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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by captainjaneway to c/asktransgender

I don't have a lot of time to play game these days. I usually play games like Cities Skylines where it's easy to pause and exit. I basically have 1-4 hours to game a week - depending on the week. But ever since coming out trans, I've wondered if there was a game that casually was affirming. I realize I could play an RPG where you can design your character, but most of those games have you spend 2 hours designing and then you never really look at the character again. Baldur's Gate was a lot of fun, but it's a little too deep to play casually on the side. I strongly prefer a non-NSFW game. I realize a lot of NSFW games exist on Steam that do explore trans concepts (I assume), but I'm looking for a more positive, gentle, affirmation.

But I don't want to knock down too many ideas! What do you play?

Edit: I realize I made it sound like I've excluded all RPGs which I don't want to be the case since - inherently - anything affirming will have some RPG element to it. I just don't think first-person RPGs really work since I spend most of my time looking at my hands and I don't get to see my character.

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[-] thoughtfuldragon 3 points 1 day ago

Bit of an odd suggestion, and not really one for the transmasc folk but Satisfactory's Pioneer (player character) has a more feminine body shape. You can't change the body shape except through mods and the only mod I found to swap the player model makes it a protogen.

I found it affirming to immediately have a player character that matched me pretty well without having to customize anything.

Side note for Bauldur's Gate 3: https://baldursgate3.game/mods/#/m/chubby-female-dragonborn1

[-] captainjaneway 2 points 23 hours ago

I do love Satisfactory for that reason. I love the femme/androgynous character design. I mostly spend time trying to build a perfectly efficient forge but I run out of patience after I get the coal stage - which I realize is super early in the game lol

[-] thoughtfuldragon 1 points 17 hours ago

The answer for me was

  1. Watch how other people play and learn ideas
  2. Don't worry about efficiency with your initial forays.
  3. Use planning tools when you do need to scale up production.

Despite it's impression, satisfactory is a make your own fun game. Treat it like Minecraft and it will open itself to you.

this post was submitted on 15 May 2025
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