As parents, it is not easy to find the right games that can be played together with the kids. MeinMMO editor and dad Karsten has some co-op recommendations for you that he has had very good experiences with.
My job and my private passion for games have already passed on to my two boys (10 and almost 4 years old) early on. It was exciting to see which games could captivate them and which could not. One commonality of the kids: They prefer to play together with my wife or me. Accordingly, we have already tried out many co-op titles over time.
In this article, I would like to share my experiences and reveal which co-op games we have particularly enjoyed – completely independent of the age difference of the boys. If you have any further recommendations that can be played well in co-op with the kids, feel free to leave them in the comments!
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Minecraft
Genre: Sandbox-building | Release: May 17, 2009 | Platform: virtually all (also available on Game Pass) | Developer: Mojang | ESRB: From 6 | Model and Price: Buy-To-Play, €29.99
Minecraft has many years under its belt but can still captivate small and large players today just as it did back then. I can see this especially with the little one, who has been enthusiastically playing in the creative mode of the game for a few days now.
He builds his first houses, digs deep tunnels, and “annoys” the poor Creepers who can’t defend themselves. He prefers to play on the PC with a controller … where his experiences with PlayStation become noticeable, as we have for example played Astro Bot up and down (unfortunately has no co-op, but a big recommendation!).
The older one is already much further along. He rocks the survival mode, tries out new stuff with command blocks, or checks out mods from the community.
For both, the most fun comes from Minecraft when mom or dad is also on board to build, destroy, try things out, or annoy the villagers together. And since the game continues to receive updates, there is always a reason to check in: Minecraft is getting a major graphics update after 11 years, letting you fly on an old enemy
Next, we continue with the life of a cuddly, yellow dude.
