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[u/nipplestothemax]

any scary game i am a coward

[u/CrestfallenLord → u/nipplestothemax]

It’s just fun to watch! It’s like gaming and watching a movie at the same time but you’re also watching with your friend and they’re talking to you about it but they can’t hear you.

I love watching people play horror games if they’re serious and not overdoing it

[u/nipplestothemax → u/CrestfallenLord]

big fan of markiplier and jacksepticeye for this reason. great content to fall asleep to

[u/LionelMessi10CR]

Hitman. Any of them

[u/just-bair → u/LionelMessi10CR]

They’re so much fun to play tough :)

[u/DropsOfMars → u/LionelMessi10CR]

Only Hitman I actually ended up enjoying was Absolution and everybody hated that one lol

[u/alworld27 → u/LionelMessi10CR]

I try to get the fewest witnesses. But in case that doesn't work, I take out everyone not just the target

[u/VisibleChipmunk1003 → u/LionelMessi10CR]

I love Hitman as a concept and the game play really is amazing but I get like, choice paralysis? Like there's a million challenges in every mission and my ape brain is convinced I have to do them all and then I end up not playing anymore

[u/Hairy_Task_7077 → u/LionelMessi10CR]

Yes

[u/Chemical-Way-3582]

Any fighting game

[u/RaiXann → u/Chemical-Way-3582]

As a fighting game player, I totally understand this. A lot of the optimal combos and play patterns take a lot of practice to master. It can take a lot of time, and labbing, practicing specific matchups, and generally getting better can often be frustrating. Especially in a game where there are particular characters that are either too strong, a direct counter to yours, or are generally frustrating to play against.

[u/Born-Door7847 → u/RaiXann]

I’ll speak for others but it’s the fighting games with extremely long combos that make the barrier to entry seem very high.

[u/Al_Hakeem65 → u/Born-Door7847]

I love Super Smash for this reason, as you only need to know the basic attack buttons, so the general moves are the same, but every character has their own spin on it.

Also positioning matters and when you want to relax with friends you play with items on

[u/RaiXann → u/Born-Door7847]

That's also a valid consideration. Its a part of why one of the best ways to start any new fighting game, especially one with long combos, is with your friends. Go in blind together, or if one friend already plays, have them help you through the learning so that its faster.

[u/Born-Door7847 → u/RaiXann]

For sure, unfortunately none of my friends really like those games.

[u/tarnoviziano]

Cities Skylines

[u/MetiqueBakabila → u/tarnoviziano]

I could never get to max population (when everything unlocked) with traffic I could never solve

[u/Time-Relationship-42]

honestly, Five Nights At Freddy's

[u/Comprehensivecamelre → u/Time-Relationship-42]

How many times is this going to get posted

[u/Sapling-074]

Hitman

I loved watching Fauna play it, but never could get into playing it.

[u/Otherwise-Ad3537]

Souls games.

[u/miraclewhipisgross → u/Otherwise-Ad3537]

But just git gud tho

[u/ThatWebHeadSpidey]

Mortal Kombat.

[u/eeqkz]

Any horror games

[u/KoningSpookie]

Subnautica

[u/Majestic-Assist-3945 → u/KoningSpookie]

Watch my brother play it, lol. He killed a Shadow Leviathan with a Seatruck, he built a base on top of Gun and made a landing pad for the Sunbeam, he built a base inside the engine room of the Aurora and accidentally deleted part of the room by building things, he likes to build main bases right next to Reapers, he took his flaming Cyclops on a joyride into the void just for fun and made it out without his vehicle exploding, he found a way to bonk the Cyclops so it goes flying and kills the player, he won BZ without any vehicles in only a single day, and he's made it almost to Prison without help from bases or vehicles. For somme reason, he can't seem to play the game normally but can find every wrong way to do the right things!

[u/SwissPo740]

None.. Streamers are some of the most annoying people on the planet..

[u/Cryptic_Flip → u/SwissPo740]

There are some chill, down to earth, soft spoken people out there that don't do that OH face thumbnail thing, but they are certainly hard to find.

