Siralim Ultimate maybe? The Steam description: “Siralim Ultimate is a monster catching, dungeon crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.”
At some points, you need to rethink your setup and incorporate the new stuff you’ve found along the way to be able to mindlessly grind on but I’ve played for 160 hours so far and having a blast trying different strategies. Evoker is my favorite class so far - casting so many spells before the battle even begins that the enemy never gets their turn.
I played Siralim Ultimate on my deck while my newborn was sleeping on my lap pillow. It is absolutely great for just mindless numbers go up gameplay. It’s also fantastic if you want to spend hours theorycrafting and tinkering to get the perfect team for you.
Animator for lyfe. My Animatus goes first, punches one thing, and corpse explosions start rolling.
Vampire Survivors seems to fit the bill: no story, a bit of tactics, you level up to get new items, and enjoy killing hordes of enemies at once. After every run you can unlock power-ups for the next run… It’s one of my most played games in the last few months. It’s one of the classic “just one more run” type of games
I was so addicted to this game it was crazy. Finally able to pull myself away now . It’s also a fun game to just pick up and have a quick session commuting.
Second this, it’s my usual go to when I want something that doesn’t take a ton of brain power. It can also be played with only one hand on the Deck (mapping A and B to L4 and L5).
Great game unfortunately it’s finishable in about 40-50h. And there isn’t much to do after that. You can overnight farm gold but it doesn’t really get you anything
Lol I honestly was not sure if your comment was sarcastic or not. I guess you’re saying that if you’re looking to spend 1000s of hours with a game (like what people do with Runescape) Vampire Survivors is not the best. Still, you can easily get 100+ hours out of the base game + another buch of hours with the DLCs.
Also I think how quick you get tired of it depends on how much you’re looking to break the game with golden eggs farming. I personally have not done it but, if you do, it becomes pretty boring pretty fast.
I enjoyed my 50h but it isn’t a super long grindy game like OP is asking for.
Also there’s nothing to do when you farm golden eggs. You can just keep getting bigger numbers but there are no more unlocks etc. Also the lag is the real enemy at that point.
D2R. I know plenty have played the shit out of D2 already but somehow I hadn’t and after seeing how shit D4 was D2R has been great on the deck. Runs flawlessly.
Try Dinkum, it’s like a mixture between Animal’s crossing and Srardew Valley and a very chill and relaxed game. There are a bunch of levels for pretty much every one of your skills and it takes a while to progress into the game.
If you’re into idle games at all, try out Melvor Idle. Costs $10 but you can try it for free on a browser if you want to see what you’re getting. It’s heavily inspired by RuneScape. Melvor is without a doubt the best idle game I’ve ever played, so if you’re a fan of the genre and aren’t afraid of the grind, I’d highly recommend it.
I almost wanted to recommend this, but for a dedicated game system it’s a real emphasis on idle. You’d essentially be tapping every so often or setting up a task and then letting it go. I don’t think it’s a good dedicated Steam Deck game, but it is a hell of an idle game
True, it can occasionally grab your attention for a few days if you have an immediate goal, but it’s more of a background game most of the time. Still thought it was worth bringing up, especially at the mention of runescape!
Second this, though it can be a bit rough for new players to get the hang of all the many systems they use. Once you figure out how to build around specific frames though, it’s totally brain dead slaughterfest for the most part
Total braindead slaughter, until you start New War. Then it’s souls-like gameplay that you can’t back out of. The only way I can play again is if I get someone to play on my account and beat those bosses for me.
I’ve played the first 5min of DS3 and couldn’t stand the camera. No other souls games to my name. It’s far more of a beatemup action brawler from say early oughts than souls. You don’t really need to dodge. Just spam attacks.
The kahl missions were kinda weird bc you could be doing great and then out of nowhere take a ton of damage. Or the stealth missions where the view cones were funky.
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Siralim Ultimate maybe? The Steam description: “Siralim Ultimate is a monster catching, dungeon crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.”
At some points, you need to rethink your setup and incorporate the new stuff you’ve found along the way to be able to mindlessly grind on but I’ve played for 160 hours so far and having a blast trying different strategies. Evoker is my favorite class so far - casting so many spells before the battle even begins that the enemy never gets their turn.
I played Siralim Ultimate on my deck while my newborn was sleeping on my lap pillow. It is absolutely great for just mindless numbers go up gameplay. It’s also fantastic if you want to spend hours theorycrafting and tinkering to get the perfect team for you.
Animator for lyfe. My Animatus goes first, punches one thing, and corpse explosions start rolling.
Why not Runescape/Old School Runescape? I dont have a Deck but I know a bunch of people who play OSRS on one
Its more like, I have played OSRS for soooo long now. Really want to try something new.
Melvor Idle is an idle game inspired by OSRS (Now published by Jagex) if you’re looking for something directly inspired by RuneScape.
