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GOG is probably your best option out of many....games were nowhere near as complicated in the 90s and early 2000s (in general) and they literally specialize in....Good Old Games.
Sure there are complicated older games too (and they still carry modern games) but you're going to have better luck with older games.
Here's a classic recommendation from GOG - Epic Pinball. Dead simple, great retro feel, fantastic music.
Well, pinball is my jam - still kinda casual, IMHO. I was thinking more of those that tell a story & have lots of gameplay mechanics - I'm too old, and never could get used to or comfortable with managing camera angles & all that kinda stuff that uses so many more controls than we had in my day. A joystick/pad & at most a few buttons is all I was used to until adulthood demanded that I had extremely little time for games anymore for a few decades.
I'd argue there's still plenty of recent-ish games with simple controls you might enjoy.
Like Paper's Please for instance. It does get complicated but not control-wise.
In general many puzzle games are very simple control-wise. https://enclose.horse/ is one of my favorite web puzzle games for instance.