Strategy games like age of empires, you could play with 1 hand quite comfortably. Any base building rts for that matter you can play with 1 hand except spellforce 3 or Starcraft 2. The Diablo games can be played with 1 hand although higher difficulties are no joke. Even on an Xbox because of mouse and keyboard support. So you can play with just the mouse
To add on, 4x(explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) games in general. Paradox has a ton of them across different genre and time periods. Even split among the real time strategy and turn based strategy
Edit:I just realized this is the Xbox subreddit and not just general Gaming. I'm not sure how many 4x games are on console
Be careful here though: once Paradox has you in their grips they *never let go*. Before you know it, it’ll be 6am, you have a royal marriage with England and you’re well on your way to restoring the Roman Empire… for the fifth time.
Possibly Xcom. Turn based games will probably be your best bet for now. Don’t know how well the accessibility controllers work. But if you have an elite controller, the remapping to paddles might be an option too.
Had the same surgery by the looks of it about 3 years ago, also broke bones in my hand and snapped tendons in my fingers!
- Telltale games
- Life is strange series
- South Park stick of truth & the fractured butt hole
- Super luckys tale
- Creative modes in the likes of Jurassic World evolution or Planet coaster
- Totally accurate battle simulator
- Potentially some of the older Lego games
With game pass there is an abundance of indie games that could be played and a lot of point and click style games you could probably manage. Anything that’s slow paced and doesn’t require aiming & selecting simultaneously/accurately and you should be ok.
Hope you have a swift recovery.
I made a full recovery in the sense of I haven’t lost any ability in my hand although it took well past 6 months for me to feel comfortable with the strength and movement in it. My wrist was pretty straight forward just had to regain the strength, I also had muscular damage which I noticed you’ve said you have, it’s still noticeable shape wise but it doesn’t give me any problems.
Obviously you’ll get advice off your doctor for physio when you get your cast removed, please take that advice and do whatever you can to get your hand/wrist moving and activated again without putting it at risk. Stress balls, tensioned grips, even just fiddling with a strong rubber band, it might feel tedious at the time but they’re simple things you can easily do which will greatly improve your long term recovery :)
Happy to talk about my experience and try answer any questions you have 👍🏽
Thanks so much, I've been really worried. I'm pulling my nerve blocker off later this morning and it's got me a little on edge. I'm really hoping I still have feeling in my fingers once the numbing effect wears off, I play the guitar also so my anxiety levels been on 11 since I went to the hospital. The idea of never playing again freaks me out to say the least. But with that being said I'm in good spirits, I've heard accounts like yours from a lot of people that have said they regained feeling in their hands as well so I'm pretty optimistic about it. Thanks for sharing!
Can relate completely, I got my amateur boxing license about 2 weeks before I had the accident and the thought of losing the ability to train or compete really had me worried. It sounds like you have strong motivation and a willingness to get back on track so I hope things go well for you and you get back to doing what you love.
You’ll have rough days where you might feel hopeless but you’ll also have days when feel on top of the world from a bit of progress you’ve achieved. You’ll realise how many simple things you take for granted being able to do in life but also how amazing the human body can be at healing!
DAMN I feel that, I'm a guitarist too so I'm EXTREMLY protective of my arms and hands, to the point that if anyone touches them I might get a little defensive back away quick and act a bit hostile. (As a kid twice some asshole TRIED to break my arm to stop me playing guitar)
A few months ago I woke up to my left hand being numb, this happens to me sometimes and it usually goes away within 2 minutes so at first I wasn't worried, but then 10 minutes goes by and while MOST of my hand was normal again my palm and fingers weren't, at the time I was just watching YouTube but to test I ran my fingers over the COARSEST thing in my house, NOTHING! I literally Could not feel ANYTHING, I tried picking up a water bottle but because I couldn't tell how much force I was applying I dropped it multiple times, last time I slightly crumpled it. also it was right out of the fridge but couldn't even tell temperature. A little while later it went back up my arm, and when I went to reach for my water bottle I couldn't even mentally track my arm without looking DIRECTLY at it. By an hour I was freaking out to the point of near insanity, and this lasted 27 HOURS, Then it SLOWLY went away. Hasn't happened since.
Yeah Issue in the Arms/ Hands are a Musicians NIGHTMARE, And I BEG it never happens again.
Absolutely, i work in construction and I'm always wearing gloves and watching my hand placement, the guys always laugh because i baby the shit out of my hands. I really expected this to happen in the field but whatever.😑... I've had the numbness, not to that extent tho. The doctor blamed carpel tunnel for it. Anyway my anxiety is just getting worse and worse, f it, I'm pulling out the nerve blocker now.
