Best Family Games

Every Family game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Family setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Family theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Family world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Family-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Family Games rankings

9.6

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

RPG · Action RPG

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · PC · Xbox One · Xbox Series X

FantasyHigh FantasyFolklore+1

AdventurousImmersiveWonder-Filled+3

9.5

MOTHER 3

RPG

Game Boy Advance · Wii U · Nintendo Switch

FamilyDystopianSatire+1

EmotionalMelancholicThought-Provoking+3

9.4

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

RPG · Action · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Windows · Steam

CrimeComedyFamily+1

AdventurousFunnyQuirky+3

9.3

Crusader Kings II

Strategy · Simulation · Sandbox

Windows · macOS · Linux

MedievalAncient / HistoricalFamily+1

Open-EndedStrategicChallenging+3

9.2

Yakuza 5

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

CrimeModernComedy+1

ImmersiveIntenseQuirky+3

9.2

Crusader Kings III

RPG · Strategy · Simulation

PC (Microsoft Windows) · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

MedievalAncient / HistoricalFamily+1

ImmersiveStrategicFunny+3

9.1

The Lion King

Platformer · Action-Adventure

Sega Genesis · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · NES · Game Boy · Game Gear · Sega Master System · Amiga · MS-DOS · Windows · Linux · Macintosh · Antstream

Nature / WildernessFamily

ChallengingBrutalUnforgiving+3

8.8

Yakuza Kiwami

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

CrimeModernMartial Arts+1

IntenseFunnyQuirky+3

8.5

Brookhaven RP

Simulation · Sandbox

Roblox

ModernFamilyComedy

Open-EndedSocialCasual+1

8.4

Dadish

Action · Adventure · Platformer

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Microsoft Windows · iOS · Android

FamilyComedyCute / Wholesome

ChallengingFunnyQuirky+3

7.6

OMORI: AUTUMN BREAK

RPG · Adventure

PC

FamilyPsychologicalDark / Grim

AtmosphericMelancholicEmotional+2