A:Answer My 4 year old daughter struggles with all of the text in the game, but once we explain the nuts and bolts she handles the game just fine. Mostly she just fishes and hunts for bugs, but we've caught her doing some of the more advanced things like crafting (with some luck that she has the materials needed). I'd say your 5 year old's will be fine as long as you get them going initially and are able to answer questions as they pop up. As they get older their island will get more and more advanced, which is kind of cool to see how they progress as they age.