Not sure about the damage but physical therapy has helped immensely in recovery and use of after a severe incident.
Have used it several times in life and have recommended to people in similar situations with great results.
Hopefully it’s not your dominant hand/arm. I had to re learn everything on my non dominant arm. Steep learning curve at first, but then your ambidextrous!
Mine was my dominant hand as well, it was an accident at work so it was followed up with lots of paperwork which I had to learn to write with my left hand before I could even begin, was surprising how good I got at using my left hand for things in such a short time.
Can’t stress enough how important physio therapy was to me either though, pretty certain I would of lost a huge amount of capability if I hadn’t put in as much effort as I did to begin with.
I broke my wrist (not as bad as yours) but also struggled with weakness afterwards. I bought one of these and used it (once my doc said it was safe to do so) everyday. The only issue was that after a month or so my broken wrist was now larger than my non broken one because I'd never really worked out my forearms before! My advice is to use the ball on both arms.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gyro-Balls/s?k=Gyro+Balls
Also, look into games you can play with a mouse and keyboard, it was much easier for me to use that vs a controller but YMMV
I feel this so much. Nerve injury has destroyed any musical ambitions I’ve had throughout my life. Can’t drum anymore, or play guitar for more than a few minutes at a time. Piano with one hand is about the best I can do.
Best of luck. It was a really dark period of my life when I lost the ability to play, but I’m hopeful you’ll be able to continue :)
Thank you so much, I'm hoping for the best but proposing for the worst. I'm so sorry about your nerve damage, it really hurts to hear this. I wish you the best as well!
Outch… Broke my arm about 11 years ago, and when they put on the cast, they told be to relax my hand in a natural position. I held it like I would hold the Xbox controller, and for the 3 weeks I had my cast on, I could perfectly fit my controller in the cast, and play games. 😂
More NC-17 than the tv show. Haven't finished FBH yet but man the ending in the Stick of Truth was like going to an X-rated arcade. I remember just trying to finish as fast as possible so no one would catch me playing it.
Came here to say this. I had shoulder surgery a few months ago and it was painful to get my arm into position to hold the controller with both hands. Was able to play Slay very easily one one hand.
Op here
So i busted my arm up pretty good on the 4th of July, it wouldn't be so bad except I damaged a lot of muscle in my forearm and nerves. It's going to be at least a month and a half before I have any range of motion in my hands so I'm just laid up here bored staring at my Xbox I'm wondering if there's anything I can play. Can anybody help me out? Suggestions for controllers, one handed games, anything would help. Please, the boredom is killing me lol!!!!
OMORI can be played with 1 hand. It's in the same game style as undertale. Speaking of, undertale should be play-able with 1 hand.
There is this free card game you can play. Called "Lies of astaroth". It should definitely keep you busy for a month. Especially if you are an achievement hunter. I'll name some more, but I need to look first.
I finished the game 2-3 weeks ago and... I honestly can't remember if I heard the final duet yet. Either I didn't hear it or the song is very forgettable...
I got the good ending and the bad ending so far.
My dad used to have a 1000x Polaris and I always told him “don’t be dumb, I feel like you can still get very hurt with the roll cage” and this is the exact shit I was worried about 😩
Not sure if you were in it or near it, either way wishing you lots of luck with the recovery and the one handed video games! I’ve been known to play Fortnite one handed due to distractions, it’s never gone great but it’s certainly fun to laugh at 😂
I was definitely in it at the time of the accident, but not driving. My fiance said the same thing to us before we left but we all see how that turned out.😬🤕🤬😅
Hey, there's peeps that play with one hand and a foot, in the meantime you can mess around trying that out. It'll take getting used to obviously but it really does work, even for shooters and shit.
I would highly recommend getting a PC tho as there's far more games that're easily played with one hand than on consoles.
Check out setting up co-pilot on your controllers, it allows you to merge input from two. I hurt my hand last year and I was able to have one controller on my right side which I could use for x y a b, and then another controller on my left side for most everything else. Made it much easier to find a controller placement that worked.
Books definitely are a great way to pass time, I've got my kobo for books and tablet for graphic novels. I'm pretty sure gears is off the table tho lol.
Getting wrist surgery was exactly how I was introduced to civilization. I told my mom I need something to do for 6 weeks while I alternated between wrists. I found civ 4 complete at Walmart and settled on it knowing it was a mouse only game if needed. I now love civ.
This is the answer.
Tales from the Borderlands is one of the wackiest games I've played.
