We got this for our 8 year old son. He's on the smaller side but he has almost outgrown this chair, so I would recommend this for ages younger than 8. He still uses it but it fits his 5 year old sisters much better. He uses it when playing video games and he has had buddies over that sit on the arms, wrestle, etc and it has held up amazingly well. Great quality and it's a very nice chair.