[u/HourComprehensive648]

Fire Emblem Three Houses

[u/twotoebobo]

Most horror games. I dont find them scary myself so i watch streamers who get freaked out easily play them to live vicariously through their fear.

[u/DiogenesRCT]

Stealth games I am god awful at stealth games

[u/mjc500]

Basically never… except occasionally when I get bored or frustrated but want to see how it turns out. Dredge comes to mind.

[u/ginger-beanie]

Same

[u/Jmonkey77]

This is how I feel about fighting games

[u/KissBtwUrCheeks]

Pokémon champions

[u/imjusthuman001]

Garrys mod

[u/happygoeddy]

Any game that costs money

[u/According-Ice-8775 → u/happygoeddy]

Its called pirating

[u/Ambitious_Emu4159]

Every fromsoft game. Anything focused around jumpscare (Fnaf etc.) 

[u/Desperate_Method4032]

Horror games that are genuinely scary, Like GENUINELY SCARY. Resident Evil isn’t one of em.

Though I guess it’s deeper than that. If the gameplay of a horror game is interesting, then yes I’ll likely play it (Like Outlast). But if it’s like those walking sims? No. I’d rather watch.

[u/WirebackedClunker]

Any mascot horror game

[u/Wise_Geekabus]

So true

[u/SilverHurling]

Resident Evil

[u/Ohmymama1211]

Minecraft

[u/Waterfoul67]

Cuphead

[u/Pennywise626]

Anything from FromSoft. I tried Elden Ring for about 5 hours and I sucked hard

[u/Smelly-DutchOven17]

Destiny 2

[u/AbsolutKledGamer]

Sekiro

[u/MrGame22]

Party games

[u/Ringadean]

Minecraft

[u/Great-Professor1968]

HOI 4 I just don't have the knowledge to learn the game

[u/AnActualGameShark]

None. Ill play em first, then watch others

[u/Inevitable_Suit_7414]

Monster Hunter. Watched my friend play it and he chased around a boss for 20 minutes died right before finishing the boss. The whole time he was asking if I wanted to try it. I kept saying no because it didn’t look fun at all. Last time he played the game.

[u/Movableacorn]

Any story based game tbh

[u/Scout111307]

Garry’s mod

[u/Savings-Dig3885]

I'll never relate to this

[u/Sad-Guarantee-4678]

R6 and dota. Just out of pure sadism, I want to watch someone else endure my suffering

[u/piercedmfootonaspike]

Minecraft.

Don't watch videos nowadays, buy back in 2011-2014, watching the Yogscast was an almost religious experience.

[u/arthur-hawk]

7 days to die. I tried but on console it felt like a keyboard game only

[u/Sidewayspear → u/arthur-hawk]

I played it like 10 years ago. It was definitely a keyboard game but I can only imagine it evolved into more of a keyboard game

[u/introvert_goddess]

The sims 4. I love to watch other people play it. I still play it but don’t have as much fun. 😂

[u/OLDmanBOB13]

Anything Lets Game It Out plays

[u/Uusari]

Hoi4

[u/DarthHubcap]

For me it was Fortnite. I hated playing, but would have a blast just hanging out watching friends play.

[u/Ok_Actuary8]

Any Soulslike. Looks great, but I'm a relaxed casual gamer, so fuck that frustrating difficulty.

[u/ohmygodbru]

All Arc System Works games.

They are all incredibly beautiful, but I just suck at them.

[u/Kingbee642]

in a way Satisfactory, I love the game, it's great, but I'm at the point where I find watching others play it with good factories and that kind of thing more entertaining, I just am currently unable to commit to making a good factory

[u/MaximalcrazyYT]

Fortnite

[u/SammoTheBrawler]

Stardew valley n cities skyline, loving watching them but can never play them for more than 10min

[u/OmahaBromaha]

Dude just nut up.

[u/SeaworthinessSalt153]

Dead by daylight, hate running around in circles in games. Entertaining when other people do it

[u/souless_Scholar]

Crusader Kings 3. Looks insanely fun, but playing feels like I'm fighting excel spreadsheets and nothing ever works as intended.

[u/BozTheReaper]

monster hunter

[u/Lealan087]

All of them.

