Animal Crossing, Shin Megami Tensei, and Fire Emblem Awakening
Treat Animal Crossing like a bonsai plant (a little bit of gameplay every 1-2 days) and it won't absorb your life. SMT is pretty standard for the series, if you've played the Personas you know the magic system, and FE does a good job of improving on the gameplay and graphics. A good jump up from what they had going in previous 3D FEs.
I also hear good things about Attack of the Friday Monsters, Etrian Odyssey, Shantae, and The Starship Damrey.