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Find Great Games For Different Aged Children

Finding really good games for your children to play not only offers them an engaging and beneficial experience but establishes gaming as an activity you understand and appreciate. This is a good first step towards establishing gaming as a family activity. 

Along with the PEGI ratings that offer a guide to the content a game offers, it's also useful to get guidance on the level of skill required to play a particular game. For example, Gran Turismo is rated PEGI 3 but attracts older teenage players due to the level of driving competency required to do well. 

We've gone through the age-rated video game suggestion on the Family Video Game Database to offer these suggestions for younger players:

Video Games for 5-Year-Olds

These are the games that 5-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay

Race with Ryan

Fancade

Yoshi's Crafted World

Video Games For 6-Year-Olds

These are the games that 6-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Sneaky Sasquatch

Cars 3: Driven to Win

Video Games For 7-Year-Olds

These are the games that 7-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

A Short Hike

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Yoshi's Wooly World

Video Games For 8-Year-Olds

These are the games that 8-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

Jailbreak

Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond

Slime Rancher

New Super Lucky's Tale

Video Games For 9-Year Olds

These are the games that 9-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Overcooked

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Tearaway

Video Games For 10-Year-Olds

These are the games that 10-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

Among Us

Animal Crossing

Legend Of The Skyfish

Wonderbox

Video Games For 11-Year-Olds

These are the games that 11-year-old gamers will enjoy playing. You can search for more games on the database and refind the list by console, number of players and genre.

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Professor Layton

Subnautica

Astro's Playroom

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Andrew Robertson
Andy Robertson is the editor of AskAboutGames and has written for national press and broadcast about video games and families for over 15 years. He has just published the Taming Gaming book with its Family Video Game Database.