Games To Not Scare A Small Victorian Era Child (Entry level / newbie games)

Help gramma and those potentially w accessibility issues get into gaming!

Open to suggestions!

Wii Sports Resort
Wii Sports Resort
And Wii Sports but Resort is just better
Walkabout Mini Golf
Walkabout Mini Golf
Toki Tori 2
Toki Tori 2
Tetris
Tetris
Snake
Snake
The Sims
The Sims
Series
A Short Hike
A Short Hike
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Rhythm Heaven Fever
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Stand-in for the series
Portal
Portal
Maybe not a first-time but an early 3D game, some of the best onboarding in the medium that ramps up evenly in difficulty and creates a good sense of 3D spacial understanding.
Pikuniku
Pikuniku
Peggle
Peggle
Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Minecraft
Minecraft
Lil Gator Game
Lil Gator Game
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Adventure
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
Journey
Journey
Divekick
Divekick
Beat Saber
Beat Saber

5 Comments


11 months ago

Great list idea! I've successfully recommended Katamari Damacy (or one of its sequels) to new gamers.

Ravenlok is one that I haven't actually recommended yet but the whole time I was playing it I was thinking it would be a great introduction to third-person camera games, because the camera is somewhat constrained meaning you can't even "lose" yourself or get the camera in some wild position. It's also just a really simple straightforward game.

11 months ago

Are you taking suggestions?

Ace Attorney 1, Plants vs Zombies 1, Robot DIR.

11 months ago

Have had success with Pikuniku and Toki Tori 2 for children

11 months ago

This is a really cool idea! I think both Lil Gator Game and Kirby's Adventure are perfect introductions to the platformer and adventure genre for pretty much everyone, and I think they would really fit here.

10 months ago

Wandersong would probably fit on this list too.


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