This guide also goes into a lot of depth to these mods. Minecraft Dungeons I know is also popular with this age group (another action RPG like Torchlight) but I haven't splashed cash on it and he hasn't asked.This guide is mostly for beginners so if you have modded before you probably know some of this stuff already.īut if you are brand new to this kind of stuff I recommend you read the whole guide before jumping to the comments to ask me how to get this or that. His Steam account has 784 games with a good selection of quality options I've either had spare keys for, or picked up in a bundle or in Humble Choice, but mainly he just plays Fortnight and Roblox.ĭespite my half-hearted efforts, the two obvious choices Terraria and Starbound have not ended up grabbing him, however they are both hugely popular with that age group so might be worth a go. We have picked up a half a dozen games directly, some of which he used his own money for (eg ARK: Survival Evolved/9 hours), but other than Star Wars Battlefront none have really ended up grabbing him - the advertising always makes things look easier and more exciting than they actually are.
World of Tanks (free, Steam, 26 hours) got a reasonable run, and he quite liked Portal. The games my son has got any hours in are Rocket League (free on Epic/75 hours of play on Steam but a lot more now he's moved to the Epic client) and Team Fortress 2 (also free, Steam/300 hours of play).Īfter that he put 60 hours into Star Wars Battlefront II, 60 hours into War Thunder (free, Steam) and 40 hours into Euro Truck Simulator 2 (as well as a random selection of racing games, which he likes, most particularly Grid 2 at 21 hours), and a fair bit of Torchlight II (hours not tracked because we're mainly using a GoG DRM-free downloadable). lounge), and regularly just checking what's happening in the game. And I would make sure gaming happens in public family areas (e.g. Make sure you talk with your kids about what's ok to say to people online, and what is not. Always be wary of games with online content/interaction though (which is lots of them these days).
Part of the problem for parents (even those that game) is that things change so quickly! Games can take off overnight with the power of social media these days, and for time-poor adults, it can be hard to keep track of what's going on.
Some of the material is crowd sourced, so always worth taking with a grain of salt, but it's a good starting point. They provide ratings on a range of areas within the games such as "positive messages/role models", "violence and scariness" and "sex, romance and nudity" amongst other things. Common Sense Media has some good info on popular games (as well as movies and books and things):
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