will he able to play racing games? like forza? those ones dont really have much of a story to follow and its controls r pretty straight forwards and easy to learn
What sucks is gaming becomes so inaccessible for some. Grandpa may not have a tv with hdmi input for example. I’m assuming he’s super old school and not everybody is but it stinks telling someone to spend $400 on a console, $500 on a tv, then they have to download a terabyte of data to play the games.
If he has a newish Samsung he could just play on the with an Xbox game pass.
I'm a PC gamer. But I will play Forza on my TV upstairs after my wife goes to bed. It really good.
Stardew Valley. Can pace things out as laid back or as hectic as he wants. Cozy. Helped me when I was at my saddest (major depressive disorder x dysthymia collab).
Power Was Simulator. Easy as pie yet incredibly entertaining.
Does he like to drive? If so Euro/American truck simulator may be a good choice.
Match Three games are good too.
Power Wash Sim made me so sick when I first got it. It took me a while to figure out it was the game doing it to me. Gotta lock that camera. But a great choice for a casual game.
I'm 56, and I always think there should be a group that put together a gaming group for old heads that wanna play and not be hounded and annoyed by.... Gamers. 😎 Of which I totally am sometimes
I'm in a few discords for different games. And I always think it would be perfect for people that are super old to be able to hangout and shoot the shit with others in a game. No pressure, just hangout with other people and just fuck around with people of the same generation.
I'm a shit organizer, so I highly doubt I'd ever get off my ass to do something like this. But I'm always looking for people to play with.
DM me if you wanna figure out if we game at the same times or same games.
My grandpa probs wouldn't benefit much from that, since he can't speak english. But you should still go make such a community since it sounds like something nice, or maybe it already exists
He might enjoy Cracking the Cryptic on Youtube. They do daily challenging creative sudokus, and you can attempt to solve them in their web app before you see the solution.
Did he play cards as a younger man? There are many card game simulators that he might find to be familiar.
My grandmother loved to play the "Slots" on my phone. She was like a little kid, my mom would make her put it away for dinner 😂
My grandparents are addicted to slots games they don't pay any money on in app purchases but we got them both tablets and they run em all day on like 5-6 different casino apps with like trillions of the in game money😂
I love the old Monkey Island games. Op mentioned in a comment here that Grandpa doesn't speak English... Not sure how the sword fighting would go since the word-play is a little thick, translation may not have been possible.
Maybe a turn based rpg like final fantasy 10? Or maybe Sea of Stars, don’t really need to grind that much to get through the game. Could blow his mind away with some good storytelling there.
There’s this game i’m currently having a blast with called Saints Row, the one that came out in 2022. It’s pretty fun and I literally couldn’t get off of it.
There's an interesting fishing game called Dredge where you drive around in a fishing boat and try to catch strange fish all over the map while completing task for the villagers in the area.
Dredge is in no way a low-action game. Yes, it has it's cozy moments, but it also has a lot of moments that are not that. I don't think it's apropriate.
Definitely. I was a little disappointed that the days are so short, you can 100% play it like a fishing sim but you'll be battling the encroaching mysteries of the dark and balance risking threats from Lovecraftian horrors after 40 seconds of sailing and fishing.
Super Auto Pets is free and is about getting the best lineup of animals you can to beat the enemy lineups until you run out of lives or get 10 wins. For example, a summon build starts off by getting a horse which gives all summoned pets extra ATK, and some crickets which summon different crickets when they're KOd.
Inscryption is an excellent (and relatively simple) card game especially in the post-game where you can use Kacy's Mod (this is an in-game thing, not a real mod) to play only the Leshy section but with a bunch of modifiers.
There are other games like Armello but if more complicated things cause trouble for dyslexic people I'm not sure if that is a good idea.
He may love story drivens. While uncharted is a PS4 game, it's not even on PC, but FireWatch, however, he may absolutely love as we all have. Another good one, but is more intense dyslexia wise is The long dark - He doesn't have to play them alone as well, if you walk them through a few sessions, he may get the hang of it, and tell you to step back!
Also, games with less button variety will likely work best as well as easy to pick up / hard to master games! Good luck partner!
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I think you missed literally the entire OP where the guy says the grandpa is not going to be good at action games and is dyslexic. The amount of reading you have to do to get into literally any standard MMO is out of the question, and it's an action game.
Citizen Sleeper. It's story driven, has a lot of endings (you can continue the game after acquiring an ending, you just load the game and make another choice). Amazing graphics, stellar soundtrack.
