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I got in to that for a while about 3 years back, worked out all of it's requirements and built a tiny map that was generating $5000 a month profit. Posted it on their forums, as far as I know it's still there.

Found it:

https://forums.rctgo.com/thread-23520.html

 

[FoxLovinPat]

I remember Roller Coaster Tycoon being fun (but hard!!)

I got in to that for a while about 3 years back, worked out all of it's requirements and built a tiny map that was generating $5000 a month profit. Posted it on their forums, as far as I know it's still there.

I honestly played the sandbox mode the most as that gave you complete freedom to build parks how you liked, with any theme you like. Or you could do what I did with some of my parks and make different themed areas of the park, like how Disney does their parks.

I used to be active on a fan forum for the game, which was actually my first forum experience in general so I did some dumb stuff on there, such as posting someone else's mod that I found. I didn't take credit for it though, but regardless that's apparently not allowed because you need permission to do that from the mod author but I was just a dumb kid back then and wanted to share a mod I found cool.

Btw I mostly played Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, and I had the platinum edition of the game so it included the two dlcs which were.. Wild, which let you put wild animals in your park, and Splash which let you put a water park in your park. And both dlc has their own campaigns, and I played and finished all of the campaigns but like I said I preferred sandbox mode as it was less restricting.

I think I played one of the older games too, can't remember which one it was though.

 

[Joshua the Writer]

Skyrim is oddly relaxing. With mods, you can tune it so you can turn it into any variety of fantasy life sim that you want.

 

[FoxLovinPat]

Skyrim is oddly relaxing. With mods, you can tune it so you can turn it into any variety of fantasy life sim that you want.

Yep it's definitely fun to mod Bethesda games I've played and modded both the Elder Scrolls games and the Fallout games. The only Bethesda games I've played and modded though are Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Skyrim.

Not only can you mod the game to add custom content that's to your liking but there's also mods that fix bugs and other issues Bethesda never bothered fixing themselves.

Heck with enough mods/the right mods you can turn them into entirely new games, though you would have to have a computer that can handle all the mods.
I wouldn't touch them myself because I'm not into that sorta thing personally but Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4 have hardcore survival overhaul mods, Dust and Frost respectively. Though I guess that wouldn't exactly be relaxing now would it?

 

[Boogs]

Another relaxing game depending on taste is Elite Dangerous. Sometimes just cruising around the galaxy, seeing new and interesting star systems, playing the tourist, and mining or trading to cover costs if you don't like bounty hunting and other combat oriented missions. It can have a slow paced and relaxing feel, with the odd sudden emergency to cope with! And a huge amount of depth to draw on if you want it.
Sadly, again, buy before you try.
Another, similar in some ways though I never got into it, is Eve Online, which does have a free option to try it out.

 

[FilterFreq]

shooty pew pew pew games.

I love this description! That's pretty much all they had at one point in time

Have you tried things like Euro Truck / American Truck Simulator? They're pretty engaging since you really have to be careful not to crash the trucks; you get to navigate on an in-game GPS console, listen to the radio, etc. It's easy to get the hang of, but offers some optional skill-based tiers like parking the trucks correctly, not having added assistance, etc.

Whenever I play games like this I mostly do them on the 'easy' tier, but you'd be surprised at the realistic variables that really mess up deliveries. Missing an exit, running out of gas, or getting into an accident feels like an actual setback!