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[-] spudwart@spudwart.com 67 points 11 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)
[-] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Here are some good Free Software games that cost nothing at all:

  • Hedgewars
  • Mindustry
  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon
  • Minetest (with MineClone2 mod)
  • 0 A.D.
  • SuperTuxKart
  • Freeciv
  • FlightGear
  • Battle for Wesnoth
[-] OswaldBuzzbald@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

What about Veloren?!

[-] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 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

[-] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But I want FortNite V-Buck's! I only have the default skins and people are making fun of me at school!

[-] pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 11 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 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 8 points 11 months ago

Why not skywalker saga, out of interest? Recently 100%ed it and thought it was a fun game.

[-] spudwart@spudwart.com 11 points 11 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 3 points 11 months ago

That's fair, I see what you mean. It is pretty hardware intensive relatively

[-] Neato@kbin.social 6 points 11 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 2 points 11 months ago

Outer Wilds is kinda spooky though. I guess it depends on how old the kid is.

[-] Neato@kbin.social 2 points 11 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 4 points 11 months ago
[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 0 points 11 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 2 points 11 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.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't like how much Minecraft has me by the balls. With all my hatred for Microsoft, I can't let that game go.

On that note, install MineClone first, see if your kid likes it. Can't hurt to try.

(Edit: MineClone2, the mod for Minetest, as seen in the reply below)

[-] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

MineClone

The top DDG search result for that (on crazygames . com) looks like a rip-off or something. I'm going to assume the thing you mean to recommend is MineClone2, a mod for MineTest, which is the most prominent Free Software Minecraft-style game.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I indeed mean MineClone2, the mod for Minetest.

I should've specified, there's no shortage of Minecraft clones to be confused by.

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Missing Risk of Rain Returns smh

[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Minecraft was probably among the best 25$ I've ever spent. So many fun hours just messing around with friends.

[-] Astaroth@lemm.ee 1 points 11 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

[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

geometry dash

don’t let play if anger issue

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