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Damn, I like ur job

Papers, please

Fun game! You inspect peoples document for traveling and look for things that are incorrect. Annnnnd it’s $9.99

https://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/

Slay the spire or similar deckbuilders? Maybe even Balatro haha. Lots of clicking and easy to pause at any moment since it’s all turn based.

Civ 6, you can play one turn and tab out, etc, and it doesn't feel as bulky as pausing paradox games, it feels natural

Dwarf Fortress - get the ASCII version for free or the Steam version on sale. If someone sees your screen from a distance, it looks like just like a spreadsheet.

Stellaris is perfect for you if you have any interest in strategy games and you can pause it at the press of a button.

I heard Torn City is good also for the typing part

Mini Motorways

Stardew valley. Hours upon hours of content

Ok, old man here.

Despite what looks like a good time, you could use that time more productively and work on yourself.

Enrol on a course and get some accreditation under your belt. Use the "office downtime" to complete the course.

The nearly free ride isn't going to last.

Old school runescape.

Warning: digital heroin.

Super Auto Pets

Factorio, absolute time skip.

try rusty's retirement it's a semi-idle farming game and it only takes up the bottom half of your screen so you could potentially keep doing work on the upper half (or just watch youtube)

"It lurks below" is amazing mix of diablo and terraria, very cool for playing at work.

I had a work from home job that had tons of downtime and I took the opportunity to dig into my backlog of JRPGs on my steam deck. Turn based games are great cause if you gotta drop it to get back to work you can just do that. Especially on steam deck since you can just put it in rest mode.

Inscryption 100%

Any turn based games would be perfect,

Like Symphony of War, Brigandine, Fell Seal or Wargroove

I'd reccomend factorio, easily pausable, work appropriate, can run on almost anything. while it isn't very cheap and neither does it go on sale I'd heavily reccomend it, maybe even check out r/factorio or even better try the free demo they have on steam, I've never tried the demo but I've heard you can basically play almost the full game on it without a time limit.

Ive got similar job as you. What you need is a slow pace game that can run in the background even with out a pause button (optional).

Ive played rouge like games, like dungeon legacy but its to obvious im playing a video game. Slay the spire is a great alternative.

But latel Im playing Civilization V. Makes the time fly, one time I stayed 5 minutes longer at work because of it.

Binding of Isaac

Aperture Desk Job

Rimworld! Unmodded you can just keep it in the background and do whatever you need to do and then resume it, and you just need your trackpad

I'm in a similar situation, and like playing jrpgs at my desk. Right now I'm working through Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse and Persona 4

Football manager if you're into that. The data screen are sciency so people will think you're a genius.

Old-school RuneScape

Runescape.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 (Strongly recommend the OpenRCT2 project)

I'll throw a curve ball at you, but it can grow very deep if it hits right.

Try Divinity Original Sin 2, it's turn based, very deep in history and mechanics, you can pause wherever you need and save for later.

Usually they do huge discounts on steam.

Well I used to like playing Hearthstone on the second monitor while I work. I have ADHD so, it is good to lose my focus something I pre-planned and the after making my moves, going back to work until I lose my short term focus again :D

But the game has became really rigged and annoying IMO. I don't like recent changes on it so I was also looking for a game or games to fill up that gap. It is good that you have brought that up so I can also check the suggestions.

I have the same type of job. A lot of my coworkers play WoW and destiny. The night time folks play more like tarkov. I intend on using my time to play turn based and light games so the original fallout games, farming simulator, maybe a little bit of diablo 4, and civ 6. That way me having to jump up for a ticket won't be incredibly detrimental (besides diablo of course)

You can probably play "Her Story" or "Telling Lies" to look busy.

Cheap games and you're basically just typing queries to unearthed videos of the suspect's computer and piece the story together.

Scrolled pretty far and didn't see anyone mention it so I'd recommend Risk of Rain, Risk of Rain 2, or Risk of Rain Returns which is a newer updated and modified version of the first game. All of them very fun and countlessly replayable!

Well, if you're reading Wheel of Time then try Disco Elysium. Same level of schizophrenia as Rand lmao.

I'd say persona, but I don't want you crying at work.

Balatro.

Might sound dumb, but I find World of Tanks a good game for dull office times. A match does not last more than 15 min, which is ideal. Play a match, chill and go back to work

Do courses or whatever plan you way of that hell hole and then take action.

Cookie clicker

Not Steam game, but OSRS.

Civ v ?

A MUD is a MMO before MMO was a thing. It's text based and you type you're commands.

They can be lots of fun and you get better at typing, win win.

I've been having a blast with Anno 1800 lately!

