So, another lockdown is in full swing here in England, the weather is a bit rubbish and you're feeling stressed. What to do? Why play games of course! I've selected a few games that I believe will help you feel calm and relaxed during these most turbulent of times.
Journey- go on a spiritual journey to the top of a mountain, communicating only in dulcet metallophone tones and symbols as a mysterious hooded figure.
Abzu - explore an underwater world full of life as you revive the oceans and solve the mystery about what has happened to its mysterious creators.
Monument Valley - a pastel coloured adventure in which you try to guide a girl to her destiny by shaping and manipulating an Escher style landscape of impossible shapes.
Donut County - you play a sinkhole which is trying to grow by eating as much as you can. Raccoons and physics play a huge part in this unique game.
Tetris Effect - it’s Tetris with Tetsuyogichi’s trippy synaesthetic effects in the style of Rez. It calming, zen-like and addictive... In short, it's Tetris with bells on.
Thomas Was Alone - a puzzle platformer in which you play as sentient AI with differing abilities. The music by David Housden is sublime and the storyline is emotional and affecting; you'll never look at quadrilaterals in the same way again.
Firewatch - missing the great outdoors and the wide open expanse? This is the game for you as you patrol the forest area and travel through stunningly picturesque woodland, rivers and caves to solve a light mystery and fall in love slowly with someone you have only spoken to over a walkie talkie. Lovely stuff.
