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

While finding open source or commercial (i.e. I’m happy to pay) 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 DLCs.

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

Edit: I should have been more clear: I literally typed the description she gave me of the game she wants.

I don’t like gender stereotypes and I am not pushing her towards anything. I’d be perfectly happy for her to play any game she likes, as long as it has no adds or micro transactions.

She can play with puzzles, RPGs, tower defense, sims… She wants cute dolls, and I am looking for a game with cute dolls that does not suck.

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    Here are some favourites of my daughter:

    • Minetest, a completely free and open source Minecraft clone
    • Picsart, a drawing app. I couldn’t find any free app that is similar in features.
    • the camera app, to make short videos, even cool stop motion videos, or pictures to paint on with Picsart
    • Signal, to share her art with the family. Although I don’t think it will run on a tablet.
    • Toca Boca World, a cute little game where you can decorate houses and play with figures
    • GCompris, a compilation of learning games, although she seems to have grown out of them in third grade

    If you have a PC great games for her besides Minecraft are Spider-Man, Goat Simulator, Life is Strange: True Colors (we play that together) and GTA 5 (seriously, give her a 100% save. the interactivity in that game is through the roof)

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      61·
      3 months ago

      This is the most useful answer and yet not the top answer or the answer that OP needs 🙄

      I’d like to add Unpacking to the list, my girlfriend found it amazing, I am unsure if a school girl will find it fun too though.