Ideally, I’d like a game that would be good for logical thinking and appropriate for an 8 year old for a few years? Any ideas?
Baba Is You :)
no, but for real. Puzzles are your best bet
Baba is you is really Great!
However, I don’t know, if the reading comprehension is good enough at that age for this.
Probably good for the earlier puzzles. Some of the later ones can get mind bending.
I have lots of people play the tutorial as it’s definitely among the most unique games out there.
I would say Zelda, but that might be a bit on the difficult side
Do you mean the latest one?
Probably best to start off with Breath of the Wild, it’s easier than the sequel and will make Tears of the Kingdom make more sense.
My 7yo has been playing BotW for a few years now and is playing TotK now. He generally does fine with them, granted I have to do the bosses/ harder puzzles for him lol.
Snipperclips
BotW and TotK for sure too.
Into The Breach too.
Portal and Portal 2 are now on the switch, not sure how age-appropriate those would be for an 8 year old tho
Second this. My son loved these when he was that age, and still does. Portal 2 is maybe pushing it in terms of suitability, but not too bad. I generally stick to age ratings as a rule. Portal 1 plus the extra levels definitely.
Thirded! :)
Death Squared. Name might sound bad but it’s a puzzle game that pretty good
Not sure what you mean by “for a few years” but my friend’s 9 year old loved Tangle Tower. Great art, voice acting, detective story and puzzles that are the right amount of challenging!
Layton’s Mystery Journey
Toki Tori 2 is a metroidvania that doesn’t give you movement upgrades, but instead gates your ability to navigate with knowledge (here’s how you interact with this thing in the map to overcome this challenge). The graphics are cutesy, but it is a great game.
Maybe try Picross? I don’t know how exciting that would be for a kid but I love it.
Filament. Beautiful little game. Gets really hard at the end.
It’ll depend on the kind of puzzles they’re in to (if they’re in to puzzles at all), but the Picross S series is brilliant. Despite all the great games on the Switch, mine is pretty much a Picross machine that happens to be able to play other games.
Mario Maker 2
Only downside is it requires an online account, but the level design aspect would be great for logical thinking, and other creative problem solving skills. Plus its just very fun, my kid has been designing levels since he was 5, and hes gotten quite good at it!
Pokemon requires you to understand type matching, so like water beats fire but fire beats grass type of thing, and there’s plenty of numbers to get familiar with.
When I was a kid and played pokemon, I had no clue about type matching. I just loaded up on xp on my first pokemon and called it a day.
I am a grown ass woman and that is exactly how I play lol
Might be a stretch but Ace Attorney trilogy
Initially I missed the text body of the post, and thought “SMT: III Nocturne” is a pretty good game with moral dilemmas and whatnot. Lots of fodder for thinking.
That might not be very appropriate for an eight year old though.
yeah lmfao i was sitting here like “nier automata is great at making you think” and then i read “for an 8 year old” and felt very silly
