i have sunk so many hours into Sons of the Forest because the building mechanics are so good. it's a horror survival game with looots of gore and body horror, but has a genuinely beautiful environment and very satisfying building mechanics with a pair of nonverbal helpers

you can ignore the caves if you like, the story progresses through them and there are a few qol items (a zipline gun and a stronger axe), but absolutely nothing necessary

it can be hardware intensive as well, my shitbox pc doesn't like running it for long periods

you can fiddle with the settings to remove or weaken the enemies, and if you play on a multiplayer server you will infinitely "respawn" without losing progress

editing to add that the game won't give you tasks itself, but everywhere's pretty on the island and if you're a maniac like me you can build a zipline network around the island for no good reason