Games for an 11-year old

[Nefaro]

I got my nephew Mark of the Ninja since I've read some good things about it's Action-Stealth gameplay. 

Was debating tryin' it out myself, sometime, but I've already got far more than I can handle right now.  It was even on a daily special, and I resisted.  :'(

[LongBlade]

Eyebiter suggested Plants vs Zombies, and I'll second that. Should be easy for him to master and it is tons of fun.

Many tower defense games will provide reasonably simple gameplay with a fun overlay. Defense Grid should work for him, too, though the later levels can be a challenging nut to crack. The early ones are simple and easy and fun and it should be fairly cheap to pick up.

[Arctic Blast]

Mark of the Ninja is a great choice if a little violence isn't a problem. Costume Quest is actually a really good adventure game that's got a pretty good sense of humor. Cargo Commander is best described as a dungeon crawler where you call the dungeon to you that manages to be quick and always bringing new stuff to the table.

[Staggerwing]

What about Kerbal Space Program? With an adult's help to ease the learning curve for the first few launches it could be a hit.

[MetalDog]

...so a good alternative would be Dragon Age.

I have Dragon Age Origins for my XBOX 360.  It's my understanding that you can make the appropriate responses to one of the female party members and get at least a little kissing action going if not more.

[Queeg]

My 11-year-old (who also likes Minecraft) really likes Roller Coaster Tycoon. 

[mirth]

How about Toy Soldiers? I know it made Gus sad, but it's a solid tower defense game with historical flavor. And it's only 5 bucks on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/98300/

[Slick Wilhelm]

How about Spore? My son loved that when he was 11(only two years ago!).

[Toonces]

Ok guys, thanks for the inputs.  So far we've picked up the Portal bundle and Little Inferno.  I'm going to pull this up with him tomorrow and we'll check out a few other ideas you guys passed around.

[Anguille]

What about Darkstar One on GOG...easy to play and nice story

[eyebiter]

...so a good alternative would be Dragon Age.

I have Dragon Age Origins for my XBOX 360.  It's my understanding that you can make the appropriate responses to one of the female party members and get at least a little kissing action going if not more.

Dragon Age origins might be too bloody for an 11 year old.

There is a video game rating E10+ that should be suitable for his age level.

[Bison]

I've looked at my entire Steam catalogue.

King's Bounty
Amazing Spider Man (Need Controller)
Batman Arkham Asylum (yeah it says teen, but it's Batman.  Come On!  Who doesn't like Batman?)
Drakensang games (The German RPG D&D style)
Elven Legacy  (Good Strategy games can be hard but it's pretty fun)
Galactic Civilization 2 (Civ in space)
Magic the Gathering
Titan Quest
Plants vs Zombies
Sins of the Solar Empire Rebellion
Torchlight 2 (I have an extra copy of Torchlight let me know it's not Torchlight 2 but still good fun)
Trine
Warlock
World of Goo


There's more but not sure what limits you have of course there are several more with MTW2 levels of stuff.

[jejo68]

uhm he is 11 right.
He do know the different between games and reality.

I guess I dont want to show what my son plays at age 9 now