Anyone have any good suggestions? Educational stuff is good, but I’m also interested in other games that kids can play solo or with parents. (We’re a PC gaming house, but I’m open to suggestions for any platform.)
Anyone have any good suggestions? Educational stuff is good, but I’m also interested in other games that kids can play solo or with parents. (We’re a PC gaming house, but I’m open to suggestions for any platform.)
I always vouch for Mario Party and Mario Kart (emulation), but I’m super biased. They’re easy to start up and play on a whim. I also find that some Mario Party minigames can be a good learning experience about colors, numbers and problem solving.
Overcooked is also a fun game too. I also heard good things about Lego Star Wars.
Edit: Do you have a specific genre that you and your kids enjoy?
My best memories were when my dad would take time out of his schedule to play a multi-player games with me.
I have an 7 year old that got really into two player Stardew Valley which works in two ways because I told him if he wants to know what they are saying he will have to sound out the dialogue for himself.
I was gonna mention Stardew valley! But it can be slow paced at times, albeit I haven’t played in ages so that’s probably changed lol
Great way of getting him to practice his reading!
So far we’re still figuring that out; we’ve tried some, but up until now they’ve done drag/drop tablet games, and I’d like to get them into something with a little more depth (and a little less overtly manipulative). Getting used to keyboard/mouse controls has been surprisingly hard (even more than I expected), but they’re interested in trying.
I know most PC gamers hate the idea, but gamepads seem pretty usable for kids. Xbox and ps5 gamepads work great on pc.