# Non violent PC games for young kids **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 24, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604 "2014-01-24T08:33:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604/21 "2014-01-25T15:08:31Z")
World of goo: [http://www.worldofgoo.com/](http://www.worldofgoo.com/) is fun but it might be a little to complex for a 3 year old. and also there a bunch of I Spy, hidden object find-them games from Big Fish: [Play Hidden Object Games \> Download Games | Big Fish](http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/genres/15/hidden-object.html) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604/22 "2014-01-25T15:44:46Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Lego’s game site turned out to be the sort of typical mini-games that we’ve already seen a bunch of times, but searching for it led us to Build With Chrome, where you can use a set of basic Legos to build on plots that correspond with real world locations. Kept them busy, but if you can come back to your build and modify it, I missed how. Incidentally, Justin, Build With Chrome is like playing with Legos. The Lego movie adaptions are like the movies they’re based on. But do you take away the mini-figures in real life? Because little kids smacking around the mini-figures isn’t super different from virtual mini-figures smacking each other around. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604/23 "2014-01-26T02:09:20Z")
> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#): > > [Crayon Physics](http://www.crayonphysics.com/): “is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.” > > My 7-year-old daughter likes [Sushi Cat](http://armorgames.com/play/5379/sushi-cat). It’s basically a free online (flash) plinko game where you drop a large blue bounceable cat and try to pick up as much sushi as possible. Fairly basic but pretty cute. I played Sushi Cat once a few years back. Because of that, we always say that one of our cats, who could always eat, is trying to “achieve full belly”. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604/24 "2014-01-26T02:57:31Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Loom (oldie but goodie. Adventure game.). Depending on age, it may be too sophisticated for kids to get through, but: at one part you melt a dude’s face off. A friend gets killed (off camera I think), and you see his (VGA graphics) mangled corpse. Monkey Island and the like have parts too, although it’s the (intentionally and humorously) most tame depiction of pirates anywhere. It was part of my upbringing and ever kid should play it at some point. Scribblenauts mostly requires the user to have the capacity to _think of_ violent things, so I doubt they will accidentally conjure an “evil gigantic ghostly zombie shoggoth.” Some of the quests, depending on game version, might be a bit violent. (Going for good, “cute” games): The Amanita games (Machinarium and Botanicula), along with their other games e.g. Samorost, aren’t bad _that I remember_. Reus does have tiny people warfare and might be a bit older in terms of gameplay. Solar 2 maybe if sentient celestial bodies are ok. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604/25 "2014-01-26T04:32:03Z")
[Puddle](http://store.steampowered.com/app/222140) comes to mind, immediately. It even has a level editor. Hopefully “blobs of goo evaporating” isn’t too violent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-violent-pc-games-for-young-kids/679604.md?page=1)