I don’t have a lot of time to play game these days. I usually play games like Cities Skylines where it’s easy to pause and exit. I basically have 1-4 hours to game a week - depending on the week. But ever since coming out trans, I’ve wondered if there was a game that casually was affirming. I realize I could play an RPG where you can design your character, but most of those games have you spend 2 hours designing and then you never really look at the character again. Baldur’s Gate was a lot of fun, but it’s a little too deep to play casually on the side. I strongly prefer a non-NSFW game. I realize a lot of NSFW games exist on Steam that do explore trans concepts (I assume), but I’m looking for a more positive, gentle, affirmation.

But I don’t want to knock down too many ideas! What do you play?

Edit: I realize I made it sound like I’ve excluded all RPGs which I don’t want to be the case since - inherently - anything affirming will have some RPG element to it. I just don’t think first-person RPGs really work since I spend most of my time looking at my hands and I don’t get to see my character.

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    Personally:

    • Stardew Valley
    • Skyrim / Oblivion
    • Unpacking
    • Gone Home (admittedly this was more relevant to me as a lesbian)
    • Life is Strange
    • Long Dark (survivalist game, esp. relevant to my pre-transition state of mind, but also feminist themes and switched gender perspectives make this more trans-coded for me)

    Stereotypically:

    • Celeste is specifically a transfem game
    • Fallout New Vegas is a stereotypical transfem game
    • TF2 is pretty popular with transfems
    • Minecraft

    Also, worth mentioning Sims, I played that more when I was younger but it’s a common favorite among women and girls.

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      The more I read about Celeste, the more I think I should give it a try

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      I definitely love Life is Strange and Stardew Valley! But Stardew Valley stresses me out lol I know it’s supposed to be relaxing but the day/night cycles give me anxiety to get stuff done quickly before seasons/years end.

      Maybe I’ll do Unpacking or Skyrim but try it in 3rd person?