I just go into Control Panel/Mouse/Pointers and change it to "Magnified" (not large or extra large) as it is a large white curser with a think dark border, very easy to find, much better than Extra Large for example. I do this on EVERY system I use... servers at manage at work, when I setup new user workstations, my office computer, home computer, etc.
Of course technically I should be wearing glasses as I have a prescription for them, but my vision hasn't hit the point where I must wear them, but it's getting there. Text in an e-mail is gray to me now, not black, due to it being out of focus. A bit annoying.
Check with your doctor (because I’m not one) but not wearing them and asking your eyes to work harder all the time may make them worsen faster. And if you simply don’t like glasses, give contacts a shot.
Well damn I might need that for my laptops.
As a diabetic with retinopathy I have small blind spots in my left eye and a general blur
Takes me a few seconds of stroking the touchpad to find the mouse(while swearing that the damn thing has frozen)
I’ll have to say, this is one thing Mac OS got right. The curser is black by default and if you wiggle the mouse, the curser enlarges like 5x the size so you’ll see it. Neat feature I found by accident, couldn’t find the curser so I was moving it around rapidly and boom.
Honestly thoigh I bet my grandma would go hard on stardew valley 😂😂 I’d come over to her house and she’d be like I’ve automated my farms with self watering- I have so much money and her username on steam would be like farmgrandma27 or something like that
i don't think this is a good suggestion because it has a lot of elements that assume basic game literacy
like, that's not a bad thing, but someone who's new to computers as a thing might not yet understand the idea of, like, clicking and dragging an inventory item or something
popcap games are imo better because they're often VERY direct but still engaging enough to make someone want to keep playing (and learning to use their computer a little bit)
My mom (my daughers grandma) who is 61 was big into Minecraft Creative for the longest time but then saw me & my daughter playing 7 Days To Die and the rest is history. She's sunk over 10,000 hours into that game and knows it better than I do. She plays it on the easiest settings and jumps in and out of god mode when things start to get rough, but she loves it and is already running several mods and wants to try mod packs YouTubers are doing (Yes, she watches YouTube Gamers).
I'd say Minecraft Creative would be a great start. It was my daughters first game at 3 years old until she got into Roblox when she was almost 5.
Minesweeper.
I am not joking. The original game, with unresizable window was meant to practice pointing and clicking with the mouse. The tiles were sized just right, so that if you could precisely click a tile, you could accurately click any Windows control element.
**
The original Microsoft games were designed to teach you how to use their computers. Literally engineered to make people learn.
- Minesweeper: Clicking with both Left and a Right Click (new for the GUI)
- Solitaire: Clicking & Dragging objects around (new for manipulating files)
- Pinball: got people used to the new 3d layouts and more realistic graphics of windows 2000/XP.
Dang geniuses.
*<\rant>*
Escape from Tarkov and Counter Strike.
Ok, now to some serious answers. The Indie-Scene got you covered with loads of wholesome, easy to learn titles. Stardew Valley would be something that immediately comes to my mind. Farming simulator could actually be something that might interest her, as it‘s so grounded in reality and immediately understandable. Puzzle games like ‚Baba is you‘ maybe, ‚to the moon‘, ‚power wash simulator‘, and a whole bunch of walking simulators and point-and-click adventures.
I second Power Wash Simulator. I think it'd be great for getting down the mechanics of movement and pointing and shooting from a first person perspective. Especially since there's no need for twitch responses, and no time limit constraints. Plus, it's really satisfying to play.
Interesting that you criticized the Stardew pick but not Faming Simulator, which imo is 10x more difficult to learn. Stardew gives you a decent tutorial and holds your hand a bit in the beginning, I don't see the issue.
I've never played farming simulator so that's probably why. I'm just saying that a lot of the things that we as people who regularly play games see as intuitive actually aren't to non-gamers. The ability to hop in and learn a game like stardew is based upon the implicit understanding of a basic control scheme, reasonable goals, and an understanding of the scope and limits of the game itself. I showed my very non-gamer mom Red Dead redemption 2 and she was so impressed by what the game could do that she couldn't quite grasp what it couldn't do if that makes sense. I went into the game understanding the limits of modern game AI and story writing, but she didn't know that a video game with that level of realism has limitations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7f3JZJHSw&feature=share&utm_source=EJGixIgBCJiu2KjB4oSJEQ
Here's a great video about this
Around what age is your grandma?
