Games you turn into a zombie in front of

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Usually it’s strategy games, not because they’re all that good but because they’re built out of repetitive loops and give you tons of micro-tasks that are so easily completed but also set up the next one that you just squirrel away at it endlessly.

Anno 1800 is a horrifying time sink.

FML I wish I’d been a jock

 

[Pissmaster]

I think Vampire Survivors is gonna win this thread by a country mile. It is just handfuls and handfuls of candy in video game form.

 

[Anti Snigger]

I had a really great time playing the new system shock like this. I kinda just vegged out and let my mind wander as I played and listened to podcasts

 

[POWER IN MISERY]

once you get a run going in noita where you're basically immortal you're gonna be locked in for a while

 

[sadbird]

None so far, thank God. I'm happy to report my organs are still functioning as intended.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Grindy JRPGs. Some (most?) of the Dragon Quest series comes to mind, in a good way.

 

[Suburban Bastard]

Project Zomboid

 

[HarrietTubmansTittyFuckSu]

roller coaster tycoon

 

[ANF]

X-Com mods get absurdly expansive and equally addicting

When I first started playing XPiratez I ended up spending all my free time on it for almost three weeks

 

[Tablet County]

I think Souls games do that to me. There was one time I was so desperate to defeat the dancer in DS3 that I think I genuinely entered some kind of battle trance or ultra instinct.

 

[vomitusdeux]

I have a few like this, but yesterday age of wonders 4 caught me off guard and I lost literally 5 hours of my day without realizing it.

 

[IamnottheNSA]

Dwarf Fortress did this to me

 

[The Skeksis Emperor]

SMT and Etrian Odyssey do this to me. Dangerous.

 

[Benny]

Rimworld and the Mount and blade games. I once played 9 hours of Warband before realizing it was 4 am.

 

[Bubble Ba'ath]

4X games, especially older ones I have played since childhood so its kind of a comforting well-wrong gameplay loop. My ability to go into something like the older Civs, Alpha Centauri, Master of Orion etc when I just need to turn off for awhile can actually be a good down time between busy periods.

 

[Calandrino]

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

ARPGs in general, but Diablo 2 when I was in high school and Grim Dawn now. When Fangs of Asterkarn drops I'm probably gonna disappear for a few weeks.

 

[Grub]

4x games, the Civilization games in particular, roguelikes and dungeon crawlers, free cell and solitaire games, puzzle games of any kind.

 

[retard strength II]

Games like Planet Zoo, Cities Skylines, Project Hospital. I should probably be thinking more when playing these actually, but unlike real life I can bail and start over when things get too big and all the ignored problems pile up too much to be ignored!

 

[Blindeye]

Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, any city/colony builder like that just makes entire days disappear