Hi people, I currently have two friends who injured their dominant arm in unrelated accidents and mostly can’t do anything but sit around and watch movies.

I’d like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.

Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.

One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don’t really like that game.

Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying…

    • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      I’m interested and for $3 I thinnill give it a shot. How does this compare to rimworld, as they look similar?

      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        I hadn’t played so I just checked out a beginner’s guide and I don’t think they’re very similar at all.

        In FTL you’re pretty much going from point to point on a map which mostly have encounters with single ships. You try to collect resources for upgrades or new weapons. At shops you can repair or buy things, and you’ll find new crew members there or organically through events. There are a few different ways to do combat (different kinds of guns/missiles, drones, or boarding enemy ships), and everything builds to a boss battle in the final sector.

        I’m sure there are some vids that can lay out the basics in a few mins, but if it sounds anything like a genre you’re interested in I’d say 3 bucks is a steal for it. As a roguelike it’s got a lot of replayability.

      • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Especially with the Multiverse mod!

        (though it’s much harder to install on Linux than it has any right to be)

          • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            You’re welcome! I’ve played it a bunch, it’s essentially FTL 1.5 and extremely well made. Hope you have fun playing it!

            In case you’re running on Linux, be warned that you might have to add a SELinux exception. Hit me up if that’s the case, I’ll try to find the commands.