cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40448411

Hi, I have a primary school girl who wants her share of gaming on the family android tablet.

While finding open source or commercial games with no ads that boys like is doable, I haven’t been able to find the kind of games a girl wants:

  • with cute graphics
  • where you care for dolls or pet
  • no ads or subscriptions, no endless DLC.

Do you have any recommendations for android games that fit the bill?

The image is a screenshot of cry babies, a game that she’d like to play very much but constantly nags you to buy new content.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    703·
    2 months ago

    Has she specifically requested games with dolls and pets? If not, just get her good games - doesn’t matter who’s playing them, games are games.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    6013·
    2 months ago

    You know what is a great android game for girls… Any good android game. And that’s because girls are people. They have a diverse set of interests and are not one single thing.

    • muzzle@lemm.eeOP
      45·
      2 months ago

      As I said before: I absolutely agree. I just typed the description she gave me of the game she wants.

      • Snapz@lemmy.world
        512·
        2 months ago

        No worries. Just phrase as “What are some android games that are good for kids, age X - X, with a traditionally feminine or “girly” aesthetic?”

        That asks your same question, without implying (intentionally or not) that all girls are a “princess that likes pink”

    • tetris11@lemmy.ml
      136·
      2 months ago

      well done you! instead of meeting the OP half-way by trying to understand their requirements, you chose to shame them on the easiest of technicalities. Rest well tonight, good warrior, you’ve earned your propers.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
    37·
    2 months ago

    Have you tried minecraft? My 12 year old niece loves minecraft.

    Also, pokemon. My niece loved it when she was younger.

    • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’ve played this a lot with my friends in high school. I can definitely recommend it.

  • stoneparchment@possumpat.io
    5·
    2 months ago

    Oooooh I have some ideas! Some of these are paid/premium (but NOT micro transactions) and some have mild ads. But I share the distaste for data-mining, money grubbing, brain-melting-ad-ridden games, so I’m certain they are on the least intrusive end of the spectrum.

    I really love biology (I’m a biologist…) so these are both pet games and usually breeding/evolution games!

    • Fish Tycoon – This one specifically. A classic! Breed and care for cute fish!
    • Niche breed and evolve – so neat and pretty educational about evolution/genetics. There’s a slightly more complicated/difficult pc game if she decides she likes the nichelings/universe.
    • Pocket Frogs – Simple, low stress collecting game. it would take years to collect all the frogs, and there’s a relatively active community of people who trade sets of frogs to other people to help them complete collections. Would be fun to play with her friends at school!
    • Reigns Her Majesty – a game about running a kingdom as a queen. When you die, you become your heir and retain some progress from your last lives. It doesn’t fit the exact criteria you mentioned, but I think she might like it anyway!
    • muzzle@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      She didn’t like the other RPGs she tried, but maybe in a few years…