Super Lucky's Tale

Mild overall intensity
Highest flag: Horror & psychological — spooky
AdventureFantasyPlatformer

What's in it

Violence cartoon/stylized
Low

Bloodless cartoon platforming: Lucky defeats stylized cat and critter enemies by bouncing on them or swiping with his tail, with no injury or blood shown.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

A handful of lightly spooky levels feature friendly cartoon ghosts ('Kookie Spookies') and haunted-house visuals with no scares, blood, or menace.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Super Lucky's Tale is a colorful 3D platformer in which you play Lucky, a cheerful fox exploring themed worlds inside a magical Book of Ages to stop a cat villain named Jinx and his mischievous children. Gameplay is all about jumping, running, digging, and collecting clovers, coins, and letters across bright cartoon levels, plus simple puzzles and playful boss fights. The action is bloodless and gentle: enemies are stylized cats and critters that Lucky bounces on or bops with his tail and that simply vanish when beaten. A few levels lean into a lighthearted 'spooky' theme with cartoon ghosts, but nothing is frightening. There is no sexual content, language, substances, or purchases, and the game is played entirely solo with no online chat.

How it's framed

The game frames Lucky as a brave, good-natured hero helping friends and protecting worlds from a scheming villain, with conflict resolved through cheerful, non-violent-feeling platforming rather than any depiction of real harm.

Details

Developer
Playful Studios
Publisher
Microsoft Studios
Released
2017
Metacritic 68critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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