My kid seem more interested in watching me play. He'll make requests but has no interest in touching the keyboard. Although city skylines and Minecraft (immersive railroading) on a keyboard might be too much for a first taking the controls.
For me, it all started with Farming simulator from the age of 5. Once he started, he was hooked. It taught him so much- patience, value of money, problem solving, making something to sell it for something else in return etc etc. It's great because there's also no addictive mechanisms or time pressures that happen a lot in games these days. Everything was at his own pace and he could build and partake in his own world as he saw fit.
My (now) five year old started out playing a few games I had on the PC. Very simply indie games that you just kind of felt out the movement. There was this fantastic little game where you navigate around a world full of brightly coloured bouncing balloons that she absolutely adored.
Then when she was a bit older she moved onto Donut County on the Switch. She absolutely adores that one, to the point that she's beaten it on her own. I recommend that to every parent who asks.
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