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Metacritic 80

Crown Trick

NEXT Studios|2020AdventureRPGStrategy

LumiScore?Our 0–100 score for how developmentally beneficial and low-risk this game is for children. Higher is better.

57/ 100
GOOD
90 min/day recommended

Growth

45/100

Growth Value

  • Problem Solving
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Spatial Awareness

Risk

LOW

Engagement Patterns

Minimal pressure to spend or play excessively.

Heads up

💸 Monthly cost: Free

Parent Pro-Tip

Before your child starts a session, agree on a 'run limit' — for example, two dungeon runs — rather than a time limit. Because each run ends naturally on victory or defeat, this gives a clear and fair stopping point that the game's own structure supports.

Top Skills Developed

Problem Solving5/5
Strategic Thinking5/5
Spatial Awareness4/5
Critical Thinking4/5
Memory & Attention4/5

Development Areas

Cognitive?Problem solving, spatial awareness, strategic thinking, creativity, memory, and learning transfer. Weighted 50% of the Benefit Score.
74
Social & Emotional?Teamwork, communication, empathy, emotional regulation, and ethical reasoning. Weighted 30% of the Benefit Score.
17
Motor Skills?Hand-eye coordination, fine motor control, reaction time, and physical activity. Weighted 20% of the Benefit Score.
15
Overall Benefit Score (BDS)45/100

Representation?How diverse the game's characters are in gender and ethnicity. Higher = more authentic representation. Display only — does not affect time recommendation.

Gender balance
2/3
Ethnic diversity
1/3

Bechdel Test?The Bechdel Test checks whether a game has at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. A simple measure of representation.N/A — no named characters

Crown Trick is primarily a single-player game with minimal named character interactions, making the Bechdel test not meaningfully applicable.

Parent Pro-Tip

Playing Crown Trick together, even just watching a run, is a great opportunity to ask 'what would you do next?' questions. The visible turn-based grid makes strategic reasoning transparent and discussable, turning solo play into a shared critical-thinking exercise.

What your child develops

Crown Trick is a genuinely enriching turn-based roguelite that places strategic thinking and problem-solving at its core. Every enemy turn is frozen until the player acts, rewarding deliberate planning over reflexes. The elemental interaction system (water, fire, ice, wind, poison, oil) demands critical thinking as players learn to chain environmental effects for maximum impact — a form of applied systems reasoning. Each procedurally generated dungeon run offers a fresh puzzle, building adaptive challenge and strong learning-transfer skills as players internalize enemy patterns and skill synergies across runs. Memory and attention are meaningfully exercised as players track cooldowns, enemy positions, and elemental states simultaneously. The diverse arsenal of skills discoverable within the Crown encourages creative experimentation, and the rogue-like structure naturally scaffolds resilience and emotional regulation through repeated failure and recovery cycles.

Base: UnknownMonthly: FreePlaytime: ~3hReviewed Apr 2026

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About this game

Crown Trick is a rogue-like RPG adventure characterized by turn-based combat and skill-item interactive strategy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dark mages to zombies, from plants to beasts, the unique hand-drawn style dungeon is filled up with a great diversity of evils.