Is this game scary for a 10-year old?

[+Analbi]

To put you into conext... i play with my nephew, who is thousands of kilometers away from me with my sister living on the other end of the country. Every Monday and Saturday, we play Steam games on an account i made for him and fed with games.

Thing is, i am debating on wether buy this or Dead Rising 2 so we can play, the latter option rejected after talking to my sister about her two cents.

But i saw this and... despite arriving too late for being on sale and having to wait instead for... maybe the next weekend, saw that it contains some crude doodles and such, making me think it might have some perturbing images i don't want my nephew have nightmares (Still, Dead Rising 2 MAY give him nightmares, tho).

What do you guys think? Is it kid-friendly or just for adults?

[LeFrench]

Game can get pretty spooky honestly, Willows run around with lighters and giant teddy bears run rampant throughout the world.

[drinkmetogrow]

There are a few aspects that one could find scary (giants, certain mobs, screen shakes, hound attacks,etc).. but thankfully all of those can be turned down, or even off completely, when creating a world

If they/you don't like it, and you've played for less than 2 hours, and have owned it for less than 2 weeks, you can always refund it.

[Corona Varus]

No. It scares the entire community if he enters the world and starts talking a lot, burning the base as Willow, being Wes, or being a burden by being maid Wendy in the base. Literally have to double down on farming meat because of players not doing enough work or preparation for Winter.

[Rando the Crit Clown]

It's not scary.

[Justice]

Not really. But underground in Caves and Ruins it does feel spooky.
If I was a parent I would let kid play as young as 6 years old, but pretty much any age as long as they have learning capability of survival and crafting in this game.

[ChrillBill]

I think it would be fine.

Caves and ruins are a bit spooky indeed. And there are also certain sounds that I find quite terrifying especially while wearing a headset. For example when Burger (Bearger) is about to spawn and you hear him roar... But then when you actually see him his roar doesn't quite match his looks. He is so adorable and I wish I could keep him as a pet *.*

The game is more funny than scary in my opinion and if anything you can always adjust things to your own liking with the built in game options.

[Mr C.Folt Scruff]

THe game kinda cartoonishly scary but the lore can be very dark and depressing.

Overall its fine i guess my sister got spooked by penguin spawning at winter night of all thing so

[tools guy-kun]

it depends on what they're afraid of and what their level of fear tolerance is. the game can get a little creepy sometimes with certain mobs such as the spiders, some giants and the hounds, but other than that it should be fine.

you can also disable certain mobs/aspects from spawning in the world that you think your sibling wouldn't be able to handle, but mind you that you could be eliminating a source that contains essential craft ingredients and the like.

[Silent Guy]

lol this game isn't scary.

[Nei]

DST is pretty friendly

[Shame]

Recent content has been pretty tame. But go insane during the night, wait till night of day 30 or enter the ruins and judge for yourself.

[Niwoh]

From personal experience, when I was 10 years old the idea of my character dying or even getting hurt was what scared me more than anything else for some reason. Violent and gory games were a lot less scary than this one teddy bear jump and run game that will forever be burnt into my memory, even though in hindsight it was a quite cute and completely harmless game.

From that perspective I could see DST being quite scary. There's no violence, disturbing art or anything, but it does a really good job at creating an uneasy feeling and pressure not to die through a series of small mistakes with problems piling on until you eventually and inevitably crumble.
That's how it plays for the first few hours until you figure out the basics, after that it's a different story, it's actually a pretty cute game in terms of art etc.

Long story short, I'm pretty sure 10 year old me wouldn't be scared of dead rising 2, but would be pretty scared by DST. However I am also certain my mother would have never let me play dead rising, but absolutely would have let me play DST.

[chief keef funniest lyrics💯]

its pretty wacky tbh

[+Analbi]

Originally posted by Failzz:

Long story short, I'm pretty sure 10 year old me wouldn't be scared of dead rising 2, but would be pretty scared by DST. However I am also certain my mother would have never let me play dead rising, but absolutely would have let me play DST.

Dead Rising 2 is 98% gorier than DST, i already told that to my sister and she said no, this one looks cartoonishly perturbing, but might do the trick

[Lordimbroke]

it was for me lol