Baba Is You
LumiScore
Growth
44/100
Growth Value
- Problem Solving
- Strategic Thinking
- Critical Thinking
Risk
LOW
Engagement Patterns
Minimal pressure to spend or play excessively.
Heads up
Parent Pro-Tip
Encourage your child to verbalize their thought process when stuck, and celebrate their creative solutions. This game is an excellent tool for developing advanced logical reasoning, and its natural stopping points make it easy to manage screen time.
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.— N/A — no named characters
Baba Is You is a pure puzzle game with no named characters (male or female) or discernible narrative elements.
What your child develops
Baba Is You significantly develops a child's problem-solving and critical thinking skills by requiring them to manipulate game rules to achieve objectives. Its unique mechanic encourages immense creativity and strategic planning, fostering deep understanding of logical systems and how to adapt learned principles to new challenges.
Regulatory Compliance
Tap a badge for details. Grey = not yet assessed.
About this game
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where you can change the rules by which you play. In every level, the rules themselves are lying as blocks you can interact with; by manipulating them, you can change how the level works and cause surprising, unexpected interactions!