Edit
Sorry I haven't replied to anyone, life got a little crazy. I did not expect this many replies on lemmy! Thank you everyone, and I will be checking out a bunch of these! Thank you so much. :) I really appreciate it.
So, I hope this allowed, if not, I'll remove.
I have a small problem, y'all. I'm a filthy casual, and don't game often. But right now, due to a lot of very stressful things going on, I'm having trouble sleeping. I'd like a game I can play on the deck for an hour or two at night to get sleepy. Here's where the hard part comes in:
It's gotta be cheap (25 or less)
It needs to be not-stressful to play, as in, it works well on the deck, with no fiddling, because I am a dumb and don't understand things
I don't actually know what kind of game I want. I don't care for FPS games, I don't have the time/patience/money for online multiplayer stuff, and I'm not super in super heavy action games.
I like puzzles, platformers, laid back games. Open world is great. Very small games are fun, but I need something that I can play pretty much every night for a while. I loved portal and the Stanley parable, but I'm burnt out on TSP and I've played both portal games several times. I need something with a little more longevity.
Can anyone help with this not at all reasonable request?
Games that I've played recently on the steam deck:
Stray
Journey
Stardew Valley
Nobody saves the world
Guacamelee 2
Spider man Miles Morales
Road 96
Horizon Zero Dawn
Outer wilds
Raft
Rimworld
Football manager 2023
Uncharted legacy of thieves collection
Voltaire the vegan vampire
What remains of Edith finch
I kind of put the first few at the top because I think they might fit your request.
Stardew Valley is such a great game on the Deck.