Games for elders

[Venusian Broon]

It's not a game that's really tickled my fancy, but there is Stardew Valley (it's pretty cheap on steam) I believe it's calming!

Another game, but it needs a bit of manual dexterity, and a Xbox* and is pretty expensive....but my Dad (aged 75) adored Red Dead Redemption II.

He loved ranging about the West on his horse, just taking in the scenery and being a cowboy. He also loved throwing a lit stick of dynamite into the campfire of bandits/random strangers he meet on the way around the map, then robbing all the corpses

*EDIT, oh, I've just remembered, you can get it on PC. You don't need to get an Xbox to play it!

 

[Elckerlyc]

Until a plague comes and kills most of your villagers

Still, I find it a very calming game.

It's all in the game! And the Settings.

 

[elvet]

Free Adventure game offer here . I’ve played it. Some good puzzles and exploration.

 

[Boneman]

If you okey with old classics, then there were a lot of awesome turn-based (as turn-based games do not require any manual dexterity) games back in times: Master of Orion 1-3, Heroes of Might and Magic 1-5 (especially 2 and 3). I actually play them myself from time to time. One of the best turn-based RPG-s ever created is Fallout 1-2, but it can be bit violent. It is still awesome game, with tons of real-life cross-references and Easter Eggs. And it has very good general sense of humour, some funny dialogues and such stuff. There are also good modern digital analogues of the card board games, like Hearthstone and Magic The Gathering Arena.

Heroes of Might and Magic!! Gonna have to find the old discs now. I liked 4, I must admit, but not that taken with 5...

 

[Elckerlyc]

Obduction » Cyan

obduction.com

Modern equivalent to Myst and Riven, made by the same company.

Oh! Thank you! That one managed to escape my attention! Looks very interesting!

 

[DannMcGrew]

THANK YOU

Thank you all for the suggestions. I knew Chroners would come through. I think I've found a couple of suitable games and, regardless, I myself can fill quite a few hours just doing the previews to check out the ones y'all have mentioned.