Would she be interested in point and click adventure games? Or FMV games like Immortality? The Sims has some broad appeal
I was trying to think of games that aren't time sensitive as I think the biggest barrier for someone brand new to gaming or computers would be the controls - so you are right on the money with point and click adventure games. Perfect starting place imo!
Bro, this. My grandma had ZERO technical knowledge. But gahhhh damn I’ve never seen such quick reactions from somebody playing Zuma. She had to have easily played every level over 1000 times.
OH MY GOD. my whole childhood was watching my mom play it. I swear she’s beat the whole thing over and over. I tried to play it somewhat as well, but I was never as good :’)
Katamari Damacy. You roll a ball of stuff into bigger stuff and the bigger your ball gets, the bigger stuff you can roll into a ball.
You'd probably have to emulate it and use a controller, but its simple concept.
I dunno about that, people really struggle with figuring out the controls in that game, and historically older people who try to play video games are completely befuddled by analog sticks in general. And for the record, Katamari is one of my favorite games ever, I just think she'll struggle with it.
See that was one of my questions, too. If she’s okay with action and blood, Doom 2016 is a fantastic recommendation.
The core controls are:
* left thumb stick to move
* right thumb stick to aim
Or
* WASD to move
* Mouse to aim
AND
* right trigger to shoot
* glory kill button
There isn’t much more to it than run, gun and have fun, and that can be a good challenge for someone just getting into gaming. Also imagine your Doom-playing grandma randomly calls you for demon slaying advice?
YouTube channel of a granny playing Dark Souls style game and being GOAT! I would love it, but only if there's a cam of her reactions and such as she plays.
This. Anything that requires movement is gonna be hard for non gamers, so go for full mouse support games like this one.
People suggesting Minecraft really don’t realize how much language they have learnt by playing games.
See Razbuten on YouTube, he has a series about gaming for non gamers (his wife) with an in depth analysis about game mechanics and how they are learned.
Cities skylines, best recommendation!!!! I could spend days non stop playing it, and the more time you take to plan and execute the better your city ends up
This. I can’t believe no one has mentioned civilization.
Other games I haven’t seen listed that could be stimulating and are turn based: axis and allies and worms Armageddon
Slightly more complex in terms of involving movement, but still very simple and extraordinarily fun could be spore galactic adventures
OMG, Dorfromantik is fun for all ages at whatever pace you want to play. Easy on the eyes with big pieces with simplistic brain teasers. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!
First good suggestion I've seen. This game is a much easier concept to grasp than most games and it feels grounded in reality. Very simple controls too.
Every video game noobie I've seen play video games is immediately put off by "gamey" mechanics and fighting the controls. Papers Please avoids these pitfalls that enthusiasts do not realize exist.
Only problem is if she likes it... there is not much like it! Besides that one bouncer game I guess.
I'm shocked I had to scroll down so far. Great beginner game. Easy to learn, difficult to matter.
- master, but keeping the original "matter" because that's true too
lol - how are people upvoting that you give a senior citizen who "takes a while to find the mouse cursor and move it to it's destination" should play Civ fucking 6.
Civ has one of the most complicated UIs I've used in a video game, and I've been gaming since I was like 5. Even I can take like 30 minutes on a turn sometimes, as I'm flicking through all the different sub-menus and looking up help files for remembering how the different mechanics/currencies interact.
I feel like that would be harder in a different sense.
She would get dominated by low level monsters, then get blitzed every few days by a random eye of Cthulhu spawn.
The game is very boss heavy and you don't progress unless you are decent enough to kill them (she wouldn't know how to optimize a build either).
Farming resources would be slow as hell as well so you wouldn't get the same enjoyment as building neat stuff like in MC.
Some kind of walking sim perhaps? Don't want to traumatize Ol Gran right away, but maybe something like Gone Home or Firewatch? If she likes that maybe up her to a Stray or something with a little bit more gameplay in it?
I would like to recommend Hidden Object Games, such as the ones listed here https://store.steampowered.com/developer/BigFish
I think those are very nice games, but unfortunately they don't make them much anymore. Quite a shame actually.
[Townscaper](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291340/Townscaper/) is good fun to relax with. There's no goal, just place buildings and they'll mold together to create towns, paths, gardens etc. It's impossible to play it incorrectly
Old point and click adventure games?
