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Looking for games with strong female leads for my daughter (even just to watch as I play). Came across this link, but they're a bit old. Any suggestions from the community?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨2tone@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://gameranx.com/features/id/228820/article/15-best-games-to-play-today-with-female-leads/

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  • kutsyk_alexander@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Portal (2) - Chell

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  • nivenkos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Baldur’s Gate 3

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  • Stereoparallax@sffa.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sayonara Wildhearts. I bet she could play it herself

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  • Iceblade02@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Old but gold, the Longest Journey, since you seem to want something story centered.

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  • Stinkywinks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s that Disney dream light game or something like that, definitely seems child friendly.

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    • SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Very child friendly and lots of fun, at least last I played, and I can’t imagine Disney of all people really changing that to much.

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    • Squirrel@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Excellent suggestion. It’s basically Animal Crossing with Disney characters.

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  • Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you’re okay with some very black comedy (all spoken-aloud, nothing shown) and the occasional blood splatter when you get shot, the Portal games are good. The villains are robotic turrets with machine-guns that are defeated simply by tipping them over - so while they’re acting in very violent and lethal ways, the player is just teleporting around and nudging them over to fall down onto their side. But I remember my kid being very offended when GlaDOS called the player character fat, and later reveals she mass-murdered a building full of scientists using nerve-gas.

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    • puppybox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      She’s 5…

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  • brsrklf@compuverse.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ōkami.

    Well, she’s a wolf, but she’s the Sun Goddess too.

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  • rodbiren@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Super Mario bros 2 you can play as princess peach. The game is of course not trivial to play.

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  • Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Longest Journey / Dreamfall / Dreamfall Chapters. Absolutely magical games.

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  • user_already_exists@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We love Knights on Bikes for our girls to play.

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  • detour@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    One I haven’t seen mentioned yet, Dreamscaper. Its an action roguelite about a girl who battles her inner “demons” at night and lives her life in a new town during the day.

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  • firewalk@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

    It’s very wholesome and relaxing.

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    • kmacmartin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My daughter is 4 and loves this game- both playing it and watching it getting played. It works well on her Linux laptop with integrated intel graphics too, in case that’s a factor.

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh! For a solid coop experience check out any of the little big planets. Lots of cute costumes for character customization.

    For a gender neutral character I can recommend Toem! It’s incredibly cute and charming.

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    • 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Toem just came out on Game Pass. Will take a look

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  • demuxen@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Beyond good and evil

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  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ms. Pac-Man, but of course!

    There's always Animal Crossing and its many sequels... you're not obligated to play as a female, but it's at least an option. Metroid has a female lead, but those games are probably a little beyond your daughter's grasp at the moment.

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    • specseaweed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This is right. A five year old can’t wipe their nose correctly. They want simple, cute things happening on screen or they’re going to lose interest quick. AC is a great call.

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  • doofy77@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Gianna sisters: twisted dreams

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  • Bitfolo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oxenfree!

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    • Targox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lol. Love this game but I was 21 when I played it and peed my pants a few times cuz it was a legitimate scary experience for me. Please don’t give this to a 5 year old

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  • gogosempai@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Horizon Zero Dawn would be my recommendations.

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  • dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Touhou is difficult, but “Easy” is still fun. Just don’t expect to win, neither the adult nor the child.

    Touhou is famous for its all-female cast of Witches, Shrine Maidens, Vampires and other female-themes cute characters. Its a Japanese single-person developer who does the music, art, and gameplay. The art of the official projects kind of sucks, but the character designs are unique enough that the huge fanbase iterates-and-improves upon the art style. Participating in the greater Touhou fan culture is fun for all ages.

    I personally got started with Touhou 8: Imperishable Night.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNU6tZIBrvU

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you have a switch Pikmin 4 lets you make your own little character person. Its quite fun. There are quite a few Digimon games too. Other than that the ones that stick out in my mind aren’t really age appropriate. There was a Drakenguarde that had a woman as the main character. I heard they’re making a new Princess Peach game tho.

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  • cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Carto

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  • OscarRobin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think Tchia may be just what you’re looking for!

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  • wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sable!!! Such a fun and pretty game, the soundtrack is also amazing (if ya know Japanese Breakfast she did it)

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    • Zerfallen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Came here also to recommend Sable. Can note it has a beautiful aesthetic in the style of French artist Moebius. And as you mentioned, really nice soundtrack. More an exploratory game, not really violent.

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  • rDrDr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tearaway Unfolded on PS 4/5.

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    • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Atoi is the better character either way

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Main character:

    Lost in random Beyond good and evil Night in the woods Infamous first light A hat in time Spiritfarer Celeste

    Good overall:

    Final Fantasy X Bioshock Infinite Ratchet and Clank rift apart

    That’s what I can think of from the top of my head. I’ll see if I can come up with some more.

    From the link you posted I highly recommend “Kena: Bridge of Spirits”. Gorgeous game with a solid story and fun gameplay. Great job for a small studios first game.

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  • evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just finished playing Lost in Random. The graphics are a bit dark, but the story and action is good. No blood or gore or anything though.

    It was surprisingly good and, if you’ve got a Xbox, it’s on Game Pass for free.

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  • Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    2022 isn’t that old? Anyway, here’s a list of game’s I’d highly recommend from across all of space and time, filtered on female lead, and excluding ones where you can choose or design your own character), random order:

    • Potionomics
    • Metal: Hellsinger
    • Riftbreaker
    • Ittle Dew
    • Transistor
    • Spiritfarer
    • BPM: Bullets per Minute
    • Crypt of the Necrodancer
    • Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
    • Blacktail
    • Night in the Woods
    • Satisfactory
    • Alien Isolation
    • TSIOQUE
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    • Vordus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Spiritfarer is utterly excellent but also extremely sad (>!the entire game is a hospice care allegory!!<), so if you go into that one keep in mind that at least one of you will probably be crying your eyes out at some point.

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      • batmaniam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        that godamn hedgehog…

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      • 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s a really beautiful experience

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      • Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or, like me, throughout.

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    • Midnitte@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Transistor is just a great game.

      Once Hades 2 comes out, that is also an option

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      • Andvari@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or Silksong…

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    • JowlesMcGee@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      From what I remember, Ittle Dew would be great to play with a 5 year old. Some good recommendations there!

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    • 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you

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    • Flag@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Suggesting Metal: Hellsinger to a 5 year old, spicy x)

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  • Vordus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They’re not particularly old. There’s a few games as recent as this year there. But then, can you really trust the quality of a list that includes ‘Laura’ (sic) Croft?

    What platforms do you play, and how old is she? Because there’s no point in us recommending particularly grisly PS exclusives like The Last of Us Part 2 if you’re an Xbox player with a 6 year old.

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    • 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ugh, sorry - my original wording wasn’t clear. I meant “too old for her”. Post has been edited

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      • Vordus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ah, I suspected as much immediately after posting but didn’t connect the dots in time!

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  • jesterraiin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    • Mass Effect
    • Tomb Raider
    • Arc Survival Evolved
    • Syberia
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