Sounds like you’d enjoy Nuclear Throne or Enter the Gungeon. Both are very similar, they are roguelike in 2D top-down view with enemies that shoot a lot of projectiles and gameplay is about using dodge rolls and taking cover
I can definitely recommend FTL: Faster Than Light. I still play it after many years in the exact same way you describe, that is short sessions. t’s all based on battles that last minutes at most while part of an overall campaign. You can quit anytime, even during battle, and it will just saw the state. You can pause during battle to think as well.
it also has simple rules but with a lot of depth. You upgrade your ship from time to time and also get new weapons or defences. It actually sounds like a perfect fit for what you want. It’s cheap too.
Definitely try again because there’s so much depth when you unlock new ship designs that are manned by other races than just human. Every time I boot it up I’m surprised how quickly 3 hours zaps by.
Dead Cells is a game I always have installed just to pick it up in bursts of 30 minutes or an hour.
It’s a roguelike, it’s challenging and it’s easy to pick up any time.
Even though it has levels, the intended way to play it is in runs. You start the game, start a new run, and try to go as far as you can, you die and repeat.
Multiple paths to choose, so it never becomes boring, and the levels are generated, so you can’t memorize everything.
I play Tetravex - the 4 x 4 version. It's available for free in the games section of Linux Mint or Gnome.
There's also a free android game on the Play Store.
I bought it and returned it. I’m being very picky here but I didn’t like the idea that a lvl 99 player can just massacre lvl 1. I think that’s why a lot of people were playing the rebound mod which is more random and levels the playing field but it’s also very long. I would prefer if advanced players had it more difficult, not easier.
Have you tried Double Action Boogaloo? It is probably right up your alley if you like Fistful of Frags.
You might enjoy Quake or other arena shooters like Warsow or Ratz Instagib.
If you want to try something new that still fits the bill I’d go with Enter the Gungeon or Dead Cells. Both are easy to pick up but incredibly challenging to master. Both are roguelikes with a short time per run, so the game already does the job of breaking itself into short play periods. And both are action heavy.
Hollow Knight is a masterpiece worth recommending. Furthermore, it satisfies most of your criteria. But you might need one of the better integrated GPUs to run it smoothly on your system.
Hades is another masterpiece worth recommending and perhaps satisfies even more of your criteria. Though, once again, it requires you to have one of the better integrated GPUs.
Looks nice but I have to get a disk and AppImage and so special runners? Bah. But it’s interesting idea. I never really played melee games but it does sound like something I would enjoy. I will do a steam search.
Rivals of Aether is like a PC smash brothers knockoff but it’s actually really fun and has a lot of mods for community made characters. I really recommend it.
maybe I’m not cultured enough, but I find rivals more fun than smash
Nah you go to your local college and find a group a guys there who are huddled around an ancient artifact called a “GameCube” and are vigorously moving their joysticks on a controller back and forth.
Tetris is one of the games that fucks me up a bit. It’s all comes down to automatic responses and after some time it just gets inside my head and when I close my eyes call I can see are falling blocks. Can’t play it.
I understand! I personally dont suffer too much from this but I get that. I am not very automatic when playing tetris, I am often looking to do T-spins and that kind of stuff so I actively think about the setups I want to build
I highly recommend it! It can be really brutal but if you get a good run going it’s really satisfying. The depth the mechanics like wand building offer is amazing
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