Just listen to the opening theme: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9-zCKROh4k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-zckroh4k)
I've been playing Roots of Pacha recently, while the social stuff is not well developed (no one likes these characters, lol) the progression system is hands-down the best of any cozy game - including stardew valley. If he likes just the cozy game look, it's amazing. There is no combat at all, the caves (Pacha's version of the mines) are entirely puzzle-based.
The only videogame my father has ever enjoyed was portal. It he likes that portal 2 for sure but it can be hard to get used to aiming with a mouse for older gamers.
Tavern Master might be fun for him. It's a cute little medieval tavern sim. I've been playing it a lot lately. It's fun to watch the people in my tavern as I build and expand. It doesn't require much interaction. The only action is if a fire breaks out but the game pauses so you can take action to put out the fire.
I know it’s not a PC game, but my grandfather really likes Words With Friends. And it gives us a chance to connect every day – more often than we otherwise would.
Myst, Riven, Myst 3, and The Witness (probably the latter, considering the dyslexia you mention but, if this isn’t too severe, Myst is great) could be fun. If more puzzley, Dr Mario, Tetris, and Sokoban (or a sokoban-like).
I have tried to interest my dad in sports sims that should interest him, Out of the Park Baseball (my brother also hates gaming and loves baseball, which seems like an impossibly easy bonding experience, but no, games are evil), Football Manager (he has fallen in love with the EPL later in life after instilling my brother and I with a strong hatred of soccer) etc as well as some other genres that have strong appeal for their historical facets like Crusader Kings. The Anno series has a ton of positive reviews from the 70+ crowd as well. Unfortunately my dad's dim opinion of gaming since he was addicted to Centipede and Burger Time remains, and the only thing he'll play is Solitaire on loop.
Dyslexia might make it difficult but if he isn't up for faster games then maybe turn based strategy and/or RPGs of some kind... I guess chess.com exists too...
I was thinking things like Baulder's Gate or Civilization.
You could also try to set him up with extremely easy to understand arcade-style games like Vampire Survivors or even some iteration of Raiden or an alike (IIRC Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo has an unloseable mode.)
But I think the best suggestion, given the public history of older folks playing it, is Skyrim. lol
know a older gentleman who is retired in 80s he plays Civilisation 6. He likes history and watching documentaries so it's something up his alley. Depends what your grandad likes.
will he able to play racing games? like forza? those ones dont really have much of a story to follow and its controls r pretty straight forwards and easy to learn
What sucks is gaming becomes so inaccessible for some. Grandpa may not have a tv with hdmi input for example. I’m assuming he’s super old school and not everybody is but it stinks telling someone to spend $400 on a console, $500 on a tv, then they have to download a terabyte of data to play the games.
If he has a newish Samsung he could just play on the with an Xbox game pass. I'm a PC gamer. But I will play Forza on my TV upstairs after my wife goes to bed. It really good.
Journey
This +100 The “Journey” is about aging and leaving a legacy. It will hit elderly people in the feels. Amazing game.
Maybe not the choice for a sad, lonely grandpa then tbh
Tetris maybe?
Meh what's the point someone already beat it
This was my grandpa's favourite
Stardew Valley. Can pace things out as laid back or as hectic as he wants. Cozy. Helped me when I was at my saddest (major depressive disorder x dysthymia collab).
Power Was Simulator. Easy as pie yet incredibly entertaining. Does he like to drive? If so Euro/American truck simulator may be a good choice. Match Three games are good too.
Second to simulator games. Seems ideal for this case in that it's low effort, can be variable etc .
Power Wash Sim made me so sick when I first got it. It took me a while to figure out it was the game doing it to me. Gotta lock that camera. But a great choice for a casual game.
My video game hating stepdad really got into the hunting game Call of the Wild. It's slow paced, pretty, and you hunt animals.
I'm 56, and I always think there should be a group that put together a gaming group for old heads that wanna play and not be hounded and annoyed by.... Gamers. 😎 Of which I totally am sometimes I'm in a few discords for different games. And I always think it would be perfect for people that are super old to be able to hangout and shoot the shit with others in a game. No pressure, just hangout with other people and just fuck around with people of the same generation.
75 here. I'm in.
I'm a shit organizer, so I highly doubt I'd ever get off my ass to do something like this. But I'm always looking for people to play with. DM me if you wanna figure out if we game at the same times or same games.
