Interesting. I don’t have a Windows PC to test but I ran into the same issues (frequent freezing) when I tried playing Skywalker Saga through Boosteroid. I also found many posts online about the Lego games in general being a buggy mess on PC when playing co-op. They work fine solo - can’t even get them to crash there.

I don’t use Windows at all, and have had the issue I mentioned for Skywalker Saga both on Steam OS and in Fedora on my laptop.

It does only occur in split screen though.

What kind of stuff is he into? My son loves simulator games like…

• BeamNG Drive - better with a wheel but very playable on controller.
• Snowrunner
• American truck simulator
• Farming simulator
• Construction simulator
• Lawn mowing simulator

There are a lot of good kart games on PC also, though I will say that my favorite - Sonic Racing Transformed - is much harder than Mario Kart.

Minecraft Dungeons is basically Diablo for kids.

Minecraft is good but I also like Dragon Quest Builders.

I will warn that some of the Lego games are rather buggy on PC. My son and I played all the way through Skywalker Saga and then when we started doing free play found that it would constantly crash.

If you’re just looking for older games like Skyrim, the Framework 13 AMD is a beast. Especially if you get the new AI 300 chipset.

Window heat pumps are coming, they’re just barely starting to hit the market. It would be a great solution for future rentals.