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As for what he plays? Lego games. So many Lego games. All of the ones we've tried so far run great via Proton, and they can be played 2-player co-op. We've played Lego Batman 2 and 3, Lego Marvel Super-Heroes 1+2, Lego Marvel Avengers, and Lego DC Super-Villains. They range from good to great, with Lego Batman 3 the best of them so far. They're also regularly deeply discounted to below $10 each in Steam sales.
Another all-time favorite is Donut County, which was actually the first game my kid would play by himself (as in, with him using the controller independently). It's short, but wonderful.
Chuchel is a hilarious point-and-click puzzle game that's wonderfully animated and absolutely suitable for kids.
Maybe I have to rethink my attitude to steam. Action Henk really looks great like it could be real funny.
How is the Lego Co-Op mode is working on a single Computer? Splitscreen? How about controls?
Controls are with whatever device you choose. We've used Steam controllers, Gamecube controllers, keyboard - each player gets to have their own control device assigned and all the keys remapped, if you want to change anything.
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Nothing wrong with that.
My 8 year old has built his own Dos machine from my parts bin, without my help just supervised.
Now playing Command and Conquer Red Alert.
As well as Subnautica and Satisfactory on his Virtual Machine.
My 3 year old is playing Portal 2.
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Tux Paint.
ChildsPlay.
KStars.
KWordQuiz.
Scratch.
Celestia.
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I think it was mentioned before, but my children have really enjoyed "playing" along with Stardew Valley. Mostly it's watching my Spouse play the game and read to them the text.
We did a similar thing with Portal 1/2 and Hollow Knight when they were younger (3/5 I think). Part of it is that we live in what some would call a "small" house and only have one TV. So what one person plays, everyone watches.
It's actually kinda fun since everyone adds thier own commentary and suggestions. Portal was really fun that way. I never played that way before, being a solitary hobby for me, but it was nice making it more social. Probably wouldn't work for every game though.
My youngest still asks every so often about "Pertle - that game with the holes".
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Great idea!
I just tried Machinarium with the kids and they were captivated once I got it working (steam play/controller/link was a little..odd)
They really enjoyed yelling at the TV and
Coming up with solutions to the puzzles. It was a lot of fun!