I recently broke my arm and I won’t be able to use it for at least a month. I was starting to play STALKER 2 but that’s not going to be possible for a while.
Do you have any suggestion for one-handed PC games?
For games that you can use a controller on:
https://www.printables.com/model/156112-one-handed-xbox-series-xs-controller
Inscryption
The first 1/3 of that game is amazing.
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Anything turn-based and mouse-driven like Slay the Spire, Dicey Dungeons, Baba is You, Inscryption, Super Auto Pets, Mega Knockdown, chess, riichi mahjong, visual novels, etc. Or anything turn-based in general regardless of control scheme if you’re alright with playing slowly.
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Rhythm Doctor - A one button rhythm game.
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Crypt of the Necrodancer - This game’s control scheme was designed to be possible to play it on a dance pad. Which means you can also just play it with WASD or arrow keys.
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I wanna shout out Puyo Puyo Champions since it actually has a one handed preset in its controller options. D-pad or ABXY to move and L1/L2 or R1/R2 to rotate. Caveat though is that the Steam version is not at all active online, I would strongly recommend getting it on Switch if you can.
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Tomb raider 1-3 trilogy remastered on Steam.
Flatout 2 (and by extension Flatout Ultimate Carnage and Trail out) are all racing games that work great with just one hand.
Flatout 2 doesn’t even have any functions on the mouse
(also I would argue that they are really cool arcade racing games)
Balatro perhaps, the rougelike poker game
FTL
Disco Elysium
vampire survivors
Balatro Rimworld Islanders FTL
Strategy games like X-Com
Turn based stuff is probably pretty safe, assuming that’s your jam. Been playing Rogue Trader and I think you can do most anything with the mouse.
Bloons TD 6 if you’re into mindless tower defending
Any classic RTS
Age Of Empires II
OpenRA
Roller Coaster Tycoon series
Theme Hospital / Twin Peaks Hospital
These are examples of games that can be played with just the mouse.
To expand on this, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 has a FOSS re-implementation called OpenRCT2, and it’s considerably bettee than even the original. I’d recommend Planet Coaster, but honestly, I think the simplicity of RCT2 makes things a lot easier one-handed.
Get a controller. I once had a broken arm, too (my dominant arm, to make things worse), but my hands worked fine so I could use my controller without any problems. Hands layed in my lap with the controller, and I learned really fast not to move my whole body to steer vehicles 😅
Get well soon!
OpenTTD, Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
