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Video games that offer escape and connection

  • Michelle Jalbert, Tribune News Service
  • Jul 14, 2020
  • Jul 14, 2020 Updated Apr 29, 2021

If you want to relax

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Animal Crossing Pocket Camp (a surprisingly good — and free — mobile game)
  • Sims
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If you’re looking for competition

  • Overwatch
  • Super Smash Bros.
  • League of Legends
  • Counterstrike Global Offensive
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If you want to go on a space adventure

  • No Man’s Sky
  • Destiny
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If you’re a Game of Thrones/ fantasy fan

  • Game of Thrones: A Telltale Series
  • Guild Wars 2
  • Elder Scrolls Online
  • Catan Universe
  • Monster Hunter
  • Divinity Original Sin
  • Diablo 3
  • Sea of Thieves
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If you want strategy

  • Underlords
  • Civilization 6
  • Portal 2
  • A Way Out
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If you’re searching for something scary

  • Don’t Starve Together
  • Deceit
  • Dying Light
  • Remnant: From the Ashes
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If you’re a sports fan

  • Nascar Forza Gran Turismo
  • FIFA 20
  • Madden NFL 20
  • NBA 2K20
  • Rocket League
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If you want something funny and quirky

  • Magicka 2
  • Castle Crashers
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
  • Borderlands series
  • Overcooked 2
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