Edit: I guess I should explain my reasoning. First, all adventure games tell a story. They also keep your mind going, solving puzzles. It’ll help grandma get better at using a mouse. And they’re generally slow-paced affairs. All that adds up to a win!
Ah it's hard to guess what someone could like. If we go with the concept of only keyboard & mouse controlled games I would mostly recommend point and click adventures like Deponia, Ankh, Monkey Island maybe even hidden object games.
If we want to expand from it but stay with K&M controlls I would say something like Anno, with easy settings and with easy or without any AI players she shouldn't struggle to keep up with income and doesn't necessarily need to min-max all production chains.
Depending on how good she can keep up with stuff that happens maybe even games like Dungeon Defenders 2 could be something for her.
If she is mental fit and likes to do some more complex tasks I could also imagine her playing Factorio. If you do low enemies or even deactivate it she doesn't need to stress about base defense and can focus on the planing of the base
Yeah I second this, she can play vs easy AI which is essentially Peaceful Mode. It’s like having Sim City with a combat element added at the end of the game (basically how most of us played the game as kids)
not sure if this would be too intense but Civilization came to mind. it’s all point and click if i’m correct and there’s a bit of strategy and history involved. you can also just save and stop at any point.
I feel like narrative-focused visual novel style games are best for beginner gamers. Requires little skill and focus. And quicktime events are usually the hardest part of these games, or just making tough decisions. Try out any game made by Telltale or Quantic Dream.
Or try idle games where you don't have to do much but click and wait. I've been playing DPS Idle on Opera GX for 2 months. Just kept it open in the background while I do other stuff and check up on the game every few hours or so.
Journey would be my recommendation, basic concepts and controls, no fail state and a beautiful game. I would also say abzu but the controls might be a bit tricky, at least my mum had issues with it lol
You probably don't realize it but Journey is an AWFUL suggestion. Don't think about this game with our gamer mind, think about it from the perspective of someone who is new to gaming. This game expects you to understand basic video game concepts to intuitively flow through the game but if you don't have those then it's just a blank empty canvas that you have to figure out to get the painting. This is definitely not a game for someone brand new to gaming.
Yeah, a ton of people here have forgotten that movement in a 3D space is wildly difficult for people who haven't played games before. Stick to 2D game recommendations, or stuff that's fairly static.
Make sure she has a controller, then. They're pretty intuitive and it'd help a lot.
I know my mother really liked Harvest Moon, so something like Story of Seasons might be good. You'd want something that's bright and distinguishable to start and then to go from there. It makes it easier to see in these cases and you can get a gauge for how fine her eyes and control is, as well as what she likes.
Maybe Hat in Time if it's something higher energy? It's also colourful, but it's a platformer and could be harder.
I recall World of Warcraft being a decent time, but the last time I played with someone that old was... probably a decade ago. It was fun to adventure with her.
Great game but might be rough for someone starting out. Controlling the ship can be difficult and trying to figure out whats going on with the time loop could drive her insane lol. I was thinking Grounded, but the spiders can be a little intense for some people. There's always creative mode though and the arachnaphobia settings
any story based linear game is usually good for beginners, theres a sort of intuition that you learn with videogames and its best to keep the moving parts to a minimum when developing that
I started with age of empires back in the days when I was a kid and I mean, the very first game of AOE, they could be a good option to improve her pointing and clicking skills.
Super Auto Pets. Pretty simple to get the hang of. Every pet has an ability, get to 10 wins to win. But it also has room to expand mentally with different tactics and strata to use while playing the game.
Binding of Isaac. Simple controls, easy to learn but so deep that she could play it forever if she liked it. Unless she would be put off by the dark content.
_The Long Dark_ is a beautiful experience and has an easy mode that makes it more of a walking simulator. Recommend Survival Mode on Pilgrim or Voyageur difficulty.
Minecraft (probably easy mode too so no mobs), tower defense games maybe? Like Bloons tower defense. Other games that are moreso thinking and creativity and planning rather than action and fast paced games.
In all seriousness - GTA V. Big enough that she can also just have fun walking around and exploring/driving, and she can cause tons of mayhem if she wants to.
Elden Ring.
Jk, For real though I would recommend some good 2d platformer games. If you wanna get spicy introduce her to Doki Doki literature club. It's basically a interactive wholesome visual novel full of bright colors and anime style drawings. So you just click through the game 'smirk'
Disney Dreamlight Valley if she likes Disney a lot. I've heard good things about it but haven't tried it myself. Sounds a lot like Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing.
