Relicta
LumiScore?Our 0–100 score for how developmentally beneficial and low-risk this game is for children. Higher is better.
Growth
49/100
Growth Value
- Problem Solving
- Spatial Awareness
- Critical Thinking
Risk
LOW
Engagement Patterns
Minimal pressure to spend or play excessively.
Heads up
Parent Pro-Tip
Because Relicta is a single-player, story-driven puzzle game with clear chapter breaks, it's easy to set natural session limits — simply agree to stop at the end of a puzzle room or chapter. There is no pressure to keep playing and no penalty for walking away.
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.— Passes the test
The protagonist is a named female scientist whose story centers on saving her daughter, and the narrative involves female characters interacting around science and survival rather than around male characters.
Parent Pro-Tip
Try asking your teen to explain out loud how they solved a puzzle — the act of verbalizing a physics-based solution builds metacognitive skills and reinforces the STEM concepts (magnetism, gravity, polarity) embedded in the game's mechanics.
What your child develops
Relicta is a standout cognitive workout for older players. Its core mechanic — manipulating gravity and magnetism simultaneously to solve spatial puzzles — is among the most intellectually demanding in the puzzle genre. Players must model 3D physics in their heads, reason about cause-and-effect chains, and iteratively test hypotheses, all of which directly build problem-solving, spatial awareness, and critical thinking. The layered puzzle design demands genuine learning transfer as new rules are introduced and old solutions stop working. The sci-fi narrative, delivered through environmental storytelling and audio logs, encourages reading comprehension and rewards curiosity. The emotional throughline — a mother racing to save her daughter — adds a layer of empathy and ethical reflection around the consequences of scientific ambition.
Regulatory Compliance
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About this game
Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity in order to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base. Alone in the treacherous depths of the Moon, your scientific mind is the only thing that can keep your daughter alive… Play as a top physicist stranded on an eerie, derelict Moon base.