I stupidly injured my left hand and it’s going to be out of commission for the next 3 months. I usually play Sim racing games and first person shooters.
What games would be available to me in order to keep streaming while only using my right hand? Ideally racing themed.
I can somewhat use my left hand to hold a controller but not use any of the buttons on the left side or the stick and pad.
PS: Don’t stick your fingers in a blender without powering it down first. Trust me.
Something I haven’t heard recommended yet: One Finger Death Punch 1 & 2. It is completely mouse based, pretty addicting, and satisfies the itch for interactive stick figure fighting like the old Flash videos used to do.
Check out brotato. It’s a cheap game but it’s got an addictive gameplay loop, all you have to do is move a character around. I’ve put over 100 hours into it, and each session is pretty short.
Frostpunk is the first mouse game I’ve played in a decade. it was really nice. it’s a citysim but you have to prolong the life of a civilization through the heat death of the universe. Since every end state is freezing to death it makes you consider living in an interesting way.
also it made me cry which is a really weird emotional beat for a citysim. who does that?
Management games, strategy games, point-and-click games and isometric RPGs can all be played one-handed. Some might need spacebar (or whatever the pause button is) to a mouse thumb button for maximum comfort but that should be fine. Do any of these genres sound interesting?
EDIT: Card games should work great too, there is a vast ocean or deckbuilders out there!
Adding to that, racing games from my experience shift gears automatically, so the hand OP would use for shifting them would be mostly free.
Also makes me think, maybe the pedals could be configured as the motion keys in shooter games? Mouse could steer the character left and right, while pedals would move ahead and back. Just dunno how many keyboard keys OP would need to be creative with.
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Something I haven’t heard recommended yet: One Finger Death Punch 1 & 2. It is completely mouse based, pretty addicting, and satisfies the itch for interactive stick figure fighting like the old Flash videos used to do.
Been there before. The Wii has tons of one handed games. You can also do stuff like Pokemon games and other slow rpg’s.
Slay the Spire 2, you just need the mouse. And yes you can race, you can speedrun dying lol.
Trackmania would be my recommendation, you can do almost everything using just the arrow keys and mouse for menu navigation.
Great time to try the Monkey Island games
Old school runescape can largely be played one handed.
Check out brotato. It’s a cheap game but it’s got an addictive gameplay loop, all you have to do is move a character around. I’ve put over 100 hours into it, and each session is pretty short.
rhythm doctor?
Frostpunk is the first mouse game I’ve played in a decade. it was really nice. it’s a citysim but you have to prolong the life of a civilization through the heat death of the universe. Since every end state is freezing to death it makes you consider living in an interesting way.
also it made me cry which is a really weird emotional beat for a citysim. who does that?
Man that game is ROUGH, but so fun. Totally agree it’s playable with one hand.
dude why did it make me feel things??? why did it make my starve the children and put down the revolution? then sacrifice myself for everyone???
I just bought it because it was winter and I wanted a game about being warm.
Management games, strategy games, point-and-click games and isometric RPGs can all be played one-handed. Some might need spacebar (or whatever the pause button is) to a mouse thumb button for maximum comfort but that should be fine. Do any of these genres sound interesting?
EDIT: Card games should work great too, there is a vast ocean or deckbuilders out there!
Play Rimworld
Get addicted
… Profit?
Holy fuck, you blended your hand? Is it okay? Is it intact?
I have a couple severed tendons and lots of stitches, my entire left hand is immobilized and wrapped up.
Point-and-click adventure games can be played with just the mouse. Full Throttle is about bikers.
Vampire Hunters
This, and other games like it can be played with 1 finger:
Have you considered using the pedals of a steering wheel and configuring that to take the work from your left hand to your feet?
Adding to that, racing games from my experience shift gears automatically, so the hand OP would use for shifting them would be mostly free.
Also makes me think, maybe the pedals could be configured as the motion keys in shooter games? Mouse could steer the character left and right, while pedals would move ahead and back. Just dunno how many keyboard keys OP would need to be creative with.
And to the OP, hope you can recover fully! 💪
Adding to this. I play racing games daily and drift fine with automatic gears and only 1 hand.