# Kids Games Recommendations the 2025 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Boardgames\ **Tags:** recommendations, recommendations-plea\ **Created:** [17 July 2025 13:09 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889 "2025-07-17T13:09:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 13:09 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/1 "2025-07-17T13:09:54Z")
The kids in question (my partner’s niece and nephew) already own a copy of Loopin’ Louie we gave them. Other than that… it’s whatever random game their parents found. They are 5 and 3 years old. As I don’t have kids of my own and our friends’ kids are growing up quickly, I am quite out of touch what games to recommend. Obviously, they need to be available right now. Games that can’t be found anywhere are hard to recommend. Also the parents aren’t hobbyist gamers. They casually play some games sometimes. Some of my usual suspects include - Carcassonne - Dragomino What else? ---
**Author:** ![Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/captbnut/32/21513_2.png) [@Captbnut](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Captbnut)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 13:11 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/2 "2025-07-17T13:11:25Z")
Dobble 3 is tricky - probably the HABA games ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 13:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/3 "2025-07-17T13:14:39Z")
I’d rather future-proof the little one 🙂 I don’t think he is actually ready to sit down for a game besides Looping Louie. But he might be around Christmas time… Their mom just told me that they were at an outlet center and she just bought up whatever games she saw there and obviously I said: why didn’t you ask me for recs 🫠 Haba: [First Orchard | Board Game | BoardGameGeek](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41302/first-orchard) ---
**Author:** ![BertFill](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BertFill](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BertFill)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 13:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/4 "2025-07-17T13:26:24Z")
Dobble, Rhino Hero, Ghost Blitz? I second the Haba suggestion; not many companies specialise in games for very young kids _and_ make the games good. ---
**Author:** ![BertFill](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BertFill](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BertFill)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 13:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/5 "2025-07-17T13:30:02Z")
Outfoxed? In all honesty, I think three might be pushing it. There’s stuff five year olds can manage ok, but three is very young. ---
**Author:** ![apcshields](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/apcshields/32/1058_2.png) [@apcshields](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/apcshields)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 14:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/6 "2025-07-17T14:56:55Z")
It’s a HABA game, but I’d specifically call out [My Very First Games: Building Site](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314348/my-very-first-games-building-site). I gave it to my now-six-year-old two years ago, and they loved it. They pulled out the pieces to play with their 19-month-old cousin this week. (Obviously their cousin didn’t _play_ it, but they drove the truck around and did some stacking.) Is it a great game? No. But it has rules and a victory condition, it’s cooperative, and it’s very tactile. ---
**Author:** ![Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marx/32/28667_2.png) [@Marx](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Marx)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 15:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/7 "2025-07-17T15:55:47Z")
Another call for HABA Games. They make great games for kids that are often pretty fun for adults. I’ll also echo the worry about the 3-year-old. There are HABA games that cover that age, and I’d recommend them, but chances are good the adults will find them a little boring. That stated, I have played a bunch of 4+ year-old HABA games and some are really good. Games I Have Played and Enjoyed: Rhino Hero, Rhino Hero Super Battle, Go Cucko (which might be a different publisher now, but it’s _great_), Monza, and Unicorn Glitterluck (which is co-op!). Games I Haven’t Played But Had Good Recommendations from Customers: Inspector Mouse, My First Orchard, Valley of the Vikings, and the line of My Very First Games (MVFG), although they are aimed very young. ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 16:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/8 "2025-07-17T16:01:02Z")
re: everyone who worries about the 3yo. I hear you. I don’t think he’s ready for games either. But his sister is. And the parents are starting to buy games, which I was rather surprised to hear. So I’d rather give them some good recs for the 5yo and recommend Haba for the little one with the named caveats. ---
**Author:** ![dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/dscheidt)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 19:20 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/9 "2025-07-17T19:20:45Z")
Two games my daughter really liked at 5 and 6 were ‘Cat Crimes’, and ‘Kittin’. (There’s totally not a theme there…) They’re both relatively inexpensive and small. Cat Crimes is a solo or co-op logic game, using the clues on the card to place the cats on the board and figure out which cat is guilty. She did the easy puzzles on her own, and I provided some direction on harder ones (mostly by helping double check the solution before flipping the card over to see the answer). Kittin is a dexterity game where you use small plastic pieces (choking hazard!) to assemble a cat into the shape on the card that got turned over. First to do it wins the round. She’d play it solo when she couldn’t get a parent to play with her. ---
**Author:** ![Brattyjedi](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/brattyjedi/32/1618_2.png) [@Brattyjedi](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Brattyjedi)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 21:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/10 "2025-07-17T21:06:11Z")
I am eagerly following this thread for suggestions to get to play with the 5 year old (turning 6 in 3 weeks) we have welcomed to our home on a long-term foster care placement. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2025 21:12 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/11 "2025-07-17T21:12:44Z")
Cascadia should work for an almost 6 yo. you can scale up the rules bit by bit. generally tile laying feels like it should work in some capacity as you build something up… ---
**Author:** ![felix](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/felix/32/1023_2.png) [@felix](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/felix)\ **Post date:** [18 July 2025 22:31 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/12 "2025-07-18T22:31:03Z")
I enjoyed this piece from Dan Thurot about a five-year-old’s approach to the Bloom Edition of A Gentle Rain: > **[A Mindful Rain](https://spacebiff.com/2025/04/07/a-gentle-rain/)** > > It’s been said many times before, but A Gentle Rain is not Kevin Wilson’s typical fare. Highly abstract, both in setting and objective, and showcasing a willingness to sidestep victory … And Wilmot’s Warehouse: > **[Ars Wilmot](https://spacebiff.com/2024/08/06/wilmots-warehouse/)** > > Meet Wilmot’s Warehouse. Based on the video game by Richard Hogg and Ricky Haggett, and designed by David King — creator of browser-based roll-and-write Tiny Islands — Wilmot’s Warehous… ---
**Author:** ![yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/yashima/32/21481_2.png) [@yashima](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/yashima)\ **Post date:** [26 February 2026 16:07 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/kids-games-recommendations-the-2025-edition/5889/13 "2026-02-26T16:07:27Z")
It is not completely fresh but we return to this again and again. Anyhow someone made an awesome list for kids’ games and obviously I am still in need of more of those as niece and nephew are still very young. [https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/374254/10-years-of-teaching-kids-games-the-10-best](https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/374254/10-years-of-teaching-kids-games-the-10-best) Maybe some of you can use this one, too