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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• raker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A Juggler’s Tale

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• Fordry@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Red Alert has a strong female character and is definitely age appropriate… :)

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• inspired@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Some of these might be a little more like 8 than 5 because they have storybook-scary but still mentioning for you to have a look and decide.

  Lost Words - Beyond the Page
  Unpacking
  Epistory - Typing Chronicles
  One Step from Eden
  Wargroove
  Tsioque

  Technically not female lead but kinda close and definitely age-appropriate:

  Chicory - From creators on Wandersong + Celeste. Not positive your character is canonically female but let's just call it very plausible and you are filling in for the titular character who is called "she".
  Donut County (technically the male racoon is the main character but the only human and next-most important character is female)
  Journey (likely canonically no specific gender but great game, no dialog and could easily interpret as female if you choose)

  Not what you asked for but maybe consider:

  Beglitched - No human characters other than the player, puzzle game with pink and purple hacker aesthetic.
  Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Androgynous animals and humans pilot a wacky ship in 4 player co-op lots of hearts.

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• Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lots of great suggestions from others already, so I’ll add some for when she’s a bit older. I’d say when she grows up the Tomb Raider series would be great for her to play if you want a good female protagonist. And it may be too raunchy of a recommendation for a daughter, but if you want another good female protagonist I’d suggest Lolipop Chainsaw, a great game for when she becomes a teen if she keeps up the hobby. :)

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• Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My 2 year old enjoys watching aloy go on a killing spree in horizon forbidden west… I am a bad parent.

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• raptir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Windbound could be another fun one.

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• cuchilloc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fire Emblem Blazing Blade GBA, Lyndis.

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• RedWizard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve not played these yet but they look good for a 5 year old

  • Onirism
  • Poi
  • Monument Valley
  • Aer
  • Carto

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• timidgoat@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  To be quite honest I did not read through all the comments to see if this has been suggested already, but Child of Light comes to mind!

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• ArcticFox@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Street fighter 6. Pick Juri, Kimberly, Manon or more. With the new Dynamic control system, even your kids can easily play with you.

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• CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I originally bought this game years ago to play co-op with my then girlfriend, but I think it can work for your purposes too - Never Alone

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• Konn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hey!

  It’s not coop, but I recently played “The Big Con” (with Gamepass) and it’s more of a fun ride with an easy control scheme and decent puzzles. While the FeMC isn’t the classic “strong female lead”, she is a teenager growing up and develops throughout the game and it’s sorry.

  I found it very funny (your daughter might not get every joke, tough), depicts some good topics (trust, family and responsibility) in a very lighthearted way with a cute art style. :)

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  • 2tone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Interesting. I have Game Pass but for some reason, this one passed me by. Will check it out. Some throwback humour would probably be fun for me

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    • Konn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Major problem I forgot: I think the dialogues are text based, so you might have to read it out loud or wait until your kid can read at a comfortable speed (if she can’t already). :)

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• Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Contrast on Xbox market was awesome. Really fun platformer that has an amazing soundtrack too

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• B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Roughly what age are we talking? The list you linked is accurate and pretty much all the mainstream ones. Also,

  • Telltales The Walking Dead

  • Minecraft Story Mode

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• mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Half Life Alyx + No VR mod

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