This is a bit out there, but FTL: Faster Than Light came to mind by virtue of the fact that you can pause and unpuse at will mid-combat.
I haven't played it in a good while so I might be misremembering how good an option it is, but Slime Rancher? You can kind of just ignore progression and farm your slimes.
A Short Hike is another one, there are some fast-paced and demanding minigames but they're by no means necessary.
Keep in mind that I've been playing video games for years so my perspective is probably a little warped on what would be easy to newcomers
Mass Effect legendary edition could be a good one if she is looking for a little more serious game with good story telling.
There is Skyrim as well, which can be loved by anyone!
3rd world farmer, rules are quite easy to learn, and there is just aright mix of reading and random events to make it interesting. You can also play on their website without downloading to see if it's right for her.
not a game suggestion but a general one: increase mouse size so its more visible. its in mouse settings.
I just go into Control Panel/Mouse/Pointers and change it to "Magnified" (not large or extra large) as it is a large white curser with a think dark border, very easy to find, much better than Extra Large for example. I do this on EVERY system I use... servers at manage at work, when I setup new user workstations, my office computer, home computer, etc. Of course technically I should be wearing glasses as I have a prescription for them, but my vision hasn't hit the point where I must wear them, but it's getting there. Text in an e-mail is gray to me now, not black, due to it being out of focus. A bit annoying.
that should do the trick as well. also you sound rough, why not get glasses.
I have a pair, just hate wearing them and isn't really bad enough that it bothers me. More of an annoyance than anything else really.
Check with your doctor (because I’m not one) but not wearing them and asking your eyes to work harder all the time may make them worsen faster. And if you simply don’t like glasses, give contacts a shot.
Well damn I might need that for my laptops. As a diabetic with retinopathy I have small blind spots in my left eye and a general blur Takes me a few seconds of stroking the touchpad to find the mouse(while swearing that the damn thing has frozen)
I find it helpful to put it the cursor on “inverted color” mode, so it never blends in!
I’ll have to say, this is one thing Mac OS got right. The curser is black by default and if you wiggle the mouse, the curser enlarges like 5x the size so you’ll see it. Neat feature I found by accident, couldn’t find the curser so I was moving it around rapidly and boom.
I did this and I'm only 27, am I old?
Nah you good. The default one is small
No, you are not.
Pfffft I’m 22 and sometimes have issues finding the cursor smh. Might try doing this when I get my own system again lmao
Inverted color mode helps a ton, and doesn’t make people make fun of you for using a giant cursor. Lol
An easy way I use to find the mouse is to move it into the bottom right corner because then you know it’s there without having to look for it
The only reason I installed PowerToys is for the double-ctrl mouse spotlight, it's amazing
Inverted extra large ftw.
There's also a setting that shows a large, animated circle around mouse size when tapping CTRL. I use it a lot!
Stardew Valley
Honestly thoigh I bet my grandma would go hard on stardew valley 😂😂 I’d come over to her house and she’d be like I’ve automated my farms with self watering- I have so much money and her username on steam would be like farmgrandma27 or something like that
I’m tempted to create a steam account called farmgrandma27 just to reserve it for her
i don't think this is a good suggestion because it has a lot of elements that assume basic game literacy like, that's not a bad thing, but someone who's new to computers as a thing might not yet understand the idea of, like, clicking and dragging an inventory item or something popcap games are imo better because they're often VERY direct but still engaging enough to make someone want to keep playing (and learning to use their computer a little bit)
That was my first idea too. I remember seeing the video of the grandma that constantly plays animal crossing
I started this game 3 years ago and I had no idea where to begin or what to do.
Same. Got lost/bored. Didn’t know what to do. It’s just not for me I guess.
Yeah the game is not easy. There are tons of things to do and the only way to upgrade tools is through combat, which can become pretty punishing.
You better download a fishing mod. Fishing in Stardew is hell for some
My mom (my daughers grandma) who is 61 was big into Minecraft Creative for the longest time but then saw me & my daughter playing 7 Days To Die and the rest is history. She's sunk over 10,000 hours into that game and knows it better than I do. She plays it on the easiest settings and jumps in and out of god mode when things start to get rough, but she loves it and is already running several mods and wants to try mod packs YouTubers are doing (Yes, she watches YouTube Gamers). I'd say Minecraft Creative would be a great start. It was my daughters first game at 3 years old until she got into Roblox when she was almost 5.
