So had to make a Steam account for him. What games would a 15 yr old be interested in? He plays games like Fortnight and similar. He is playing Team Fortress 2 since I gave it to him but I wanted to get him some more.

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I wish i had an uncle like that.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+games+do+15+year+olds+play

Cs:GO, Minecraft.

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I don't have children so I spoil my families kids.

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That's really sweet and kind man, lovely to hear. I enjoyed FIFA, the COD campaigns, Rayman Origins & Legends, Mafia 2, Plants vs Zombies, Minecraft, practically all LEGO games, Forza Horizon, Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2, DIRT Showdown, Dead Space, Far Cry 3, L.A. Noire, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood & Black Flag, HALO, Zoo Tycoon, GRID 2, WWE, Diablo 3, and Overcooked.

Likely more that I just can't remember, but I do hope it helps a bit :)

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Thanks

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Just a slight word of warning on Mafia 2, Dead space and LA Noire as maybe not being age appropriate, but it depends on your personal views

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Yeah asking his mom's opinion before buy them too.

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many things depending on what they are into, try setting up steam family sharing and share your library if you really want to give him a library to work with.

shooters do tend to be popular at that age.

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Don't want to chance being banned for cheating. =)

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This. Mate, there’s enough free games he can try, let him discover for himself.

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yea, always that risk >>
hate that the ban goes to the license holder... but it has to be that way to reduce abuse.

I trust my nephew enough to be willing to add him to mine(just need both of us to be at my brothers house one day so I can add him to the family >>), but this is definitely a person to person type thing, have to know them.

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can use family view to just block multiplayer games on that account, but that seems a step too fair for a 15 year old you think? fair

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looking at my just turned 16 year old cousin's library he seems to play

Geometry Dash, Conflict of Nations: World Was 3,, Fly Corp, Splitgate, Red Dead Redemption 2, All the Assassin's Creeds (mainly Origins), Cities: Skylines, Subnautica, Muck, Counter Strike 2, Enlisted, War Thunder, Battlefield V, Sniper Elite 4, Just Cause 4, BioShock Infinite, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Grand Theft Auto IV

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Cites: Skylines is free access this weekend.

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If he is 15 why couldn't he make his own account? the minimum age is 13 then he can pick his own games

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His mom is in charge of that. He does have a steam account, now. I was just looking to get him some game for a start.

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I suppose its important to know what aspects of games are fun for em.

For example if its multiplayer and working towards common goal you could try Deep Rock Galactic - you shoot bugs (like L4D horde shooters) and mine stuff and work together! Community is super friendly too. Sadly I have no idea how it would work on deck due multiplayer online stuff.

If its building and machinery, check out Factorio or Satisfactory - I would've loved those games as kid. Teaches bit of math too

If nephew likes to read then maybe some adventure games or point & click games. Like Disco Elyusium (might be too mature in some cases but cant say how mature teens are nowdays) or Monkey Island games (loved those as kid myself).

Maybe Hades for some tactical smashing and roguelite teachin patience stuff?

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I was already a fan of von Trier and Cortazar at 15; don't see any reason why a 15-year-old shouldn't play Disco Elysium.

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Educate them about Scams and phishing first and how they can lose their account permanently for cheating.

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Yep, good idea. I also made him do 2fa with his phone.

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backup the 2fa stuff!

2 is 1 and 1 is none

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If he likes building stuff and physics, you could check out the Bridge Constructor series. There's a few bundles for the games and they tend to be really cheap during sales, but there's no bundle that has every single title (ie. the Bridge Constructor Bundle almost has everything, except The Walking Dead one). A few of them even have DLC that adds a few more stages. Here's what they've released up until now:

  • Bridge Constructor (Trains DLC available)
  • Bridge Constructor Playground
  • Bridge Constructor Medieval
  • Bridge Constructor Stunts
  • Bridge Constructor Portal (Portal Proficiency DLC available)
  • Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
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Happy cake day!

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Thanks!

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If he's playing fortnite and tf2, he wants to play cs2, rainbow seige, rust. PVP multiplayer games.

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Focusing on multiplayer shooters only isn't the best idea. And the Deck isn't the best platform for that anyways.
I'd pick highlights from several genres as appetizers. Like Hades.

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Idk if a steam deck makes much sense as a gift,when he's not already into various games. Maybe Fortnite Bucks would've made more sense.
Since you alrady got it, maybe just put some steam wallet on his account and he can pick stuff himself. Asking what a 15 year old is interested in makes no sense, at that age it could be anything.

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The old Metro and STALKER packs. Portal 1 & 2. Plants vs Zombies.

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The number of choices can be paralyzing. When I was a kid, I got one or two games a year and played them for months. Way way before the WWW existed. Buy a game based solely on box art and pray it doesn't suck. Even if it did suck, I played it because what else was I going to do? Go outside?

There are thousands of free games on Steam, so he should have no shortage of options for keeping himself entertained. You can always toss extra keys from bundle leftovers at him as well. And, of course, he can some to Steamgifts and win some free games. :)

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I remember getting demo disks at CompUSA and other magazine to try out. That was most of my gaming. I didn't really start buy more until I was in my 20's.

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My own sons are 13 and 15. They play Fortnite, minecraft and CS:GO. As far as single player games go they love Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin's creed games, Just cause 3 + 4, Spiderman, and Batman Arkham games. They also enjoy the ORI games, Cuphead, Lego games, sackboy and random games like Heave ho, Duck game, castle crashers, boomerang fu and hypercharge unboxed. Hope that helps!

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Thanks.

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+1 on Horizon Zero dawn awesome game, really enjoyed the new Tomb raider games too. Very similar open world loads of side mission and stuff to hunt down 100's of hours of gameplay on each game

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I played on mine :Forza Horizon 5 god of war ; mafia 2 ; hades works perfectly : red dead redemption 2
i can suggest Little Nightmares 1 and 2 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection ; Need for Speed™ Heat
Titanfall® 2

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