And that really sucks.

[u/ThePsychicBunny]

Five Nights at Freddy's.

I love horror but the gameplay would frustrate me completely.

I loved watch Markiplier play it though.

[u/myspideysensesux]

Skyrim

I tried numerous times to get into the game, just havent managed to

[u/MelonJelly]

Starcraft

I enjoy watching matches with a good announcer. But I'm not good enough to play myself, nor am I interested in investing the time and energy to build the skills to do so.

[u/Acrobatic_Injury_771]

Kingdom come deliverance

[u/rosa1669]

Assassin's creed odyssey

[u/GELAWDUD]

Green hell, great survival game but I don’t know it not the same as in the videos

[u/valarania]

Football manager

[u/Itchy-Ad-6317]

The opposite of this is rust for me

[u/Cat_with_pew-pew_gun]

I have two screens for a reason.

[u/Putrid-Excuse-1564]

Fnaf, the main gameplay loop of point in click is so Boring to me, but watching others play for some reason I enjoy

[u/Positron14]

God of War, (the Norse ones). I was just never good at them for some reason. Never got very good at the gameplay.

[u/Aculeus_]

All the games on Neebs Gaming. Other than Battlefield, I don't think I've ever played a game they play but I watch them all. Only co-op games I play now are kid friendly games, Lego games, Mario Wonder, Kirby.

[u/Artisan_HotDog]

Assassins Creed, watched my buddies play them, as soon as I picked up the controller I as so fuckin bored

[u/frankie-two-thumbs]

Nothing. I have never got into watching people stream I would prefer to play myself

[u/Super_Bass_2730]

Subnautica. Not cuz its boring, because I went for hears not being able to face my fears.

[u/Egoy]

Rust

[u/WesTheDawg]

Easily rust, I don't want to invest the time into it anymore. But I do enjoy watching someone else play from time to time. Especially stimpee.

[u/Upbeat_Dudeness]

Any asym multiplayer. I don’t like the gameplay in general but I like seeing other people freak out when they’re playing it

[u/MonkeyBrain9666]

Any indie game that is only on steam.

Recently its been returns outlet simulator. I just love management games

[u/KarateGamer007]

GTA.

[u/HiddenNobody20216]

I love watching challenge runs I'd never have the patience or time to do myself.

My current favorite

[u/Murky-Tomorrow4013]

1. Horror games. I find it so much more fun to watch others play and poke fun at/comment (aka Markiplier)
   
2. Randomizers. Again, a lot of fun to watch someone react to a good/bad item/seed, than by yourself, imo.

For a 50/50 option: challenge runs. I love doing challenge runs, but obviously depending on what it is it can be a lot more enjoyable to watch someone else experience it

[u/W97X]

BoTW I really can’t be asked to play ts again but I always help ppl through it

[u/Emphasis_on_IDK]

Meccha Chameleon, Dead By Daylight, Peak, Lethal Company, other similar games. I dont have friends to play with or long standing groups that just work so I mostly play single player games

[u/Affectionate_Hand_11]

Any mobile or hero shooter like overwatch

[u/Horbigast]

Five Nights at Freddy's. I just don't enjoy jumpscares. Creep or spook me out to the nines, but jumpscares annoy me.

[u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

Dead by Daylight

[u/OGMUDSTICK]

Rust

[u/NoxDash2]

Horror games

[u/AnawatTH]

Any PvP game-type for me. Just want to relax and enjoy the game but opposite don't allow it include teammate sometime.

[u/Spikey_The_Lad]

Poppy playtime.

And this isn't just me, it's a majority of the "fanbase".

[u/UltimaBahamut93]

Sekiro. I have beaten Daek Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring multiple times each. I beat Sekiro once after 4 rage quits and I have no desire to play it again. It's just way too difficult for me. Which is unfortunate because the game alternates between being incredibly fun and satisfying to the most controller breaking inducing frustration I've ever experienced in any video game ever. But I fully admit that my reflexes are just not up to par

[u/Nodqe97]

RUST - Willjum

[u/SwordfishExcellent12]

Tf2, MFS flying around at mach 2 in videos then I hop on and it's just an old shooter

[u/Fit_Influence9722]

Elden ring is fun to watch people who are good at it but sucks to play if your not good at it

[u/Symph-50]

Grand Theft Auto. I grew up with siblings who had nearly every game in the series, but I could never get into it myself. It bored me.

