a Surface, that I feel obligated to let other know when recommending this game. You have to have the keyboard attached for the touchscreen controls to work in Slay the Spire. But you can flip it around the back and still play with the touchscreen.
  
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  - rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I have played Slay the Spire on mobile and it’s pretty well made
    
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- chili1553@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Slay the spire would make a broken arm recovery feel like time travel, lol.
  
  I also play civ 5/6 with the next action button bound to an extra button on my mouse.
  
  Probably a good time for OP to invest in a multi button mouse as well
  
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Chickenstalker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Get your mom to type or move the mouse for you. Don’t go any further than that…(Reddit flashbacks).

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- oneshibbyguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh god, why do I know this one
  
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gamer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The recently released Baldur’s Gate 3 can be played with one hand perfectly fine. Your arm will likely heal before you finish it.

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- aesopjah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I second BG3. And just do mouse with off-hand. Or set up keyboard to act as mouse.
  
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Adori@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Baldurs gate 3

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piskertariot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I played through 'One Finger Death Punch" with a broken arm.

Would recommend.

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XBannedx@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Almost Any visual novel.

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- doctorzeromd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Steins;Gate is one of my favorites
  
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- Tapioca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  There are some really decent ones that have just come out, are are on sale with the current Visual Novel fest on steam. Videoverse - VN set in a Miiverse style social network that is about to be shut down Hypnospace Outlaw - Another one set in a computer, this time it’s an alt reality internet based around old Geocities pages. Very fun/weird Analogue: A hate story ( on sale)- You’re investigating what happened to a Korean generation ship found abandoned in space by talking to its AI Long Live the Queen ( on sale) - On of those VNs where you pick activities etc to raise stats, but parodied/put on its head because you’ll die various horrible deaths until you get it right.
  
  Good luck hope you heal fast!
  
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mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Peglin is fun and can be done with one hand. You have to like peggle kind of games. It’s in early access, but to me it’s already complete.

Coromon is like classic Pokemon but has some really cool little tricks up it’s sleeve.

Rise of the third power is kinda like final fantasy. Lots of great story telling and music.

Halcyon 6. It’s a spoof off of space games except it’s in rpg form. Used references from a lot of space series. Most startreck.

Into the breach is a great game.

All of these are indie games that I really enjoyed.

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DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Some of the best old school turn based RPGs are on sale at Humble Bundle at the momemnt. Those should be playable with a broken arm. Get well soon!

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- Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Even Baldur’s Gate 3 should be playable with one hand if you’re after something more modern.
  
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  - DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    True
    
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delitomatoes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball Xtreme 3

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Contramuffin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Crypt of the NecroDancer can be played with one hand. Inputs are timed (due to it being a rhythm game), but you should be fine because the only inputs are WASD (or arrow keys if you prefer)

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SandLight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s easy to overlook because of the graphics, but Caves of Qud is a really interesting game that fits your criteria.

It’s hard to explain just what it really is or what makes it great, but it has a good mixture of generated and written content that keeps it interesting.

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- TrebuchetTaxiService@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Or just link him Sseth’s reviews.
  
  youtu.be/o_PBfLbd3zw
  
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  - cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I…do not know what to think
    
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Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Baulders Gate 3 is prettt mouse heavy. Dont need to use the keyboard much at all. You can also set the screen to scroll with the mouse.

Not to mention its the biggest game out now

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- OrgunDonor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  BG3 is such an easy recommend. Not only is it easy to play mouse only, it is also turn based combat, hugely story and decsion driven, and very very capable of giving you choice paralysis so you have plenty of reasons to come back with something different.
  
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- cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  A good suggestion, and I’ve heard a lot about it over the past week :). I haven’t played Baldur’s Gate since the first one, and I was a bit too young for itr back then. Just bought it and it’s downloadin now
  
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HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Anything that is turn-based will work really, or doesn't rely on a real-time mechanic.

I do suggest looking at a small trackball that you can use in the meantime. It'll be useful for the times when you need a pointing device in a smaller space, for whatever reason.

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WillRegex@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Baba is You

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MortBoBort@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Caves of Qud is a really neat turn based roguelike that kinda focuses on exploration. It’s a bit hard to get into but if you do it’s really neat. Very very keyboard friendly, its my go-to game on my laptop.

It has difficulty modes that are… Less hard lol

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coldzapp@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If you are into VR, Beat Saber has some one-handed songs and Pistol Whip is mostly one-handed. The exercise of playing those games improves overall circulation which helps the healing of fractures.