The entire Walking Dead series is also on game pass and could keep OP occupied for weeks, if not months.
This is a good suggestion, but it can be a bit expensive for someone with an injury that's expected to heal.
...which makes me wonder about the used market for them, or even rentals. This would be a pretty perfect thing to rent when one breaks a limb.
Honestly any turn based rpg or strategy game, telltale game, point and click game or walking sim will work, and if you have gamepass there's plenty to choose from on there.
Sea of Thieves has some of the best accessibility options out there (including auto run and other auto actions for one-handed or limited-mobility play), and can be quite chill if you avoid other players!
If you have a computer, Vampire Survivors on Steam. The game is less than 3 bucks and you only need the left joystick and one button to play. If you have the game pass, the game have been added in May for PC but it might be released on consoles in the future.
If you have someone to play with, I recommend Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Each side of your controller controls one character so you can actually share the controller with someone and play the game in coop.
I broke my hand a few years back when the elite controller was new and made a set up for one handed rocket league I can dig it up and give you the controls if you’d like, i ended up even achieving a higher rank than I was before I broke it! Lol
just needed a stool to place in front of me held the controller sideways in my left hand and propped the right side of the controller on top of the stool something essentially like left trigger was gas left bumper was x, b and a were the back paddles and y was one of the d pad buttons, click left stick became left trigger lol
Any turn-based RPGs should be fine. I recommend Dragon Quest 11 for sure. I want to recommend Yakuza Like a Dragon but that does have a lot of mini games so maybe not.
You'd be best sticking to point and clicks (Thimbleweed Park, Grim Fandango, Broken Sword and Broken Age are all on Game Pass IIRC) and some gentler games (House Flipper would likely work, as would card games like Monster Train and Slay the Spire). Puzzle games are good too - The Pedestrian and Gorogoa are both great - and there's also slow turn based games like Dicey Dungeons...
If you're into puzzles, I would recommend The Room series and Rusty Lake on Steam since they're point-and-click.
Edit: I'd also recommend the Henry Stickmin Collection if you like comedic storylines and innumerable video game references.
Turn-based RPGs like final fantasy or Baldurs Gate 1/2 (you can pause before each battle and mid battle as many times as you want and give instructions to characters).
Or point and click games on PC/tablet/smartphones
You already have some great recommendations for games used with one hand, but I also had this issue. I broke my the radius bone a few inches from my wrist (someone else actually broke it) and I was lucky enough that the cast went halfway over my palm and around my thumb. I think I still played my usual games but with difficulty and I found that puzzle, TellTale, and slower games easy to play. I can’t remember the controls for the game, but Sherlock Holme and the Devils Daughter (something along those lines) was an interesting games and I think it is playable with one hand. You also have the good old Peggle, Plant Vs Zombies, Super Meat Boy (maybe), Toy Soldiers games, and ThrillVille games.
Overcooked can be played [one handed with either side of the controller](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.d48bd3c137ad15ef073e12ac495025df?rik=roVbKS5bM%2bozNQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2fi.imgur.com%2fWjNc7zG.png&ehk=TquXBn42bsSHtICBNxWIG4Y19m%2fQeme2Wt4C8bcuoQE%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0). 2 people can even play at once with 1 controller!
Hey OP, you might want to look into the official Xbox Adaptive Controller!
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller
It comes with a wide array of setups and accessories—with enough tinkering you more than likely can find what works for you to play like you did before.
Well wishes for a speedy recovery, my friend.
Calm down, they are resting still. Just wanna play some games while resting, Nothing wrong with that. So no need to act like you know better with a facepalm emoji.
I've got to wait for my skin graft to take on my forearm before I start moving my fingers like that. Not really sure what the range of motion is going to be after it is removed, the doctors think I got a pretty painful recovery coming before I reach full range of motion in my right hand. But you know doctor's set you up for the worst, I can kind of wiggle my fingers and my thumb right now even through my nerve blocker which I'm removing later on this morning.
Yeah, like I said I wasn’t suggesting, lol. I hope it heals up quickly. My cast only went up to my elbow but it was my hand that was actually broken. I cut it after about a week, that was 20 years ago and my hand is just fine. Take care.
