ruitzk:

I wanted to share some calming/anxiety-reducing apps I’ve played !! All of these are free and for both iPhones and Androids :^)

1. My Oasis– Build your own island in the sky, of plant and animal life. You tap to earn hearts and use these hearts to level up your animals and the island itself ! Calming music while you play and it’s pretty much an endless game; no time limits and no losing. You can always reset your Oasis  completely to start over again, and you can create a desert, grassland, snowy, or field biome (it’s randomized). 

2. Abyssrium – Same exact concept as My Oasis but instead it’s underwater, in an ocean setting ! With fish and marine plant life. 

3. I Love Hue – A game of organizing colours ! No time limits or move limits. You click the one you want to play, and the colours without black dots on them are scrambled for you to reorganize again in its original colour order !

 

4. Word Search – This word search app specifically has calming colours and no time limits (unless you play in the Blitz or Marathon mode) !There’s a bunch of different modes to play and lots of puzzles. 

5. Viridi – In short, you grow your own succulents in real time ! You pick the type of pot and succulents you want to grow, and gradually water them to watch them grow. You can always reset and start over to grow new ones.

6. Polyforge – Tap the sides, in order, of various spinning 3D shapes to create music ! The music is piano generally, with some background ambience music, and very calming to listen while you play. 

7. Blendoku 1 & 2 – Somewhat like I Love Hue, by putting colours into colour order. No time limits, losses, etc. ! No background music, however sound effects for clicking and such are quiet and not nerve-racking. ALSO there is a Colour Blind Mode, I believe for red and green colour blind people ?  

I may add more later ! Sorry for the poor quality of some of these pictures, they are not mine but I wanted to add some images to give reference of what these games look like.