*Breathes in*
1. Animal Crossing
2. Super Mario Maker 2
3. Splatoon 2
4. Super Mario Odyssey
5. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
6. Katamari Damacy Reroll
7. Pokemon: Let’s Go Pickachu!
8. Just Dance 2021
9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
10. Mario & Sonic At The Olympics 2020
11. Yoshi’s Crafted World
12. Super Mario Party
14. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
15. Super Mario 3D All-Stars
16. Donut County
17. Spirit Of The North
18. Luigi’s Mansion 3
19. Yoshi’s Crafted World
20. Kirby Star Allies
21. Paper Mario Origami King
22. Pikmin 3
23. Gran Turismo Sport
24. Rock Band 4 (also consider Guitar Hero)
25. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
26. Stardew Valley
27. Flower
28. Minecraft
29. Rocket League
30. Journey
31. The Witness
32. Fez
33. Dear Esther
34. Little Big Planet 2
35. MLB The Show 2020
36. Portal 1/ Portal 2
Note: As we’ve emphasized, what constitutes a ‘violent’ video game isn’t universal–and that is especially true for the Portal series. If you play the single-player campaign, the ending boss sequence requires the player to defeat a robot/AI, in part by using portals to send its own rockets back at it. That definitely tends towards the definition of ‘violence’ but the overall theme and tone and mechanics of the game emphasize problem-solving, analysis, spatial thinking, cause-effect relationships, and so on. So while it does ‘have’ some violence, it wouldn’t fall under what we would call ‘violent video games.’
You can always check out YouTube for gameplay videos to see and decide for yourself.
37. Cities Skylines
38. Assassin’s Creed: Origins or Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Museum/Discovery modes)
These two are radically undervalued in terms of their game-based learning potential and in the above Museum/Discovery modes are simple guided tours through ancient places and cultures (in these cases, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece).
39. Disneyland Adventures
40. Zoo Tycoon
41. Bridge Constructor
42. Old Man’s Journey
43. Super Mega Baseball 2
44. Roblox
45. Forza Horizon 4
46. Super Mario Run
47. Civilization V
48. Sims 4
49. Democracy 3
50. Pokemon Go
51. Tetris
52. Minecraft
53. Never Alone
54. Way Of The Turtle
55. Tetris
56. Roblox
57. The Gardens Between
58. The Talos Principle
59. SimCity BuildIt
60. The Kids We Were
61. Sky: Children Of The Light
62. Flower
63. Florence
64. Harvest Moon
65. Farming Simulator 2019
66. Sonic Dash
67. Uno
68, X-Plane Starship
69. Old Man’s Journey
Cost: $7.99 (one time; no in-app purchases)