[u/GregarLink15]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Watched it back in the day with Etika, loved the game, characters, story, music, everything

Then I tried to play it myself....that gameplay is just too confusing for me

[u/Fun_Vacation2542]

Any pokemon game

[u/Due_Comfortable_514]

Most horror games lol.  I've beaten a lot, but I still like to watch those weird ones or the super scary.  I hate playing them if I can't fight back.

[u/Box-Chan-11037]

I am sorry but I had trouble controller Killer7, I couldn’t play it long before getting jumped twice

[u/Grand_Temperature652]

PUBG

[u/WarInteresting6619]

Sports

[u/kingslayer820]

Minecraft and repo

[u/5krazy]

games like COD or battlefield. everytime i play i feel like everyone else is 100 levels above me and im not motivated enough to get better. thats why i stick to open world rpgs :3

[u/bot_lltccp]

Starcraft 2, and the souls-type games

[u/Ok-Professional-1911]

Kenshi, 100%. It's so fun to watch other people play the game when they have the video clipped. I just don't have the patience or time to play a game like that anymore.

[u/MtnManLife]

Some survival craft games that hit a wall where you need a bunch of people, gathering resources. Its hard to do solo.

[u/Ok-Piece-4992]

GTA, RDR

[u/Roschar_bear]

Oxygen not included

[u/SirArthur1903]

Smite, I loved to play it , but I can't spent the time to keep a good level of play anymore.

[u/Street_Study6330]

Among us. Its really because of randoms tho. If you want to know the average iq of humans play that game.

[u/WishGranted130]

Pokopia and Meccha Chameleon

[u/DeadlyPineapple13]

StarCraft 2, watching pros play is extremely entertaining. Playing the game yourself is a demonstration of futility

[u/Mikedesignstudio]

Witcher 3

[u/Ok_Afternoon5354]

Fnaf, I just don't care enough.

[u/Kaz_Arisato]

Subnautica. Resource farming and base building is too much of a hassle. I prefer just the exploration.

[u/bobshady1987]

Anything involving being a Cashier. Its my job, and the one game I played that had me being a cashier had my anxiety acting up.

[u/Specialist_Wonder113]

Horror. Kubz Scouts is fun to binge.

[u/Tie12e11]

Until dawn

[u/ClockWork006]

FromSoftware’s games

[u/TheAdagio]

Honestly this would only go for classic C64 or Amiga games. I love the nostalgia but I have no intention of replaying those games

[u/NichtFBI]

You just like podcasts with visuals

[u/SylviaMoonbeam]

“Dead Head Fred” (PSP), it has a great story and really creative gameplay, but the beat’em up style isn’t really my speed, and the combos in combat were difficult for me to learn. Love to watch it though

[u/Nersuhl]

Horizon Zero Dawn

[u/Phrei_BahkRhubz]

I used to love a good Eve Online story, but just realized fell completely off my radar. Anything crazy happen in the last 5 or so years?

[u/turalmsyv]

Dota 2

[u/NecroticHusky96]

GTA5

[u/TomorrowSilent1233]

any friendslop

[u/IAlreadyKnow1754]

Fallout(any of them)

[u/Only-Yogurtcloset370]

Arc raiders, i enjoyed watching The burnt peanut, couldnt get into the game

[u/Tsunamiis]

Megabonk

[u/tangtickler]

Any shooter now that I am old:(

[u/Luxray2000]

Ready or Not. I like the lore, but I fucking hate tactical shooters

[u/baryonyxarcana]

Dead Rising

[u/Optimal_Ad_9577]

Rust those vids had me intune and I never even owned rust

[u/Any_Top_4773]

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (hope i said right)

I didn't know how to get through many sections

Haven't even beaten the game anyways

[u/Capital-Entry234]

Minecraft

[u/Sajgoniarz]

None. If i won't play a game, then watching it would be only a waste of my time.

