List of educational video games

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This is a list of notable educational video games.

There is some overlap between educational games and interactive CD-ROMs and other programs (based on player agency), and between educational games and related genres like simulations and interactive storybooks (based on how much gameplay is devoted to education). This list aims to list games which have been marketed as educational.

Often, educational video game properties become part of larger franchises, for example Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, and Math Blaster.

## Educational games for children and adolescents

Title  | Developer  | Subject  | Franchise  | Year

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A to Zap! Featuring the Sunbuddies[1] | ImageBuilder Software  |  | N/A  | 1995
Animal Jam[2] | WildWorks |  | N/A  | 2010
Basic Math | Atari  | Arithmetic  | N/A  | 1977[3]
Organization:Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree | Nintendo EAD Group No. 4  |  | Big Brain Academy | 2007
Big Brain Academy | Nintendo EAD Group No. 4  |  | Big Brain Academy | 2005
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Geography (World)  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1985
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Geography (USA)  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1986
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Geography (Europe)  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1988
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | History  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1989
Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time | Broderbund | History  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1997
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective | Broderbund | Language  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1997
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective | Broderbund | Mathematics  | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1998
Chill Manor[5] | Animation Magic  |  | I.M. Meen | 1996
The ClueFinders[6] | The Learning Company | Common Core  | The ClueFinders[6] | 1998-2002
Dr. Brain[7] | Sierra On-Line and Knowledge Adventure |  | Dr. Brain | 1992-1999
Brain Age[8] | Nintendo SPD and Nintendo EPD  |  | Brain Age | 2005-2020
Bug Adventure | Knowledge Adventure | Animals (Bugs)  | N/A  | 1994
Dread Dragon Droom | Humberside  |  | N/A  | 1985
EcoQuest[9] | Sierra On-Line |  | Sierra Discovery Series | 1991 and 1993
GCompris (GPL)  | Bruno Coudoin  |  | N/A  | 2000
Genomics Digital Lab[10] | Spongelab Interactive  |  | N/A  | 2009
Get Water![11] | Decode Global Studio  |  | N/A  | 2013
Gimkit[12] | Joshua Feinsilber  |  | N/A  | 2017
Gizmos & Gadgets! | The Learning Company | Science  | Super Solvers/Super Seekers | 1993
Gus Goes to Cybertown | Modern Media Ventures  |  | Gus Goes to... | 1993
History of Biology | Spongelab Interactive  | Biology  | N/A  | 2010
Immune Attack | Federation of American Scientists, Escape Hatch Entertainment  |  | N/A  | 2008
Immune Defense | Molecular Jig Games  | Biology  | N/A  | 2015
Inanimate Alice | Kate Pullinger  |  | N/A  | 2005
InLiving | Creative North Studios, Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing  |  | N/A  | 2008
I.M. Meen | Animation Magic  |  | I.M. Meen | 1995
JumpStart Kindergarten | Fanfare Software, JumpStart Games |  | JumpStart | 1994
Lola Panda | BeiZ Ltd.  |  | Lola Panda | 2012-2014
Math Blaster! | Davidson & Associates | Mathematics  | Blaster Learning System | 1983
Math for the Real World | Davidson and Associates  | Mathematics  | N/A  | 1997
Meister Cody | Kaasa health  | CODY Assessment | N/A  | 2013
Number Munchers | Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium | Mathematics  | Munchers  | 1986
The Oregon Trail | Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger  | History  | The Oregon Trail  | 1971
PlaceSpotting |  | Geography  | Based on Google Maps  | 2007
Pax Warrior[13] | 23 YYZee  | Rwandan genocide  | N/A  |
Quest Atlantis |  |  | N/A  |
Quest for the Code | Starbright  | Asthma | N/A  | 2002
Reader Rabbit | The Learning Company | Language  | Reader Rabbit  | 1983
The Magic School Bus | Microsoft | Common Core  | The Magic School Bus | 1994-2000
Treasure Mountain![14] | The Learning Company |  | Super Solvers/Super Seekers | 1990
Tuxmath (GPL)  | Bill Kendrick et al.  | Mathematics  |  |
Mathletics |  | Mathematics  | N/A  | 2005
Storybook Weaver | MECC | Storybook creation  | N/A  | 1994
Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America | Inline Design  | Geography (USA)  | N/A  | 1990
Time Riders in American History | The Learning Company | History (USA)  | N/A  | 1992
WolfQuest | Minnesota Zoo, Eduweb  | Animals (Wolves)  | N/A  | 2007
Woogi World | Children's Way  |  | N/A  | 2008
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis | Broderbund | Logic  | Zoombinis | 1996

