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NanakiSai

Hey guys, my nephew of 7 years old is visiting for the school holidays, and he loves him some video games. Thing is, I don't have a lot of kid-friendly games, so I'm asking for some suggestions. He likes games with spells/magic/fantasy elements to them and doesn't require a lot of buttons or combos. Think along the lines of Harry Potter and the Lego counterparts, also been playing a lot of Smite, it's simple enough for him (with auto buy enabled). Thanks in advance!

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Kamarae

Im sure youve looked into it, but would Minecraft be something he would like? Im not too sure on other kid-friendly fantasyish games though...

Edit: Nevermind. Thought of one maybe. Would Torchlight work for him?

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Teliko

Magicka perhaps? It has combos but you can just have fun with it and mix-match, don't strictly need to optimize it.

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NanakiSai

Tried it before last year, he kept electrocuting himself, hehe. Maybe he'll understand the concept better this time, will give it another look

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Mew2

Fortix 2?

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Nanabanana

Pac Man championship edition DX+ should work.

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MagnificentOne

I read "name" instead of "game". Darn :(

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NanakiSai

Waiting until he turns 7 to finally name him would bring forth much bigger issues than choosing a game xD

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IovoI

Well... I know a couple who did that.

And my nephew enjoyed Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. We played it together and it was real fun even for me. The game is pretty short though.

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Sulky

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Fairy Bloom Freesia
Terraria(?)

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Ragecry

Eh, I can try...

  • Garry's Mod - Sandbox (?)
  • BattleBlock Theater (?)
  • Castle Crashers (?)
  • Portal 1 and 2 (?)
  • Robocraft
  • BIT.TRIP RUNNER
  • Gun Monkeys (?)
  • Space Farmers
  • Minecraft

EDIT: Whoops, didn't read the whole thread sorry (:

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NanakiSai

I'll look into some of them, Portal might be a liiittle bit too dificult for him :P he's played Minecraft before, but he has an intense fear of zombies, even the Minecraft ones give him nightmares >.<

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Ragecry

You can change the difficulty of the game, or download a mod that removes mods perhaps?

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Karmington

We have a very child friendly game:, recently Greenlit but not yet released. A free demo is available here : http://karmington.itch.io/kumoon ( though it isnt magic themed )

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NanakiSai

I'll give the demo a try, thanks. Gotta keep his brain a little active away from school, too :P

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Karmington

Feedback appreciated if you have had time to try it out. We have not done much actual live playtests with kids.

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ougmo

diablo 3

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RaGoddess

Titan Attacks :D!

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EvilBudgie

Counting Kingdom, he'll love you :P

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szymmirr

I was playing GTA when I was 7

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HaxterZ

This ^

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Dakata

Fable and Overlord come to mind. But you might have to help for some of the puzzles in Overlord.
Also, Shrek 2.

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viaI

I like names like Kain, Jon. Anything with N in it is good :D

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Doshmaku

How about Blocks That Matter? If he likes it, there's also the sequel, Tetrobot and Co.

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barehugs

Sonic All-Star Racing
Castle Crashers
Scribblenauts
Lego (anything)
Minecraft (CRAFTING mode, where the zombies don't kill you - much less scary!)
Toki Tori franchise
Bejeweled / Peggle
Triple Town
Letter Quest

source: mom to a five year old and six year old twins.

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StraussVanDor

+1 on this list.

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Maawdawg

+1 as well, especially for Sonic All Star Racing, Minecraft, and Castle Crashers. Those are some of my (5 year old, very video game savvy) nephew's favorites. Another one of his go-to games when he visits is Awesomenauts. He doesn't quite get the whole creeps and MOBA aspects fully but he likes the art and the characters and does ok at it. He also really likes Crazy Taxi (from the Dreamcast Collection).

Marvel Heroes 2015 is an option as well. It is Diablo-esqe with super heroes and he can play all the characters to lvl 10 to try them and unlock one he wants to keep playing. You can try him out on the ARPG style games but won't have to pay anything if it doesn't go well. It is also more cartoony and less dark themed than Diablo in general.

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DirtyAtom

-Ori and the Blind Forest
-BattleBlock Theater
-DuckTales Remastered

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adam1224

Ori looks nice but it's said to be really hard, that would be a little overkill I guess :|

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CherryNukaCola

Costume Quest
Pinball games
Triple Town
Shattered Planet
Sproggiwood
TRI: of friendship and madness
World of Goo
The Secret of Monkey Island (or other Point n Click adventures)

...maybe?

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Sniper1551

Trine 1&2 should be fine too

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Pardalys

I'm thinking of Wizard101 that fits perfectly with spells and magic world.

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adam1224

As others suggesed beforehand, Scribblenauts can be a wonderful pick, I think.
Hero of the Kingdom? Not too flashy, but he can help everyone and save the kingdom, kind of :)
Or - you know it best - Zack Zero? Kind of a saturday morning cartoon superhero game ( Robots explode, enemies shatter, not even a single drop of blood)

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spacefall

World of Goo went down well with my nephew the other day.

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LOLLOL

Definitely this, my brother at the same age loved that game

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CossackUA

Buy any RPG without zombies for him. And sims instead of harry potter and lego.

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ExistsInAccount

Buy

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tevemadar

Putt-putt games (?)
Tribloos 2 (?)
Never Alone
Ori and the Blind Forest
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Nimble Quest
Toki Tori 1-2
Trine 1-2

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