Edit: Daughter is only 5 so she’s unlikely to play much but she watches me and as long as it’s not too violent, it should be fine
Portal! Chell may be silent, but it’s directly stated that she got as far as she had due to sheer tenacity and resourcefulness
Also, Silksong, if you’re willing to wait for its release in 2377 AD
Edit: here’s some more (these are all fairly family-friendly):
*Celeste
*Crypt of the NecroDancer
*Spelunky 2
*A Hat in Time
*Slime Rancher
*Webbed
Great suggestions, but Spelunky 2??? I love my daughter, but I also don’t hate myself ;)
Hat in Time is perfect for this.
Also to add: Aquaria, quite old but it’s kinda nice. EDF if you willing to play as Wing Diver only. Iconoclast if you’re into metroidvania. Metroid Prime remaster if you have a switch. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is pretty nice. Transistor but i don’t really dig it, maybe you’ll like it. Orc Must Die 2 if you only play as Sorcerer. La Mulana 2 if you wanna torture yourself and confuse your daughter 😂
Slime rancher is a fantastic suggestion for a little girl. Great game, female MC, cute little animals and overall graphic style.
I loved it as a relaxing post work game even as a 30yr old man
Shocked I had to scroll so far for A Hat in Time. Seems pretty much perfect for this.
I scrolled until I gave up shame on all of you. Play Portal, solve puzzles, there is multiplayer songs and cake.
Ooo ooo I’ve got one.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits. It’s like a Pixar souls like adventure game. Lots of foresty magic, very beautiful, and challenging enough to give you a run for your money while she laughs at your many failures.
It’s a good game.
Thanks!
Honestly, Spiritfarer would be perfect. You can play local co-op, it’s quite easy. You will understand what’s going on but your daughter will just think it’s cute. One of you can play as a cat. It’s absolutely gorgeous and a very poignant story.
My partner and I have played it all the way through 3 times now.
I played this one with my older son a few years back and I think this would be a great option for her. As the cat, you can really just loaf about
any Metroid
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Celeste
- Sable
- Night in the Woods (female, but also an anthropomorphosised cat. Maybe too boring-adulty conversational for a kid to enjoy watching)
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssee- Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
- Gris
- Transistor
- Ori and the Blind Forest
You’d recommened AC: Origins for a five year old?
I don’t think the special scenes when you kill important targets would sit well with me. In one you smash someones face in repeatedly. You also play at least half the game as a male character.
Oops, i meant Odyssee. But anyway probably you’re right about all the murdering. I basically forgot about the assassination part of that game and just remembered the dialogue, characters and exploration of the game world.
Seconding Sable.
I recommend that one too everyone though.
Technically I think the Celeste character is supposed to be trans, not female.
Eventually she should play Horizon Zero Dawn 😁
Came here to say this. HZD got me sceptical at first but the more the story unraveled the more everything made sense. Great main character, great story, great ethics.
HZD And Forbidden West really push forward the idea that you are playing as a strong woman and the graphics are so good Aloy seems like a real person. Probably not play as but a young girl watching those games being played would be a great role model.
I also want to throw in Ori and the Blind Forest. I don’t know the gender of Ori for sure, but it’s a little animal.
It’s a beautiful game, with great gameplay, animation, music, story, and I think it would be fun to watch someone else play.
A hat in time is a wonderful mario style game with a young female protagonist.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has Toadette and Peachette.
Super Mario 3D World has Peach / Cat Peach.
My daughter beat them both at 5 years old. There’s also Mario Kart 8 which also has Peach. You may be noticing a theme here.
There’s also the Lego games where you get to choose your character and she always picks the girls.
Miitopia is great because you create your own characters. She makes the entire team girls.
My Friend Peppa is kinda entertaining, but she didn’t really care for it all that much.
Kirby is pretty great and both games Return to Dreamland and Forgotten Land are accessible, though both ramp up difficulty later. (Kirby is gender neutral)
There are more games out there, like Kena, Metroid, Celeste, Shantae, but not for her age yet.
Mirror’s Edge
Great choice!
Portal is another one, horizon zero dawn is another great one as well. Possibly resident evil 2 with Claire if OP feels comfortable letting her play that at her age.
Alba and Monument Valley
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a wonderful game.
yeah! recommended my little girl loves kena
A Short Hike. Lead character is called Claire. No combat, no death, no resets. Just exploring, puzzles and story.
But deals with family medical issues and a mother daughter coming to terms with one of them being extremely sick.
My daughter just turned 6!
She loves watching, in no particular order:
- Horizon Zero Dawn (when I let her)
- Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart (rivet is a strong female co-lead)
- Bugsnax (lots of characters of various genders)
- Tears of the Kingdom (Zelda is her favorite)
- Metroid (she’s watched Prime Remastered and Dread and loves that Samus is a girl)
- Mario Kart 8 (so she can be peach or Rosalina)
- Kena Bridge of Spirits
She also likes playing Pokemon and Drawn to Life now that she can read.
