(upbeat synth music)
- Yo, are you stressed out right now, I am.
And that is why I have put together a list
of my top seven favorite free-to-play games
that also happen to be good for relieving anxiety, let's go.
Up first is maybe my favorite game on this list,
cannot lie, starting off strong, it's Harmony.
Relaxing music puzzles for iOS and Android,
brought to you by InfinityGames.io
How do I even explain this game?
It's, I mean.
Essentially each puzzle you're presented with
starts with one axis of reflection
and some icons that are already lit up,
what you have to do is use that axis to figure out
what reflections would exist
and place those icons appropriately.
What I love about this game is that there's no timer
and there's not tough logic, no numbers, it's all visual.
All you gotta do it stare at each puzzle long enough
and eventually your brain will just figure it out
which I love, I think the main draw of this game for me
is the sound and just how calming it is
that every time you tap the instrument plays a note
and if you tap in a certain rhythm,
they just play together so beautifully,
I mean listen to this.
(soft piano notes)
Ugh, I love it and it's a puzzle game at the same time!
It's so nice!
You get to unlock different instruments as you play.
You can pay to unlock instruments which I did
because I I saw that there is a hang drum in there
which is my favorite instrument of all time
and I just couldn't wait all the way
until world 10 to unlock it.
(soft hang drum notes)
Oh man, at the end of the day it just sounds so nice,
guys, play this one with headphones, give it a try,
I love it, Harmony.
Up next on this list is an origami inspired game
called Kami 2 for iOS and Android
brought to you by State of Play.
Oh pretty paper, I love it.
While the name of this game suggests it's gonna be
all about folding paper, in reality,
it's about coloring sections of paper in the correct order
so that every color on the board matches
and thus letting you fold everything
into a tiny little hexagon of love and happiness.
Wow, is that satisfying, yes, yes it is.
It does start out painfully simple
but it also gets painfully difficult very quickly.
But don't worry, the difficulty spike here
doesn't need to stress you out because you have
as much time as you need to solve each puzzle
and you can do them in different orders.
The downside here is that unlike other free-to-play games,
there isn't an option to watch ads for hints
so if you get stuck, you're stuck indefinitely
until you either pony up some cash
or have your come to Jesus moment
and figure out what you need to do.
Once you've played the first few levels,
the game unlocks a level editor
where you can make your own puzzles that you publish
with your best score for others to beat.
I thought I was making very cool and interesting puzzles
right out of the gate but as soon as I booted up
the explore page and saw what other people
were actually doing, I realized that
there was a lot of work to do.
Kami 2 is a really interesting concept and I think
a fun new take on origami as a puzzle element.
Also I just can't get enough of the animation
of the colored tiles filling the screen
after you tap a color and then the changes and then
(gasping)
It's just beautiful, it's gorgeous.
You can't deny, look at it.
Third upon the list is a little game called Blue
for iOS and Android by Bart Bonte.
Blue is another puzzle game but let me tell you,
it is a weird one and it sets itself apart
from every other puzzle game I have ever played.
I can't really show you too many levels
because I don't wanna spoil all the solutions
but each level has its own unique goal
that isn't clearly defined to the player.
It's essentially like if the Warrior Ware franchise
got some therapy, reconnected with its family
and really learned to slow down
and enjoy the simpler pleasures of life.
There are 50 levels here, they range from very simple
to surprisingly complex and it's definitely
one of the shorter games on this list but it's free
and also Bart Bonte has made a bunch of other games
just like this with different colors from yellow,
red, black, he even just came out with a green.
I will say though that Blue is the most relaxing color.
So I found playing Blue to be the most chill experience
out of all of them.
Okay that's all I can say about Blue, I don't wanna show you
too many of these puzzles and spoil the whole game
for you guys so let's quickly move on to the fourth game
on this list, okay, bye Blue.
Moving right along we have number four
on our list, Tiny Wings.
Look, it's not a puzzle game, you're welcome everybody.
Tiny Wings came out on iOS on February 18th 2011,
so it's definitely an oldie but definitely a goodie.
The game's all about momentum, basically,
you hold your thumb on the screen to get your bird
to do a nose dive and then you let go to let them fly
and you wanna match the descent of your bird
with the slopes of the hills so that
they don't lose momentum and can just continue to fly
further and further off into the sunset.
