• RamenJunkie@midwest.social
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    1 day ago

    There are a lot of solo games. Its kind of funny that there seems to be a market for “group games minus the group.”

    There is probably some psychological angles here, like people are too introverted or whatever to find and join or just create a local group fornthese sorts of games.

    Despite the funny meme, a lot are intended to be game like, with dice rolls and such to create some unintended spontaneous events and results.

    Many however also are basically just a writing prompt. Or a writing prompt where the prompt has a dice roll at the start.

    I didn’t really play any but Instarted collecting up solo games a few years ago.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Personally, one of the reasons I mostly play solo video games is so that if I feel like taking a break, I can do so without affecting anyone else or needing to wait until everyone is ready for a break. Sometimes I think I want to play a game and then am just not feeling it a few mins in. Or I’ll be really into a game for months and then just drop it when that obsession passes.

      Playing together is a big commitment!