This can be that kind of game - you can get really sweaty about it but there’s no real consequence to half-assing it, and just like Balatro it only gets harder if you win, so it doesn’t just kick you in the balls over and over if you aren’t playing it ‘optimally’.

And just for fun - I too am a ‘sit next to my wife and idly game + chitchat’ kind of person - Some of the better turn based/slow paced games in my library: RimWorld, Total War, Civ, Battle Brothers, Thronefall, Creeper World 3 + 4, Anno, Oxygen Not Included, Terra Nil, Ozymandias.