cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48176362

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48176361

I like community builders and games that I can keep a world for years and grow, watch it evolve. I enjoy Rimworld. ARK evolved series is good.

Bonus if it’s multiplayer capable LAN and not online.

Oxygen not included is nice but mentally taxing sometimes. I prefer laid back chill games with economy and farming. 2d or 3d doesn’t matter. I don’t mind trying indie games. Survival based games are nice. I’m not super pick and choose.

Give me your greatest joy in game form. I’ve heard Stardew Valley is good. I tried it, reminds me of a gameboy game. I could not get into the game. My character kept falling asleep like 14 times in a day.

  • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    Kenshi. Sandbox rpg, citybuilder and more. Pretty unique and unforgiving, but the replayability is endless if you are into that sort of thing (lots and lots of mods as well).

    I’ve played Stellaris for years, although I am really not liking the direction Paradox is going with their AI, and it really puts me off of their games.

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    Valheim has a local server you can set up that has it work offline. Shame it’s not on gog, but it’s on Humble which I don’t believe has online checks like Steam, but I had it working with steam offline mode.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    There is Luanti if you want something Minecraft like. It has a built in modding API and tons of mods available. It supports multiplayer over the LAN. It’s also very lightweight, it will run on almost anything.

  • Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    Vntage Story is pretty neat, it does require a WAN connection to start it for the first time but AFAIK it’s possible to play it completely offline afterwards.

    Beimg as mechanically complex as it is you’d think you need a wiki open the entire time, but the ingame “guide” has everything you need to know.

    I don’t know about the state of public multiplayer servers, but it is LAN compatible and it actively supports modding!

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      16 minutes ago

      I have had it check my account after long periods of not starting the game. Infrequent internet connections briefly appear to be required to play it. Not sure how hard that would be to bypass.

      So if you are going to be without internet for a very long time then you may want to look into that in more detail. Otherwise, great game.

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Starbound and Terraria come to mind. Also Planet Centauri and maybe Stardew Valley.

    Also Minecraft if a DRM-free version other than the Pi Edition (which is abandoned) ever comes.

  • Solumbran@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    6 hours ago

    Do you know of Songs of Syx?

    A bit like a large-scale rimworld, with a focus on managing a big population and world diplomacy/war.

    A bit hard to get into, though.

    Also, what about project zomboid? A bit far from your description I guess, but who knows.

    • Micromot@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      I tried the demo of song of styx but didn’t really manage to do anything because I didn’t understand the menu symbols. Is there a tutorial or something that I missed?

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        14 minutes ago

        I think there is a tutorial but I didn’t touch it, I just started my hemp empire.