I cannot, however, link you to any studies saying how videogames affect a person's violent tendencies or any studies saying they dumb us down. Because none say so.
Actually I've only ever come across one study that agrees with your opinion. But then again, that study says white kids get more violent by playing videogames while hispanic kids don't. So among dozens of scientific studies, that is the only one that agrees with what you're saying.
That doesn’t exactly agree with what I am saying. I am pointing out that the narrative of the game has plain bad timing considering world events, as do many games that are created due to the constructs and amusements of the game creators, of whom I am unaware of research studies focusing on.
Maybe there is a game somewhere that is the exact opposite and focuses on curing the viral spread of disease on the planet and working to upgrade the world through better technologies, trade, communication, etc., and create vastly extended life spans for the human beings on the planet while collaborating together to develop all countries and leading to development of planets in the solar-system; my point is that the focus is always on destroying and killing in a world of barely-able-to-defend-themselves, walking-skeleton, meatbags, aka, us humans. Yeah, there are super-powered games and all that too, but the focus is still on destroying the shit out of something, every time.
Oh, okay. Plague, Inc is four years old already and it's based on its even older predecessor.
There are many, many games with an opposite premise. There are city builders, hospital tycoons, civilization sandboxes, etc. They're very popular too.
This article easily sums up everything about "do games make people violent?" You should read it.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/05/health/video-games-violence-explainer/index.html