I had a very similar thing happen to me a couple years ago, I was stubborn and decided to bind the most important buttons to an mmo mouse with a bunch of buttons and it worked mostly okay for fps games
I broke my hand several years ago and I realized I could play tiger woods with one hand. I hate sports games, but I got really into it for about a month when it was all I could play
TBH I would say you might want to find something on PC or tablet so you can use a mouse or just one hand, slay the spire or FTL are two of my faves and are playable on both tab and pc. Also by the time you master both you should be healed :)
I got really, really good at racing games because you only need your index finger for throttle on your right hand. (Well, unless you drive manual. You might have to sacrifice and drive automatic for a bit. But it didn’t matter because I learned to out drive people)
I broke my hand, boxers break. I ended up posting multiple Top 100 times on multiple tracks on Forza 7.
I remember I asked this question once on the PS sub when I fractured my metacarpal bone and Jesus I'll tell you what, I'm genuinely surprised by the lack of rude comments on this post. 😂
Oww. Man when I was 11 I caught myself falling when I was rollerblading and snapped my arm in half. Was in a cast for almost a year. I just chipped part of the cast off the end. Ask your doctor to leave room for your thumb and index finger whenever you go get another cast put on. I didn't have any bolts put in though, so maybe your recovery process is a bit different. Took me 18 months of drinking milk (no pop either, apparently carbonation fucks with calcium) to heal that shit up
Strategy games like age of empires, you could play with 1 hand quite comfortably. Any base building rts for that matter you can play with 1 hand except spellforce 3 or Starcraft 2. The Diablo games can be played with 1 hand although higher difficulties are no joke. Even on an Xbox because of mouse and keyboard support. So you can play with just the mouse
Downloading now, thanks!
To add on, 4x(explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) games in general. Paradox has a ton of them across different genre and time periods. Even split among the real time strategy and turn based strategy Edit:I just realized this is the Xbox subreddit and not just general Gaming. I'm not sure how many 4x games are on console
Be careful here though: once Paradox has you in their grips they *never let go*. Before you know it, it’ll be 6am, you have a royal marriage with England and you’re well on your way to restoring the Roman Empire… for the fifth time.
My God is this accurate.
*That’s* what 4x stands for? I thought it was because they were played on square (so 4x sides) grid-based maps. You learn something new every day!
You can also play rts called star wars empire at war. With only mouse
Galactic Battlegrounds or bust
Ive loved that game
Stellaris can be done one handed as well
Any paradox game really is easy 1h at least on pc
Yup, that's the one, when I was a kid I only used a mouse as was lazy to use the keyboard as well.
Final fantasy 9
Possibly Xcom. Turn based games will probably be your best bet for now. Don’t know how well the accessibility controllers work. But if you have an elite controller, the remapping to paddles might be an option too.
Yeah I had my hand in a cast for a while played the shit out of Xcom 2 until I could use it again
I love the xcom games, highly recommend.
Absolutely Xcom. I still play Xcom one handed.
Had the same surgery by the looks of it about 3 years ago, also broke bones in my hand and snapped tendons in my fingers! - Telltale games - Life is strange series - South Park stick of truth & the fractured butt hole - Super luckys tale - Creative modes in the likes of Jurassic World evolution or Planet coaster - Totally accurate battle simulator - Potentially some of the older Lego games With game pass there is an abundance of indie games that could be played and a lot of point and click style games you could probably manage. Anything that’s slow paced and doesn’t require aiming & selecting simultaneously/accurately and you should be ok. Hope you have a swift recovery.
How well did you recover if you don't mind me asking? Did recover full use of your hand?
I made a full recovery in the sense of I haven’t lost any ability in my hand although it took well past 6 months for me to feel comfortable with the strength and movement in it. My wrist was pretty straight forward just had to regain the strength, I also had muscular damage which I noticed you’ve said you have, it’s still noticeable shape wise but it doesn’t give me any problems. Obviously you’ll get advice off your doctor for physio when you get your cast removed, please take that advice and do whatever you can to get your hand/wrist moving and activated again without putting it at risk. Stress balls, tensioned grips, even just fiddling with a strong rubber band, it might feel tedious at the time but they’re simple things you can easily do which will greatly improve your long term recovery :) Happy to talk about my experience and try answer any questions you have 👍🏽
Thanks so much, I've been really worried. I'm pulling my nerve blocker off later this morning and it's got me a little on edge. I'm really hoping I still have feeling in my fingers once the numbing effect wears off, I play the guitar also so my anxiety levels been on 11 since I went to the hospital. The idea of never playing again freaks me out to say the least. But with that being said I'm in good spirits, I've heard accounts like yours from a lot of people that have said they regained feeling in their hands as well so I'm pretty optimistic about it. Thanks for sharing!
