Select Educational Games

Digital, free to play, mostly playable online, mostly for a general audience outside of a specific course or context.

• Democratic Socialism Simulator - Molleindustria
• Green New Deal Simulator - Molleindustria (release notes)
• Moderation Mahem - Techdirt / Engine
• Startup Trail - Techdirt / Engine
• Platformer Toolkit - GMTK
• What’s your gender? - Purplesloth
• The Barnacle GOose Experiment - Everest Pipkin
• Oregon Trail Deluxe (1992) - See Below
• Math Blaster Plus! (1987)

Other

Personal picks that don’t meet the constraints.

• The Devil’s Calculator - Cinqmar Media
• Go Morse Go - Imposter Cat Games
• Rules and Roberts - Molleindustria
• Venti Mesi - We Are Muesli
• We All End Up Alone - Nice Penguins
• SURREALISTa - Giogoia Studios
• Casual Games for Protesters - Molleindustria and Harry Josephine Giles
• Darfur Is Dying - Susan Ruiz
• Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego Enhanced - Bro/Derbund
• Monkeytype - Monkeytype

Related Readings

• How I managed to Design the Most Successful Educational Computer Game of All Time - R. Philip Bouchard
• Other Essays about the design of the Oregon Trail