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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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[–] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Btw: There are USB foot keyboards on the soulless online marketing platform of your choice. They can usually be programmed to different keys or combinations. While it is not something I would use for FPS gaming, it can come handy in situations like yours. I have one with three different switches that are programmable which is quite handy.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

X-COM 2 is fully playable with just the mouse.

If you're looking for something a bit lighter, there's The Enchanted Cave 2, a nice little roguelite with an interesting loot system.

From memory, Fallout and Fallout 2 are fully mouse-playable too.

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

[–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago
  1. Slay the Spire
  2. Tactical Beach Wizards (on sale!)
  3. Rogue Light Deck Builder (yes, that's the name)
[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Rimworld can be played only with a mouse pretty good. And City Skylines too

[–] _hovi_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Civ 5 and FTL would be my top suggestions. I think anything turn based is likely to be playable with just a mouse

[–] Revanee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Haha as soon as I posted I realized I forgot to mention I've been playing Balerto already! GreR suggestion tho!

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

It's a very good game! I loved Subnautica too :)

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[–] demodawg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Cookie Clicker

[–] Eldritch_Alyx@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any turn based isometric. Pillars of eternity 1 & 2. Shadowrun returns/dragonfall/Hong Kong.

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous too.

[–] artnay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Since Ellipsis hasn't been mentioned yet, here's my recommendation:

Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.

Ellipsis on Steam Store

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

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

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Only a madman would try FTL without a quick pause, although I believe it can be remapped.

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[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

TIMBERBORN

Such a good game. Shout-out RCE.

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[–] pedro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago
[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Buy a mouse with a joystick or D-Pad on it. Or one of those 15 button mice meant for MMOs. Then you can play anything.

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried attaching movement controls to my logitech g600's number pad, it wasn't practical

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[–] Edge004@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Peggle, Nubby's Number Factory, Peglin, Ballionaire

[–] hamburgers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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. logitech g502 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.

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[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

Vampire Survivors with arrow keys. 🧛

[–] windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

Into The Breach

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess uncontrollable rage is an emotion!

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[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Recently did another Plants vs. Zombies run, so I'm gonna throw this one into the mix here.

[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Oldschool runescape 😁

[–] dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 5 points 2 days ago

I actually played all of Talos Principle using only a 5 button mouse when I broke my arm a few months ago. I mapped W and S to the side buttons, jump to the middle click, and the game is actually perfectly playable with this controls.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lots of visual novels, maybe you could try Fate?

There is unciv, a foss and free civ 5 adaptation, Humankind which was free for a time on epic games, civ 6 if it's still on sale, civ 7 if you're free to trying out new things

RimWorld would be nice but the lack of shortcuts will drive you mad

CK3 isn't as bad when you lack shortcuts, it's a fun game

[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

!visualnovels@ani.social can help you out with way more visual novels. Including ones that do not have sex scenes or romance, counter to the stereotype of all VNs as sex games.

(and if you do want romance in your VNs, but from a female perspective, !otomegames@ani.social has you)

If you end up liking Crusader Kings 3 you might also like Crusader Kings 2

[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

You did say "just right hand," there was a thread before asking for one-handed games in general

[–] duchess@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] ghostsinthephotograph@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For point-and-click adventures, I've enjoyed the Samorost series, Machinarium, and Botanicula!

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Give Kingdom of Loathing a try.

[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

If you don't mind something older, both Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic games can be played only with mouse. It's bit clunkier than also using a keyboard, but doable. I used to play them like that while smoking many years ago.

[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every game can be mouse only with an mmo-mouse

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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] mimic_dev@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Just started playing lonestar and it's been fun, Slice and dice is one of my favorites, Also pretty sure someone suggested slay the spire already but just wanna 2nd it if you haven't played it yet. Hope your recovery goes well!!

Get a giant D-pad for one of your feet to use for wasd

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mini Metro was the first thing that came to mind. Fun little time waster.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I have also recently been playing Mini Motorways and found it more fun than Mini Metro (too bad it's not available on Android, since mini metro is one of my favorite phone games)

[–] simple@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If you're a grand strategy fan: Crusader Kings 3. You could spend hundreds of hours in that game, and it's mainly designed to be played with only a mouse.

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[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Faster than light

[–] EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First of, sorry about your collarbone, that sucks

Second, I think if you're looking for something to disappear into I really recommend Baldurs Gate 3, I've seen it recommend here already but just wanted to second that, it's a really fantastic world to live in for a bit

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