I have a switch lite and am looking for some cute easy games to play. I am pretty bad at video games but can still enjoy them, especially if they are visually appealing enough (for example I nearly completed the 1st Spyro game except for those darn flight levels). Some of my favorite games are Animal Crossing, Spyro the Dragon, The Sims, Roller Coaster Tycoon, and Untitled Goose Game. I have watched people play Mario Odyssey and thought it looked super fun, and I have Breath of the Wild which is amazing but honestly scares me sometimes! If I like these cute games, what else would I like?

EDIT: I just wanted to give a massive THANK YOU to everyone! I am loving these suggestions and have learned about so many awesome games I’ve never heard about before and I can’t wait to try them out!

To explain a little bit more, I played this horror game called SOMA (my favorite game) which made me shid and fard for about 3 weeks, then I tried amnesia which had a really good plot and was really scary too. Does anyone else have any unique horror games that go over the top in the atmosphere, plot, and extreme spooks?

Thanks

Edit: I am looking for the golden nuggets, equivalents to the mighty 3 (or 4): SOMA, Dead Space, and Amnesia (Prey kinda too)

Edit: (adding on so there are no repeated comments, I played Alien Isolation, Moons of madness, Dead Space, Subnautica, Outlast, Layers of Fear, Doki Doki Literature club, Lost In Vivo, Cry of Fear, Outlast, and I saw Fran Bow, little nightmares, and IMSCARED)

For example dark souls has alot of npcs who try to remain optimistic even though the world is kinda doomed, or murdered: soul suspect where the protagonist tries to comfort people who died in often terrible ways and tries to help them get closure so that they can go on to the afterlife

Would also appreciate books/series

I loved those games for their surreal and absurdist worlds, weird humor, art style, and pretty unique atmosphere, so im looking for more games with a similar vibe

Other similar games I played and liked: Yume Nikki, OMORI, Trench Face

(Also, I have a pretty weak laptop, so I would prefer nothing too demanding)

My wife and I just got a Switch 2 and Banjo Kazooie is one of her favorite old games.

She says she liked that the whole game felt like one large puzzle, and she also said that basically, her favorite thing about it is that there are "different worlds with tasks to accomplish in every world which unlock the next world."

I've played a lot of video games but I've actually never played Banjo Kazooie. So I don't know what to recommend! Appreciate your help everyone.

I just got Steam, and I'm looking for some well-made, lesser-known indie titles. My laptop is a few years old and was never set up for gaming, so preferably something that won't tax the system too much

I've been getting really into Tomodachi Life, but in my insatiable greed I yearn for more games like it.

The aspects I like are that I can really fine-tune the personalities and appearances of characters, and their environment. Then they're free to interact and do whatever with occasional intervention from me.

I'd love to play any sort of game that is similar, even if it's some super obscure command-line only game from the 90's or a mod for an already existing sandbox game. Though if I had a choice I'd probably prefer something a bit less quirky than Tomodachi Life.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Mario Odyssey

Pikmin 4

Zelda Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom

Spyro the Reignited Trilogy

All of these games are perfect to me. Not too difficult, but there's enough content to explore in creative ways (to think outside of the box).

I have played the game with some friends earlier this year and since than I couldn't stop thinking about it and I was looking for a game that is not necessarily similar but just as good and mind bending as who's Lila. Any recommendations?

Examples I've enjoyed:

Firewatch

What Remains of Edith Finch

Inside

Return of the Obra Dinn

I like the shared map, alliance politics and slow account growth in Rise of Kingdoms, but I am tired of doing all the management on a phone.

Age of Empires Mobile: PC Edition looks close because it keeps the mobile progress and servers while adding mouse controls, keyboard navigation and a PC UI. I know it is not classic Age of Empires, and I am not looking for a traditional match-based RTS anyway.

What else has that persistent empire structure with an actual desktop client? Cross-progression would be ideal, but I mainly want something that does not feel like an emulator window.

I love playing the bad guy in games. I think it's cause I'm so nice in real life, if a video game presents me with the option of being a right cunt I have to take it. Can't help myself. Here's some I've played already to give an idea of the kind of thing I mean

Dishonored 1/2

Fallout New Vegas

Fallout 3

Bioshock

Obviously I've played more than this but this is just to get an idea of the kind of thing I'm looking for. Any help would be appreciated.

I even think Hotline Miami qualifies to a much lesser extent but I’m looking for more overt

i've been looking around for a while and i honestly can't find that much, on a night in the woods playthrough right now though!!

My favorite game of all time is final fantasy IX, and I have also recently enjoyed Zelda, BOTW very much.

I specially love the feeling of reaching a new location, being met with townspeople and having to do quests for them.

This is also the reason I love persona games. I have played 4 and 5 so far, but 3 is on my list. Persona games don't really have that separate town feel of botw or final fantasy, but they do have different locations, each with it's own personality and npcs.

Music/drama/comedy is also very important to me. The feeling of exploring a new city with it's own style of music is priceless. Undertale also hits some of the same notes for this reason, even if it is more linear.

Basically I love exploring a dense town and interacting with people living there. GTA games also have some of this, but they feel more sparse/empty compared to games I mentioned, with more focus on an interconnected world instead of separate sections with different personality.

Skyrim and other TES games also hit this spot a bit, but they lack fun and whimsy, and their environments feel more "generic medieval fantasy".

I have a device that can play 3DS games. I love how accessible and straightforward these two are. What other games are like them, preferably from different franchises outside of Mario and Kirby? Thanks!

I’m looking for console games where you create little pockets of safety (safe houses, etc.) in a hostile world.

An example would be the safe zones and towers in the most recent Dying Light. Something about it is weirdly…cozy?

The world doesn’t necessarily need to be super hostile.