Wholesome strategy game for five year old?

Tombstone · 6 Mar 2017 at 11:11

tintin82 said:
That Northguard looks cool. Is is pretty basic mechanics or is it more in depth as Banished?

The mechanics are a little more basic than Banished and I figured the aesthetics might be more appealing than Banisheds

tintin82 · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:04

Tombstone said:
The mechanics are a little more basic than Banished and I figured the aesthetics might be more appealing than Banisheds

Cheers dude, this is great, he was instantly taken by it. Just what I was looking for!

Tombstone · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:15

tintin82 said:
Cheers dude, this is great, he was instantly taken by it. Just what I was looking for!

Glad I could be of help !

tintin82 · 28 Sep 2017 at 06:14

Hi folks. So fast forward a few months since I created this thread and my boy is obsessed with Northgard. He is forever in the garden building pretend camps, chopping trees, pretending to be a berserker and bash his sister before becoming a healer to fix her up. He skipped over the fence the other day to tell my next door neighbour he is colonising his garden. Brilliant, imagination ad learning in complete overload, just what computer games should do.

So now I am looking for something to wean him off Northgard, can anyone recommend something similar, with the same strategic depth, but kid friendly. I was thinking one of the older Anno games?

dan958 · 28 Sep 2017 at 10:10

I always played Stronghold Crusader when I was younger (there is a HD version on Steam)

You could also look into some old tycoon games, Theme Hospital, Theme Park World, Rollercoaster Tycoon etc

EDIT. Also, it's not on PC (unless you use emulators) but the Wars series would be great. (Advanced Wars, Battalion Wars)