Players usually want a good story in their games. I can enjoy a good story too, but sometimes I just want to get going and do stuff without listening to several minutes of dialog in-between action.

Do you know any games where there’s no story (or very minimal/skippable one), and the game mechanics alone carry the game?

EDIT: Thank you all for the suggestions. There are some that I’ve never heard of and look very interesting. Will definitely pick some of them up.

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Factorio?

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The factory must grow

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Deep Rock Galactic

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Vampire Survivors

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I keep hearing about this one. I need to try it one day.

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It’s $5 and brilliant 40+ hour game with excellent mechanical complexity

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I just discovered this game this past weekend and it is sooo good. I wanted a fairly mindless “kill a bunch of guys and keep my hand busy” type of game, and that’s exactly what I got.

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Is there a particular genre? I dont pay attention to most game stories. Some of these suggestions have an online mode but ive only played single player.

age of empires 4 (1v1 against ai), 7days to die, vampire survivors, valheim.

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I mostly play action games of any kind really. But will try games outside of that too, for example card games, or some strategies. But generally I prefer more action oriented games.

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if you are feeling adventurous i would recommend slay the spire for the card games category

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Minecraft. Cities Skylines. RimWorld. Helldivers.*

*You’re going to need to co-op to have any chance in the mid to late game.

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