What's your safe game?

For the moment that would be Borderlands 2, i can play it on autopilot while listening to a new Bombcast or the like.

But the safe safe option, (ie backup of a backup, that i frequent for nostalgia sake) has been Fallout Tactics in the past

I guess Blake Stone, Wolfenstein 3D, Descent, F29 Retaliator, Warzone 2100, Sim Isle and the original Command & Conquer could count, they are games I always keep installed on my machines and boot up to play a level or two in every now and then. Star Trek Online has been getting a similar role over the past few years as well.

For a long while it was Sleepy Dawgs just driving and hitting people with your door was relaxing. Lately it's been Rogue Legacy and Stealth Inc. Looking forward to Cloudberry Kingdom to be one too.

Minecraft, Half Life 2 (almost 100 hours logged into that, so I kinda know how to do things...), Skyrim, Just Cause 2 (explosion simulator), and Command and Conquer 3 (101 hours), depending on what sort of game I want to play and not have to pay super close attention to.

Edit: Mercenaries 2 and Saints Row also work.

Tekken, Fire Emblem, Terraria, Civilization, and Infamous.

Probably Dead Rising 2 Off the Record, not even really sure why, but that game grabbed me in all kinds of ways, might be the sandbox mode. Other than that I've put quite a bit of time into New Vegas after I picked up the dlc from the summer sale, and games that I've played through a long time ago, or I'm playing for the gameplay and less the story even on the first play through I'll throw on a Bombcast.

Lumines on the Vita or Rockband 3.

Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, those old AKI N64 wrestling games... Basically a bunch of N64 games. The N64 is my safety console.

You and me, we're simpatico. Coincidentally my safe word is simpatico.

Saints Row The Third. I run around, shoot people, and take no damage from anything.

Burnout Paradise

I've had many, but Majesty: the Fantasy Kingdom Simulator, has been the most long-lived.

Oh Metroid Prime 1 is my go to game. Recently I've been thinking about getting Dolphin (Gamecube/Wii Emulator) just so I can play it in HD.

I've never had one and I don't think I'll ever have one. I don't have a safe anything. I'm more likely to try something completely new and different in such times, meaning I'm much more likely to make impulse purchases that don't pay off.

It would probably be whatever the most recent Bethesda game is at the time whether it be fallout or elder scrolls. It just the kind of game that I can play and discover new things with out much effort.

Super Mario World or Chrono Trigger

Plants vs Zombies. That game is chill.

Classic SNES, NES games and most of the fighting games

It used to be Mass Effect 1 and 2, but now I find myself playing a lot of Everybody's Golf: World Tour for the PS3.

Ninja Gaiden Black is the only game I will never ever get tired of. Its also my favorite game of all time.

Probably Battlefield 3, but if I'm listening to bombcast then I'll load up Football Manager.

Animal Crossing New Leaf has been helping me zone out of some stressful situations lately. It's basically just a zen garden of a video game.

Tropico, all of them

Battlefield multiplayer, no question about that.

Whatever the latest version of Battlefield is, also, World of Tanks.

I used to play GTAIV, just pushing people down the stairs for hours. So good

Whoever it was who said gaming "gaming is serious business" i feel really sorry for you.

Elder Scrolls Oblivion son.

Diablo II, any Elder Scrolls game, Dark Souls.

I also find it pretty easy to turn my brain off while playing Counter-Strike. Just run to the encounter points, blast each other to bits, and start over.

Fallout 2 or Fallout: New Vegas.

@benspyda: Puzzle Quest 2

Binding of Isaac. I can pickup and play that game at anytime. Its the reason I bought a vita (theyre remaking it for a bunch of platforms, and vita is one of them). I love playing it while listening to spotify/the bombcast.

Pure delight

A bunch of fighting games. I can head online or into training mode, and to feel nice and comfortable. These days, my bread and butter fighting games are Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Melty Blood: Actress Again: Current Code. Sometimes I'll play Tekken or an ArcSys game.

Historically, I keep my WoW subscription around just so I can dick around while I watch TV or movies without having to think too much about what I'm doing.

Civilization (at the moment Civ V). It requires thinking but not reflex concentration. It can also chew up time with it seeming like only 5 minutes have gone by.

Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Binding of Isaac, Rogue Legacy, Super Puzzle Platformer, Tetris - These are all games that I play or have played when listening to the Bombcast or music. I love games with very limited story that I can just play and don't really need to think about.

FIFA 13 (or whatever the current version is).

Spelunky recently though. Thought i was done with that game but have picked it up almost every day for the last 3-4 weeks.

Hollywood Holocaust and Red Light District and then I quit

Half of Doom episode 1 or a few levels of Doom 2. Brutal Doom is especially satisfying because of how crazy it is

The first Castlevania and Chrono Trigger are mine. I can just relax and smile when I'm playing them, it's nice.

How is brutal doom? I heard it was amazing.

Streets of Rage 2 and any Genesis Sonic. Although once PS+ gave me NBA Jam that's been a solid backup!

Not sure if you are kidding or not, but one of my "comfort games" ended up being this. Sometimes I just drive a fucking truck around the country side and its awesome.

Super Hexagon.

I can beat (pass 60 seconds) on levels 1, 2, 4, and 5. I just can't beat 3 (the hardest "regular" difficulty), drives me nuts.

My safe game is Payday: The Heist.... 'cause of the... yeah...

I'd say Dark Souls too, funnily enough I'm also on my fifth playthrough (working on an int./dex. build). Skyrim is a game like that for me too, but I prefer going back to Dark Souls. Pokemon occasionally too.

Minecraft

Civ 5 I can get lost for days in that game when I finally find a job I am just going to have to ban my self from playing but in the mean time those barbarians wont kill them self s.

@ozzdog12: At one point Puzzle Quest was a game I would keep going back to but the sequel never captured me like the original.

lol I'm doing a int./str. build.