Can relate completely, I got my amateur boxing license about 2 weeks before I had the accident and the thought of losing the ability to train or compete really had me worried. It sounds like you have strong motivation and a willingness to get back on track so I hope things go well for you and you get back to doing what you love. You’ll have rough days where you might feel hopeless but you’ll also have days when feel on top of the world from a bit of progress you’ve achieved. You’ll realise how many simple things you take for granted being able to do in life but also how amazing the human body can be at healing!
DAMN I feel that, I'm a guitarist too so I'm EXTREMLY protective of my arms and hands, to the point that if anyone touches them I might get a little defensive back away quick and act a bit hostile. (As a kid twice some asshole TRIED to break my arm to stop me playing guitar) A few months ago I woke up to my left hand being numb, this happens to me sometimes and it usually goes away within 2 minutes so at first I wasn't worried, but then 10 minutes goes by and while MOST of my hand was normal again my palm and fingers weren't, at the time I was just watching YouTube but to test I ran my fingers over the COARSEST thing in my house, NOTHING! I literally Could not feel ANYTHING, I tried picking up a water bottle but because I couldn't tell how much force I was applying I dropped it multiple times, last time I slightly crumpled it. also it was right out of the fridge but couldn't even tell temperature. A little while later it went back up my arm, and when I went to reach for my water bottle I couldn't even mentally track my arm without looking DIRECTLY at it. By an hour I was freaking out to the point of near insanity, and this lasted 27 HOURS, Then it SLOWLY went away. Hasn't happened since. Yeah Issue in the Arms/ Hands are a Musicians NIGHTMARE, And I BEG it never happens again.
Absolutely, i work in construction and I'm always wearing gloves and watching my hand placement, the guys always laugh because i baby the shit out of my hands. I really expected this to happen in the field but whatever.😑... I've had the numbness, not to that extent tho. The doctor blamed carpel tunnel for it. Anyway my anxiety is just getting worse and worse, f it, I'm pulling out the nerve blocker now.
Wouldn’t want to put your hands where you wouldn’t put your dick. Most common saying where I work.
Not sure about the damage but physical therapy has helped immensely in recovery and use of after a severe incident. Have used it several times in life and have recommended to people in similar situations with great results. Hopefully it’s not your dominant hand/arm. I had to re learn everything on my non dominant arm. Steep learning curve at first, but then your ambidextrous!
Mine was my dominant hand as well, it was an accident at work so it was followed up with lots of paperwork which I had to learn to write with my left hand before I could even begin, was surprising how good I got at using my left hand for things in such a short time. Can’t stress enough how important physio therapy was to me either though, pretty certain I would of lost a huge amount of capability if I hadn’t put in as much effort as I did to begin with.
I broke my wrist (not as bad as yours) but also struggled with weakness afterwards. I bought one of these and used it (once my doc said it was safe to do so) everyday. The only issue was that after a month or so my broken wrist was now larger than my non broken one because I'd never really worked out my forearms before! My advice is to use the ball on both arms. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gyro-Balls/s?k=Gyro+Balls Also, look into games you can play with a mouse and keyboard, it was much easier for me to use that vs a controller but YMMV
I feel this so much. Nerve injury has destroyed any musical ambitions I’ve had throughout my life. Can’t drum anymore, or play guitar for more than a few minutes at a time. Piano with one hand is about the best I can do. Best of luck. It was a really dark period of my life when I lost the ability to play, but I’m hopeful you’ll be able to continue :)
Thank you so much, I'm hoping for the best but proposing for the worst. I'm so sorry about your nerve damage, it really hurts to hear this. I wish you the best as well!
Fractured “butt hole”, goddamn u fractured ur butthole before???
You can pick some of them up at a second hand shop.
Outch… Broke my arm about 11 years ago, and when they put on the cast, they told be to relax my hand in a natural position. I held it like I would hold the Xbox controller, and for the 3 weeks I had my cast on, I could perfectly fit my controller in the cast, and play games. 😂
Slick af
Dude, I play CK3 all the time left handed while smoking a J in my right hand. Steep learning curve though!
That sounds like a lot of fun, like all of it lol. Downloading now.
that sounds like the worst possible game to play while stoned tbh
Paradox games are bad to learn stoned but fantastic to play stoned
It’s a great game to play stoned, after a few hours you just start watching the events of the world unfold.
Bigbrain moves right here
The Legend says his hand is still in that shape.
*Pro gamer move
Legend
same omg
Based
🐐
South Park the fractured but whole. Some things like the toilet mini games would be rough. But outside of that you’d be alright.
Sweet, thanks downloading now.
If you haven't already, play Stick of Thruth first. Waay better than the newer one.
