A while ago when I got Resident Evil on the Wii. I found myself really fed up and depressed with the pee and poo coloured levels and relentless misery (maybe I should have known better than to rent Resident Evil!)

I had the idea of taking classic 3d videogame levels and landscaping them with flowers and benches. Executive function got the better of me, I but I still muse about it from time to time.

I really, really wanted a non-violent mode in Far Cry 5 for my son. If a mode that removed the hostiles and weapons had existed I can guarantee that would have been my son’s (he was probably about 6 at the time?) favorite game for a couple years straight. Flying and driving around rural Montana landscapes, fishing, watching wildlife? He’d have spent 20x more time in that mode than I did beating the game ordinarily. Super bonus points for two-player local multiplayer so we could play together.

(It came frustratingly close to this if you kept playing after beating the game, but there were still guns and still some hostiles wandering around, IIRC)

I’m always on the lookout for non-violent low-stress games. I do like exploration. Games like A Short Hike are few and far between.

I thought Death Stranding was supposed to be less-stressful but I’m quite near the start and so far I’ve got to worry about items degrading, inventory management and enemies. I was just looking for more of a peaceful walking simulator game. I wish more games had a non-combat option, or maybe a “Jesus take the wheel” mode for the stressful bits that turns it into more of an interactive cutscene.

Try "Sky: Children of the light". Or just watch one of the best game trailers I've seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3DNTfhUy0k

You might like something closer to powerwash sim?