Best Family Friendly Games on Steam
Games suitable for broad ages, lighter themes, accessible play, and shared sessions.
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1ELDEN RING
- Players say: As a Tarnished in the Lands Between, explore a vast fantasy world, shape your fighter, and battle foes on the path to lordship. Players like: Rewarding World Exploration · Memorable Boss Battles · Flexible Character Builds
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THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
Feb 24, 2022
In this game, you can…
- discover a whole underground world layer with its own landscapes, secret bosses, and places you'd never guess existed.
- find bosses that only appear at night, turning a quiet road into a sudden unique fight with special loot.
- follow a side quest that escalates into meeting an entire eccentric family and ends with you marrying into it.
- walk away from a boss, roam somewhere else for gear and levels, then come back later and finally win.
- step out into a massive open world and immediately ride in any direction you can see.
- ride a spectral horse that can double-jump, then use mounted combat to fight huge enemies in the open field.
2Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Players say: Drive cargo-laden trucks between European cities, master long-haul routes, and grow from hired driver into a fleet owner. Players like: Relaxing Long Drives · European Route Exploration · Company Growth
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Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Oct 12, 2012
In this game, you can…
- practice alley-docking so much in-game that it carries over to real CDL-style trailer backing tests.
- join online convoys where a small bump can turn into a cross-country chase, or into a friendly honk-and-wave road trip with strangers.
- install major map mods and end up convoying through places like Iceland on custom roads with new physics and navigation.
- start with quick jobs, buy your first truck, take out loans, hire drivers, and grow into a multi-garage fleet that earns while you're out hauling.
- hammer down the highway with the speed limiter off, then sweat every speed camera and fine as you try to keep the delivery on time.
- reverse a full trailer into a tight loading bay and park it cleanly.
- cross a border and immediately deal with new road rules, new signage, and suddenly driving on the opposite side in the UK.
- haul everything from fuel and chemicals to oversized machinery and vehicles, then adjust how you drive to keep the cargo intact.
- tune in to live local radio stations as you drive and switch countries until the music and traffic rhythm sync up with the route.
3Geometry Dash
- Players say: Tap in time to guide a geometric icon through music-synced hazards, mastering levels or building and sharing your own. Players like: Satisfying Level Clears · Precise Skill Challenges · Creative Community Levels
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Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Dec 22, 2014
In this game, you can…
- build full animations, minigames, and even whole games inside the level editor using massive chains of objects and logic-like setups.
- dive into millions of community-made levels and keep finding completely different stages, from quick showcases to absurdly hard challenges.
- get thrown from normal jumping into rocket flight, then into upside-down gravity, without stopping, while squeezing through spike corridors on the beat.
- control a character that runs on its own, and restart the whole level the instant you mess up.
- tap mid-air orbs to launch yourself, hit portals that flip gravity or change speed, and swap into flight or teleport movement mid-run.
- drop and remove checkpoints in practice, drill the nastiest transitions, then go back and clear the entire level in one clean run.
- play levels where the jumps and gravity flips are timed to the soundtrack, so the song effectively tells you when to move.
4Bloons TD 6
- Players say: Place and upgrade monkey towers and heroes to stop waves of Bloons across varied maps, modes, and strategic challenges. Players like: Tower Build Variety · Maps And Modes · Ongoing Updates
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The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Dec 17, 2018
In this game, you can…
- watch a necromancer tower raise zombie bloons that march backward and pop the bloons behind them.
- drag a helicopter around mid-wave, lock it in place, or set it to patrol between two points.
- spend three days building money, then drop a single Paragon tower that melts everything it touches.
- hit round 100 and get a free insta-monkey you can save for any future run.
- take a sniper tower and upgrade it into a rapid-fire machine-gun monster that plays nothing like the starter version.
- play co-op where the screen splits into sections and each player controls their own slice of the map.
- fight timed boss events where a single boss bloon becomes the whole match's win-or-lose objective.
- push into extreme late-game until the map is so packed with maxed-out towers and effects you can barely find your cursor.
5Hogwarts Legacy
- Players say: As a Hogwarts student in the 1800s, uncover an ancient-magic threat while exploring, learning spells and fighting dark wizards. Players like: Detailed Hogwarts · Wizarding World Atmosphere · Spell-Based Combat
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Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
Feb 10, 2023
In this game, you can…
- turn an enemy into an explosive barrel, then throw them into their friends.
- stuff rescued magical beasts into an enchanted suitcase, then take them back to your secret room.
- build up a personal Room of Requirement base to brew potions, grow plants, decorate, and care for beasts.
- sneak around Hogwarts at night and pick locks to loot houses and cabinets.
- learn the Unforgivable Curses and cast Crucio or Avada Kedavra in fights.
- fly a broom or Hippogriff across the countryside and skim low over the ground from Hogwarts to the Highlands.
- chain spells to float enemies, burn them, and slam them into the ground in rapid duels.
- learn new spells in class, then immediately use them to unlock paths and solve castle secrets.