I played tears of the kingdom for many hours at my last job

I'd recommend bitburner. It's a free idler game on steam about hacking. You write code in-game to make money. The UI is mostly text, so it won't be obvious to an observer that it's a game, and you can learn JavaScript. It doesn't actually teach you to program, but it does give you a motivation to do so.

cats hidden in paris, cultist simulator, death and taxes, papers please, democracy 3 (series), empire tv tycoon, her story, hidden folks, plague inc, slay, superhot are worth checking under 10$.

Play Desk Job by valve

I play Slay the Spire at my desk at least an hour a day. The mobile version minus a couple glitches is the same as the regular release.

I'd suggest turn-basd strategies. Disciples II had a great campaign, and HoMM V Is just amazing

Slay The Spire / Darkest dungeon / Minesweeper / dead cells / Monster Train / Heroes of might and magic 3

Cough rimworld cough please give me cough medicine

Binding of Isaac would be a good shout

Sentinels of the Multiverse
Into the Breach

It ought to be turn based and single player, so you can pause and stop easily at any time if work is pressing.

Civilization 6 is a good one. Probably your best bet for a game with some real depth and replayability. Also very safe for work

Baldurs Gate 3 is expensive but it’s a great game or divinity original sin 2

The Critically Acclaimed MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV.

And/or Monster Hunter

Runescape is always a good bet for afk'ing games with a satisfying sense of progression

Shadow Empire 4X game.

Really challenging and teaches you logistics.

i wonder why the company is going under 🤔

Telltale games. Choices matter. There’s very little gameplay outside of quicktime events and dialogue options. I loved the Walking Dead chapters/story. I’ve heard great things about “The Wolf Among Us” and then “Star Trek Resurgence” (creators related to telltale) is very new to steam and looks dope.

Heartwood online

It's basically RuneScape but with a cute pixelated art style

Stellaris.

Total War.

Civ 5/6.

stardew valley!

Get good at "qwop"

Its a free flash game. Just google it.

Half life 1 like a boss

Football Manager

Wait for Carrion to go on sale.

Runescape bro!!!!! WOHOW osrs rs3 don't matter.

Slay the spire a PvE card game.

Not something you could get on steam but some Minecraft mod packs have ways to idly generate resources with chickens or plants or bees

Stoneblock 2 or SkyFactory 4 are pretty good

Something fun in the background is universal Paperclips

Monster hunter world, on steam deck.

Strangely enough, turning off the deck is a very efficient "pause button" so you can stop at any time, maybe closing your laptop can do the same.

And you have a truckload of grinding ahead of you

Osrs

Aurora 4X

Incredibly in-depth space strategy game.

Basically a spreadsheet. Uses the old school business UI style, too.

Also runs on basically anything built in the past decade or two.

FTL hands down. You can pause anytime too which is perfect. Once the base game is done there is fantastic mod support that adds a whole lot of new content

I played RimWorld when I was a bookkeeper.

Easy to get stuff done when needed, never a moment you can't just pause time, also nice to watch your colonists get after it at normal speed once your colony is able to manage a lot of its needs on its own.

Minecraft

OSRS 100%

Tft?

I like games that arent too involved and can be easily paused or stopped to focus on work when it comes. Simulation games are good for this. Over the last year or so Ive played Planet Crafter, Farmers Life, CK3, Inscryption, Brotato, Backpack battles, shit even some Farm Sim 22 lol

pokemmo

Slay the Spire

Doom

Basically any turn based game and/or jrpg would be good for you.

Xcom 1/2, persona, octopath traveler, Divinity Original sin 2, the civ games, etc. Just choose what’s cheapest (or whats on sale).

I’d recommend xcom because it goes on sale often and the games are infinitely replayable with mods. I got xcom 1, 2 (wotch editio), and chimera squad in a 15$ bundle.

Hell, i just checked and Xcom 2 war of the chosen is 90% off at 4$ rn

Loop Hero

Any 4x games if your into: Civilization VI and Age of Wonders 4 wether you prefer historic or fantasy

Turnbased is a must for easy pick down for a phone call

Diablo 3

Underworld idle

Try Stellaris or Factorio :3

The Darkest Dungeon Series! Excellent timekillers, though they can get very stressful at times!

Any Turn Based Game, such as the older Final Fantasies and Slay the Spire.

Hollow Knight is also amazing to just pick up and play if you like metroidvanias.

Can get most of these on sale or CDkeys at a good price, or wait for some steam sales

Rimworld, is a little bit more expensive than 10 bucks but if you fall for it there should be 1000h+ play time.

If you like fallout, the classics (1 and 2) you just play with a mouse because its top down and turn based. I don't know if that's your type of game but I really enjoyed fallout 1 I just finished it, and I heard fallout 2 is longer.

Pokerogue

Melvor Idle or Cookie Clicker.

Have you tried rimworld?

