Derail Valley Simulator is actually quite chill, once you have an idea of how to handle your trains. I have almost $7,000,000 saved up to see how big of a boom I can cause without going into debt, or hurting my engines and caboose.

I replay games I’m intimately familiar with so I can just autopilot and chill.

I am more likely to watch a movie or binge a show when I’m sick than play a video game though. Sometimes I read a comic book if my eyes are OK or listen to an audiobook.

Dorfromantik.

It’s a game where you place tiles to build a map and you get scored based on how well the placed tile matches the rest of the tiles. Extra score comes from additional goals which usually mean finishing a certain area.

It’s my go to game when I’m burnt out and can’t think or I’m so sick I can’t focus on anything, because the game is perfect when you’re low energy. There is no clock, there is no mental overhead of keeping track of something. The game gives you all the information you need and you can play one tile at a time. The music is calm and the tiles you place create this idyllic world that’s pleasing to the eye.

It’s the ultimate chillout game.

Dr. Mario or Microsurgeon so you can pretend like you’re curing yourself 😃

Deep rock survivor. No thought required. Break rocks. Guns will sort out the test on their own.

I would recommend playing a mediocre game you don’t intend to replay. If you’re anything like me, I associate movies and games with the feeling of sickness I felt watching it. So Shadow of the Colossus, for some reason, is strongly associated with the feeling I had being home sick playing it as a teenager. I still replay it but have that kind of aftertaste of the memory lol. I similarly associate the movie Dark City with having chicken pox!

Maybe check out:

• Dorf Romantik
• Tiny Glade
• one of the house flipper or power wash sim games
• if I were sick, I’d probably play some RimWorld, or whatever open world RPG I have going, but those are probably more involved than it sounds like you’re in the mood for.

Stardew valley and terraria

EarthBound?

I’d recommend emulating some nostalgic games from your childhood, ones you’ve played to death and wouldn’t mind any sudden interruptions of since you’ve seen everything a hundred times.

Basically, the video game equivalent of putting on old sitcoms.

When my sick, close eyes and rest.

I played The Last of us Part 2 and the OG Alan Wake while sick. Both are pretty linear narrative games with little to no puzzles.

Zelda: The Wind Waker.

There’s a part where you heal a sick person, toward the middle.

Also, a kid with a snot drip hanging from his nose, in the beginning.

If you’re majorly sick, I recommend playing a visual novel. They usually do not require much movement or thinking on your part; most only need you to click your mouse or tap spacebar to advance. You can look up a VN that suits your needs here: Link If you want a VN that has a particular genre or theme I can give more specialized suggestions.

Aside from that, you can play some simple automation or puzzle games. territorial.io works well for this. shapez 2 is also a good option.

Something very chill. Your brain needs rest, more so if you’re running a fever.