15 Video Games You Can Mindlessly Play While Listening to a Podcast
Video games can be extremely addictive, but sometimes you just want to kick back and play something while listening to a podcast or TV show marathon in the background. Unfortunately, not every game makes for a good “podcast game”. You don’t want to watch long cutscenes, read tons of text, or pay attention to important in-game audio cues while watching or listening to something else.
Luckily, there are plenty of great podcast games out there, and we’ve picked out a few of our favorites. Our list covers many genres, but they all play easily against the backdrop of something else.
In addition, in our recommendations, we settled on single-player games. While MMOs and MMOs like Destiny 2 , Final Fantasy XIV , and World of Warcraft can be great podcast games, we’ve settled on games that you can play entirely on your own, just to keep things simple. Of course, this is just a small part of the recommendations, so be sure to suggest in the comments the ones we missed.
(And if you’re looking for a new podcast to listen to while you play, check out these 20 new podcasts you’ll add in turn in 2023. )