My SO and I have been having a lot of fun playing co-op games on the Steam Deck connected to the TV. We recently finished Split Fiction and I'm looking for the next cool experience to try out. We enjoy casual co-op games, nothing too hard or violent. EDIT: pixel art is apparently a big turnoff for her so that's out as well.

Games We Enjoyed:

Split Fiction
It takes two
Untitled Goose Game

Games that flopped:

Stardew Valley - She is open to "farming" games but doesn't enjoy the energy management aspect of the game. It also gave her motion sickness, somehow
Overcooked / Moving out - We enjoy these games but as they start to get more chaotic and hard, the enjoyment goes way down
Ibb & Obb - A bit dull and samey
Portal - Gives me serious motion sickness, completely unplayable
Lego Lord of the Rings - I'm a lord of the rings fan but I hated the gameplay for this game, I found it to be so boring. We quit after an hour or so.

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[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Y’all both seem pretty prone to motion sickness. I would recommend making sure your game space is cool or if not an option put a fan up to blow in your direction to keep air circulating near you.

The various LEGO Star Wars games and such are probably a good idea as someone else mentioned.

If energy is the only complaint for SDV, there are mods for that.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've had motion sickness ever since I remember. I just can't play shooters, it's physically impossible for me.

Somethings help like a TV instead of a monitor, zooming out as much as possible, moving as further from tv as possible, low camera speed. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It's a struggle.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Very sorry to hear that. Have you had any success with higher frame rates?

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have not. I have a 144hz monitor and even at 144fps games games with heavy camera movement are unplayable.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Damn man that sucks.

[–] MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Often it's reported that a larger and/or brighter crosshair helps. Maybe try an overlay with a large neon pink crosshair or a piece of clear tape with a big dot of marker on it sometime? I get it's probably not a problem that you are interested in putting time into solving any more though.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some games don't even have crosshairs... Another big offender was Spyro, for instance. Just the camera moving was enough to make me sick in the stomach.

[–] MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah my post was about adding one that is big and bright even to games that have one