Best Child Helps Parent Play (Associative Play) Games

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a role-play collecting game where you live on a small island teeming with life.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a role-play collecting game where you live on a small island teeming with life. Insects, fish, trees, vegetation and fossils are represented with cute cartoon visuals.

Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator.

Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator. That’s partly what it is, but you also develop relationships with the other townsfolk and delve deep into the mines.

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items.

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build.

War Thunder is a shooting game where you drive a range of vehicles in warfare combat.

War Thunder is a shooting game where you drive a range of vehicles in warfare combat. Similar to Wargaming's World of Warplanes it creates realistic battles on air, land, and sea.

Pikmin 3 is part of a series of puzzle games where you direct hordes of titular plant-like creatures to navigate garden locations.

Pikmin 3 is part of a series of puzzle games where you direct hordes of titular plant-like creatures to navigate garden locations. Different coloured Pikmins have different abilities so the challenge is to get enough of the right ones to destroy obstacles, avoid hazards and fight fauna.

Overcooked! All You Can Eat is part of a series of collaborative cooking games where you work with friends to complete dishes to order in a frantic restaurant.

Overcooked! All You Can Eat is part of a series of collaborative cooking games where you work with friends to complete dishes to order in a frantic restaurant. Play is as much about good communication to coordinate the various elements of the dishes as it is about quick reactions.

Valheim is a Viking inspired strategy game for up to 10 players.

Valheim is a Viking inspired strategy game for up to 10 players. You build, survive, conquer, and explore the world.

Tomb Raider is a longstanding series that has been rebooted in recent years.

Tomb Raider is a longstanding series that has been rebooted in recent years. This means it not only gets a fresh coat of paint like a re-release but is built from the ground up.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is part of a series of hack-and-slash action games set in the Legend of Zelda Universe and focused primarily on close combat against large groups of enemies.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is part of a series of hack-and-slash action games set in the Legend of Zelda Universe and focused primarily on close combat against large groups of enemies. The latest in the series Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, merges the frenetic close combat action of the series, with the visual style and setting from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.