Quoted from EternitytoM83:
Do you mind if I barge in here to ask for some COVID-19 game suggestions? My daughter and I enjoy cooperative games, and we're lucky to have a great local toy store that's doing home deliveries during the shutdown.
We have Forbidden Desert and its siblings. We're big fans of Pandemic, and for me that has just about the perfect level of depth. Once the setup and rules become too cumbersome, I tend to start tuning out. My daughter doesn't seem to have the same issue. (So I guess what I'm saying is that my attention span is worse than that of a teenage girl.)
We also really enjoy Kosmos's "escape room in a box" Exit games. Are there others with a similar adventure/puzzle game mechanic? I grew up on the old Sierra __ Quest computer games, so those are right up my alley, and I've introduced her to that type of game through the newer point-and-click games available for Android.
Horrified is an awesome co-op game along the same lines as Pandemic. It is super thematic to the classic Universal Monsters and you can mix and match them however you want for a unique experience. Each monster has a specific behavior and mechanism for battling them, but it never becomes too complex.
Castle Panic is another very fun co-op game, but quite different from the others listed. It's probably a bit lighter, but it has some great expansions that add depth and flavor. Good, goofier fun.
If you are Harry Potter fans, Hogwarts Battle is great. It is co-op, but again different from the others listed. It is more of a deck builder and you progress through seven games following the books/movies, each adding cards, abilities, mechanisms as you go. Since it starts simple and adds complexity as it goes, it never feels like too much of a learning curve.
I haven't played it, but I have heard good things about Flash Point being a great co-op game.