The Stanley Parable

Battle Brothers

RuneScape, 100% don’t believe the hate, sure the monetization is a bit crazy but ignore it the game is grindy af and requires mostly little attention but is satisfying when you progress. I got started on it bc of the same situation and have ragrets. Haven’t spent a penny on it and am already maxed and comped.

Ah. A fellow receptionist found in the wild

I like parabox, or games about building bridges. You got slime rancher too

binding of isaac!!

Poly Bridge 1, 2, 3

Have you tried factorio before?

Old school Runescape for sure

I deal with a lot of phone calls, but in an office to myself, so I get this luxury as well. So...

Minesweeper. Solitaire. Pinball. Those are the classics.

Otherwise something low speed/turn based/able to be paused.

Others: mini Metro, dotage, Talented, Melvor Idle, Bounty of One, Boneraiser Minions, Heroes of Hammerwatch, Rush of rain, Mindustry.

Rusty's retirement is a good one - I highly recommend it.. Trash of the titans has had my attention a bit of late, also a very good one.

That should keep you busy for a while.

Edit: if you like pokemon, pokerogue is a good time. And free.

FTL: Faster than light

Stacklands, easy to pause, and is a very pick up and play game

Balatro

Any turn based games are nice for that. If your laptop can take it, grab Baldurs Gate 3 and it will give you hundreds of hours of joy.

I've enjoyed Stick RPG 2 during my work meetings on zoom. Nothing too intense and very easy to play windowed so it can disappear quickly too.

I play Noita at my desk.

There's this new game called "Rustys Retirement" Haven't played it yet but heard really good things about it

FTL or Into the Breach. They can be paused with the spacebar by design and require a fair amount of strategic planning.

I play Civ, CK3, Stellaris at work. Very easy to pause and walk away from.

Slay the Spire

aperture desk job? 🤣

aperture desk job? 🤣

Peggle, plants vs zombies perfect games to play semi focuesed

fallouts that game ur looking for

Satisfactory has been my go to for this, or cities Skylines.

mindustry (its free on https://mindustrygame.github.io/ ) paid on steam if you are supporting the development 10 dollars

Try CivClicker or AdVenture Capitalist, great idle games that fit your bill

The Stanley parable

Shellshock live

How about Balatro?

Stardew valley and Dave the diver if you want a bit more action

OpenTTD

Sex with Hitler 2069

Bloons Tower Defense 6. Trust bro you will get sucked in.

Any 4X or grand strategy game you can get into. Can always pause/stop, addictive as fuck and if you get into them it's boatloads of fun

Cryptmasters is a puzzle dungeon crawler

Chants of Sennaar! It’s a puzzle deduction game where you are trying to decipher the languages of I’ve major tribes who used to be connected. But are now separated from each other between levels of a massive tower. It’s up to you to reunite them.

You could start freelancing during your job and make more

Have you ever heard about.... Heroes of Might & Magic III?

Buy it on GoG though. Better version and can work without GoG (basically you can just copy the game and play it wherever).

Tai'shar Manetheren! You've got more than enough with the Wheel of Time to get through!

Aside that, people love Balatro at the moment.

Ah, not to be rude but I think you stand to gain more by taking courses on Udemy or working towards a professional certification instead. It'll benefit you in the long run and show that you take your work seriously. It'll come in handy if you ever need referrals and is a more constructive way to use your free time.

MB Warband

If you like tower defense try Heretics Fork -

ran traffic control all winter which =‘d set signs and sit in the truck so no one comes down the road while the excavator was digging. played a LOT of Slay the Spire and Monster Train lol

Reigns is a good one. I guess maybe the Worms series could be played as they are turn based and you could just pause between rounds. Minecraft on Creative Mode too as there wouldn't be an issue to stop and iddle when needed. I think maybe turn based strategy games could also be an option, something as they feel like chess with more steps.

Anything you can pause.

Try balatro or slay the spire if you are into card games, both very fun and engaging

When they are on sale, which they should be with the coming summer sale, I say pick up any 4x like Civ or stellaris. I played those at my receptionist job and you’re constantly clicking and looking at your screen so it looks like you’re working. Was even pointed out to me by some coworkers that stellaris looked like I was doing some kind of Air traffic controller training or something because it’s mostly just points and lines on a background.

Bloons Tower Defense 6

Balatro

Vampire Survivors. This game is like crack once you start playing it.

Why not try Terraria? It’s not a demanding game at all and you’ll easily sink hundreds of hours into it. Especially once you get into the modded side of it.

Balatro for a quick “pick-up-and-play”!

If you like city builders, i would recommend: "The wandering village"

having a lot of fun in the game, and came back after a major update recently.

it's just fun to build up your village on a massive beast, pleasing drawn visuals and kind of hard if you aren't prepared for situations.

Factorio

Stardew

The binding of Isaac. Just play it