My kid asked me if he could play Pixels. I said yes mostly because I was curious what he'd actually learn. The honest answer is: more than I expected, less than the marketing suggests. He figured out resource management faster than I anticipated. Planting crops, timing harvests, deciding what to craft versus what to sell. Those are real decisions with real trade-offs. That part impressed me.
What I wasn't ready to explain was the wallet. Or why his virtual land costs actual money. Or what a token is. Pixels has genuine educational layers if you're willing to sit next to your kid and work through the harder questions together. Most parents won't be. That's the part nobody's guide mentions.