Great PC games for young children

Wegason · 2 Jan 2020 at 18:45

Hi all,

My two young chiildren, 7 and 4, have both enjoyed playing Overcooked and I'm looking for recommendations for other games that would be good for them to play, co-operative games favoured!

Anyone got any solid recommendations?

Particularly looking for games that are easy to pick up for them with simple controls.

If you have a controller recommendation, see my thread here

Quartz · 2 Jan 2020 at 19:08

The Lego games seem an obvious choice for the older child.

HKZonda · 2 Jan 2020 at 19:41

Tools Up!, Trine series

Gray2233 · 2 Jan 2020 at 19:46

The Lego and Trine games are excellent.

Any builder style game like Minecraft or Terraria could be fun for them.

There's actually a Steam group that recommends stuff for families/kids:

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28220276-With-the-Kids/

theone8181 · 2 Jan 2020 at 20:00

My kids like sonic, although the 3 year old is not that good. They also like the earth defence games as shooting big bugs is cool.

l0z · 2 Jan 2020 at 20:04

Overcooked is brilliant. My 5 year old loves co-op Gauntlet (2014). Also Tricky Towers, Rocket League, Minecraft, When Ski Lifts Go Wrong.

Wegason · 2 Jan 2020 at 21:01

Gray2233 said:
The Lego and Trine games are excellent.

Any builder style game like Minecraft or Terraria could be fun for them.

There's actually a Steam group that recommends stuff for families/kids:

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28220276-With-the-Kids/

THank you so much for this

Wegason · 2 Jan 2020 at 21:02

theone8181 said:
My kids like sonic, although the 3 year old is not that good. They also like the earth defence games as shooting big bugs is cool.

What controller does your 3 year old use?

HRL · 2 Jan 2020 at 21:27

Untitled Goose Game.

Very simple premise but your kids will probably enjoy it.

£5.99 on the Epic store with one of their £10 off purchases over £15 vouchers.

garsands · 2 Jan 2020 at 21:29

Roblox

Gray2233 · 2 Jan 2020 at 21:30

Wegason said:
What controller does your 3 year old use?

If you're after a gamepad, you can actually get mini-xbox controllers, they're about 50-60% the size of a normal one.

Great for younger kids.

Wegason said:
THank you so much for this

No worries, hope it helps!

mattydoughts · 2 Jan 2020 at 21:34

Minecraft for sure, who doesn't like it.

Maybe Speedrunners, usually pick it up cheap on the Steam Sales.

Gimpymoo · 3 Jan 2020 at 01:51

If you get Minecraft, get the JAVA one.

Bedrock (Xbox/Windows Store edition) is stuffed with ads for DLC.

JAVA is pure Minecraft, the way it is meant to be played.

Lartyconshayo · 3 Jan 2020 at 05:16

These aren't necessarily co-op but fun for younger ones and adults with story type stuff:

Botanicula
Lumino City
Gris
Wandersong

BlizzardX · 3 Jan 2020 at 05:49

My 3y and 6y old love the Lego games, have got most of them and completed quite a few. They both play using Xbox one controllers, although the 3y sometimes struggles as she has smaller hands than her brother. The CO-OP function is great for them..

theone8181 · 3 Jan 2020 at 07:37

I've just been letting them use the normal PS4 ones, but they are a bit big. Theres a new lego star wars game coming out, might be worth getting that for them.

JJimmyJ · 3 Jan 2020 at 08:38

Deffo get the lego ones. Maybe the original star wars collection, think it's a lot easier for youngsters as there's no free roam, it's pretty much all mission based. The later games open up the world but I find it can be a bit harder for my 6yr old as he'd rather just do the stories.
My 3yr old joins in and is slowly getting used to xbox controller

Rifte · 3 Jan 2020 at 09:06

My son (now 10) has been PC gaming since he was around 4 or 5.

He started with the Lego games (Lego Batman 2 if my memory serves), and till about a year ago we used to get every new lego game and coop them together.

After I got him his own PC he progressed onto Minecraft (he even got the hand of installing a few mods himself).

Now he is starting to work on a few Sim Cityesque games.....Parkasaurus etc.

He pays Brawlhalla local coop with his friends, and on a Sunday we both do Destiny 2.

In short, plenty of options.

mattydoughts · 3 Jan 2020 at 09:38

Riverbond is a great game for local co-op with children (up to 4 players I think). It's free on the Game Pass as well if you have it.

Minecraft storymode is not to everyone's taste but can be fun.

krooton · 3 Jan 2020 at 10:22

Viva Pinata can be had super cheap these days.