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[–] [email protected] 68 points 11 months ago (22 children)

Here are some relatively cheap games to give kids that aren't fortnite or roblox and dont run on some subscription/internal monetary currency:

  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Minecraft (Java)
  • Tunic
  • Stardew Valley
  • A Hat in Time
  • Baba is You
  • Fate (Wildtangent)
  • Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Not the Skywalker Saga)
  • Chip's Challenge 1 and 2
  • Shovel Night (Treasure Trove)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why not skywalker saga, out of interest? Recently 100%ed it and thought it was a fun game.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's relatively more expensive, and requires a bit more modern hardware to run it.

Most every game on this list can run on some 2011 bestbuy/walmart unbranded pc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's fair, I see what you mean. It is pretty hardware intensive relatively

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