Ah ok, when you said “back in the day” it made me think that youd taken one of those “prolonged breaks”
Vampire Survivors seems to fit the bill: no story, a bit of tactics, you level up to get new items, and enjoy killing hordes of enemies at once. After every run you can unlock power-ups for the next run… It’s one of my most played games in the last few months. It’s one of the classic “just one more run” type of games
I was so addicted to this game it was crazy. Finally able to pull myself away now . It’s also a fun game to just pick up and have a quick session commuting.
Second this, it’s my usual go to when I want something that doesn’t take a ton of brain power. It can also be played with only one hand on the Deck (mapping A and B to L4 and L5).
Great game unfortunately it’s finishable in about 40-50h. And there isn’t much to do after that. You can overnight farm gold but it doesn’t really get you anything
Lol I honestly was not sure if your comment was sarcastic or not. I guess you’re saying that if you’re looking to spend 1000s of hours with a game (like what people do with Runescape) Vampire Survivors is not the best. Still, you can easily get 100+ hours out of the base game + another buch of hours with the DLCs.
Also I think how quick you get tired of it depends on how much you’re looking to break the game with golden eggs farming. I personally have not done it but, if you do, it becomes pretty boring pretty fast.
I enjoyed my 50h but it isn’t a super long grindy game like OP is asking for.
Also there’s nothing to do when you farm golden eggs. You can just keep getting bigger numbers but there are no more unlocks etc. Also the lag is the real enemy at that point.
So great game but not that long.
Oh, only 40-50 hours of entertainment for £3 what a scam!
Great game. Totally worth the money. But not long and grindy like OP asked for.
Alternative suggestions:
Halls of torment
Soulstone survivors
Hakls of torment is great. Much better than vampire survivors, in a lot of ways
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How does it play on deck? I really like the idea of picking it up again what’s the battery life like?
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The Disgaea games are a great grind, tons of Post Story content to delve into and days of pure grinding.
Tactical RPG is the genre, fyi.
Came here to ask if Disgaea was compatible and recommend it if it was.
Diablo IV. World of Warcraft. Final Fantasy XIV.
D2R. I know plenty have played the shit out of D2 already but somehow I hadn’t and after seeing how shit D4 was D2R has been great on the deck. Runs flawlessly.
Do you get to move around using the left thumbstick?
Putting this game on console ruined it some say.
Try Dinkum, it’s like a mixture between Animal’s crossing and Srardew Valley and a very chill and relaxed game. There are a bunch of levels for pretty much every one of your skills and it takes a while to progress into the game.
Halls of Torment. Cookie Clicker. Vampire Survivors.
I read the title wrong, and now I’m picturing an angle grinder simulator that uses the motion controls on the deck.
Loop Hero
Hades
Persona 4 or 5
You absolutely can’t play Hades at a braindead level
The game does have an easy mode if you want it to be more brain dead. But it definitely does still require some thought for sure.
Monster Hunter World/Rise. After mastering monsters it becomes a grind for parts.
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If you’re into idle games at all, try out Melvor Idle. Costs $10 but you can try it for free on a browser if you want to see what you’re getting. It’s heavily inspired by RuneScape. Melvor is without a doubt the best idle game I’ve ever played, so if you’re a fan of the genre and aren’t afraid of the grind, I’d highly recommend it.
I almost wanted to recommend this, but for a dedicated game system it’s a real emphasis on idle. You’d essentially be tapping every so often or setting up a task and then letting it go. I don’t think it’s a good dedicated Steam Deck game, but it is a hell of an idle game
True, it can occasionally grab your attention for a few days if you have an immediate goal, but it’s more of a background game most of the time. Still thought it was worth bringing up, especially at the mention of runescape!
Warframe is pretty grindy and is free to play.
Second this, though it can be a bit rough for new players to get the hang of all the many systems they use. Once you figure out how to build around specific frames though, it’s totally brain dead slaughterfest for the most part
Total braindead slaughter, until you start New War. Then it’s souls-like gameplay that you can’t back out of. The only way I can play again is if I get someone to play on my account and beat those bosses for me.
…now I don’t want to get back to Warframe.
Why does everything have to be souls-like these days?
It’s only souls-like for the duration of the quest - but you’re locked into the quest and have to complete it before you can use your frames again.
Ah I see. I think I can live with that.
It’s souls lite for like 30min. I wish I could go redo just the teshin mission. But honestly it’s 1 not that hard 2 not that long.
“Not that hard” if you are at all good at souls-likes. I am not, so it’s impossible.
I’ve played the first 5min of DS3 and couldn’t stand the camera. No other souls games to my name. It’s far more of a beatemup action brawler from say early oughts than souls. You don’t really need to dodge. Just spam attacks.
The kahl missions were kinda weird bc you could be doing great and then out of nowhere take a ton of damage. Or the stealth missions where the view cones were funky.