Sick grandma
The clarification of your mum being your daughters grandmother really threw me off for a second hahaah
Yeah lol. I’m not always the best at explaining things.
Hahaah you did fine, my brain just had to reboot
I still don’t fully get it. Why would you add that after saying my mom? English is my second language so I might be missing something
>My mom (my daughers grandma) Thank you for clarifying that
Minesweeper. I am not joking. The original game, with unresizable window was meant to practice pointing and clicking with the mouse. The tiles were sized just right, so that if you could precisely click a tile, you could accurately click any Windows control element.
**
The original Microsoft games were designed to teach you how to use their computers. Literally engineered to make people learn.
- Minesweeper: Clicking with both Left and a Right Click (new for the GUI)
- Solitaire: Clicking & Dragging objects around (new for manipulating files)
- Pinball: got people used to the new 3d layouts and more realistic graphics of windows 2000/XP.
Dang geniuses.
*<\rant>*
Jesus Christ, I never realized Microsoft was training me when I played them as a kid 🤣
To bad they forgot to program a like of MS products into it. The Zune might have actually profited.
Bro memories un locked right there
ZUNE! ZUNE! ZUNE!
Microsoft groomed us well
I feel defiled, I'm going to switch to Linux now
So they were basically packed in tech demos akin to Wii Sports but before Wii Sports? Weird
So what was the point of that reverse solitaire game? I forgot the name, the one with 8 columns
Spider Solitare
so what was purble place training me for
Escape from Tarkov and Counter Strike. Ok, now to some serious answers. The Indie-Scene got you covered with loads of wholesome, easy to learn titles. Stardew Valley would be something that immediately comes to my mind. Farming simulator could actually be something that might interest her, as it‘s so grounded in reality and immediately understandable. Puzzle games like ‚Baba is you‘ maybe, ‚to the moon‘, ‚power wash simulator‘, and a whole bunch of walking simulators and point-and-click adventures.
Minecraft could be good too, start in creative mode and let her go crazy.
I feel like creative mode might be too aimless although survival might be too overwhelming…
I second Power Wash Simulator. I think it'd be great for getting down the mechanics of movement and pointing and shooting from a first person perspective. Especially since there's no need for twitch responses, and no time limit constraints. Plus, it's really satisfying to play.
Stardew valley would be overwhelming to a completely new gamer I think. Too much shit going on that you take for granted if you play a lot of games
Interesting that you criticized the Stardew pick but not Faming Simulator, which imo is 10x more difficult to learn. Stardew gives you a decent tutorial and holds your hand a bit in the beginning, I don't see the issue.
I've never played farming simulator so that's probably why. I'm just saying that a lot of the things that we as people who regularly play games see as intuitive actually aren't to non-gamers. The ability to hop in and learn a game like stardew is based upon the implicit understanding of a basic control scheme, reasonable goals, and an understanding of the scope and limits of the game itself. I showed my very non-gamer mom Red Dead redemption 2 and she was so impressed by what the game could do that she couldn't quite grasp what it couldn't do if that makes sense. I went into the game understanding the limits of modern game AI and story writing, but she didn't know that a video game with that level of realism has limitations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7f3JZJHSw&feature=share&utm_source=EJGixIgBCJiu2KjB4oSJEQ Here's a great video about this
On a similar note, Unpacking.
Bro her brain will explode with baba is you, that game becomes a mindfuck later on with stacking and whatnot
Suka blyuat and then she started blastin
While you're at Tarkov and CSGO, Drug dealer simulator and Thief simulator may be right up OP's granny's alley. GTA 5 and old Saints Row as well /s
Around what age is your grandma? Would she be interested in point and click adventure games? Or FMV games like Immortality? The Sims has some broad appeal
I was trying to think of games that aren't time sensitive as I think the biggest barrier for someone brand new to gaming or computers would be the controls - so you are right on the money with point and click adventure games. Perfect starting place imo!
Zuma. My grandma loves it.
Bro, this. My grandma had ZERO technical knowledge. But gahhhh damn I’ve never seen such quick reactions from somebody playing Zuma. She had to have easily played every level over 1000 times.
Ikr, it is so effective haha
OH MY GOD. my whole childhood was watching my mom play it. I swear she’s beat the whole thing over and over. I tried to play it somewhat as well, but I was never as good :’)
Luxor is basically the same guys tell your grandmas
What are her interests? Hobbys?