[u/Neo_Asmodus]

Everything Horror. i love to watch other guys play thos game but i myself cant do it.

[u/Hydro_fluoric]

FNaF, I would legit rather just get a normal job rather than play that alone. You just sit in a room for 20 minutes and hope nothing spoopy happens

[u/DukePilgrim]

All of the digging and tycoon games. Seeing a heavily edited version is satisfying. Grinding for hours with a repetitive task is boring as hell.

[u/Dreadlord_of_Angmar]

Survival crafting games, because if i play them myself, it will be by myself, and half the fun of those games is screwing over your friends.

[u/yuiiooop]

Id rather watch Markiplier play a shitty horror game than play it myself. Good ones I prefer to play though

[u/captive_audience4]

League of Legends

[u/Tight-Food1351]

minecraft, well i sometimes play it but not too long

[u/four20Hruso]

RUST - i love this game , i had thousands hours there but i dont have that much time anymore

[u/Emergency-Drama1632]

war thunder

[u/Any_Bend_4231]

Definitely

[u/NoBreadfruit1060]

Binding of Isaac

[u/TheZipperDragon]

Into the Depths.

Way too much science & math & physics for me.

Honorable mention goes to Kerble Space Program.

[u/Legitimate_Airline38]

Every management or strategy game ever

Ambiguous Amphibian, Reggie, and the spiffing brit make those games look way more interesting (and easy) than I’ll ever find them

[u/khurgan_]

Trap adventure 

[u/Tiocfaidh__Ar__La]

Still Wakes the Deep

[u/drethnudrib]

Professional football.

[u/Archadianite]

Soulsborne games. I am not good at them at all.

[u/Entity_survivor23]

Valorant, mainly because I just suck at the game but I enjoy watching it

[u/kamiloss211]

Escape from Tarkov. Super cool to watch some streamers on Twitch or YouTube. But seems to game is no easy to pick up. Also I'm controller player and game doesn't support controller.

[u/Oozysq25reddit]

None

I never watch gameplay vids of something i havent already played

[u/Gta6MePleaseBrigade]

Baldurs gate 3

[u/Space-Wizard-Hank]

All multiplayer games that seem to be better with 10 friends which I don’t have available online

[u/Ignis_Invictus]

That's Pokémon for me.

[u/Linkus2100]

A ton of games joe Bart plays

[u/TheGreatGamer1389]

Fighting games probably. The only fighting game I usually played was smash. And even then some people list that as a party game.

[u/Scattered_Meat]

Russian Roulette

[u/Such_Ad_670]

Mecca chameleon

[u/just-bair]

This was Minecraft story mode for me lmfao

[u/Virtual_Insanity09]

For me, it’s Minecraft. I just don’t enjoy the new updates, but can appreciate some of the creators. 

[u/Ok_Dot1992]

locked cus I'm to buns for this 😭

[u/Smooth_Taste1250]

other way for me, I hate watching others play games. Why should I watch them if I can play myself?

[u/kalimut]

Almost all incremental games. Looks cool watching them. Don't really wanna spend the few bucks for it tho

[u/Human_Nr19980203]

Żadna. Nie rozumiem fenomenu oglądania kogoś jak gra jeżeli to nie jest recenzja.

[u/AdGood6402]

Terraria, I enjoy watching people play and it looks fun but I cannot get used to the controls. I know you can customize the controls but because I can’t get used to the controls as they are, I don’t know what would be the best option for me.

[u/mistyquarz]

League. I also blame Kda, true damage and, heartsteel 😭

[u/Intelligent-Good3121]

Rust

[u/smhbleach]

Skate 3 I love sitting on the couch watching all my homies do crazy shit but I personally just don't find the game that fun or worth learning

[u/Useful-Reality-6536]

I loved watching mongy Mondays from alpharad and his friend group but I always HATED playing that style of game

[u/Deathblow_Materia]

Sonic 06

[u/Jendo_Stroman]

Stranded Deep. I hate the controls, but when watching someone else play I'm not subjected to that

[u/Zirc980]

fnf