6Cities: Skylines
- Players say: As mayor, build a city from open land by planning roads, services, districts, and budgets while responding to its changing needs. Players like: Creative City Building · Satisfying City Growth · Deep City Systems
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Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Mar 10, 2015
In this game, you can…
- accidentally route sewage outflow into your own drinking-water pumps and watch the whole city get sick from polluted water.
- follow a single named citizen as they commute, work, shop, and chain a metro ride into a bus transfer.
- use mods to expand the playable map far beyond the base size and even fly a plane through your own city.
- lay roads from a lone highway connection and watch empty land turn into neighborhoods with homes, shops, and factories.
- rebuild highway exits and roundabouts until traffic patterns actually change and congestion drops dramatically across the city.
- draw and rename districts, then flip policies like free public transport or no high-rises to reshape how an area develops.
- build a dam that raises the river, then watch the new water level flood whatever neighborhoods you put too close.
- run buses, metros, trains, taxis, cargo ships, and airports, then tune routes so the entire transport network works together.
7DOOM Eternal
- Players say: As the Slayer, battle Hell’s invasion in a fast FPS, switching weapons and killing demons to replenish health, armor, and ammo. Players like: Fast Combat Flow · Heavy Metal Soundtrack · Weapon Variety
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Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
Mar 19, 2020
In this game, you can…
- set enemies on fire to make armor shards spray out of them while you keep shooting.
- chainsaw a weak demon mid-fight to refill ammo, then immediately spend it on heavy weapons.
- open up the hub and play the original DOOM games from inside this one, alongside secret encounters and replayable challenge rooms.
- glory-kill demons for health.
- hook onto an enemy with a gun, yank yourself to them, blast at point-blank range, then double-dash back into the air.
- double jump, double dash, grab monkey bars, hit jump pads, and wall-climb during the same firefight to keep moving and shooting.
- shoot specific weak points to disable enemy attacks instead of emptying whole magazines into them.
8American Truck Simulator
- Players say: Take freight jobs across American highways, drive customizable semi trucks, park trailers, and grow a transportation company. Players like: Relaxing Long Drives · American Road Scenery · Truck Customization
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Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
Feb 2, 2016
In this game, you can…
- get stuck in a traffic jam because there's a small plane sitting on the highway behind cones and a cop car.
- neglect your truck and have it get worse mid-trip, like the engine starting to fail or the gearbox losing high gears.
- start as a hired driver, buy your first truck, then build garages and hire drivers until your fleet's income covers your tickets and repairs.
- choose a hard backing-in, an easy pull-in, or skip parking at the end of every delivery.
- back a long trailer into a loading dock using only your mirrors, with handling that can feel real enough to train the skill.
- roll into a delivery yard at night with a double load, thread tight turns without clipping anything, then inch the trailer into place a few feet at a time.
- hit the brakes and downshift an 18-speed in fog and rain when a car blows a stop sign, then still make the dock, grab a new trailer, and keep hauling.
- run convoys with friends, drive side by side, refuel together, and deal with the same chaotic merges while everyone watches it happen.
9Slime Rancher
- Players say: As rancher Beatrix, explore an alien world, vacuum up and breed slimes, then sell their plorts to grow your ranch. Players like: Cute Slime Designs · Relaxing Atmosphere · Slime Breeding
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Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Aug 1, 2017
In this game, you can…
- buy a slime hoop and play basketball by shooting slimes through it as fast as you can reload.
- trigger a tarr outbreak when a slime eats the wrong plort, and watch it spread by eating other slimes.
- feed an enormous slime until it bursts, then grab the key it was hiding to unlock new areas.
- feed a slime its favorite food and get two plorts instead of one.
- cross-breed slimes into giant hybrids that change behavior and diet, then farm their double-value plorts.
- watch slimes physically fight over food until they smash your air net and launch themselves out of the corral.
- stockpile plorts in huge silos, wait for the market to spike, then cash out everything for a massive payout.
- build a sprawling ranch with high walls, solar shields, gardens, coops, silos, teleporters, and mining gadgets that automate your whole loop.
10Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- Players say: Build a lane-by-lane plant defense against invading zombies, adapting your lineup to changing lawns and enemy types. Players like: Accessible Strategy · Varied Challenges · Memorable Music
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Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
May 5, 2009
In this game, you can…
- play a mode where you control the zombies, choose your horde, and break through cardboard plants to eat the brains.
- create your own custom zombie and sometimes see it wandering around in the actual attacking hordes.
- beat the final boss, then watch the zombies you fought all game perform a full ending music video together.
- plant sunflowers to generate sun, then spend it to build a defensive lineup before the next wave reaches your house.
- fight on lawns that turn into night fog, pool lanes, and a rooftop, forcing you to rethink where every plant goes.
- drop a cherry bomb to instantly erase a packed lane and flip a losing wave into a win.
- replay the whole campaign with the full plant roster, but have three of your plant picks randomly chosen for you.
- smash open vases to reveal hidden plants and zombies, then rebuild your defense on the fly based on what you found.