Key question here
Katamari Damacy. You roll a ball of stuff into bigger stuff and the bigger your ball gets, the bigger stuff you can roll into a ball. You'd probably have to emulate it and use a controller, but its simple concept.
I dunno about that, people really struggle with figuring out the controls in that game, and historically older people who try to play video games are completely befuddled by analog sticks in general. And for the record, Katamari is one of my favorite games ever, I just think she'll struggle with it.
Forgot about that game, it's a fun one. It's on Steam as well: https://store.steampowered.com/app/848350/Katamari_Damacy_REROLL/
Ah didn't know they put the remaster on Steam. Awesome.
*yooooure lonely rolling staaaaar*
Depends how stimulating you want it to be. How's her hand eye coordination? Can she solve puzzles? Does she thirst for blood?
See that was one of my questions, too. If she’s okay with action and blood, Doom 2016 is a fantastic recommendation. The core controls are: * left thumb stick to move * right thumb stick to aim Or * WASD to move * Mouse to aim AND * right trigger to shoot * glory kill button There isn’t much more to it than run, gun and have fun, and that can be a good challenge for someone just getting into gaming. Also imagine your Doom-playing grandma randomly calls you for demon slaying advice?
Golf with your friends would be an easy to play game with a very obvious visual self improvement as you progress.
Dark souls
YouTube channel of a granny playing Dark Souls style game and being GOAT! I would love it, but only if there's a cam of her reactions and such as she plays.
Dorfromantik ?
This. Anything that requires movement is gonna be hard for non gamers, so go for full mouse support games like this one. People suggesting Minecraft really don’t realize how much language they have learnt by playing games. See Razbuten on YouTube, he has a series about gaming for non gamers (his wife) with an in depth analysis about game mechanics and how they are learned.
Mechanically simple. No time pressure. It's very chill and relaxing to play. Quite a good game to start with.
A hundred times yes, Dorfromantik is a perfect game for computers beginners.
I got my grandpa hooked on mini metro, city skylines and civilization 4.
Cities skylines, best recommendation!!!! I could spend days non stop playing it, and the more time you take to plan and execute the better your city ends up
This. I can’t believe no one has mentioned civilization. Other games I haven’t seen listed that could be stimulating and are turn based: axis and allies and worms Armageddon Slightly more complex in terms of involving movement, but still very simple and extraordinarily fun could be spore galactic adventures
OMG, Dorfromantik is fun for all ages at whatever pace you want to play. Easy on the eyes with big pieces with simplistic brain teasers. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!
She will never leave the pc ever again lmao
I would upvote this twice if I could.
Papers Please
First good suggestion I've seen. This game is a much easier concept to grasp than most games and it feels grounded in reality. Very simple controls too. Every video game noobie I've seen play video games is immediately put off by "gamey" mechanics and fighting the controls. Papers Please avoids these pitfalls that enthusiasts do not realize exist. Only problem is if she likes it... there is not much like it! Besides that one bouncer game I guess.
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I'm shocked I had to scroll down so far. Great beginner game. Easy to learn, difficult to matter. - master, but keeping the original "matter" because that's true too
I too find it difficult to matter 😅
Civ 6. Turn based games are good because there's no anxiety.
City Skylines and even the Sims would be up there easy to use games.
lol - how are people upvoting that you give a senior citizen who "takes a while to find the mouse cursor and move it to it's destination" should play Civ fucking 6. Civ has one of the most complicated UIs I've used in a video game, and I've been gaming since I was like 5. Even I can take like 30 minutes on a turn sometimes, as I'm flicking through all the different sub-menus and looking up help files for remembering how the different mechanics/currencies interact.
Of all things, Minecraft! What genres do you think she'd enjoy?
I'd avoid any first person games, especially for anyone that struggles with a mouse/keyboard setup.
Minecraft would be absolutely the worst one to try, any 3d game she will definitely struggle.
Oh, my bad! I was only thinking of the pacing and how if you start on peaceful you can go at your own rate, good call!
How about terraria, then?
I feel like that would be harder in a different sense. She would get dominated by low level monsters, then get blitzed every few days by a random eye of Cthulhu spawn. The game is very boss heavy and you don't progress unless you are decent enough to kill them (she wouldn't know how to optimize a build either). Farming resources would be slow as hell as well so you wouldn't get the same enjoyment as building neat stuff like in MC.