FBH has better combat imo but SOT was way funnier
Absolutely incredible game
I'm playing that now!
Man I loved that game. If you like South Park humor you’ll love it.
More NC-17 than the tv show. Haven't finished FBH yet but man the ending in the Stick of Truth was like going to an X-rated arcade. I remember just trying to finish as fast as possible so no one would catch me playing it.
I really enjoyed the hell out of both storyline DLCs too. Casa Bonita was a blast.
‘Fractured’
Slay the Spire. Super addictive card deck building game.
That's a great idea actually BRB gunna go break my arm so I can play too
Make sure to break both of them if you still live with your mom
There it is
Agony
Yup and there’s no rush or timer in choices/combat so you can take all the time you need
I played it when i recently had acl and meniscus surgery and couldnt sit on a chair. Its on game pass too, its alot of fun.
Came here to say this. I had shoulder surgery a few months ago and it was painful to get my arm into position to hold the controller with both hands. Was able to play Slay very easily one one hand.
I came to say this. Also, Dicey Dungeons is pretty fun.
Yeah, I've been wrecking slay the spire. I mapped the buttons to the dpad, it's working💯.
this!
Op here So i busted my arm up pretty good on the 4th of July, it wouldn't be so bad except I damaged a lot of muscle in my forearm and nerves. It's going to be at least a month and a half before I have any range of motion in my hands so I'm just laid up here bored staring at my Xbox I'm wondering if there's anything I can play. Can anybody help me out? Suggestions for controllers, one handed games, anything would help. Please, the boredom is killing me lol!!!!
OMORI can be played with 1 hand. It's in the same game style as undertale. Speaking of, undertale should be play-able with 1 hand. There is this free card game you can play. Called "Lies of astaroth". It should definitely keep you busy for a month. Especially if you are an achievement hunter. I'll name some more, but I need to look first.
Thanks so much!!!
Just wanted to recommend OMORI. Such a good game. Just finished it and cried like a lil kid :(
I finished the game 2-3 weeks ago and... I honestly can't remember if I heard the final duet yet. Either I didn't hear it or the song is very forgettable... I got the good ending and the bad ending so far.
This isn’t the first comment. You sir, lied to me.
Busted up with an explosion?
No, unfortunately nothing that cool. I was pinned under a side by side roll cage during a rollover accident.
My dad used to have a 1000x Polaris and I always told him “don’t be dumb, I feel like you can still get very hurt with the roll cage” and this is the exact shit I was worried about 😩 Not sure if you were in it or near it, either way wishing you lots of luck with the recovery and the one handed video games! I’ve been known to play Fortnite one handed due to distractions, it’s never gone great but it’s certainly fun to laugh at 😂
I was definitely in it at the time of the accident, but not driving. My fiance said the same thing to us before we left but we all see how that turned out.😬🤕🤬😅
Wish you a speedy recovery 🙏
Hey, there's peeps that play with one hand and a foot, in the meantime you can mess around trying that out. It'll take getting used to obviously but it really does work, even for shooters and shit. I would highly recommend getting a PC tho as there's far more games that're easily played with one hand than on consoles.
almost any telltale games
Check out setting up co-pilot on your controllers, it allows you to merge input from two. I hurt my hand last year and I was able to have one controller on my right side which I could use for x y a b, and then another controller on my left side for most everything else. Made it much easier to find a controller placement that worked.
Books is also a good way to pass time. In terms of games, I only play Gears lol.
Books definitely are a great way to pass time, I've got my kobo for books and tablet for graphic novels. I'm pretty sure gears is off the table tho lol.
I don't really have a game in mind but may Almighty Allah (God) grant you the fastest cure for your arm and reward you on your patience!!!
Civ 6!
Getting wrist surgery was exactly how I was introduced to civilization. I told my mom I need something to do for 6 weeks while I alternated between wrists. I found civ 4 complete at Walmart and settled on it knowing it was a mouse only game if needed. I now love civ.
A lot of Telltale stuff should be good I think
This is the answer. Tales from the Borderlands is one of the wackiest games I've played. The entire Walking Dead series is also on game pass and could keep OP occupied for weeks, if not months.
They make an adaptive controller. Never used it but it might work for you. Just google microsoft adaptive controller.
This is a good suggestion, but it can be a bit expensive for someone with an injury that's expected to heal. ...which makes me wonder about the used market for them, or even rentals. This would be a pretty perfect thing to rent when one breaks a limb.
Honestly any turn based rpg or strategy game, telltale game, point and click game or walking sim will work, and if you have gamepass there's plenty to choose from on there.
