So over the Christmas holiday I built a PC for my daughter (12) and my wife (35). I’ve been trying to find a game that we can all play and would enjoy together.

Some background:

  1. Daughter likes Roblox and Minecraft. That’s about it. She doesn’t like survival mode in Minecraft, only creative. I don’t mind Minecraft but not my go to.
  2. Wife likes Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. Doesn’t care for Minecraft or Roblox
  3. I’m a WoW veteran, enjoy RimWorld, and alot of Counter Strike 2 at the moment.

I’m trying to find something that might be able to meet all of our interests so we can do something together on a Friday/Saturday night. Would be nice to find a game that is somewhat of a dungeon crawl and has a story attached to it. BG3 might be too advanced for the 12 year old, as she probably won’t hold the attention span to do it.

Not sure if there is an easier BG3 like game out there? Suggestions welcome!

  • @XeroxCool
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    111 months ago

    Valheim got the cousins together for us, though we’re older than your daughter. It has a building element like minecraft and mild terraforming. There’s some farming for plants and animals. There’s sequential crafting discovery as you pick up new items. We probably have 200 multi-player hours in the last year, not counting solo/duo maintenance/prep sessions. It was difficult for me to play by myself initially without guidance, but we’ve all flourished once a basic base and consistent supply chain was figured out. I think the latest build added adjustable difficulties, but there’s many mods out there, not even including console/dev commands. The artistically-dated graphics mask how great of a gameplay loop it can have and how large the world is

    If you make it this far, just know that we’re all sorry about the Swamps. They’re the first real challenge where food becomes critical to survival. Don’t leave iron there. You will never have enough iron.