@hungrypsychologist: Video Games for Perfectionists, Rated by a Psychologist Let's rate video games that can help people who struggle with perfectionism. We'll cover two categories: games that make failure fun and help you embrace messing up, and games where you can't take it back, so you learn to live with your choices instead of save-scumming (of which I am also guilty). Featuring Esoteric Ebb, Manual Samuel, Elden Ring and FromSoftware games, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1 and 2, Pentiment, and XCOM 2 on Ironman mode. Perfectionism, fear of failure, and self-criticism don't have to ruin your fun. 🎮 Have games that you'd recommend? Disagree with the list? Share in the comments! #perfectionism #perfectionist #gaming #videogames #MentalHealth

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lemonzotz
lemon 🌃🍋 :
celeste helped me a lot with understanding that failure is part of the learning process
2026-11-10 22:11:47
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Metamporher🪳 :
Rouge lites are really helpful for me as somebody with OCD that manifests with extreme perfectionism. Hades really makes failure feel like progress, even more so than Souls games (which I also love). Also not perfectionism but I struggle heavily from obsessive thoughts that I am unlovable, everyone in my life secretly hates me, and shame over being delusional, and I found Alan Wake (second time I'm mentioning this game on this page lol) very cathartic. I just finished the second special episode and seeing my own struggles reflected in Alan and seeing the memory of his wife insisting she does love him was really cathartic.
2026-11-13 05:26:36
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realrms111
realrms111 :
With games you mentioned, you forgot metroidvania’s as well as tell tale. Metroidvania’s are games like hollow knight, where you’re meant to fail and forced to adapt as you get along, failing is a must to discover the way the world works. And tell tale is games where there is a story arc to follow, but to play, you need to make choices. Messing up is guaranteed. Choices and decisions aren’t always obvious how they impact the story, but it could come back to bite you in the rear end later, think of until dawn or the entire series of life is strange. Another popular one is detroid becomes human.
2026-11-10 21:17:04
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levicorbello
TonicAttorney63 :
I think hades would land a good spot on this list
2026-11-12 02:59:45
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vinn.x2
Vaughn.x :
thank you!!!
2026-11-10 21:12:09
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kabochapress
Kabochapress :
Thanks for your recs. i greatly enjoy these and learning about games i didn't know about.
2026-11-11 19:27:57
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the.poet.therapist
the.poet.therapist :
LOVED Pentiment!!
2026-11-12 02:23:19
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toyplaywithkarasu
Karasu :
Please do a list of video games for people who get overstimulated easily. I struggle with sensory overload and trying to find games I can play is difficult. A list of video games that help with learning social skills would be helpful too.
2026-11-12 02:19:20
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zomthezombiee
Max 🧪🦇 :
cult of the lamb is great especially with the resource management part of it
2026-11-12 12:19:37
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larred_
Larred_ :
I'd be curious for your perspective as a therapist on one of my favorite games, Kentucky route zero, to sell it in a sentence "it's a tragic ghost story, the ghost is the American dream, it's tragic because it doesn't know it's dead yet"
2026-11-11 08:11:28
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spuddboiob
spudder :
hey do you have a video that includes colony simulation games like" Oxygen not included". I'm curious about your perspective.
2026-11-10 22:31:26
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