Day Trip is the more chill mode out of the two,
allowing you to compete with yourself
to just get further and further every day.
Day Trip also gives you small objectives to complete
like touch the clouds three times
or collect 200 coins, they're pretty easy
and doable and are little ways that will help you
feel like you're progressing even though
you're technically just doing the same thing
over and over again.
On the other side of the spectrum,
Flight School pits you against three other birds
who mess up way less than any normal human does,
and honestly, this kinda stressed me out,
it didn't like seeing just how far ahead
the other bird was and it made me mess up more
and I couldn't get in a groove and honestly
if you're looking for a relaxing game,
just maybe don't play Flight School.
There's really not much else to say about this game,
I'll just throw on some music and be going up and down
these hills, flying, doing my best, chasing that sun,
over and over again, it's endless.
By the way, I know this game's just for iOS
but I wanted to give a shout out to Alto's Adventure,
a very similar game that's free to play on Android
but like three dollars on iOS, I'm very confused.
It's a very similar endless runner and momentum style game
it has a really nice soundtrack, beautiful visuals,
if you have Android and can't get Tiny Wings,
I definitely suggest you check out Alto's Adventure,
also for free.
Next up on the list is a game near and dear
to my art school heart, Blendoku 2 for iOS and Android,
published by Lonely Few.
The game gives you a bunch of color swatches
and tasks you with placing them in a predetermined grid
in the correct order to create different gradients.
The game starts out very simply with a single gradient
from white to gray but very quickly the game
gets more and more complex as the gradients start to
intersect with each other and different colors are involved.
It gets crazy but also very relaxing, trust me,
you have as much time as you need and you can make
as many mistakes as you want as you drag and drop
the color swatches down onto the grid,
realize they're not in the right place,
swap them around to get the perfect gradient
in as little time as possible.
As you complete more and more levels,
you unlock lots of things from different background colors,
different pallette shapes or even painting levels
that task you with recreating all the colors
needed to complete real works of art.
There is a lot to unlock here and honestly
I am just at the very beginning of this game.
I opened master the other day, just to see
what we were working with and I'm not, I'm not ready.
But the simple levels are definitely chill, relaxing
and a calm, good time.
Number six on this list brings to mind the mantra,
don't judge a book by its cover.
It's called Grass Cut for iOS and Android
developed by a studio called FullFat which I love.
They're really isn't a lot to this game,
you're just given an island, covered in grass
tasked with cutting all the grass,
it's pretty straightforward but honestly, supper satisfying.
The game gives you control over two rotating blades
connected by a rope and every time you click the screen,
it anchors the currently singing blade in the ground
and starts swinging the other one.
If it wasn't already satisfying enough just seeing
all that 3D grass fall away as you're trimming it,
the game also vibrates your device as it's cutting things
which adds to the tactile feel and just makes it
that much more satisfying.
There are a couple little extras in this game,
you can collect diamonds which let you buy
slightly less terrifying cutters than the default
blades that the game starts with.
You can also enter Fever Mode by collecting
three flowers on a level which extends your rope
to super long and essentially lets you
clear the level in record time.
Grass Cut, simple, easy, relaxing, that's all I need.
And that's all I'm getting so I guess we're good,
thanks Grass Cut.
Last up on this list of seven free-to-play games
to help you relax is Viridi.
Out of iOS and Android and PC.
The game was released on mobile
on June 20th 2016 by Ice Water Games.
I use the word game here a little loosely.
It's essentially a gardening simulator
that gives you a pot and a bunch of succulents
to grow and water and nurture.
Bringing the joys of the outdoors into your home.
Or really the joys of in your home to in your phone.
Basically all you need to do here
is make sure that your plants are watered,
your weeds are plucked and that your snail is happy.
I'm one of those people that finds plants to be cute,
I love them and I love my pot.
But more than anything, I love my snail, I named him Gary.
And that's gonna do it for my list of free-to-play games
to help you chill out while you're stuck at home.
Let me know down below what kinda list you'd like to see
in the future, what games to you want me to suggest?
I have many opinions and I will give them to you
if you just ask for them, thanks guys, stay safe
and I'll see you in the next one.
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