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  1. 1Venba (2023)Venba (2023) 7.3/10 on IGDBReleased 31 Jul 2023Cooking makes the distance between a mother and her growing son tangible. As Venba rebuilds damaged Tamil recipes in Canada, the meals carry things that conversation does not always manage to say. The short story follows changes in language, work and belonging, with recipes giving you something to…0
  2. 2My Child: Lebensborn Remastered (2023)My Child: Lebensborn Remastered (2023)Released 18 Jul 2023Preparing food, earning money, keeping your child clean and finding time to listen all draw on limited resources. As the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus in post-war Norway, you have to decide how to answer a child's questions while a hostile community judges their origins. Those ordinary tasks…0
  3. 3The Parenting Simulator (2019)The Parenting Simulator (2019)Released 30 Sept 2019From toilet training to the driving test, the decisions concern how to respond as a child changes. Matt Simpson's interactive novel follows a single parent from a baby's arrival to high-school graduation. It is entirely text-based: you read, consider an answer and follow its consequences through…0
  4. 4The Novelist (2013)The Novelist (2013) 7.1/10 on IGDBReleased 10 Dec 2013A father's work, his marriage and his son's needs compete for attention during one summer. You play the unseen presence in the Kaplan family's holiday home, reading thoughts and memories before influencing what Dan prioritises. That unusual role lets you hear more than the father does. Its small…0
  5. 5Where the Heart Leads (2021)Where the Heart Leads (2021)Released 13 Jul 2021Whit Anderson looks back across a life in which work, home and family keep affecting one another. Choices made in conversations can alter what happens to his children as well as the community around them. Its dreamlike spaces create room to consider a parent's regrets and possible alternatives.…0
  6. 6Best Month Ever! (2022)Best Month Ever! (2022)Released 5 May 2022A mother with little time left tries to prepare her son for life after her. Guiding Louise and Mitch through a late-1960s American road trip makes your example part of his developing values, with decisions feeding into different outcomes. The interesting question is what he learns from how you…0
  7. 7The Sims 4 (2014)The Sims 4 (2014) 7.3/10 on IGDBReleased 2 Sept 2014Household care competes with sleep, work and everyone's desire to do something else. The base game lets you raise a family, manage infants' needs and watch relationships develop through ordinary interactions. It is useful for making your own messy family story, with enough absurdity to take the…0
  8. 8Volcano Princess (2023)Volcano Princess (2023) 7.8/10 on IGDBReleased 21 Apr 2023A widowed father helps his daughter discover interests in a fantasy kingdom. Choose lessons, jobs and activities, then follow the friendships and adult paths developing around those decisions. There is room for hobbies alongside combat training. Visible statistics and numerous endings make…0
  9. 9Ciel Fledge (2020)Ciel Fledge (2020) 6.0/10 on IGDBReleased 20 Feb 2020Adopting Ciel means planning classes, hobbies, work and rest over years in a threatened futuristic city. Tiredness can undermine a schedule you thought was sensible, and relationships develop alongside abilities. The repeated planning makes the practical burden of care tangible. Activities resolve…0
  10. 10That Dragon, Cancer (2016)That Dragon, Cancer (2016) 7.5/10 on IGDBReleased 11 Jan 2016Joel Green's parents made this interactive memoir about loving their son through cancer. Small interactions, play, family recordings and moments of helplessness ask you to be present without promising that the right input can cure him. That limit is central to why it belongs here: care has meaning…0