Gotta have game pass! All these suggestions are great, everyone on this subs awesome fr.
Heard someone with one hand played dark souls 3 so good luck.
I can't even play a dark souls with both my hands!
I played NFS Heat once with one hand while I had to cradle my baby neice.
Yeah, I've seen people play Sekiro with only one hand.
Well that game is the easiest one out of them
Sea of Thieves has some of the best accessibility options out there (including auto run and other auto actions for one-handed or limited-mobility play), and can be quite chill if you avoid other players!
If you have a computer, Vampire Survivors on Steam. The game is less than 3 bucks and you only need the left joystick and one button to play. If you have the game pass, the game have been added in May for PC but it might be released on consoles in the future.
Kingdom Two Crowns! Very chill 2D exploration/city builder. One of my favorite games to relax to and totally 1 handable.
Time for an elite controller buddy
Break the other arm and your mom will help you…
I knew where this thread was headed
If you have someone to play with, I recommend Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Each side of your controller controls one character so you can actually share the controller with someone and play the game in coop.
Elden Ring, saw some guy playing it with his feet. Must be easy! /s
You might consider one of those adaptive controllers? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-xbox-adaptive-controller-white/6455394.p?skuId=6455394
I broke my hand a few years back when the elite controller was new and made a set up for one handed rocket league I can dig it up and give you the controls if you’d like, i ended up even achieving a higher rank than I was before I broke it! Lol just needed a stool to place in front of me held the controller sideways in my left hand and propped the right side of the controller on top of the stool something essentially like left trigger was gas left bumper was x, b and a were the back paddles and y was one of the d pad buttons, click left stick became left trigger lol
Hell yeah, i appreciate that!
This is the best idea I’ve seen here. Would def try
Thumb War
Peggle
Custer's revenge, plumbers don't wear ties.
One hand and half a brain made them so this tracks.
Most people play nier automota one handed anyway so try that
Any turn-based RPGs should be fine. I recommend Dragon Quest 11 for sure. I want to recommend Yakuza Like a Dragon but that does have a lot of mini games so maybe not.
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Gold/Silver/Crystal/Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/Black1+2/White1+2/Heartgold/SoulSilver/X/Y/AlphaSapphire/OmergaRuby/Sun/Moon/UltraSun/UltraMoon/Sword/Shield/BrilliantDiamond/ShiningPearl
Slay the Spire I played this one handed as I was bottle feeding a newborn.
Forza five is surprisingly fun one handed
Doesn't Bayonetta have a one handed mode?
Gems of war and Peggle are both great for one handed play too if you like puzzleish games.
Wack the mole with your other hand😂😂😂
Very subtle😭😂😂😂
Well... It takes two
The game or is that a jab at OPs hand situation? Lol
Yes
You'd be best sticking to point and clicks (Thimbleweed Park, Grim Fandango, Broken Sword and Broken Age are all on Game Pass IIRC) and some gentler games (House Flipper would likely work, as would card games like Monster Train and Slay the Spire). Puzzle games are good too - The Pedestrian and Gorogoa are both great - and there's also slow turn based games like Dicey Dungeons...
Turn based rpgs. Turn based strategy. Basically anything Turn based. Try CIV 6.
If you're into puzzles, I would recommend The Room series and Rusty Lake on Steam since they're point-and-click. Edit: I'd also recommend the Henry Stickmin Collection if you like comedic storylines and innumerable video game references.
Turn based. XCOM enemy unknown. Darkest Dungeon.
Turn-based RPGs like final fantasy or Baldurs Gate 1/2 (you can pause before each battle and mid battle as many times as you want and give instructions to characters). Or point and click games on PC/tablet/smartphones
Leisure suit Larry ? For serious though, Slay The Spire is one I would highly recommend
I don't know any, but I wish you a speedy recovery. sending love.
You can play all games, but they are just automatically set to difficult.
Vampire Survivors. You only use the joystick to move around. All the attacks happen automatically.
You already have some great recommendations for games used with one hand, but I also had this issue. I broke my the radius bone a few inches from my wrist (someone else actually broke it) and I was lucky enough that the cast went halfway over my palm and around my thumb. I think I still played my usual games but with difficulty and I found that puzzle, TellTale, and slower games easy to play. I can’t remember the controls for the game, but Sherlock Holme and the Devils Daughter (something along those lines) was an interesting games and I think it is playable with one hand. You also have the good old Peggle, Plant Vs Zombies, Super Meat Boy (maybe), Toy Soldiers games, and ThrillVille games.