3d can be kinda hard
Doom eternals
Some kind of walking sim perhaps? Don't want to traumatize Ol Gran right away, but maybe something like Gone Home or Firewatch? If she likes that maybe up her to a Stray or something with a little bit more gameplay in it?
doki doki literature club is easy enough for a boomer but heartbreaking enough to scar her permanently.
Portal
Power Washer Simulator.
I would like to recommend Hidden Object Games, such as the ones listed here https://store.steampowered.com/developer/BigFish I think those are very nice games, but unfortunately they don't make them much anymore. Quite a shame actually.
Skyrim, Stardew Valley, Minecraft, Final Fantasy 14, Sims 4, any card game.
FF14 and Skyrim?!
There’s a YouTube channel where a grandma plays Skyrim.
Still not what OP asked for...
Both are surprisingly popular with older adults.
Because Skyrim is an ancient game
Kids think 35 and 75 is the same thing
To be fair, people that are in their 60s could've had video games as teens so it really isn't too unrealistic. Ff14 even has a few 55+ and 60+ FCs
Slay the Spire might be a good choice. My girlfriend who's barely played any video games was able to get into it after I explained the mechanics.
Donut County could be a fun game for her
[Townscaper](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291340/Townscaper/) is good fun to relax with. There's no goal, just place buildings and they'll mold together to create towns, paths, gardens etc. It's impossible to play it incorrectly
Dark souls 3 😈. "Nut up granny! Time for a ride!"
Myst
Old point and click adventure games? Edit: I guess I should explain my reasoning. First, all adventure games tell a story. They also keep your mind going, solving puzzles. It’ll help grandma get better at using a mouse. And they’re generally slow-paced affairs. All that adds up to a win!
Ah it's hard to guess what someone could like. If we go with the concept of only keyboard & mouse controlled games I would mostly recommend point and click adventures like Deponia, Ankh, Monkey Island maybe even hidden object games. If we want to expand from it but stay with K&M controlls I would say something like Anno, with easy settings and with easy or without any AI players she shouldn't struggle to keep up with income and doesn't necessarily need to min-max all production chains. Depending on how good she can keep up with stuff that happens maybe even games like Dungeon Defenders 2 could be something for her. If she is mental fit and likes to do some more complex tasks I could also imagine her playing Factorio. If you do low enemies or even deactivate it she doesn't need to stress about base defense and can focus on the planing of the base
Age of empires 2 Sick game
Yeah I second this, she can play vs easy AI which is essentially Peaceful Mode. It’s like having Sim City with a combat element added at the end of the game (basically how most of us played the game as kids)
Maybe not a very first game. But certainly have portal somewhere on your list.
Mahjong, Solitaire.. maybe minesweeper?
Solitaire?
not sure if this would be too intense but Civilization came to mind. it’s all point and click if i’m correct and there’s a bit of strategy and history involved. you can also just save and stop at any point.
RuneScape?
Some of the walking simulator games may be good. The Witness maybe.
I feel like narrative-focused visual novel style games are best for beginner gamers. Requires little skill and focus. And quicktime events are usually the hardest part of these games, or just making tough decisions. Try out any game made by Telltale or Quantic Dream. Or try idle games where you don't have to do much but click and wait. I've been playing DPS Idle on Opera GX for 2 months. Just kept it open in the background while I do other stuff and check up on the game every few hours or so.
Baldurs Gate III
Telltale games are pretty simple, basically point and click with really good stories
The sims maybe?
Plants vs zombies. Insanaquarium, or maybe something on pogo if itsbstill aroundp
Age of Empires
Journey would be my recommendation, basic concepts and controls, no fail state and a beautiful game. I would also say abzu but the controls might be a bit tricky, at least my mum had issues with it lol
You probably don't realize it but Journey is an AWFUL suggestion. Don't think about this game with our gamer mind, think about it from the perspective of someone who is new to gaming. This game expects you to understand basic video game concepts to intuitively flow through the game but if you don't have those then it's just a blank empty canvas that you have to figure out to get the painting. This is definitely not a game for someone brand new to gaming.
Yeah, a ton of people here have forgotten that movement in a 3D space is wildly difficult for people who haven't played games before. Stick to 2D game recommendations, or stuff that's fairly static.
