Maybe on the desktop PC, but they're rife on the mobile devices by a freakingly embarrassingly large margin.

It's funny...from what I've seen over the years it seems like plain old solitaire on windows 😵 is probably one of the most popular casual games especially for most people that aren't really into games. I for one don't like card games.

I play Microsoft Spider at work, Hearts and Bones on HP200LX at home. The second is more interesting though.

I have noticed people playing the same casual games for infinite amount of time. So perhaps the market is dying, not the games?

btw, haven't modern PC games become casual? Like and average PC shooter with WASD, Space, mouse wheel and LMB for controls, and the plot that does not matter at all?

I allso think that original Unreal Tournament is a good example for a casual game, because Angry Birds is not casual, it is like Nintendo games, they are hard and frustrating, but if you wat to kill time, then Solitaire and simple run and kill FPS games 😁

I think of a casual game as anything I already have installed that I can dive straight into, or things where gameplay isn't important all the time.

So for me, for a five minute break or less I might fire up quake1 or 3, ut2004, heretic, jill of the jungle, pinball, minesweeper, jill of the jungle, even warcraft 1

But I might also [when I was subscribed] log into World of Warcraft and run around Orgrimmar or check the AH whatever, see who's online. The boot time for the game sometimes gets in the way of casualness of course. Another thing that kills WoW for me is the amount of content and eye candy now, which means that casual way of playing is more pressurised [tends to mean I stop subscribing] - so much to do, it's like a damn job, stops it being casual [opposite of the intent I expect].

Try TowerFall.

FLAPPY BIRD, FTW!!!!!!

The games you describe are the only kind I still play, I just can't go through learning a million things to play a game anymore. Probably I'm getting old 😀
btw the video you posted is a Brix-like game, one my favorites back then

Yes, DOOM, Heretic, Quake, Unreal Tournament, etc. can be classified as casual games, if all you want to do is to have a short action session to have a temporary thrill as long as you just want to play a few levels as a break.

There are multutude of Pinball games too to pass the time or one of those arcade or platform or fighting DOS or Windows games.

Of course, Solitaire is a classic example.

There were many games produced by POPCap Games (which now seemed to focus on smartphones only) and the like for the PC.

Casual games are always there, and we do play them without us realizing it. It's just that the advent of smartphones have placed an emphasis on the word "casual".

MortimerInBlack wrote:

An example of casual would be like this demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlU1OcWDd8A
Seems like the quintessential casual game, but it only has like 10 downloads.

You totally have nothing personal vested in this game, do you?

Far from it, at least if you count mobile and Facebook games. If you're just talking about PC-based casual games though, they're not nearly as popular as they used to be.

They're on steam too, unfortunately the followers of a certain cynical brit are calling for censorship of them to reduce available consumer choices because it's not a shooter.

leileilol wrote:

They're on steam too, unfortunately the followers of a certain cynical brit are calling for censorship of them to reduce available consumer choices because it's not a shooter.

ZeroPunctuation? I thought he was from Australia. 😜

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

leileilol wrote:

They're on steam too, unfortunately the followers of a certain cynical brit are calling for censorship of them to reduce available consumer choices because it's not a shooter.

ZeroPunctuation? I thought he was from Australia. :P

I think she means this guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut

Gemini000 wrote:

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

leileilol wrote:

They're on steam too, unfortunately the followers of a certain cynical brit are calling for censorship of them to reduce available consumer choices because it's not a shooter.

ZeroPunctuation? I thought he was from Australia. 😜

I think she means this guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut

Ah. Thanks 😉

yeah, those young self-proclaimed members of the "pc master race" tend to be the whiniest and fussiest of the bunch, spoiled by emulaiton, and percieving older video games as something without any value.

Harvester just came to steam. Guess what half of the threads are about?

Wow I just went and checked myself, what a gold mine.

Also I never considered FPS games, even the old ones to be "Casual". Certainly not Gunmetal given the asshole placement of secrets and enemies in that game, plus it has a plot told primarily through text but still a plot.

Speaking of causal games... Aren't most of that shovelware just constant clones of something that was already "tried and true" like Bejeweled and Tetris?

DracoNihil wrote:

Wow I just went and checked myself, what a gold mine.

Also I never considered FPS games, even the old ones to be "Casual". Certainly not Gunmetal given the asshole placement of secrets and enemies in that game, plus it has a plot told primarily through text but still a plot.

Speaking of causal games... Aren't most of that shovelware just constant clones of something that was already "tried and true" like Bejeweled and Tetris?

I wouldn't say most arcade games are casual either- You can usually play a fighter not knowing too much but dominating it will take years of dedication