But I want FortNite V-Buck’s!
Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas
spudwart@spudwart.com 7 months ago
Here are some relatively cheap games to give kids that aren’t fortnite or roblox and dont run on some subscription/internal monetary currency:
- Risk of Rain 2
- Minecraft (Java)
- Tunic
- Stardew Valley
- A Hat in Time
- Baba is You
- Fate (Wildtangent)
- Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Not the Skywalker Saga)
- Chip’s Challenge 1 and 2
- Shovel Night (Treasure Trove)
at_an_angle@lemmy.one 7 months ago
pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 7 months ago
Exactly! This is more about the social aspect of these games. Kids are playing Fortnite/Roblox/Minecraft because that’s where their friends are hanging out after school.
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 7 months ago
- Death’s Door
- Celeste
- Party Animals (you can buy a bunch of skins, but you don’t need to)
- The Outer Wilds Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why not skywalker saga, out of interest? Recently 100%ed it and thought it was a fun game.
spudwart@spudwart.com 7 months ago
It’s relatively more expensive, and requires a bit more modern hardware to run it.
Most every game on this list can run on some 2011 bestbuy/walmart unbranded pc.
Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s fair, I see what you mean. It is pretty hardware intensive relatively
Neato@kbin.social 7 months ago
I would like to add Outer Wilds to this. No combat, virtually no violence, and adult themes are aimed at mild existentialism. Great exploration game with fun physics and puzzles.
For older kids I'd suggest: Satisfactory. Essentially first person Factorio with mild combat vs fauna.
Astroneer: exploration and advancement.idunnololz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Outer Wilds is kinda spooky though. I guess it depends on how old the kid is.
Neato@kbin.social 7 months ago
The DLC, definitely. The thorny planet is in the OG game a little bit. For the DLC I turned off scares because I don't really play horror games and it was still very fun.
MycoBro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Shovel knight rules
steeznson@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I never played the DLCs or the Shovel Knight adjacent games they made (think there was a puzzler?) but I loved the original when it came out. Might be time to dive back in to that world.
MycoBro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I only played the original. I had a super shitty laptop that I loved back in the day when I was working the ambulance. Would play it between calls. As well as a special LoL account that would occasionally go afk dying matches. (Sorry guys. Not my fault. Kind of my fault. I’m sorry.
jacktherippah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Minecraft was probably among the best 25$ I’ve ever spent. So many fun hours just messing around with friends.
sour@kbin.social 7 months ago
geometry dash
Astaroth@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Not the Skywalker Saga)
Clone Wars is also really good, plus it has a lot better split screen which is great for 2p coop playing with your kid/nephew/niece or just being able to have 2 children play together instead of fighting over who gets to play and who has to wait for their turn that never comes
grue@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Here are some good Free Software games that cost nothing at all:
OswaldBuzzbald@midwest.social 7 months ago
What about Veloren?!
Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I wish more people helped fund the development of open source games, if wesnoth had a real budget then it could be huge