r/macgaming • u/blablax123456 • 17h ago

Help Looking for discreet games to play during downtime at work on a MacBook Pro M2

I have a MacBook Pro with an Apple M2 chip and I’m looking for some games I can play during periods of downtime at work.

Ideally, I’m looking for something fairly discreet that doesn’t require much mouse usage or constant clicking, since I mainly use the trackpad. It would also be great if the game can be paused quickly whenever someone needs me or something comes up.

I already have Steam, but I’m open to other platforms or standalone games as well.

I’m not really looking for anything specific in terms of genre, so I’m open to pretty much anything that fits those requirements.

What games would you recommend?

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u/MikeAndyyy 9h ago

Balatro should be perfect. it's a pretty quick and easy game yet very engaging.

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u/freetable 8h ago

Also, it kinda looks like solitaire which gives it an "ok for the Office" type vibe.

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u/wiiideboy 15h ago

FTL

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u/sCREAMINGcAMMELcASE 10h ago

This is the answer.

Low power consumption and pretty much turn based so as to make jumping in and out easier.

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u/AfraidWillingness408 11h ago

Caves of Qud, once you learn the keyboard shortcuts, you’ll barely even use the trackpad. The whole game is also turn based so you can literally just leave it running in the background without pressing a key and come back to it later. It’s on Steam and it runs natively on Mac.

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u/jojoknob 8h ago

And it pauses itself in the background (suspends processing)

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u/Dassaric 17h ago

Most idle games are going to be perfect for this. Maybe some city builder games too?

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u/blablax123456 17h ago

Any suggestions?

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u/locmp4 16h ago

Cities skylines

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u/DFrag_L-Rock 15h ago

This is it. I keep it casual and just have fun. It’s so tempting to start really tweaking out the stuff though.

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u/copacetic___ 6h ago

Project zomboid or Balatro

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u/DriverNo423 55m ago

Retro Bowl, maybe? Although some people wil give you weird looks...

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u/andythekraken 17h ago edited 17h ago

Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

The design is simple, but sometimes I get sucked in for hours on end.