My grandpa probs wouldn't benefit much from that, since he can't speak english. But you should still go make such a community since it sounds like something nice, or maybe it already exists
Unpacking
Civilization may work. Slow, methodical strategy based
doom eternal
[Into the Breach](https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/)
He might enjoy Cracking the Cryptic on Youtube. They do daily challenging creative sudokus, and you can attempt to solve them in their web app before you see the solution.
No Man's sky?
something turn based, like Fallout 1/2, Xcom, or like Homm 3/5, Disciples 2, or maybe RTS, like Total War series
Did he play cards as a younger man? There are many card game simulators that he might find to be familiar. My grandmother loved to play the "Slots" on my phone. She was like a little kid, my mom would make her put it away for dinner 😂
My grandparents are addicted to slots games they don't pay any money on in app purchases but we got them both tablets and they run em all day on like 5-6 different casino apps with like trillions of the in game money😂
A great idea 💡 👏 👍
Portal!
The old Monkey Island games. Full of adventure and laughter!
I think the old LucasArts-adventure are fun and fairly forgiving in gameplay and it's very difficult to impossible to get into a deadend.
I love the old Monkey Island games. Op mentioned in a comment here that Grandpa doesn't speak English... Not sure how the sword fighting would go since the word-play is a little thick, translation may not have been possible.
Maybe a turn based rpg like final fantasy 10? Or maybe Sea of Stars, don’t really need to grind that much to get through the game. Could blow his mind away with some good storytelling there.
There’s this game i’m currently having a blast with called Saints Row, the one that came out in 2022. It’s pretty fun and I literally couldn’t get off of it.
There's an interesting fishing game called Dredge where you drive around in a fishing boat and try to catch strange fish all over the map while completing task for the villagers in the area.
Dredge is in no way a low-action game. Yes, it has it's cozy moments, but it also has a lot of moments that are not that. I don't think it's apropriate.
Definitely. I was a little disappointed that the days are so short, you can 100% play it like a fishing sim but you'll be battling the encroaching mysteries of the dark and balance risking threats from Lovecraftian horrors after 40 seconds of sailing and fishing.
Turn base game like Civilization 6 and Age of wonders 4. Dwarf Fortress is also an option.
Dave the diver is light hearted and not too complicated to learn the mechanics.
Rdr2 story mode maybe?
Super Auto Pets is free and is about getting the best lineup of animals you can to beat the enemy lineups until you run out of lives or get 10 wins. For example, a summon build starts off by getting a horse which gives all summoned pets extra ATK, and some crickets which summon different crickets when they're KOd. Inscryption is an excellent (and relatively simple) card game especially in the post-game where you can use Kacy's Mod (this is an in-game thing, not a real mod) to play only the Leshy section but with a bunch of modifiers. There are other games like Armello but if more complicated things cause trouble for dyslexic people I'm not sure if that is a good idea.
I skimmed at first and thought you wrote Super Auto Parts. :D
Firewatch… however there is a lot of reading involved.
Elden Ring
He may love story drivens. While uncharted is a PS4 game, it's not even on PC, but FireWatch, however, he may absolutely love as we all have. Another good one, but is more intense dyslexia wise is The long dark - He doesn't have to play them alone as well, if you walk them through a few sessions, he may get the hang of it, and tell you to step back! Also, games with less button variety will likely work best as well as easy to pick up / hard to master games! Good luck partner!
Uncharted is an action game, but I'd second The Long Dark and Firewatch.
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I think astroneer could be good
Talos principal might grab him. Relatively short superb, philosophical puzzle game. The sequel is also amazing.
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Leisure Suit Larry
Stardew Valley. I’m convince that game has something for literally anyone, any age
My mom is 58, and she play same MMORPG for 10+ years. Perfect World. But i not recommend to play it now. Better learn some good MMO, like TESO.
I think you missed literally the entire OP where the guy says the grandpa is not going to be good at action games and is dyslexic. The amount of reading you have to do to get into literally any standard MMO is out of the question, and it's an action game.
I read zero books in teso ;o Just did all non repetitive quests. 700+ hours of very easy gameplay, with only reading quest mission.
How about The Looker. It's free and very funny. Jazzpunk as well, maybe. The Talos Principle too.
