Steam games for 6 and 9 year old boys

VeNT · 1 Dec 2014 at 22:49

Hey guys,

looking at getting some games for my nephews and was wondering if you had any recommendations?
I've picked up the lego games for them and they seem to enjoy them, also the older one likes minecraft too but not sure what else I could get them?

Heisenberg · 1 Dec 2014 at 22:51

My boy (5) likes Rayman, The sonic games and plants vs zombies garden warfare. Although PvZ Garden warfare is Origin only

DaleTheWhale · 1 Dec 2014 at 23:48

Trine and torchlight are great fun and colourful!

callummance · 1 Dec 2014 at 23:52

I remember having lots of fun with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, and it's on sale at the moment on Steam! The only issue is that it only runs on XP and below, so you coulud try running it on a VM or an old PC?

strumpusplunket · 2 Dec 2014 at 00:20

I got a copy of RCT3 from gog that runs fine on my Windows 7 PC.

My boys (5 & 8) like the Lego games, of which there are loads on Steam and which are often very cheap in the sales.

chaparral · 2 Dec 2014 at 06:15

They Most likely like Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

And maybe
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (This one might be more eay for young children !)
or Tomb Raider: 2013

chaparral · 2 Dec 2014 at 06:27

VeNT said:
looking at getting some games for my nephews and was wondering if you had any recommendations?

Save the money from buying steam games and use it to buy them a Wii U

The Wii U is great for them ages..

Super Mario 3D World
New Super Mario Bros U
Mario Kart 8
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Nintendo Land
Wii Party U
Rayman Legends

The Wii U is what I bought my 6 year old niece and she always playing with it..
Plus she loves using it to watch The Kids movies on Netflix on it

Master_X · 2 Dec 2014 at 08:51

castle crashers
Psychonauts

vanandjuanunited · 2 Dec 2014 at 08:55

Lego games

strumpusplunket · 2 Dec 2014 at 09:13

chaparral said:
Save the money from buying steam games and use it to buy them a Wii U

The Wii U is great for them ages..

Super Mario 3D World
New Super Mario Bros U
Mario Kart 8
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Nintendo Land
Wii Party U
Rayman Legends

The Wii U is what I bought my 6 year old niece and she always playing with it..
Plus she loves using it to watch The Kids movies on Netflix on it

You see, we got a Wii U last Christmas and now it hardly ever gets used. The kids much prefer Pocket Minecraft on the iPad. They did like the Lego games on the Wii, but they never got into any of the racing ones.

It was this that led me to decide to build a gaming-capable HTPC with Steam integrated into XBMC for the living room, since Rayman, Lego games and the like on that are £3 in the Steam sales instead of £15-20 for each Wii U disc. The older one is now getting into Terraria as well so I've promised to get a copy of that in the Steam Christmas sales for him too.

May have to try some of those other games, though, to see it it revives their interest. Will try getting them Donkey Kong Country and one of the Mario games.

But not sure anything will supplant their obsession with Minecraft. That game is crack for 5-10 year olds!

nands · 2 Dec 2014 at 20:51

My nine year old is obsessed with Terraria.

But saying that Lego games, Minecraft like you said and someone else said Rayman.

Ace Modder · 2 Dec 2014 at 21:07

My son has been addicted to MineCraft for about 4 years now. He is now 11 and the addiction is not dying off!

Crippled Potato · 2 Dec 2014 at 22:49

Kerbal Space Program

itchy · 2 Dec 2014 at 23:23

Five nights at freddy's
Dead space 1
Amnesia the dark descent
Alien isolation
FEAR

To name a few, only joking

Minecraft and Goat simulator is on my 8 year old daughters list.

ancientmariner · 3 Dec 2014 at 00:20

Daughter wont go to bed without playing sonic all stars racing transformed with me or her mum on split screen. Cant recommend it enough for that age group

tommybhoy · 3 Dec 2014 at 01:22

Noticed Terraria(check out Terraria's Steam Workshop btw), so if they are the creative type:

Spore+Spore Galactic Adventures+Creapy n Cute Pack+Dark Injection Mod(very simple Install)

Usually get them very cheap on offers, with the mod, various different levels from Sandbox to Strategy, it also comes with a (DI mod=highly)customisable monster creator, they can make their own creations, or aspire to become the next wave of graphic designers...

Ace Modder said:
My son has been addicted to MineCraft for about 4 years now. He is now 11 and the addiction is not dying off!

+1,

Mines 9, 2 years in and it's not going away.