PC Game Recommendations for 12 year old boy

[FedupofTurkey]

Can anyone recommend suitable games?

What kind of games does he like? What games do his friends play?

He likes age of empires, sims.

Minecraft would likely go down well, particularly if he has friends who play it. SimCity 4 is also very good although I'd avoid the most recent version - SimCity 2013 - as that is absolutely awful.

I'd also try him with the free demo of Kerbal Space Program. It's a simulator where you build your own rocket, fire it up into space and try to land on another planet.

Agree with above.

Other suggestions-

Civilisation
Spore
Broken Sword
Gone Home

Minecraft question - where can i buy the pc version? And is it online gaming only?

you download the pc version

You can buy it from here. It can be played single-player or multi-player.

World of Warcraft?

The Anno series of games is good too.