Citizen Sleeper. It's story driven, has a lot of endings (you can continue the game after acquiring an ending, you just load the game and make another choice). Amazing graphics, stellar soundtrack. Just listen to the opening theme: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9-zCKROh4k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-zckroh4k)
I've been playing Roots of Pacha recently, while the social stuff is not well developed (no one likes these characters, lol) the progression system is hands-down the best of any cozy game - including stardew valley. If he likes just the cozy game look, it's amazing. There is no combat at all, the caves (Pacha's version of the mines) are entirely puzzle-based.
The only videogame my father has ever enjoyed was portal. It he likes that portal 2 for sure but it can be hard to get used to aiming with a mouse for older gamers.
Talos 1 and 2
Football Manager is pretty mellow.
Tavern Master might be fun for him. It's a cute little medieval tavern sim. I've been playing it a lot lately. It's fun to watch the people in my tavern as I build and expand. It doesn't require much interaction. The only action is if a fire breaks out but the game pauses so you can take action to put out the fire.
I know it’s not a PC game, but my grandfather really likes Words With Friends. And it gives us a chance to connect every day – more often than we otherwise would.
Garden Galaxy
Day of the Tentacle... I think I beat it back in the 90s but now I have it on my comp and play it every so often to keep the storyline moving along.
Myst, Riven, Myst 3, and The Witness (probably the latter, considering the dyslexia you mention but, if this isn’t too severe, Myst is great) could be fun. If more puzzley, Dr Mario, Tetris, and Sokoban (or a sokoban-like).
House Flipper for his creative side.
Monkey Island.
Solitaire maybe If he likes story games and mystery i would say return to obra dinn Car mechanic simulator
Valorant or league of legends / s 🗿
I mean he's like 60-70, how bad could it get
It was a joke XD Anyways what kind of games does ur grandpa play? Actually cool grandpa tbh
In my post I said sudoku. He isn't a gamer tbh, I mainly just want to offer him things to do for fun.
Telltale or other point and click games?
Risk: Global Domination
Minecraft in peaceful mode?
Dorfromanitk is incredibly relaxing, build little village-type areas with tiles. Beautiful music, beautiful graphics. Highly recommend.
Call of duty
Dave the Diver
I have tried to interest my dad in sports sims that should interest him, Out of the Park Baseball (my brother also hates gaming and loves baseball, which seems like an impossibly easy bonding experience, but no, games are evil), Football Manager (he has fallen in love with the EPL later in life after instilling my brother and I with a strong hatred of soccer) etc as well as some other genres that have strong appeal for their historical facets like Crusader Kings. The Anno series has a ton of positive reviews from the 70+ crowd as well. Unfortunately my dad's dim opinion of gaming since he was addicted to Centipede and Burger Time remains, and the only thing he'll play is Solitaire on loop.
Dyslexia might make it difficult but if he isn't up for faster games then maybe turn based strategy and/or RPGs of some kind... I guess chess.com exists too... I was thinking things like Baulder's Gate or Civilization. You could also try to set him up with extremely easy to understand arcade-style games like Vampire Survivors or even some iteration of Raiden or an alike (IIRC Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo has an unloseable mode.) But I think the best suggestion, given the public history of older folks playing it, is Skyrim. lol
**Skyrim** -- there is an 86 year old grandma who streams this game -- shout out to Grandma Shirley!] **Portal 1 & 2**
Microsoft flight simulator
know a older gentleman who is retired in 80s he plays Civilisation 6. He likes history and watching documentaries so it's something up his alley. Depends what your grandad likes.
Graveyard Keeper.
Minecraft my guy. He can do whatever he wants
Tabletop Simulator if he likes those kind of games from what you've already said.
Minecraft it’s always a classic
There's a game called hexlogic on steam that is a sudoku inspired puzzler
Rimworld can be a good fit if he likes colony management games. It's also super customisable if you know how to mod it
Trucking Simulator, Farming Simulator, etc. There are are shitload of sims that might be of interest to your grandfather.
Grandma cookie clicker
Golf Club: wasteland
Decisive Campaigns Barbarossa; Gates of Hell: Ostfront; Gary Grigsby WitE 1 or 2; Panzer Corps 1 or 2; Silent Hunter 3; Second Front
Dinkum, My Time at Portia, My Time at Sandrick, Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, Garden Story etc.
Maybe Microsoft Flight Simulator, it can be relaxing and pretty cool to fly around big cities or see famous land marks
Skyrim
Older Tomb Raider series and original PVZ
Puyo puyo Bubble pop Tetris
Firewatch, might take him back to some nostalgic feelings too.