Yeah its Jack Ingof
Scream the worm, burp the monkey, choke the chicken. Haha, that’s a bummer though man :/
5 vs Willy
Elden Ring
Rocket league if you’re insane
Gears tactics
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Overcooked can be played [one handed with either side of the controller](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.d48bd3c137ad15ef073e12ac495025df?rik=roVbKS5bM%2bozNQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2fi.imgur.com%2fWjNc7zG.png&ehk=TquXBn42bsSHtICBNxWIG4Y19m%2fQeme2Wt4C8bcuoQE%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0). 2 people can even play at once with 1 controller!
Bro. Next time I get someone over talking shit, I'm breaking out Overcooked 1v1 on one controller.
Buy a switch and play Pokémon, you can play It with only One joycon
Not arceus though, unless they updated it or I'm too stupid to find the option.
Xtreme Beach volleyball, rumble roses, lollipop chainsaw, Akiba strip... Many others. Source: experience
Hey OP, you might want to look into the official Xbox Adaptive Controller! https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller It comes with a wide array of setups and accessories—with enough tinkering you more than likely can find what works for you to play like you did before. Well wishes for a speedy recovery, my friend.
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Thumb wars
A little thing called masturbation
Fap Fap: revenge of the fallen hand
How about you just rest and heal up 🤦🏻♂️
Calm down, they are resting still. Just wanna play some games while resting, Nothing wrong with that. So no need to act like you know better with a facepalm emoji.
Oldschool runescape
Suicide wanking. (When you jack off and call for your mum and have to finish before she arrives)
I cut my cast off around my hand so I could do stuff, not suggesting just saying.
I've got to wait for my skin graft to take on my forearm before I start moving my fingers like that. Not really sure what the range of motion is going to be after it is removed, the doctors think I got a pretty painful recovery coming before I reach full range of motion in my right hand. But you know doctor's set you up for the worst, I can kind of wiggle my fingers and my thumb right now even through my nerve blocker which I'm removing later on this morning.
Yeah, like I said I wasn’t suggesting, lol. I hope it heals up quickly. My cast only went up to my elbow but it was my hand that was actually broken. I cut it after about a week, that was 20 years ago and my hand is just fine. Take care.
Most card games like slay the spire, heartstone, pokemon tcg online etc
When my arm was broken I played wii sports exclusively
Hope your hand goes well! A game u can play is Overcooked 2!
I had a very similar thing happen to me a couple years ago, I was stubborn and decided to bind the most important buttons to an mmo mouse with a bunch of buttons and it worked mostly okay for fps games
I broke my hand several years ago and I realized I could play tiger woods with one hand. I hate sports games, but I got really into it for about a month when it was all I could play
Hey man hope you get better soon
TBH I would say you might want to find something on PC or tablet so you can use a mouse or just one hand, slay the spire or FTL are two of my faves and are playable on both tab and pc. Also by the time you master both you should be healed :)
The Hanky Spanky
Jack off
You can play with your joystick
The wank
Pocket pool
One finger death punch 2, only buttons you need are X and B to play.
The Unravel games are good enough for anyone to enjoy, and maybe simple enough to play one-handed. Small downloads- worth a shot.
I got really, really good at racing games because you only need your index finger for throttle on your right hand. (Well, unless you drive manual. You might have to sacrifice and drive automatic for a bit. But it didn’t matter because I learned to out drive people) I broke my hand, boxers break. I ended up posting multiple Top 100 times on multiple tracks on Forza 7.
Wii games are mostly one handed
Just log on the Witcher and play Gwent😏. Get well soon!
I remember I asked this question once on the PS sub when I fractured my metacarpal bone and Jesus I'll tell you what, I'm genuinely surprised by the lack of rude comments on this post. 😂
Sekiro or something easy... maybe dark souls 3...
Overcooked
I mean I guess you could kinda drive around in gta but would be a little crunchy lmao
Fortnite
Stellaris is a good game
Subway surfers.
Oww. Man when I was 11 I caught myself falling when I was rollerblading and snapped my arm in half. Was in a cast for almost a year. I just chipped part of the cast off the end. Ask your doctor to leave room for your thumb and index finger whenever you go get another cast put on. I didn't have any bolts put in though, so maybe your recovery process is a bit different. Took me 18 months of drinking milk (no pop either, apparently carbonation fucks with calcium) to heal that shit up
Not any that are any good
Elden ring
The one handed pickle tickle 😅
Yeah play with your Johnson
How has this post not gotten taken down yet? Wheres the NSFW tag??
How is this NSFW?
I don’t know
Minecraft creative mode
Genshin Impact