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My girlfriend likes jrpg games.. I think you could try thoses... There are plenty. Final fantasy etc. Can play with an emulator.
Otherwise she loves Tetris! Playing against her is a ton of fun.
Doki Doki litterature club (visual novels that is kind of funny, I played it with my girlfriend)
Spyro the Dragon (my sister just play this and the Sims lol)
Doki Doki litterature club (visual novels that is kind of funny, I played it with my girlfriend)
Uh.
That particular title is probably not the best introduction to the visual novel genre.
it's the only one I played. -_- but I guess you are right
Terraria!! Easy to understand mechanics, building, controller support or mouse and keyboard and can be run on anything
btw there's a big Stardew update planned for this year, might be worth waiting before starting a new game
Factorio works, but it would probably help to give a guided to tour the store and genres, to figure out what she would like.
If she has really no exposure at all, playing just factorio is limiting yourself to eating one flavor of ice cream.
Phogs
Visual novels are an option.
I'm in a similar situation with my partner; she does game, but only shitty repetitive predatory mobile puzzle games. I got her Stardew to try and she absolutely hated it. I have, however, had some limited success with puzzle RPGs like Ticket to Earth.
Wilmot's Warehouse!
It's an organizing game & you're a little guy! (:
If she would like to get in to more action games, one with a strong story, like the last of us could be a pathway, played on easy/story mode.
Id also second casual games as a pathway to more involved games. Overcooked is white hectic and introduced a few gaming mechanics from others. It's essentially crafting against a timer. To progress, she'll need to get better at controls, but the learning curve is gradual enough that she'll.have fun.
Rayman (legends?), I play coop with my kid. He dies often ,but it's not an issue as you only lose progress when you both die.
Here are a few I didn't see already. I've played these all on switch.
Untitled Goose Game - casual and goofy 1/2 player puzzle game
Far Lone Sails - casual 1 player puzzle adventure game
Figment - light action adventure platformer one player game
Hummm easy games. I think it depends of their tastes and what they like to do.
I can think of a few games which might be fun, but perhaps she should watch some lets plays to see if it peaks her interest.
Lil Guardsman is a fun game my SO showed me recently.
Stardew Vally
Potion/crafting games are something else, Potionomics might be fun.
Oh point and clicks might be fun too, but I can think of anything outside of Grim Fandango or Monkey Island
Animal Crossing is always relaxing
My SO and I played Persona 5 together too, I played the game while she was my navigatior who made conversation choices.
Take a look at Apico pixel game all about beekeeping (is more akin to Stardew in how much the is to do however). Fantastic game
If you think she might like a 3D platformer that's also one of the best ever licensed property videogames, give SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom a try. The original was the first videogame I think I ever finished, and I thought the remastered version from a few years ago is very well made.
Also this game is how I got my girlfriend to start playing videogames
LocoRoco
It's the only game I've got my wife to play that she enjoyed. It's cute with simple controls. But there's enough there to keep her entertained for awhile.
Xonotic, minecraft
Stray is an awesome game that’s easy to learn, fun, and really beautiful. Makes for a great starter game
Return to Grace! It's a short AWESOME sci-fi adventure in FPS perspective but no fights, no hard puzzles, the controls are very well explained and quite basic.
i played civ 6 with a non-gamer partner and it was pretty fun
Rimworld. It's like the sims, but with war crimes.
Maybe Timberborn once she's slightly more familiar with keyboard controls? It's a cute city builder type game with beavers and the big thing with that is building dams and redirecting water, but it's still in early release and I don't think it does an amazing job of explaining its mechanics, but at the moment it still has a fairly straightforward resource management and supply chain mechanic.
We were here series. Coop puzzle game
Any of the overcooked style games like tools up.
Maybe some raft coop.
Escape from Tarkov
Playing EFT is like being in an abusive relationship with Marie Kondo. If that idea rocks her boat, ...
Amnesia.
Maybe she would like to learn programming or Linux stuff?