One GTA game (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) was so treif that when someone found deleted content on the disk, it pushed Hilary Clinton to tighten restraints on selling games to children.
In no particular order, here are some “kosher” games that I play and allow my children to play. They are all technically bad for the Jews as they lead to bitul Torah.
- NetHack
- Dwarf Fortress
- All the major Mario games, from Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario Odyssey
- Portal and Portal 2 (some kol isha at the end)
- Harvest Moon 64
- Lemmings
- Super Hexagon
- Minecraft (offline of course)
- Space Chem
- TIS-100
- Snake
- Overcooked (especially fun with friends)
- Snake Pass
- Humongous Entertainment games, especially the Putt Putt, Freddie Fish, and Pajama Sam series’s
- Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (or just about any tower defense game)
- Hexcells
- Braid
- Crayon Physics Deluxe
- SpaceCom
- Osmos
- Any game in the Civilization series
- SimCity
- Cities: Skylines
- Anno 1492 AKA Dawn of Discovery
- Ticket to Ride
- Thomas was Alone
- World of Goo
- A Mind Forever Voyaging
You should note that I consciously did not include the excellent point-and-click adventure game The Shivah on this list. Because, despite the only game I can think of (Crusader Kings II doesn’t count) that has a frum person as the protagonist, it has a bit of violence and some bad language in it that may be to unkosher for a nice Jewish household.