Games to play while listening to podcasts 2021

Ended up putting in 70 hours into Hades while listening to my podcast, just unlocked the epilogue so looking for something new to half-get into.

Not sure if I'm that into roguelikes in general but the characters and story made me enjoy the grind here

Destiny 2 for me.

Dead Cells is my Podcast game!

MMOs and open-world games are perfect for this.

The GOAT!

Binding of Isaac.

Slay the Spire

Forza Horizon 4's weekly content. Always looking for others though! I played a lot of the side content in Tsushima and AC Odyssey with podcasts too :]

I listen to podcasts while grinding in RPGs

Rocket League, though I play better when not listening.

FIFA is the ultimate podcast game - turn off the commentary, turn down the TV, and listen to a backlog of podcasts as you win the Champion's League with Carlisle United. Perfection

RatskyWatsky said:

I listen to podcasts while grinding in RPGs

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Yep same here, only other game I've listened to podcasts is Elite Dangerous, and even then I'd typically prefer some ambient music

Bya said:

MMOs and open-world games are perfect for this.

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Im trying to do it with WoW but maybe its cause ive never experienced the current leveling zones I keep getting distracted

Slay the Spire or Enter the Gungeon were my 2 big ones for a long time
Havent really got into any rougelikes recently to replace them

Been playing Borderlands GOTY edition with podcasts recently and its kinda perfect:

- minimal in-game music to miss out on.
- basically no story to worry about.
- mindless gameplay loop that you can zone out to.

A really underrated game too... no one talks about BL1 anymore.

World of Warcraft for me. I pause the podcast if there is something I wanna focus on, but I generally leave it on. I've also been watching stuff like Drive to Survive on Netflix on my second monitor while grinding.

Destiny 2 + Triple Click and Waypoint = many hours lost.

DOTA 2. Until I hear ppl yelling at me

Genshin is a great choice right now.

Hades for me at the moment.

Paper Cheese said:

FIFA is the ultimate podcast game - turn off the commentary, turn down the TV, and listen to a backlog of podcasts as you win the Champion's League with Carlisle United. Perfection

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Ultimate Team certainly isn't, especially Weekend League!

Genshin impact is pretty good for podcasts.

Slay the Spire

Ubisoft

Gran Turismo Sport, specially when mucking about in the livery editor; No Man's Sky and pretty much every busy work/collectibles hunt for platinum trophies.

Spelunky, racing games.

picross games. i always bank podcast episodes before a new picross game is coming out so i can listen to a bunch of them at once while i play.

Destiny 2 and Diablo 3.

Listening to podcasts while grinding in RPGs is the best because it makes poor game design [IMO] tolerable.

I usually do it with rogue-likes too but I can't do it with Hades. I wish it had like a "podcast mode" that halts dialogue so I don't have to rush to pause the podcast whenever somebody starts speaking. Maybe that'll break the story though.

I don't have one particular go-to podcast game, but since I'm home more lately I've been playing:

-Minecraft
-Super Mario 3D All-Stars
-Animal Crossing New Horizons
-Marvel's Avengers

Have been my go-to games when I want to listen to a podcast.

Anything that isn't narrative focused can work alongside a podcast, open world games outside of quests, loot games, objective or run based games and racing games...

NightShift said:

Listening to podcasts while grinding in RPGs is the best because it makes poor game design [IMO] tolerable.

I usually do it with rogue-likes too but I can't do it with Hades. I wish it had like a "podcast mode" that halts dialogue so I don't have to rush to pause the podcast whenever somebody starts speaking. Maybe that'll break the story though.

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RatskyWatsky said:

I listen to podcasts while grinding in RPGs

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What RPGs are you folks playing? Should I start up Fallout New Vegas?

Kegels said:

What RPGs are you folks playing? Should I start up Fallout New Vegas?

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Definitely play New Vegas. It's a masterpiece and doesn't have grinding issues. I'm talking about games that make you grind like the Persona games.

Planet Zoo.

Rocket League and Forza Horizon 4 has been my go-to podcast games the last few years. Also Minecraft Dungeons is a good dumb game for this I've discovered the last year.

I'm always looking for new podcast games and it's really a sweet spot between them needing to be at most semi-demanding and me feeling ok about muting the game. I don't want to have both game sound and the pod on at the same time.

After about 10 hours with Genshin Impact i feel ready to mute that game as start to only play it when i listed to pods.. feels like a perfect fit.

Soul of Miyazaki said:

Destiny 2 for me.

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Same. You can just switch off, and after you've played it for long enough, all the movements just become automatic, it's really relaxing.

Final Fantasy XIV

Any source of good podcasts to listen while playing some mindless games? It's been a while that I don't listen to a good one and was thinking about going back to listen to some while grinding some Genshin Impact

Chalk me up for Destiny 2 as well. The ultimate podcast game.

Path of Exile.
Literally start a stream and play until it's over, then logout until tomorrow.
Such a relaxing game that you can just grind out too.

slay the spire, PoE, borderlands, doing nuzlockes in pokemon

Animal Crossing and a little bit of Hades.

I'm clearing out a TON of flowers that just grew over time on my island so listening to podcasts helps with the mundane tasks.

Microsoft Flight Sim
Euro/American Truck Sim
Any racing game
Elite Dangerous

I tend to listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts while driving in real life, and driving in videogames.

I do most of my achievement hunting and RPG grinding with podcasts in the background. I'm currently juggling around Skyrim, Avengers, FFVIII, and Pokemon Shield while I wait for Cyberpunk.

Kegels said:

What RPGs are you folks playing? Should I start up Fallout New Vegas?

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The opening is a bit dry, but it's a great story and one of the better realized open world RPGs. Highly recommend.

I love racing games to just zone out and listen to a podcast or watch something on another screen. Lately I've been doing this with Forza 7 since it came to GamePass and the Horizon series is another I do this with.

degauss said:

Rocket League, though I play better when not listening.

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I listen to music while I play but my rotations would probably be garbage if I was listening to a podcast.

In addition to Hades, I tend to listen to podcasts while I do non-story stuff in RDR2 like hunting, or looking for bones and stuff

Tetris 99

Falchion said:

I listen to music while I play but my rotations would probably be garbage if I was listening to a podcast.

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Im only gold level, cant get much worse listening or not.

Animal Crossing, especially comedy standups

Kegels said:

What RPGs are you folks playing? Should I start up Fallout New Vegas?

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DQ11 now, KH3 before

New Vegas is p gud you should play it

Devilgunman said:

Genshin is a great choice right now.

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How long is the intro/tutorial? Was wanting to give it a shot and a new podcast game would be great.