I’ve just broken my left collarbone and for the next couple weeks have left arm in a sling. Thinking about games that are played just with the right hand?
I’ve already got Slay the Princess which I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while and Disco Elysium which I never got far through, but taking any suggestions at this point, always keen to try fresh genres and formats.
Let em on me!
Thanks, gang.
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Balatro
Haha as soon as I posted I realized I forgot to mention I’ve been playing Balerto already! GreR suggestion tho!
When I turn on my PC and can’t decide what I want to play, I launch Balatro. Easy choice.
Kinda depends on what type of games you like!
Here’s a few different ones: Timberborn, Slay the Spire, Darkest Dungeon, TemTem, FTL, Into the Breach
Edit: some personal favorites too: Dungeon Clawler and Ballionaire
Only a madman would try FTL without a quick pause, although I believe it can be remapped.
Agreed, not a perfect choice for mouse-gaming
TIMBERBORN
Such a good game. Shout-out RCE.
I really like his new shaft…😏
Gotta be honest; I love RCE, but he’s been outside my ring of focus for a while, so I have no clue what you’re on about. Really strong joke though. Some would say it’s efficient.
Thanks for the suggestions! I’ll check them out. Appreciate it!
You got it! Hoping you’ll have a speedy recovery!
balatro!
Balatro!
Edit: inscryption is WASD +spacebar only, if you can do that with a slight seating adjustment. It’s great for planes. The post game content might be even better than the game content, haha.
I didn’t know that, that is awesome. Inscryption is one of the coolest gaming experiences of the last few years. It’s right up there with titles like Subnautica and the Outer Wilds for me. Daniel Mullins is a creative lad.
It’s a very good game! I loved Subnautica too :)
Getting over it with Bennett Foddy.
It’s a challenging but deeply emotional game. You only need to use the mouse to climb the character up.
I guess uncontrollable rage is an emotion!
Fair enough! But there’s some epic narration done, too. Quite soothing at times
Oh cool that’s the kind of thing I wouldn’t usually play but reckon I’ll have time to enjoy over the next couple weeks. Great suggestion!
Yeah, it is quite an unusual kind of game. But I’d be happy to read about your thoughts if you play it! :)
Civ 5 and FTL would be my top suggestions. I think anything turn based is likely to be playable with just a mouse
Slay the Spire - a roguelike deckbuilder is a lot of fun.
I haven’t actually tried it, but Balatro has made a lot of waves recently and I imagine you could play that with only mouse.
Also, what kind of mouse are you using? If you’re still on a no thumb buttons mouse, you should definitely upgrade. If you only have 2 thumb buttons, as is most common, I’d recommend looking at something with more. My mouse has 3 thumb buttons, and two extra index finger buttons.
and while some people like that mouse (i do) some don’t, so I can’t say whether you’d like it, but I will say the extra buttons have allowed me to set up a lot of games that would normally require a keyboard as well into a more mouse only friendly experience.
They can also look into an MMO mouse for more buttons.
I’ve been very happy with my Deathadder, been using it for almost a year now.
I just purchased the naga v2 hyperspeed since that’s the kind of mouse i’ve been using for 15 years.
It’s been pretty good for the 2 weeks i’ve had it.
Maybe some classic, more phantastical CRPGs with turn-based combat are more your juice than Disco Elysium: Baldur’s Gate III, Pillars of Eternity II, Fallout. Planescape Torment, Tyranny, Pathfinder, Pillars I and the rest of the Baldur’s Gate series rely on real-time combat with pause which might get tedious when only using the mouse.
Was thinking of getting back into pillars of eternity 2 but thought you needed a bit of keyboard, like number keys?
People have suggested some RTS titles but I can’t imagine playing them without group numbers and force attacks a d things…
IIRC number keys are shortcuts for abilities, so optional.
Any turn based isometric. Pillars of eternity 1 & 2. Shadowrun returns/dragonfall/Hong Kong.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous too.
For point-and-click adventures, I’ve enjoyed the Samorost series, Machinarium, and Botanicula!
Interesting! Looking forward to checking them out. Thanks!
Seconding Machinarium! It’s the first game I thought of
Vampire Survivors with arrow keys. 🧛
Every game can be mouse only with an mmo-mouse
Haha good point, unfortunately I’ve also bruised right hand thumb so even if I still had mmo mouse I think it wouldn’t work that well. Good suggestion tho!
Oldschool runescape 😁
Into The Breach
I don’t see any mention of the Civilization games. Civ III is my personal favorite but Civ V was also good. Keyboard shortcuts are a little bit quicker of course but it’s turn based so there’s no rush!
A lot of RTS games play fine with just the mouse, especially in the early stages of playing. I’ve seen a few mentioned but I’ll put Stronghold Crusader onto the recommendation list. I generally play it without any keyboard inputs.