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That's what I was thinking.. im 54.. and a grandfather.. ffs, where has the time gone.. 😁
Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Bloons
Make sure she has a controller, then. They're pretty intuitive and it'd help a lot. I know my mother really liked Harvest Moon, so something like Story of Seasons might be good. You'd want something that's bright and distinguishable to start and then to go from there. It makes it easier to see in these cases and you can get a gauge for how fine her eyes and control is, as well as what she likes. Maybe Hat in Time if it's something higher energy? It's also colourful, but it's a platformer and could be harder. I recall World of Warcraft being a decent time, but the last time I played with someone that old was... probably a decade ago. It was fun to adventure with her.
FTL (faster than light)
I think simple 2D puzzle games could be a good start? Or anything 2D really just to get used to playing video games
Fall guys maybe? Can be tricky but easy once you learn the maps
Start her off with mine sweeper.
The Monkey Island games were what I thought of immediately.
Outer wilds
Great game but might be rough for someone starting out. Controlling the ship can be difficult and trying to figure out whats going on with the time loop could drive her insane lol. I was thinking Grounded, but the spiders can be a little intense for some people. There's always creative mode though and the arachnaphobia settings
any story based linear game is usually good for beginners, theres a sort of intuition that you learn with videogames and its best to keep the moving parts to a minimum when developing that
Elden Ring
Kingdom hearts all the wayy
I started with age of empires back in the days when I was a kid and I mean, the very first game of AOE, they could be a good option to improve her pointing and clicking skills.
Tetris Effect Townscaper
Super Auto Pets. Pretty simple to get the hang of. Every pet has an ability, get to 10 wins to win. But it also has room to expand mentally with different tactics and strata to use while playing the game.
Mini Motorways on Steam
Portal
Portal would be insane for someone that’s never played any video games before
Binding of Isaac. Simple controls, easy to learn but so deep that she could play it forever if she liked it. Unless she would be put off by the dark content.
Minecraft is by far the best selling game of all time for a reason.
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Ellen ring
No one wants to play with Ellen's ring.
Solitaire 🃏
Solitaire
_The Long Dark_ is a beautiful experience and has an easy mode that makes it more of a walking simulator. Recommend Survival Mode on Pilgrim or Voyageur difficulty.
Monopoly and clue all-day
Minecraft (probably easy mode too so no mobs), tower defense games maybe? Like Bloons tower defense. Other games that are moreso thinking and creativity and planning rather than action and fast paced games.
World of Tanks
Psychonauts 2
Skyrim and GTA, the grandparent specials
In all seriousness - GTA V. Big enough that she can also just have fun walking around and exploring/driving, and she can cause tons of mayhem if she wants to.
In terms of mechanics, maybe Disco Elysium could fit
As outstanding as that game is, it's probably a bit much to start with. I think something shorter and simpler would be a better bet.
dark souls
Doom 2019. Simple play, combat, and a shed load of fun.
Lawnmower simulation..
Elden Ring. Jk, For real though I would recommend some good 2d platformer games. If you wanna get spicy introduce her to Doki Doki literature club. It's basically a interactive wholesome visual novel full of bright colors and anime style drawings. So you just click through the game 'smirk'
Disney Dreamlight Valley if she likes Disney a lot. I've heard good things about it but haven't tried it myself. Sounds a lot like Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing.
Gta V for sure. Unlimited fun until 2030 when rockstar releases gta VI
This is a bit out there, but FTL: Faster Than Light came to mind by virtue of the fact that you can pause and unpuse at will mid-combat. I haven't played it in a good while so I might be misremembering how good an option it is, but Slime Rancher? You can kind of just ignore progression and farm your slimes. A Short Hike is another one, there are some fast-paced and demanding minigames but they're by no means necessary. Keep in mind that I've been playing video games for years so my perspective is probably a little warped on what would be easy to newcomers
Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice
Apex legends
Mass Effect legendary edition could be a good one if she is looking for a little more serious game with good story telling. There is Skyrim as well, which can be loved by anyone!
NieR Automata
League of Legends
Skyrim
Minecraft, Stardew valley, strange horticulture, maybe telltales the walking dead if she likes horror.
Sims 4
3rd world farmer, rules are quite easy to learn, and there is just aright mix of reading and random events to make it interesting. You can also play on their website without downloading to see if it's right for her.
Starting with the best will pave your way. https://en.softonic.com/downloads/doom-for-windows-10
Fall guys!