## Educational games for adults

Title  | Developer  | Subject  | Franchise  | Year

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Catch the Sperm | Phenomedia AG CH  | Sexual education  | Catch the Sperm | 2001
CyberCIEGE | Naval Postgraduate School and Rivermind, Inc.  | Network security | N/A  | 2004
Democracy | Positech Games | Political simulation  | Democracy | 2005
Food Force | United Nations World Food Programme | Famine  | Food Force | 2005
Global Conflict: Palestine | Serious Games Interactive | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Global Conflicts | 2007
Software:Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece | Longbow Games | Ancient Greek warfare  | Hegemony | 2010
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing | The Software Toolworks | Touch typing | Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing | 1987
Miniconomy | Wouter Leenards  | Economics education | N/A  | 2002
President Forever 2008 + Primaries | TheorySpark  | Political simulation  | President Forever | 2006
The Typing of the Dead | WOW Entertainment and Smilebit | English language-learning  | The House of the Dead | 1999
TerraGenesis | Edgeworks Entertainment  | Planetary science & environmental engineering  | TerraGenesis | 1999

## References

1. ↑ Hickman, Angela (August 1996). "It's Never Too Early to Start Learning". PC Magazine (Ziff Davis, Inc.): 482. ISSN 0888-8507. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZV8jJvJv-zYC&q="A+to+Zap"&pg=PA482. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
2. ↑ "Young Explorers Experience Ultimate Online Playground With National Geographic Animal Jam" (in en). National Geographic. 3 August 2010. http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2010/08/03/young-explorers-online-playground-animal-jam/.
3. ↑ Bunch, Kevin (2023). Atari Archive: Vol.1 1977-1978. Press Run Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-955183-21-5.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Craddock, David L. (15 September 2017). "The Making Of Carmen Sandiego" (in en-us). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/the-making-of-carmen-sandiego-1804490410. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
5. ↑ Singer, Dorothy G.; Singer, Jerome L. (2007) (in en). Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age. Harvard University Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-674-04369-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=cc2voya_qDkC&q="chill manor". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pham, Alex (30 August 2001). "An Education in Child's Play". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-30-tt-40015-story.html. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
7. ↑ Ito, Mizuko (2009) (in en). Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children's Software. MIT Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-262-01335-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=iVRN2dzy_zUC&dq=dr.+brain+games&pg=PA54.
8. ↑ Rodden, Janice (10 March 2017). "Brain Age". Additude. https://www.additudemag.com/treatment/brain-age/. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
9. ↑ Morstabilini, Andrea (22 January 2010). "EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest" (in en). Adventure Gamers. https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18242. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
10. ↑ Cowan, Danny (7 July 2009). "Genomics Digital Lab Uses Gaming to Teach Biology" (in en). https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/genomics-digital-lab-uses-gaming-to-teach-biology.
11. ↑ Shapiro, Jordan (2013-03-22). A Touch-Screen Game That Wants to Save the World, Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
12. ↑ "Gimkit Games for Interpretive Assessment and Student Collaboration". https://fltmag.com/gimkit/.
13. ↑ Batchelder, Hillary (6 August 2006). "Do-Gooder Games". Time. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223388,00.html.
14. ↑ "software Super Solvers Treasure Mountain". Internet Archive. 24 December 2014. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Super_Solvers_Treasure_Mountain_1990. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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