I am thinking that I need to have a game on my phone that I can play that calms me down during stressful situations. Does anyone have any recommendations for something that I can pick up and just get lost in to avoid panic attacks? - ThreadSky

ssavaart.com • 111 days ago

I am thinking that I need to have a game on my phone that I can play that calms me down during stressful situations.

Does anyone have any recommendations for something that I can pick up and just get lost in to avoid panic attacks?

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ibakecookies.bsky.social•111 days ago

Probably not for a full blown panic attack, but for medium-high anxiety I like Scrabble.

theorobartist.bsky.social•111 days ago

Slay the Spire is pretty good.

wallace-the-crow.bsky.social•111 days ago

I hear that chess is good like if you have 5-10 minutes to burn. Some others I’d recommend are WolrdBox, Bad Piggies, and Dino Mutants.

branfeather.bsky.social•111 days ago

Cat Sort. It’s cute, relaxing and mindless enough that I can just lose myself for a few rounds.

skylar-nin.bsky.social•111 days ago

Infinite craft?

finchmarie.bsky.social•111 days ago

I get lost in Balatro! It's challenging and satisfying enough to be engaging, but simple and quick enough to pick up and put down. As a panic attack haver, I've clocked a lot of hours on it recently.

lalunkit.bsky.social•111 days ago

Nekograms (puzzle game of sorting around adorable cats so that they can nap on cushions) or Patterned (matching pieces to each artwork puzzle. Once solved, the piece will colorize and can be downloaded as a phone wallpaper)

kevinbparry.bsky.social•110 days ago

Zentris is a good one.

c4ndybutt0ns.bsky.social•111 days ago

“good pizza, great pizza” and “pikmin bloom” are go-to’s for me :]

kitchenraptorj.bsky.social•111 days ago

Flight rising is my go-to. You hatch and breed pretty dragons. Play some mini games, etc.

lybula.bsky.social•110 days ago

Voidpet garden is an adorable game about mental health and emotions, it has a pokemon type battle mode, you can cuddle and interact with your voidpets, and it has special exercises to calm you down and be mindful of your feelings! I highly recommend it (also it’s an offline game!)

lybula.bsky.social•110 days ago

Some screenshots, there are a lot of features to help you be calm 🖤

gabrielskinnerart.bsky.social•110 days ago

I like “I Love Hue”. It’s a free color grid/spectrum game. The ads can be annoying but later levels are tough enough to make me focus on the color nuances instead of stress for a little while

lybula.bsky.social•110 days ago

Ohhh that’s a good one, yeah

rissativa.bsky.social•111 days ago

Color Puzzle!!!! It really helps with my anxiety. 🫶🏼

sevvinyx.bsky.social•111 days ago

Or Peglin, a pachinko game of hitting balls with pins that have different abilities. The demo lets you go through a full map to try it out. The full game's $10 on phone/$20 on console. (Sorry for double dipping recs, I do the same thing with phone games for anxiety)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RedNexusGamesInc.Peglin

sevvinyx.bsky.social•111 days ago

Watermelon game is a fun little Suika knock off (the original on Switch is like $5 too if you get interested in it) where you drop little fruits together (2 cherries= strawberry, 2 strawberries=grape, & so on until you make a watermelon). Very mellow vibes. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=puzzle.big.watermelon.free.games.jp

anonymoth.bsky.social•111 days ago

Odyssey is my go-to. Beautiful visuals and music while you glide through the desert.

jbrookechao.bsky.social•111 days ago

royal match

darowan.bsky.social•111 days ago

I like to play water sorting games! I find it helpful to have my brain distracted by a task at hand when I'm stressed, and sorting games help me out the most :] would recommend the water sorting games, very cool

sambeawesome.bsky.social•111 days ago

I'm not a gamer, but honestly, I still play Pokemon Go. I'm mega casual, I enjoy randomly opening it up and seeing what cute little dudes pop up. It's become such a habit now to open it whenever I go out, and also is a nice motivator TO go out x'D

jynxieb.bsky.social•110 days ago

I’m not really a phone gamer, but I had the same thought, so Royal Match or Best Fiends have been my easy go-to.

cornethornet.bsky.social•111 days ago

I had two games that mainly help to clear/calm the mind
One was Alto's Adventure on which you control skier down a mountain, there was a Zen mode on which you can play without caring about falling or points
The other was called Infinity Loop where you have to rotate lines to get all connected