Games to get your girlfriend into gaming

It depends on the person, I had a girlfriend who whasn't really into gamming all that much but for some reason liked the God of War series.

maybe some casual HOG adventures? :D

Stardew is good, the dev planned to add multiplayer to the game, so maybe it's worth the wait?

So mine really liked Diablo 3

First, I envy you. :)
And I recommend Sims series.

Portal 1 and 2

I suppose there's the portal games. Maybe saints row IV since it's a crazy and whacky sandbox kind of game. Perhaps Bastion. Also Dust: An Elysian Tail is pretty good too.

I hate Tomb Raider (reboot), but I mean, lots of other people like it. So maybe Tomb Raider (the reboot) (It has a gorey scene or two in it by the way. You'd have to let her know about that. Also some death can be pretty graphic, you can see this stuff online.)

The Walking Dead is nice. Basically a story she might enjoy with barely any interaction in the gameplay

I started watching youtube (so watching people play)around 3 years ago, then got an Xbox to play FPSs etc... Then after a while built my PC and ended up loving gaming so much that I'm playing a wide range of games. I now play with my bf and others! Although I did play games as a child, but I just stopped until like a year or two ago :)

Just tell her to watch youtube and whatever she finds interesting she can play. Let her find her way around a little :3

Gotta get a girlfriend first! :D

To The Moon.

Portal.

Most TellTale games have a great story, but some are "dark/scary/bloody", though in a story-appropriate fashion. They aren't grisly for the sake of being edgy.

Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, or any other Lucasarts-style adventure game (no deaths [outside of what's called for by the plot], so it's definitely easier for beginners).

Papers, Please.

if i had a girlfriend why would i play video games with her?

You should get her Visual Novels first.

Transformice, just make sure you master wall jumping first before she does.

Archeage~

My girlfriend watched me play The Binding of Isaac. As soon as I asked "you want to try?" She was hooked. This was about 3 years ago, since then we/she have/has played: Don't starve, Far Cry 3 and 4, both Amnesias, Outlast and more. I even got her to play some DiRT Rally with me, and go figure, she was better than me..at first. AND SHE DOESN'T LIKE RACING GAMES AT ALL. Anyway, fast forward to today, she is playing FarCry 4 next to me on the PC I built for her on her birthday, while I write this comment.
But for "newbie" gamers I can suggest Telltale games and maybe Trine 1 2 and 3.

video games are like krptonite to alot of females. I'm 35 years old, have dated close to 30 females, only had one of them mildly interested in video games, and those games were just some facebook games. Normally the reactions were.. ugh, you're playing games again. Like isn't 20 minutes once a week good enough ... well no it's not.. when I have games that take upwards of 100+ hours, not even getting into the whole MMO games I played like 5 - 6 years ago.

Well, it kinda depends on her playstyle too, she may be not into games like Witcher but instead preferred something in different setting or purpose... Nevertheless, my list:

1. Portal and Portal 2. Must play, totally. Easy to pick up, can be frustrating/mindblowing but hey, after that you're thinking with portals!
2. If she's more into platformers - I have to mention [b]Type:Rider[/b]. It's a game about typography, but it's crafted perfectly - it looks and sounds stunning and offers much fun.
3. early parts of Assassin's Creed - for example, the second one is super easy with gameplay and still offers a good story (and has adorable Leonardo da Vinci too).
4. Dragon Age and Mass Effect series - if she likes playing for a story - well, this is REALLY MUST play too. Great gameplay (more or less) and REALLY good stories in both series (and romanceable crew, let's don't forget that ^^). Furthermore, if she like Star Wars she may be interested in Knights of the Old Republic - the game may look outdated but, believe me, it's not :) (and it's now in humble bundle)
5. Life is Strange - another great story with easy controls.
6. The Wolf Among Us - mix of thriller and fairytales put in modern New York. This one is somehow dark, but not really scary or bloody. And I'm pretty sure she will like Bigby, the main character ;)
7. Don't Starve - playable over and over (DSTogether is more fun tho).

Also, she could take look at https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/lab/ "Gamer recommender engine" - after a quick test it may find some new games for her that were not mentioned here :)

My gf plays mostly hogs nowadays.
But she loves Age of Empires II and even EuroTruck Simulator 2 xD Her profile has more money than mine ¬¬
We used to play racing games too, like Mario Kart and Sonic All Star Racing Transformed too. And F-Zero GX.

Demon's souls defo!

Why hasn't anyone posted the obvious answer? Just pick up the latest Barbie game, whatever it is. Girls are different than boys and need image-oriented games because their hand-eye coordination isn't as good as boys.

/s because there's always someone who doesn't recognize sarcasm.

The best way to figure out what games your girlfriend--or anyone--likes, is to have a conversation with them, and engage in a little experimentation--not ask the internet for the secrets to the magic pixie dust that makes their girl brain explode like fireworks.

I apologize if I sound like a snarky asshole. I've been dealing with a snarky asshole in another thread. Also, I once had a girlfriend that played games and please wait a minute while I go punch a wall.

Also, The Walking Dead adventure game, S1 and then S2.

Various Genres:

Plants vs. Zombies Has Free Demo
Bejeweled Twist Has Free Demo
Lowglow
Peggle Has Free Demo
Zuma Has Free Demo
World Of Goo Has Free Demo
Braid Has Free Demo
Morphopolis
Toki Tori Has Free Demo
Psychonauts
Dear Esther
The Stanley Parable Has Free Demo
Kentucky Route Zero
Winter Voices Has Free Demo
The Longest Journey Has Free Demo
Siberia
Limbo Has Free Demo
Zenbound 2

Girls playing games lol. People need to stop spreading such crazy myths.

Firewatch

It all depends on her taste in things. My fiancee tends to prefer violent competitive online games... whereas I lean more towards a laid back single player or cooperative experiences. Has she played portal? That's a nice fairly universal gem. We both liked Don't starve and Don't starve together. Though I had to do a custom world gen the first few times to make the game slightly less "horrifyingly difficult". Fallout 4 is another one that appeals to a broad spectrum of people, I tend to spend far too much time poking around building the town, she tends to go on killing spree's out in the wilds, we both like the game but do dramatically different things in it.

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Oh! and on the witcher subject, one odd thing I've found out from having conversations with her. She HATES medieval theme'd stuff or "high fantasy" but she likes the stories in some games like those, so she wouldn't touch the witcher but she'd be interested in peeking over my shoulder every so often to see what's going on story wise but beyond that mostly doing her own thing while I play. This mostly came up because I was trying to figure out why she played fallout 4 a lot, but barely got 3 days into skyrim before she never touched it again.

Your thread made me realize that I've never had a boyfriend who was into gaming. nor metal music or weird Asian movies, for that matter :o/

To answer your question, I'm not sure... a fun platformer might do the trick, I think. Ori and the Blind Forest as others have suggested... or Super Panda Adventures (it's cheap, even at regular price and is totally awesome)? A beat 'em up game in coop mode like Double Dragon: Neon could be nice, too.

Good luck?