The lego batman games emulated on steam deck

Just a question: can they hold the deck ? I have small hands it feels way too big (my hands are still larger than any 6yo’s hands I’ve ever seen)

Dangerous Dave. Me and my mom used to take turns on that one when i was little. Also og Doom. Not kidding I loved Doom as a first grader

wobbly life! i fuckiing love wobbly life it is like GTA but more physics based and family friendly. It has that perfect co-op recipe of providing focus tasks and challenges you can accomplish together but also giving ample room and opportunity for spontaneous and chaotic fun

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211020/Wobbly_Life/

lego games are great too!

For more chill gameplay I REALLY like Farm Together, I haven’t tried the second one yet.

I can recommend a lot of local-splitscreen games too.

The original Lego Racers. Works really well on the deck, is Lego themed, and is just an all-round fun game.

Child-me spent countless hours with it, adult-me beat it in under 2 hours. Fair warning though: the title screen song will get stuck in your head

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos was a childhood favourite of mine that I played when I was 6 in the mid-late 00s and the remaster just came out yesterday! It’s a fun 3D platformer from the 90s that was on the PS1/PC and was mainly made for kids. On PC it’s a GOG exclusive though, so you’d have to set up Heroic Games Launcher to download the game, then add the game manually to your Steam library if you don’t want your child messing around with desktop mode. I think it’s very suitable for his age. The original game had tank controls which he might not like if he’s used to modern game controls, but the new remaster has the option for full dual analogue stick controls which makes it feel like a normal modern game to control. I run a Linux desktop and the game works perfectly on the newest Proton version.

Oh, also Goat Simulator. So much hilarious mayhem!

Pajama Sam was one of my favorites as a kid

Virtual pinball games

Some of the only games I could think of are other lego games or something like the Scribblenauts series, for its puzzle solving that doesn’t have a single solution and encourages creativity.

Haven’t tried these out on a calibrated six year old, but some that I liked which might be in the ballpark are Tinykin, a Short Hike, Smurfs Vileleaf, Loddlenaut, Lil Gator Game, Little Kitty Big City, Costume Quest, What the Golf/Car.

• Pizza Possum
• Lego games (all of them)
• Amazing Frog
• Glitch Busters
• Disney infinity
• Zoo Tycoon
• Sackboy
• Minecraft (mods!)
• Abraca
• Lovers in a dangerous space time
• Lethal League
• Human Fall Flat
• Bang on Balls
• Palworld
• Unravel Two
• Windjammers 2
• Team Sonic Racing
• Dragon Quest Builders 2
• Royal Revolt Warriors
• Warside
• Cassette Beasts
• Rubber Bandits
• Party Animals
• Goat Simulator 3
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• NBA2K25
• Beam NG Drive
• Slime Rancher 2
• My Time at Sandrock
• Sonic X Shadow Generations *Cat Quest 2
• Paleo Pines
• Little Kitty, Big City
• Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy
• Tinykin
• Sonic Frontiers
• The Plucky Squire
• Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
• Bluey: The Videogame
• A Hat in Time
• HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged
• Yooka-Laylee
• Disney Dreamlight Valley

Minecraft is all a kid needs these days

Loved “A Short Hike” and every kid I’ve shown it to got hooked!

My six year old loves Pikuniku (puzzle platformer), Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (wholesome 3d adventure), and Horizon Chase Turbo (classic arcade-like racing).

Aer

Rime

Stonefall

Shovel Knight

Journey

Spider Heck

Overcooked (1 & 2)

Snakeybus

Osmos

Sonic Mania

World of Goo

Duck Tales Remastered

Spyro: Reignited Trilogy