Recommendations for games for 6 year old
My 6 year old has just completed Lego city undercover on a Nintendo switch. I will switch to a steam deck for my own gameplay but to sweeten the deal and let me sell the switch, please could you recommend games that would be good for a 6/7 year old?
Looking for games he can play by himself without much help and also games we could play together.
Thanks in advance!
wobbly life! i fuckiing love wobbly life it is like GTA but more physics based and family friendly. It has that perfect co-op recipe of providing focus tasks and challenges you can accomplish together but also giving ample room and opportunity for spontaneous and chaotic fun
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211020/Wobbly_Life/
lego games are great too!
For more chill gameplay I REALLY like Farm Together, I haven't tried the second one yet.
I can recommend a lot of local-splitscreen games too.
The original Lego Racers. Works really well on the deck, is Lego themed, and is just an all-round fun game.
Child-me spent countless hours with it, adult-me beat it in under 2 hours. Fair warning though: the title screen song will get stuck in your head
Untitled Goose Game has been a hit in our house. The Bluey game has been a close second. Power wash Simulator might be worth a shot. Sometimes it’s a bit fiddly finding the last little bit to complete the wash though.
Edit: I didn’t realize this was the steam deck sub. I’m only familiar with these releases on the PlayStation, so hopefully they’re available
It's alright, those games are all Steam Deck verified so they'll play just fine.
Katamari Damacy. Be prepared to replace those thumbsticks.
Spyro the dragon! I played it as a kid and even as an adult its still amazing!
My kids (7 and 6) enjoy valheim, Lego Star wars, deaths door, portal 2 and spiritfarer
Loved “A Short Hike” and every kid I’ve shown it to got hooked!
My six year old loves Pikuniku (puzzle platformer), Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (wholesome 3d adventure), and Horizon Chase Turbo (classic arcade-like racing).
What kind of stuff is he into? My son loves simulator games like...
There are a lot of good kart games on PC also, though I will say that my favorite - Sonic Racing Transformed - is much harder than Mario Kart.
Minecraft Dungeons is basically Diablo for kids.
Minecraft is good but I also like Dragon Quest Builders.
Tons of Lego games are also available on the Deck. Minecraft is always great. GCompris is a great collection for children.
And of course you can always emulate Switch games.
I will warn that some of the Lego games are rather buggy on PC. My son and I played all the way through Skywalker Saga and then when we started doing free play found that it would constantly crash.
Virtual pinball games
XenoTilt and DemonsTilt are fantastic, and my 8 year old loved them. They're don't really understand everything going on, but they get super excited when they trigger multiball or some cool table effect.
Haven't tried these out on a calibrated six year old, but some that I liked which might be in the ballpark are Tinykin, a Short Hike, Smurfs Vileleaf, Loddlenaut, Lil Gator Game, Little Kitty Big City, Costume Quest, What the Golf/Car.
Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a great one. Colorful, fun, complex enough that he can grow with but simplistic enough for him to have fun without constantly needing help.
Wobbly Life is a pretty good one. It has online capabilities but no chat, communication is limited to a very small subset of emojis.
Mario teaches typing. Gate their steam dexk time behind what wpm or accuracy % they get. Don't let touch typing die with the millennials
Pajama Sam was one of my favorites as a kid
Might consider this bundle, some of the games are targeted at kids younger than 6, but it's a good deal for younger players.
Minecraft is all a kid needs these days
Luanti is all the minecraft a kid needs these days