I banned my kid from Roblox.... what next?

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

micnd90, (edited )

Pokemon? Despite many of its flaws, it encourages honest trading amongst friends, it is a classic JRPG, and has no microtransaction. You can play it on emulator if you don’t have a switch

Gabu,

OP has an Xbox, configuring emulators on that isn’t very fun.

Crashumbc,

Dark Souls

Gabu,

Do you want OP’s kid to grow up to become a masochist? Because that would do it.

b0gl,

Just let them play minecraft instead. Minecraft dungeons could be good but it’s only 4 people at the same time tho.

asg101,

RunEscape has a pretty expansive free to play game. Cartoonish gore.

WetBeardHairs,

God runescape is still a thing? I played that in middleschool…

chaogomu,

I remember playing it a bit back in 2001.

And yes, it's still around.

There are even two versions that Jagex maintains, the main branch, and Old School Runescape, which is based around how the game was back in 2007-2009. (but with new stuff still added all the time)

WetBeardHairs,

Whoa that is a rabbithole I really should not let him know about. Talk about a time sink - people have been playing that for decades now.

PlasterAnalyst,

I think it's more popular in poorer countries because you don't need a high end PC to play it.

Sky_Lobster,

Minecraft?

WetBeardHairs,

That’s a good one! I’m kind of hoping to give him a copy of something as a gift - but he’s already got minecraft. I want him to have options.

can,

Terraria?

WetBeardHairs,

Oh that’s a good one

msage,

Also Calamity mod… it expands Terraria massively

Aatube,
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FTB modpacks?

WetBeardHairs,

Yeah they play stuff like bedwars.

Aatube,
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Ah. So they’ve never played co-op stuff before?

Cagi,

Fall Guys, Among Us, Totally Reliable Delivery Service. These games are full of shenanigans 10 year olds love.

WetBeardHairs,

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Thanks for that one. I hadn’t seen it yet. I bet they’d have fun with it.

Cagi,

Also Goat Simulator.

Aatube, (edited )
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Please don’t make people play fall guys anymore. Epic has run that thing into the ground by laying off most of their creative team and basically deleting levels and over-monetizing cosmetics

Nacktmull,

Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed Collection

gunpachi,
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Some games you could consider -

  1. Krunker
  2. Minecraft java edition
  3. Stardew valley
  4. Terraria
  5. Starbound
  6. Dorfromantik
  7. Cities skyline
  8. Goat simulator
onlooker,
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Couple of issues with this list:

  • OP said their son in his friends use Xbox Series X/S, so that effectively removes Krunker and Minecraft Java Edition. That said, I believe Minecraft Bedrock Edition is available for XSX.
  • Stardew Valley is great, but the son’s social group has 5 people. Stardew Valley only supports up to 4.
  • Cities Skylines does not have multiplayer.

Can’t speak for Dorfromantik, because I haven’t played it, but the rest seem like great choices.

learningduck,

Easy solution for Stardew Valley. Unfriend one.

Joke aside, Factorio multiplayer would be nice to teach some logical thinking, but it’s only on PC

progettarsi,

fortnite

SatouKazuma,
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One pick that I’m surprised hasn’t been mentioned yet is Overcooked 2. No profanity or anything. The only disadvantage is that the game is rather short.

only0218,

There is now a third release containing part 1 and 2 and I think a few of the dlcs

SatouKazuma,
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Good call out!

piyuv,

Overcooked may not have profanity but it certainly cultivates it

SatouKazuma,
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HAHAHA

FlavoredButtHair,
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Diablo II, III, IV. It’ll teach him how to build character with the skill points.

Kushia,
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Microtransactions aside, if you’re trying to protect your kids from creeps online you’re gonna have to ban every platform that supports interactions with strangers. This includes several other games you’ve mentioned in the comments including Minecraft.

Personally, instead of banning it I just play it with my kids on a regular basis. There’s plenty of actually decent games on Roblox and it enables game ideas that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day. My favourite is the Ikea survival game.

Pietson,

The problem with Roblox is that they themselves are the creeps exploiting kids

ArmainAP,

Was he interested in developing games in Roblox or just playing them? If he was interested in development, consider showing to him Godot. Do a simple tutorial together, maybe a multiplayer that he can send and show off to his friends.

Pietson,

Something like scratch is probably a much easier introduction.

Templa, (edited )

Maybe it would be cool to ask which games they used to play on Roblox and we could suggest alternatives to those too!

If they are into farming games I’d recommend Stardew Valley, in addition to other games already recommended.

Edit: Many games I wanted to recommend are PC only. 🥲

Edit2: I just saw someone else’s post about the social circle being of 5 which makes Stardew Valley more difficult, oof

Aquilae,
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Terraria

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