Ideally, I’d like a game that would be good for logical thinking and appropriate for an 8 year old for a few years? Any ideas?
Baba Is You :)
no, but for real. Puzzles are your best bet
Baba is you is really Great!
However, I don’t know, if the reading comprehension is good enough at that age for this.
Probably good for the earlier puzzles. Some of the later ones can get mind bending.
I have lots of people play the tutorial as it’s definitely among the most unique games out there.
It’s not really reading comprehension, since the grammar and syntax is game-specific. Learning that something “is push” is its own learning curve.
idk if an 8 year old would be able to beat it, I’m too dumb for some of the harder parts lol
Snipperclips
BotW and TotK for sure too.
Into The Breach too.
I was about to say ToTK. Some of the shrines are really good physics puzzles incorporating simple machines like levers and pulleys which can be applicable outside of the game as well.
It’s also just one of the best games ever made.
Some people say it’s too hard for children, but damn did they not have a SNES as kids?
Portal and Portal 2 are now on the switch, not sure how age-appropriate those would be for an 8 year old tho
Second this. My son loved these when he was that age, and still does. Portal 2 is maybe pushing it in terms of suitability, but not too bad. I generally stick to age ratings as a rule. Portal 1 plus the extra levels definitely.
Portal 2 is absolutely worth throwing at an eight year old based entirely on how cute it would be to hear him running around the house quoting something about combustible lemons, and can you imagine a child’s reaction to “How are you holding up? because I’M A POTATO.”?
I would say Zelda, but that might be a bit on the difficult side
My 7yo has been playing BotW for a few years now and is playing TotK now. He generally does fine with them, granted I have to do the bosses/ harder puzzles for him lol.
Do you mean the latest one?
Probably best to start off with Breath of the Wild, it’s easier than the sequel and will make Tears of the Kingdom make more sense.
Breath of the Wild, Link’s Awakening or any of the older ones available through NSO plus
Death Squared. Name might sound bad but it’s a puzzle game that pretty good
Was going to suggest this it’s great although I imagine some of the puzzles will get very hard a group of 8 year olds
Tunic
That looks so beautiful!
Tunic is so good!!! I would have been obsessed if I had a game like that at age 8 instead of Donkey Kong 64 (which I still love to this day, of course)
love Tunic, but I doubt the puzzles in that game are suited for 8yr olds
Not sure what you mean by “for a few years” but my friend’s 9 year old loved Tangle Tower. Great art, voice acting, detective story and puzzles that are the right amount of challenging!
Just to give and answer I haven’t seen: I know they recently released a remastered version of Advanced Wars. Not so much logical thinking, but turn based strategy is a puzzle in its own way. And I loved those games when I was around 8-10 years old!
Layton’s Mystery Journey
It’ll depend on the kind of puzzles they’re in to (if they’re in to puzzles at all), but the Picross S series is brilliant. Despite all the great games on the Switch, mine is pretty much a Picross machine that happens to be able to play other games.
Maybe try Picross? I don’t know how exciting that would be for a kid but I love it.
Initially I missed the text body of the post, and thought “SMT: III Nocturne” is a pretty good game with moral dilemmas and whatnot. Lots of fodder for thinking.
That might not be very appropriate for an eight year old though.
Filament. Beautiful little game. Gets really hard at the end.
A few years? As In you expect them to play this game for a few years?
I’m not sure what exactly you are asking for, the kinds of games I think of, for ‘logical thinking’ are to complicated to be engaging for 8 year Olds in my experience of 4 children. They like watching me or their older siblings play them, but when their turn comes around, they would much rather play a 2d platformer or 3d Mario or Kirby game, than something like astroneer.
Picross
