Dave the Diver has had a lot of critical acclaim.

It has a cute storyline, it isn’t high-pressure although it still has its peaks of action and tension in the game, and overall it’s a pretty relaxing game to play without being an office cubicle simulator.

There’s a nice mix of microgenres within the game so it’s got a bit of an old school RPG feel to it in that sense. If I could describe it in one sentence I’d say that it’s a series of different mini-games of varying scale stitched together in a nearly seamless way and wrapped in a narrative.

You’ll probably get 20 to 30 hours out of it, although the pacing is mostly self-directed so you could likely speedrun it in half that time or stretch it out to double or triple if you want to enjoy it at a leisurely pace or you want to keep on doing smaller stuff without advancing the narrative forward.

Here’s a good first-time play through from the start of the game if you want to get a feel for the style of the game but maybe just watch the first 10 or 15 mins I guess because if you go too far then you’ll encounter spoilers.

Good luck and make sure to congratulate yourself on getting out. You deserve to heal and you deserve happiness.

Minecraft and Undertale are the first two I’d recommend, they’re classics for a reason.

Outside of that though? The new Wolfenstein series. Easily some of the greatest FPSes ever made. Killing Nazis is extremely satisfying, and the sequel gets into abuse pretty hard. BJ’s dad is abusive as fuck, and they show very accurate depictions of the abuse. The 2nd game has a lot of moments that are hard to get through, but ultimately work because of just how GREAT it feels to kill the shitheads.

Do you have Steam?

Lunacid is very much a vibe, and its a lot of fun!!!

Seems almost cliche to recommend Stardew Valley but it’s my go to relax and play at my pace game. Extremely low stakes gameplay