My favorite genre of games is adventure games for kids and for adults. They teach how to solve logical problems, are usually filled with tons of humor and when the kids can finally solve them by themselves they feel a real sense of accomplishment. These usually require some adult help at first but you will have fun while doing so.
A shout HAS to go out the company Humongous Entertainment for creating such great adventure games for many different ages. In all of them there are GREAT animations, songs, inventory items to pick up and use and wonderful characters.
---- Putt Putt is for kids ages 3-6 and is a car traveling with his dog sidekick. My favorites are Putt Putt Saves the Zoo and Putt Putt Joins The Circus. Although some of the others are easier for first time adventurers.
---- Freddi Fish is a girl fish traveling with her sidekick Luther the little fish and is for ages 4-7.
My favorite is Freddi Fish: Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse.
---- Pajama Sam is a little boy who is in his PJ's solving his adventures. Ages 5-8.
My favorite of this series is Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside
--- Spy Fox is a Fox who is a Spy and uses lots of cool spy gadgets to solve mysteries.
Requires a little more thinking outside the box and is probably better for the seasoned
adventurer. Ages 6-9 and my favorite is Spy Fox: Dry Cereal
I'll Start with the oldest first.....
For Ages 8 - 12
Nancy Drew offers a series of adventure mysteries that have great graphics, sound and are challenging. You are Nancy Drew are have to walk around talking to various characters gathering clues in order to solve the mystery. These are for kids that used to these kinds of games otherwise you might have a frustrated child on your hands! If you want to sit with your child and get involved in the movie-like adventure with them -- these are the games for you! My favorites are Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon and Nancy Drew :Message in a Haunted Mansion. We still have a few to try and I can't wait for Christmas! : )
Next are the Mia Games. These have a little mouse on an adventure and games relating to that subject (Math, Reading, Science, Language). They let you pick different levels according to age so it is challenging but not impossible. The graphics and sound are beautiful. Mia is a cute character -- her voice is a little too cutesy for me and I was pleasantly surprised my son didn't write them off as "girly games" because of it. They have tons of great puzzles as well as games to keep you going until the adventure is solved. My son's favorites which I promised him I would mention are: Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time and Mia's Reading Adventure: The Search for Grandma's Remedy.
For AGES 5-8 I highly recommend the Humongous Games Up above. And there's one more that I'll mention if you can stand to bring ANY MORE Spongebob into your house! My 4 year old daughter plays this with my 7 year old son and we all had lots of laughs figuring it all out. A standard adventure game with inventory and logical thinking -- although it is Spongebob so you might have to think outside the box at times! Spongebob :Employee of the Month is an entertaining adventure game.
For Ages 3-6
I had to through in an additional recommendation for Ollo In the Sunny Valley Fair.
In it you are a little ball and you have to help grow and then get back the BIG Tomato in time for it to be judged at the Fair. Very cute for first time adventurers.
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