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[MrOogieBoogie]

In no particular order:

 

[RoKKeR]

LIMBO is peaceful?

 

[mrmickfran]

Kirby's Epic Yarn

 

[Grief.exe]

Shelter for the most part is super peaceful

Except when you are getting attacked by birds of prey, fires, creatures you can't see at night, and flash floods.

The juxtaposition the game uses is absolutely terrifying, and that ending...prepare for tears.

I take that back, the game is not peaceful at all!

 

[Mellahan]

Shenmue (1).

No question.

 

[Astarte]

Katamari Damacy
Noby Noby Boy

 

[Quikies83]

I'm scratching my head Scratches being on this list.
Definitely had some genuinely creepy moments...

 

[Tomat]

Obligatory Animal Crossing post.

 

[FINALBOSS]

Journey, the thread.

Binding of Isaac is relaxing as fuck too.

 

[WolfeTone]

Xenoblade, night time at Satorl Marsh and Snowy Valak. Also all day at F

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Mostly influenced by the music.

 

[Mr. Desu]

Journey.

 

[ref]

Euro Truck Simulator 2


...when I'm actually playing it seriously.

 

[Psychoward]

Honestly, Just Cause 2 is awesome to fly/parachute/basejump around in while listening to music.

 

[Gartooth]

Viva Pinata during the moments that ruffians and sours aren't destroying my garden.

Also I get a great sense of tranquility just running through the world of Okami after having restored a cherry blossom tree.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

I'm scratching my head Scratches being on this list.
Definitely had some genuinely creepy moments...

It's peaceful in a very warm and cozy book and coffee in hand by fireplace during brisk autumn evening kind of way.

 

[SammiiDoogles]

The obvious choice:

My wild card choice would actually be Red Dead, sometimes play that to chill out - just ride around the open world.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Journey, the thread.

Has that damn game ever gone on sale? I wanna play it!

 

[Mr. Desu]

Honestly, Just Cause 2 is awesome to fly/parachute/basejump around in while listening to music.

Dunno why I didn't think of this. Just flying in this game is worth the price of admission.

 

[EulaCapra]

A Boy and His Blob for Wii.

I wore out that hug button.

 

[Cameron122]

I find Defcon very relaxing strangely enough

Playing a small nation/dynasty in a paradox game is my choice of gaming peace. Trying for a peaceful victory in any 4X game really.

 

[Yawnier]

When you're not in combat with the dark shadow enemies, I found Ico to be a fairly peaceful game. The OST helps with that a lot as well.

 

[walking fiend]

Prince of Persia [reboot] comes to my mind; gameplay is almost totally stress free as you cannot die and the lush environments and fluid animations are a joy to watch.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Kirby's Epic Yarn, the thread.

 

[Iacobellis]

• Flower
• Katamari series
• NOBY NOBY BOY
• Persona 4

 

[Village]

Kirby games.

 

[braves01]

Endless Ocean even though I've never played it.

 

[UrbanRats]

 

[evilromero]

Pilotwings 64, Mario 64 courtyard, Endless Ocean, SotC.

 

[Wyndstryker]

Minecraft on peaceful mode

 

[tchankhmer]

It is definitely Kirby Epic Yarn. That game was so fun, charming, and relaxing. The art style create this sense of calm and happiness. The gameplay was fun and easy. Kirby turn into these adorable shapes which adds to the gameplay such as an umbrella or train. Play it people, its great.

 

[dragonflys545]

Flower

Journey

 

[Sojgat]

Prince of Persia [reboot] comes to my mind; gameplay is almost totally stress free as you cannot die and the lush environments are a joy to watch.

Was about to post this.

There's a bit of combat in the game, but it's mostly just exploration and collecting. Such a relaxing game.

 

[exfatal]

Animal crossing, and Kirby series

 

[Marjar]

Antichamber.

It's also incredibly relaxing.

 

[Psychoward]

Oh yeah, that reminds me. Botanicula is a really cool game to relax to as well.

 

[Madrugador]

Has that damn game ever gone on sale? I wanna play it!

It's on sale right now ($3.75). I just finished the game actually.

 

[just_some_nut]

Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery. Walking through those woods to Jim Guthrie's music... can't even describe the feeling. Peaceful seems close.

 

[revolverjgw]

Smash TV

 

[bender]

To The Moon is a great choice. Curious to see Scratches on your list. It's a horror game no? I've always wanted to try it but I'm a wuss.

I really liked the opening of Yakuza 3 while you managed the orphanage. Botanicula setting and music are also very mellow. Surprised no one has mentioned Animal Crossing yet.

 

[Wozman23]

Sound Shapes with a nice set of headphones is hypnotic.

 

[DrNeroCF]

Wind Waker. Took me forever to finish the game because I kept falling asleep while sailing.

 

[Regiruler]

Pokemon makes me want to just be friends with everyone, although I'm sure animal crossing does it better.

 

[Parakeetman]

The civilization series. Till Gandhi goes ape shit and starts stomping my ass... Why is it that hes always that way in every single game hes appeared in D:

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

It's on sale right now ($3.75). I just finished the game actually.

Wait, really? Is that for everyone or only Plus members?

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

I'm going with Flower. Given the subject matter and what it is supposed to provoke, I would classify that game as my go-to game for relaxing.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

To The Moon is a great choice. Curious to see Scratches on your list. It's a horror game no? I've always wanted to try it but I'm a wuss.

I really liked the opening of Yakuza 3 while you managed the orphanage. Botanicula setting and music are also very mellow. Surprised no one has mentioned Animal Crossing yet.

Yeah, it's a horror game, but like I said in another post it gives me this really warm, cozy feeling when I play it. Like reading a really great ghost story on Halloween. It's wonderfully immersing in that sense.

 

[Evolution_1ne]

how is this not the first post

no violence, no boss battles, just waves and the music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3hFN8UrBPw seriously if your having a stressful day there is no better way to mellow out than to play Journey

 

[Oreoleo]

 

[DJ_Lae]

Wait, really? Is that for everyone or only Plus members?

Only Plus, but I think it's still $5.00 for everyone else (or something around there).

 

[Madrugador]

Wait, really? Is that for everyone or only Plus members?

$3.75 for US Plus members, $7.5 for non Plus.