Return Of The Obra Dinn
LumiScore
Growth
42/100
Growth Value
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Memory & Attention
Risk
LOW
Engagement Patterns
Minimal pressure to spend or play excessively.
Heads up
Parent Pro-Tip
Preview a few death scenes on YouTube before letting your child play to gauge whether the macabre tone and frozen-corpse imagery is appropriate for their maturity level. If they're ready, consider playing alongside them — talking through the deductions together turns this into an outstanding shared critical-thinking exercise.
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 named female characters Emily Jackson and Eliza Jackson (sisters) are frequently seen together in shared scenes, comforting each other and reacting to the ship's disaster, which constitutes an interaction not primarily about a male character.
What your child develops
Return of the Obra Dinn is an exceptional workout for deductive reasoning and sustained attention — players must cross-reference dialogue, visual evidence, and written records to identify 60 crew members' fates, making critical thinking and memory its core mechanics. The game's historical maritime setting and period-accurate language meaningfully develop vocabulary and reading comprehension. It also prompts genuine empathy as players piece together the human stories behind each death aboard the ship.
Regulatory Compliance
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About this game
In 1802, the merchant ship "Obra Dinn" set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.