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As we all know, Roblox is garbage tier gameplay structured around psychological cues to get children to fill an endless pit with fake money bought with real money.

So I banned my kid from it. He used it a little bit socially with a few friends of his. What online or local multiplayer games should I help him to replace it with? (He's 10, so please don't recommend Diablo 4 or anything else that has quite that much gore)

He and his friends have an Xbox Series X|S at home.

Edit: keep your judgemental shit out of here. His whole social group (5 kids he knows from school) got banned on the same day. Me and the other parents are trying to be nice and replace it with better quality games so it isn't just a punishment.

Edit2: Thanks guys. I got him Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some really solid recommendations here. Thanks a ton. I've heard of Deep Rock Galactic but it didn't pop into mind. And Risk of Rain 2 looks great.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DRG does have a touch of profanity if you're concerned about that, btw.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just want to avoid the porn games on steam, and any super-gory shit like dead space. I thought Diablo would be fun for him but it is a bit too much right now. It was different when super pixelated back in the D2 days.

[–] ICastFist 9 points 1 year ago

Overcooked can make for some fun chaos, though it tops at 4 players. Team Fortress 2 could work, but it does have graphic violence and I dunno if it's available for the newer xboxes. On PC, it has loads of mods and custom maps that offer similar experiences to what you can find in Roblox

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I mean, if that's your only concern then DRG should be fine.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Deep Rock Galactic has mtx packs but they're cosmetic, and there's a large selection of cosmetics that you can unlock within the game itself.

Risk of Rain 2 has one proper expansion, with another on its way, and no mtx.