There are many games out there where there's a lot of cutscenes or long tutorials that you have to sit through or they have complicated systems and gameplay. They are good too but sometimes, I just wanna play a game that I can just pick and play and then put down. Any suggestions for casual games that you can just pick and play without a lot of complex systems or grinding? Would be grateful for suggestions

There are a lot of those, too. We don't even know what genres you like. But here are two random recommendations:

A Short Hike
Escape Goat

The Ultimate Doom

Worms.

You can always just jump into a game against the computer with no strings attached. Mindless fun guaranteed.

Which Worm game would you recommend? I love playing online multiplayer. Which worms game has the most active multiplayer population?

As for multiplayer, I think Worms Armageddon is the most popular one.

Isn't Everspace sort of like that? I vaguely remember just going in and flying in space in no time. Didn't try Everspace 2 yet, but from the looks of it should be even better.

Do you have any cutoffs or limitations? Because most of the NES library leading up to, and before The Legend of Zelda would easily fall into this categorization, but many of them might be seen as relics of antiquity.

Ah yeah, I don't mind old games. But, 8-bit games aren't my cup of tea anymore. No offense

The rogue-like games I find are suited to that. Very little saving or loading (at least it doesn't matter so much). Can play a quick game or even start/finish a game without too much recall needed.

Was slow to get into the genre and still am not super into it but Dicey Dungeons was a lot of fun and then I bit the bullet and got Slay the Spire which is very much acclaimed and rightly so as it is a very fun pick up and play game imo.

https://www.gog.com/game/telltale_texas_holdem

It's a nice little Poker game, and very cheap. Give it a try.

Ey, that's fair. There's plenty of Pick up and play 16 bit games too, like the Sonic Trilogy.

Do you like adventure games? A lot of the classics don't require long tutorials or repetitive grinding. And they are lots of fun!


King's Quest

Space Quest

Maniac Mansion

Day Of The Tentacle

Monkey Island

Return Of The Phantom

Tex Murphy

Super Hexagon is quite short (though apparently quite difficult). In fact, each level can be cleared in 60 seconds IIRC (in fact, the criterion to clear a level is to survive for 60 seconds).

VVVVVV has frequent checkpoints, simple gameplay, and not much in terms of cutscenes. In fact, the tutorial doesn't interrupt gameplay (and all you really need to know is that you can move left, move right, and flip).

You could also try Downwell.

Or Columns, which I've enjoyed on my Sega Genesis Mini.


Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has some modes that might be suitable. For example, there's a Boss Revenge mode, where you fight many of the game's bosses as one of them. Then there's a Classic mode, which is an entirely separate game that plays like classic Castlevania (and is about as long as Castlevania 1).

(Also worth noting that the Konami and SNK collections here also have suitable games, albeit with NES-level graphics, and excluding Castlevania 2 and Crystalis.)