We’re a family favorite! And we take that seriously.

From endless runners to virtual pets, our Talking Tom & Friends gaming universe is packed with fun gaming experiences for players of all ages to enjoy. Gaming is a fun, engaging hobby with lots of benefits! It’s great for:

• Cognitive development and flexibility: Gaming helps with decision making, strategic thinking, and problem solving. And gaming can also be beneficial for hand-eye coordination – not to mention reading skills and spatial reasoning – thanks to its use of fine and gross motor skills and visual perception.  

• Emotional development: Gaming can help people express themselves, connect to and empathize with the characters they’re playing as/alongside, and relax. 

• Taking care of others: Many of our games encourage players to look after their in-game characters, helping them level up their skills, take care of the house, brush their teeth, feed them great food, and so on. This element of nurturing and responsibility can have a positive real-life impact. 

• Creativity, concentration, and time management: With set objectives but lots of ways to achieve goals (often under time pressure), gaming encourages focus. And players are empowered to think for themselves, which can help with creativity. 

• Physical fitness: Gaming can also boost and encourage activity, with characters showcasing fun activities and sports that people want to give a try in real life. 

Gaming can be great fun – and it has some wonderful benefits (see above) – but it’s understandable to have concerns, like playing too much. If you’re worried, there are steps you can take.

One tried and true strategy for addressing any excessive play concerns is to encourage gaming in moderation. Like with many things, balance is key. Talk together as a family and come to an agreement on a daily time limit for gaming. Or perhaps there’s a time of day that’s appropriate.

Read more on how you can manage risks on your device in the point “Set up controls in your device” below.

We believe that having fun should never come at the expense of your peace of mind, so we want to provide you with practical tips on how to foster healthy digital habits. 

Beside talking within your family to make sure everyone understands any concerns surrounding gaming and how to mitigate them, you can also take action by implementing parental controls on the devices. Such controls vary according to platform – but they are widely available and easy to enact. They can include anything from setting up time limits for certain apps or screentime, blocking and other restrictions, to disabling or password-protecting in-app purchases (you can read more on how to use passwords and other authentication methods for the in-app purchases in our games here).

Find out how to set up controls on your device on the following links:

• for more information on the parental controls offered by Apple, visit their website: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304

• for more information on parental controls offered by Google, visit Google’s website: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/6209547?hl=en&ref_topic=3364260

• Protect your privacy and identity: Don’t use your real name (or names that would reveal important details about yourself) as your character’s username/nickname. If you have, don’t worry, just change it in the game’s settings.

• Set up payment protections and other device controls: You can prevent making accidental in-app purchases and control screen time on your device by setting up device controls. Read how to do this here.

• Game together: If you’re concerned about the content of a game (or you just want to maximize the fun), play together as a family! That way, you can see for yourself and spend quality time together.

• Report inappropriate content: We’re mindful of the content of our games and we work hard to make sure it’s appropriate for all audiences, but something might slip through the filters. If you come across something that you think is inappropriate, please report it.