I need some suggestions on what to play. Single Player games only. Most of the games make me feel lonely and alone. In most of the games, the protagonist has to deal with the problems on their own, like Control, Crysis, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War (I liked the original 6 more than the new ones, even though the new ones had companions), horror games like Outlast, Echo and Alan Wake, and many others.

I want something that won’t give me anxiety. I really enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy, having those teammates by my side always made me feel “safe”. I also liked Spider-Man and Deadpool because the humour makes me feel comfortable. In old Harry Potter games, Ron, Hermione and Harry were usually together, so, I never felt alone while playing those either. In Indika, that one hand man was with me for most of the game.

Open world games also give me less anxiety, like most Assassin’s Creed games, Ghost of Tsushima, Just Cause series, etc.

I think you all get my point. So, what do you suggest I should play?

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All party crpg like pillars of eternity, Baldur’s Gate, and the like.

JRPG maybe…

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So I’m not sure what might make you not feel lonely or anxious. Things like how directly you control the characters with you could he factors I imagine, so I’m just going to list a bunch of things:

A shorter one, but Star Wars Republic Commando. You’re a commando unit and work as one.

Dragon’s Dogma, either Dark Arisen or the new sequel.

Mass Effect series.

I don’t know if Earth Defence Force would be like that or not, at the end of the day your NPC allies could be hit or miss (literally, depending on the weapons you use).

Not sure how you feel about party-based RPGs, but there are tons of them.

I’m wondering if RTS games with campaigns would feel right as well. StarCraft’s campaigns have a lot of people constantly talk to/around you.

The Lego games?

Stardew Valley?

Can’t really think of indie games at the moment.

Games I haven’t played so I don’t know if they apply: Persona? Space Marine games?

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One of my favorite aspects of the Borderlands series (I played all of them single-player) is that they didn’t make me feel lonely.

The atmosphere is very lonely, but there’s always some radio chatter or cooky interaction that manages to lighten things.

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Undertale gives you the option of being kind to nearly everyone you meet, and you can befriend several characters as well.

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you can befriend the entire cast if you want

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Mass Effect series.

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“Binary Domain” is an option. You are almost all the time accompanied by 1-3 NPCs of your Team. The game also has a, more or less working, voice System to talk to your team through your microphone. That way you can give orders and have some small talk. The game is quite good, give it a try.

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For squad mates that function better, Star Wars Republic Commando is a damn fine FPS.

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True, but I think that the microphone communication that Binary Domain offers is a unique feature that OP will appreciate.

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Stardew Valley

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That, it’s a grown up person’s dream of a place to be. At least for lots of folks out there and me)

And overall it’s a good game to play slowly for months.

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A significant portion of it is also literally about making friends with the NPCs.

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Kenshi.

The world is brutal, but its possible to pay for some company, buy some slaves, or maybe, juuuuust maybe, find a quirky friend.

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Damn. First Kenshi recommendation I’ve seen in the wild.

+1 for Kenshi

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Hahah, there are dozens of us, dozens!

But no seriously if you can get past the extremely weird … basically early 00’s style mmo control scheme… for what nowadays you’d expect to be third person ARPG controls… Kenshi is an absolutely incredible game, and it’s got a lively modding scene as well.

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You are never technically alone in Hellblade…

In all honesty, I think you’d love Casette Beasts, it’s all about friendship.

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While “technically true is the best kind of true”, I really would recommend anyone already facing anxiety to avoid Hellblade.

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Oh yeah, I was completely joking with that one

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Literally any JRPG

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Titanfall 2: You have a titan as a companion for most of the game (there are segments where you’re on your own though). And it’s a fantastic single player campaign.

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AVNs 👀

Dragon’s Dogma is pretty good at making you both the center of the world and being surrounded by people that want you to succeed with how the pawns constantly talk, and even out in the middle of nowhere, you’ll run into people just walking around between settlements so the world never feels empty, even in places it maybe should.

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Have you tried Adastra? That story can make you feel pretty good… Until it ends…

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The pawns were so dumb but weirdly endearing

They just make me wanna ruffle their hair and call them scamp as they buff my weapon with the wrong element.

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. You will work together with an increasing team of friends and allies to survive ridiculous circumstances.

The story is incredible, but the character building is excellent. Great fast paces action RPG with party switching, so you’ll always have 2 playing with you. The story really shows deep friendship development, especially if you ensure to do all side quests and talk to characters at various story points.

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in cyberpunk 2077 your characters sorta never alone after a certain point.

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