LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey
LumiScore?Our 0–100 score for how developmentally beneficial and low-risk this game is for children. Higher is better.
Growth
39/100
Growth Value
- Problem Solving
- Spatial Awareness
- Hand-Eye Coordination
Risk
LOW
Engagement Patterns
Minimal pressure to spend or play excessively.
Heads up
Parent Pro-Tip
Use the level structure to your advantage: agree on one or two levels per sitting before your child starts playing, and stick to it.
Top Skills Developed
Development Areas
Representation?How diverse the game's characters are in gender and ethnicity. Higher = more authentic representation. Display only — does not affect time recommendation.
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.— Fails the test
The story centres on male characters (Laval, Cragger) and meaningful interactions between named female characters are absent or minimal in the handheld version.
Parent Pro-Tip
Because each of the 15 levels has a clear beginning and end, it is genuinely easy to pause without penalty. Framing sessions around level completion rather than time gives children a concrete, achievable goal and teaches them to finish what they start before taking a break — a healthy habit that transfers well beyond gaming.
What your child develops
LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey is a straightforward action-platformer that offers moderate cognitive engagement for younger players. Navigating 15 themed levels requires spatial awareness and basic problem-solving as kids figure out platforming routes, enemy patterns, and how to deploy the CHI power-up mechanic at the right moments. The level-based structure provides a gentle sense of escalating challenge, and the light narrative encourages players to follow a story with a clear moral framework — justice, balance, and friendship over greed and power. As a LEGO title, it carries the brand's hallmark of accessible, low-frustration design, and the co-operative multiplayer elements (where available) give siblings or friends a chance to work together toward shared goals. The handheld format on DS/3DS and PS Vita also develops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through precise d-pad and button inputs.
Regulatory Compliance
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About this game
In this all new story, join Laval the lion and his friends on an action-packed journey as you explore the world of Chima and fight to defeat the power-hungry Cragger to restore justice and the balance of CHI to the land. Explore the Lion Temple, Eagle Spire, Gorilla Forrest and more as they harness the power of CHI to leap, swing, fly and fight through 15 levels of intense action!