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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/linux_gaming
 

Hi all,

Recommend me a game! I'm looking for something casual (to play for 20-30 minutes from time to time), challenging (like in difficult to master), not super complicated (I don't want to spend hours learning all the rules), but not super simple (when it's too repetitive the patters get ingrained in my brain. anyone else has this?), cheap (don't want to spend $30 on a game I will play from time to time). Must work on Linux and on an integrated GPU. Games I enjoyed previously:

  • Fistful of Frags
  • smashcarts.io
  • xevil

What I did a lot years ago was to play single levels of games over and over until I totally crashed it even if I wasn't that interested in the entire game. I guess what I like most is figuring out the smallest details of a game, not getting into long campaigns.

So, what can I play?

Edit: Thanks for all recommendations so far but I see I need to add one more requirement: no levels. I'm looking for something quick, in and out, skirmish, death match, melee type of game. Not something where you build a character, solve puzzles and so on.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks nice but I have to get a disk and AppImage and so special runners? Bah. But it's interesting idea. I never really played melee games but it does sound like something I would enjoy. I will do a steam search.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rivals of Aether is like a PC smash brothers knockoff but it's actually really fun and has a lot of mods for community made characters. I really recommend it.

maybe I'm not cultured enough, but I find rivals more fun than smash

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's windows only, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah you go to your local college and find a group a guys there who are huddled around an ancient artifact called a "GameCube" and are vigorously moving their joysticks on a controller back and forth.