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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
editEducational games for adults
edit| Title | Developer | Subject | Franchise | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
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