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Die4Ever@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I know you said your right arm is broken, but The 7th Guest (and the sequel, The 11th Hour, but it’s very difficult) would be easy to play with your off-hand mouse anyways

just make sure you use ScummVM for them, because the versions that Steam/GOG are selling aren’t very stable

similarly, the first 3 Monkey Island games

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- cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh wow, there’s some nostalgia.
  
  I’ve done Monkey Island already, and enjoyed the new one too. I haven’t played Myst sine I was 8 and my uncle had it on his computer and I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.
  
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  - Die4Ever@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Myst is a very tough game. Very much a 90s game where you’re supposed to play it for months, not just blitz through it in a weekend.
    
    For more point and click games, check out ScummVM, they support a ton of them
    
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HerrFalcor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh god I know too much about this. Long comment. Sadlol.

What kind of cast? Above or below the elbow?

I had above the elbow for 9 weeks once and below 3 times for 3-6 weeks on my right arm. Only below the elbow on my left but 5 times. My bones aren’t so good.

Above the elbow I played a lot of Warcraft 3(long time ago lol), Civ, AoE etc. Games that only required simple clicking but lots of hot keys to control. Above the elbow cast prevents a lot of you ability to rotate your arm so switching the mouse to your left doesn’t help much.

Below the elbow it depends if your thumb is immobile or not. If your thumb is free then it’s a matter of buying a cheap small mouse that will fit in your palm with the giant cast bulge. FPS and fast movements will be painful and not recommended but slower games and general use isn’t much impeded.

Immobile thumb is maybe the worst. Grab a cheap number pad and place it under your hand so you can use four fingers on the buttons. Mouse in your left hand. This severely limits what you can do with a computer.

Look up some brain exercises to ease the transition between sides of your brain and handedness. Also hold on to the skills you develop in these few weeks. Being able to work right or left hand helps with a lot of manual tasks with weird angles like using a drill under a sink or what have you.

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- cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh wow! That sounds rough.
  
  I have a nice full arm cast from my elbow to my wrist (Oberarmschiene). I just learned that I will have it removed next week already, because they don’t want to immobilize it for too long, but I was told it will hurt a lot after it’s removed, so we’ll see how that goes…
  
  My thumb is indeed mobile, but my wrist is locked in place, so it is indeed quite uncomfortable to grip a mouse.
  
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FlowerDeepSeaFish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon can played with only a mouse and you don’t need any reaction, maybe when you configure the overlay in the settings for the games it’s then playable with only the keybord. Maybe you can also play Dredge in the passive mode with only one hand and only keybord I havent tried it out with this restriction

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wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
One Finger Death Punch

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AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Cannot view the link without signing in, but Peglin can be played with just the arrow keys and space bar as the minimum amount of keys needed. I cannot say whether WASD works, but it’s pretty simple to play.

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WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I recommend playing the final fantasy games in order. Most of the older ones are only the dpad and two buttons.

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- Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’d second this. The full collection of pixel remaster games is actually phenomenal and a really good way to jump into the early titles.
  
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  - WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Even just the originals on nes are still a good time.
    
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StillNotAHero@artemis.camp ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
First thing that came to mind was FTL: Faster Than Light. I used to play on a laptop with no mouse and a lousy touchpad, so I became familiar with the hot-keys.

You can pause the game at any point to stage your attack / defense. Most commands have hot-keys you can press, rather than point and clicking. You might need to use the mouse for a few parts, but given the ability to always pause the game (I think it’s game mechanic really) you shouldn’t have too much trouble since you’re under little pressure to do so quickly.

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FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Darkest Dungeon is all about the mouse.

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- Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  One of my go-to games when trying rock a baby to sleep with one arm.
  
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ono@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Are you sure it has to be keyboard-only? Would a mouse or cheap touchpad work with your off hand, so long as the games don’t require fast response or fine accuracy?

Slay the Spire is a mouse-driven deck-builder.

Crypt of the Necrodancer is a rhythm-based roguelike that uses only four keys to play.

Both are excellent.

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flauschibunny@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
XCOM and Shadowrun returns! Just use the mouse with the other hand. Both games give you all the time you need. Battletech is a goog one handed game, too.

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- cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  XCOM is a great idea. I played it years ago, but never made it to the end.
  
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- glau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I second XCOM, if we are talking about the original two, Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep. I heard good things about the more recent ones, but I never played those.
  
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- Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I second all of the shadowrun games, I loved running through them on my phone.
  
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pozbo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I recently enjoyed playing yet another zombie survivors and it was a blast, cheap and at least a weeks worth of grinding to unlock all the goodies. Also you only need the WASD keys so you should be set with your broken arm.

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flameguy21@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You can play Earthbound on an emulator with one hand pretty easily. (bSNES is pretty good)

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pixeltree@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Xcom: enemy within and xcom 2. FTL: Faster Than Light.

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