Lifelong Arcade
A growing database of games worth playing as we age.
Kerbal Space Program
Chapters 3, 8
A space-flight simulation game where you build rockets and learn real orbital physics through trial and error. Don't be fooled by the goofy…
View Stories (0)Kind Words
Chapter 8
A gentle game where you write supportive letters to strangers and reply to theirs, all set to calm music. There are no scores or rankings, a…
View Stories (0)Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Chapters 8, 12
A grounded historical role-playing game set in medieval Bohemia with no fantasy elements. You play a commoner learning to read, fight, and s…
View Stories (0)L.A. Noire
Chapters 1, 12
A detective adventure set in a painstakingly reconstructed 1947 Los Angeles, built from thousands of historical photographs. You investigate…
View Stories (0)Lost Ruins of Arnak
Chapter 13
A board game about an expedition to a newly discovered island, where you send archaeologists to uncover ruins, fend off the guardians you wa…
View Stories (0)Microsoft Flight Simulator
Chapters 3, 7, 10
This is also recommendation for any Lifelong Gamers looking at this list. I gave the game a spin expecting nothing from it—simply because so…
View Stories (2)Minecraft
Chapters 1, 6, 7, 12
An open sandbox of buildable blocks with no fixed goals. You mine, craft, and construct anything you can imagine, alone or with others. The…
View Stories (0)Monikers
Chapter 13
My favorite non-digital party game. Monikers is a simple card game that asks players to explain the celebrity, concept, or character on a ca…
View Stories (0)Mysterium
Chapter 13
A cooperative board game where one player is a silent spirit who can communicate only through surreal illustrated cards, while everyone else…
View Stories (0)Papers, Please
Chapter 8
A dystopian puzzle game where you play a border inspector checking documents at a desk. Its interface mimics real paperwork so faithfully th…
View Stories (0)Patchwork
Chapter 13
A game built strictly for two, where you buy oddly shaped fabric patches and fit them together into a quilt on your own board, Tetris-style.…
View Stories (0)Pokémon Go
Chapters 3, 5, 12
A mobile game that overlays creature-catching onto the real world, encouraging you to walk your neighborhood to find and collect them. Its r…
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