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Is it colorful, cute, conveys meaning, and is it age-appropriate?

The games I discuss in this list balance learning life lessons and fun time passers.

a scene from when the past was around, eda sitting down around

When the Past Was Around is a charming point and click game.

And c’mon remember to check the contents of your children’s games before buying them.

There are themes, motifs, and story devices unsuitable for growing minds unless a parent supervises them.

This game teaches kids that being in the moment with life is so incredibly important.

When the Past was Around

When the Past was Around

A point-and-click puzzler developed by Mojiken Studios and Toge Productions.

This game is about love, moving on, and letting go.

Available for Windows and Xbox.

image from dont starve main character

Face your arachnophobia in Don’t Starve.

Buy at:Steam

4.

Think of a Tim Burton version of Animal Crossings.

you’ve got the option to craft, use magic, and explore asurvival-based gamewhere anything is possible.

Don’t Starve

This game will throw you in with no explanations, nothing.

When you start this game there isn’t a right or wrong way to begin.

Available for Windows PC.

main hub of cozy grove with player character

A journey of color in Cozy Grove.

Buy at:Steam|GMG: Steam

3.

Buy at:Steam|Xbox

2.

It showcases fundamental ideas and points that many games don’t discuss.

Cozy Grove

Death’s Door

An action-adventure game developed by Acid Nerve.

Buy at:Steam|Xbox|

1.

Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is one of those games that you might lose hours in.

a scene from deaths door, the main door

Not as morbid as you’d think.

This is the perfect cozy game and is suitable for any age.

You in a sense, are building your community and breathing life into something left behind.

Death’s Door

photo from stardew valley

Create something new everyday in Stardew Valley!

Buy here:  Xbox| Steam

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Minecraft�s new key art.

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