One-handed games?
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 11:59 last edited byHave they tried narrative games like the ones from Telltale, Dontnod, ... ?
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 12:09 last edited byI don't understand. You have two friends, each with a good arm, that's two good arms. Tape your friends together and have them coordinate and BAM: two-handed gaming.
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 12:31 last edited byAtomic Heart
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 12:39 last edited byXCom and XCom 2 can be played entirely with the mouse. Minor typing if you want to name your soldiers, but nothing requires quick reflexes. Everything is turn based.
Emulation opens up a lot of options for old school turn based games. RPGs, turn based strategy. Any of the Pokemon games gen 1-3 can be played one handed with some clever button mapping. Any game made to use just the Wii-mote as a pointer would also work, but I don't know those off the top of my head.
You might want to look into one handed controllers, or something like the FLIR USB dongle that you can use to map IR TV remote signals to keyboard button presses. Just need to use a remote that doesn't already control something.
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 12:47 last edited byThe Final Fantasy pixel remasters are all old school turn based RPGs that can be played one handed on the steam deck. Certainly not all 50 games but UFO 50 has a bunch of games made for a non-existent console that are all pretty simple and I would bet a lot of them can be played one handed. Both Crypt of the Necrodancer and Cadence of Hyrule are rhythm dungeon delver games that probably work one handed too, technically so would the new game Rift of the Necrodancer but that requires more skill than I have
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I don't understand. You have two friends, each with a good arm, that's two good arms. Tape your friends together and have them coordinate and BAM: two-handed gaming.
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 12:49 last edited byThat sounds like a good plot for an episode in a tv show. I sense potential here. Haha
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Slay the Spire
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Vampire Survivor & Cloneswrote on 23 Mar 2025, 13:01 last edited byI'm gonna say it.
I'm gonna say it.
Slice & Dice is better than Slay the Spire (not by much, to be fair, but... yeah).
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 13:03 last edited byAll the games. Every last one of them.
One handed controllers exist.
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 13:06 last edited byCurious Expedition!
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I think you should be able to play Organ Trail one-handed. It's a zombie apocalypse version of Oregon Trail.
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 13:18 last edited byOrgan Trail... What's the objective?
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 13:19 last edited byPinball with arrow keys mapped to left and right flippers?
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 13:41 last edited byIf this is a long term thing, you might consider a left handed gaming mouse with programmable side keys.
I hate to recommend Razer cuz their build quality has taken an absolute nose dive, but the only one I know of is the Razer Naga: https://www.razer.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga-left-handed-edition/rz01-03410100-r3m1
Setting some of the side keys as WASD and the usual surrounding support keys (Q, E, R F, G, X, C) and you can play almost any game one-handed.
The learning curve to get your brain to accept mouse movement and clicks with your left hand is annoying as fuck though.
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 14:05 last edited by -
I don't understand. You have two friends, each with a good arm, that's two good arms. Tape your friends together and have them coordinate and BAM: two-handed gaming.
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 14:14 last edited byTape will come off when they sweat, better sew them together. And trim off those unnecessary arms, it's just efficiency.
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 14:25 last edited byJust FYI, there are a number of controllers out there for people who only have the use of one hand that are relatively cheap. I don't always have the use of both hands, and I can definitely say that it's possible to learn to use regular controllers effectively one handed as well. Once did a live stream specifically to show people what it's like and how to do it. Both the Logitech F710 and the 8Bitdo Pro 2 work really well in my opinion. People have laughed at me, but the 8bitdo Zero 2 surprisingly works really well too, but is much more limited for inputs and thus, more suited to retro games.
As for one handed games, here's an extensive steam list
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I don't understand. You have two friends, each with a good arm, that's two good arms. Tape your friends together and have them coordinate and BAM: two-handed gaming.
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 15:22 last edited byAnd they can play Brothers A Tale Of Two Sons.
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I don't understand. You have two friends, each with a good arm, that's two good arms. Tape your friends together and have them coordinate and BAM: two-handed gaming.
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 16:04 last edited bysadly they live 80km apart from each other, and both are right handed, so they couldn't face each other while playing. We'd need a pretty weird dual-monitor setup if we'd tape them together.
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 16:08 last edited byFor the friend who enjoys BG3, you can play Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous pretty much entirely with the mouse. The base game is 90% off on steam right now too.
Pathfinder has a massive learning curve compared to DnD 5e though, but that just means you can get an extra 50 hours of entertainment out of the game before you start the story, just by figuring out all the options when creating your character lol
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Tape will come off when they sweat, better sew them together. And trim off those unnecessary arms, it's just efficiency.
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 16:50 last edited by
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Hi people, I currently have two friends who have issues with their dominant arm and can't do anything but sit around and watch movies.
I'd like to gift them some games to play with just one hand. Not the hentai variant, but something to keep them occupied with.
Both own a steam deck. One is more into cozy games like Dorfromantik and the other into RPGs like BG3.
One Finger Death Punch would be a good example as you can remap controls so you only need to press left and right on the D-Pad, but both of them don't really like that game.
Do you know any games which can be played with one hand, preferably a controller or Steam deck? Using a mouse with your non dominant hand is annoying...
wrote on 23 Mar 2025, 17:00 last edited byRimworld can be played with mouse only, though it can be frenetic sometime