Free Realms vs Monkey Quest
Free Realms
Free Realms is a child-friendly 3D virtual world game by Sony Entertainment where you can meet and chat with new friends, explore the beautiful world and possibly discover hidden secrets, as well as enjoy a mini-game or two competitively with other players in the game and climb up the leaderboard with your best high score. You are even given a virtual home in this game that you can then customize and organize a party in.Unfortunately, Free Realms is currently available on the Playstation platform, and although there is an unofficial PC reboot coming soon, it's still in its alpha phase and may take a while to finally be launched to the public. However, you might want to check out our list of similar games in the meantime.
Monkey Quest
Monkey Quest is a child-friendly MMORPG/ virtual world game set in the beautiful, isometric (platformer-like) world of Ook. Play as an adorable monkey, which you can customize as you wish, and set off on an RPG-like adventure where you'll complete quests given by other monkeys you meet along the way. The monkey you play as will also need a class, and you can choose from being a Pirate to a Wizard to a Ninja or even to a Viking.Being part of an MMORPG, you'll also get to play with your friends and journey together in a group, battling enemies along the way. As you level up, you'll also gain more powerful and cool-looking skills to help you defeat tougher foes. You can even buy a pet who will help you during combat. For the explorers at heart, there are plenty of locations for you to explore as well.
However, the best thing about this game is that it is designed with a younger audience in mind, and thus, the game has plenty of restrictions in place to help safeguard these younger players from potential cyber harm. This also allows parents to turn this game into a fun family-bonding activity.
That said, Monkey Quest has been shut down quite some time ago and if you're interested to find another game that both you and your kids will be able to enjoy, you might want to take a look at our list of alternative games.