My 6 year old has just completed Lego city undercover on a Nintendo switch. I will switch to a steam deck for my own gameplay but to sweeten the deal and let me sell the switch, please could you recommend games that would be good for a 6/7 year old?
Looking for games he can play by himself without much help and also games we could play together.
Thanks in advance!
Katamari Damacy. Be prepared to replace those thumbsticks.
Untitled Goose Game has been a hit in our house. The Bluey game has been a close second. Power wash Simulator might be worth a shot. Sometimes it’s a bit fiddly finding the last little bit to complete the wash though.
Edit: I didn’t realize this was the steam deck sub. I’m only familiar with these releases on the PlayStation, so hopefully they’re available
Spyro the dragon! I played it as a kid and even as an adult its still amazing!
Honestly the remake of the first three is gorgeous too
- Pizza Possum
- Lego games (all of them)
- Amazing Frog
- Glitch Busters
- Disney infinity
- Zoo Tycoon
- Sackboy
- Minecraft (mods!)
- Abraca
- Lovers in a dangerous space time
- Lethal League
- Human Fall Flat
- Bang on Balls
- Palworld
- Unravel Two
- Windjammers 2
- Team Sonic Racing
- Dragon Quest Builders 2
- Royal Revolt Warriors
- Warside
- Cassette Beasts
- Rubber Bandits
- Party Animals
- Goat Simulator 3
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- NBA2K25
- Beam NG Drive
- Slime Rancher 2
- My Time at Sandrock
- Sonic X Shadow Generations *Cat Quest 2
- Paleo Pines
- Little Kitty, Big City
- Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy
- Tinykin
- Sonic Frontiers
- The Plucky Squire
- Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
- Bluey: The Videogame
- A Hat in Time
- HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged
- Yooka-Laylee
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
My kids (7 and 6) enjoy valheim, Lego Star wars, deaths door, portal 2 and spiritfarer
Valheim is one of the best survival games ever, not splitscreen tho
Loved “A Short Hike” and every kid I’ve shown it to got hooked!
Tons of Lego games are also available on the Deck. Minecraft is always great. GCompris is a great collection for children.
And of course you can always emulate Switch games.
Haven’t tried these out on a calibrated six year old, but some that I liked which might be in the ballpark are Tinykin, a Short Hike, Smurfs Vileleaf, Loddlenaut, Lil Gator Game, Little Kitty Big City, Costume Quest, What the Golf/Car.
What the golf is awesome
Now I want to know how to calibrate a 6 year old
Wobbly Life is a pretty good one. It has online capabilities but no chat, communication is limited to a very small subset of emojis.
My six year old loves Pikuniku (puzzle platformer), Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (wholesome 3d adventure), and Horizon Chase Turbo (classic arcade-like racing).
Extra shootout to Alba
Virtual pinball games
XenoTilt and DemonsTilt are fantastic, and my 8 year old loved them. They’re don’t really understand everything going on, but they get super excited when they trigger multiball or some cool table effect.
Mario teaches typing. Gate their steam dexk time behind what wpm or accuracy % they get. Don’t let touch typing die with the millennials
Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a great one. Colorful, fun, complex enough that he can grow with but simplistic enough for him to have fun without constantly needing help.
Might consider this bundle, some of the games are targeted at kids younger than 6, but it’s a good deal for younger players.
Pajama Sam was one of my favorites as a kid
