Serious Games

This is a partial list of currently available serious electronic games that students could potentially access and play. What are we missing? Please email Carrie Heeter (heeter@msu.edu) to help expand the list. Categorizing the games has become much more complex, as more and more diverse games are invented. A more informative classification is under development, but for now, welcome to the collection.

Persuasive Games

see also Games for Change collection of persuasive games

creator: various

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play
51 Tree

creator: 51 Tree

http://51tree.org/
A Force More Powerful™

creator: Breakaway Games

http://www.breakawaygames.com/serious-games/solutions/social/
Against All Odds

creator: UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/
Akoha

creator: Akoha

http://community.akoha.com/help/learn/
Arizona Justice

creator: Social Activist Games

http://socialactivistgames.com/games
Attention Hog

creator: Chris Basmajian

http://basmajian.net/work/attention_hog/
Ben & Jerry's Eco-Mission

creator: interFUEL, Lick Global Warming

http://www.lickglobalwarming.org/game.cfm
Budget Ball

creator: The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), PETLab, Parsons The New School, and Area/Code Entertainment funded by a grant from the The Peter G. Peterson Foundation

http://www.budgetball.org/
Darfur is Dying

creator: USC Game Innovation lab

http://www.darfurisdying.com/
Fat World

creator: Persuasive Games

http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=fatworld
Get H2O

creator: Butterfly

http://geth2ogame.com/wp/
Gumbeat

creator: GAMBIT-MIT Lab

http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/gumbeat.php
Harpooned

creator: Conor O’Kane

http://harpooned.org/
Hey Baby

creator: Ladykillas, Inc.

http://www.heybabygame.com
Homeland Guantanamo

creator: Breakthrough

http://www.homelandgitmo.com/
Hush

creator: University of Southern California Interactive Media...

http://www.jamieantonisse.com/hush/
Iced (I can end deportation)

creator: Breakthrough

http://www.icedgame.com/
Layoff

creator: Tiltfactor and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Game Design and Development program

http://www.tiltfactor.org/layoff/
Mannahatta: The Game

creator: PETLab at Parsons The New School for Design in cooperation with the New Youth City Learning Network

http://mannahattathegame.org
McDonald's Game

creator: Molleindustria

http://www.mcvideogame.com/
Oiligarchy

creator: Molleindustria

http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy
One Hen

creator: One Hen, Inc.

http://www.onehen.org/
Peacemaker

creator: Impact Games

https://www.peacemakergame.com
Picture the Impossible

creator: Democrat and Chronical and Lab for Social Computing

http://picturetheimpossible.com/
Play the News

creator: Impact Games

http://www.playthenewsgame.com/portal/home.action
Points of Entry

creator: Persuasive Games

http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=nyt_immigration
Superstruct

creator: Institute for the Future

http://www.superstructgame.org/
Urgent Evoke

creator: Produced by the World Bank Institute

http://www.urgentevoke.com/
What Goes Around - An Experimental Anti-war Game

creator: Reid Kimball

http://sparkplugcreations.org/wga/downloads/WGA_Setup.exe
Windfall

creator: Persuasive Games

http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=windfall

Games for Health

see also Health Games Research database of games, currently listing 338 health games

creator: various

http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/database/results/content_type%3Agame
911 Paramedic

creator: Legacy Interactive

http://www.legacygames.com/download_games/861/911_paramedic
Addicsjon

creator: hempuli

http://hempuli.com/AD/
Akrasia

creator: MIT Gambit Lab students

http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/akrasia.php
Amazing Food Detective

creator: Kaiser Permanente

https://members.kaiserpermanente.org/redirects/landingpages/afd/
At Risk

creator: Kognito

http://www.kognito.com/atrisk
Ben's Game: understanding chemotherapy

creator: Ben Duskin and LucasArts

http://www.makewish.org/site/pp.asp?c=cvLRKaO4E&b=64401
CHAT (Choosing Health Plans All Together)

creator: University of Michigan

http://chat-health.org/chat/index2.html
Community Clash

creator: meyou health

http://www.meyouhealth.com/clash/
Dental Defenders

creator: eduweb

http://www.deltadentalnj.com/kids_club/dental_defenders/dental_defenders.html
Dirty Bomb! After the Blast

creator: Eduweb and Center for Public Health Outreach and Education

http://eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php
Earthquake in Zipland

creator: Zipland Interactive

http://www.ziplandinteractive.com/
EA Sports Active

creator: EA Sports

http://www.easportsactive.com/home.action
Emergency Room: Code Red

creator: Legacy Interactive

http://www.legacygames.com/download_games/123/emergency_room%253a_code_red
Emergency Room: Heroic Measures

creator: Legacy Interactive

http://www.legacygames.com/download_games/1688/emergency_room%253a_heroic_measures
Fat World

creator: Persuasive Games

http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=fatworld
Fit Brains cognitive games

creator: Fit Brains

http://www.fitbrains.com/
Gauging Your Distraction

creator: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html
Happy Neuron brain games

creator: Happy Neuron

http://www.happy-neuron.com/
Happy Night Club

creator: Succubus

http://www.succubus.fr/shn/
Headline Clues

creator: Michigan State University GEL Lab

http://gel.msu.edu/headlineclues/
HIV Free Generation

creator: Warner Brothers Entertainment

http://hivfreegeneration.warnerbros.com/
IdeaSeekers(TM) Move & Match

creator: Kidscom.com

http://www.kidscom.com/games/webcam/ismove.html
It's Your Game: Keep it real

creator: Center for Health Promotion & Prevention Research, UT-School of Public Health

http://www.ItsYourGame.org
Killer Flu

creator: Persuasive Games

http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=killerflu
Killer Flu

creator: UK Clinical Virology Network

http://www.clinical-virology.org/killerflu/killerflu.html
Life and Death in the Age of Malaria

creator: University of Wisconsin's School of Nursing

http://academic.son.wisc.edu/malariaGame/
Mind Habits

creator: Mindhabits, Inc.

http://mindhabits.com/
Pamoja Mtaani (HIV prevention for youth in Africa)

creator: METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against...

http://www.metrac.org/replay/
Replay: Finding Zoe

creator: METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against...

http://www.metrac.org/replay/
Top Doc

creator: Legacy Interactive

http://www.legacygames.com/download_games/1690/top_doc
Wii Fit

creator: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

http://hivfreegeneration.warnerbros.com/
Winds of Orbis

creator: Carnegie Mellon University ETC students

http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/wiixercise/

Corporate Games

Allen Interactives eLearning Demos

creator: Allen Interactives

http://www.alleninteractions.com/demos-page
Buy A Feature

creator: Innovation Games

http://buyafeature.com/the-games/Buy+a+Feature
Cisco Mind Share Game

creator: Cisco

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/serious-games-portal/6ffd1ac34c80fbb26c6d2efa99b6573a
ESP Game

creator: GWAP

http://espgame.org/gwap/gamesPreview/espgame/
Fate of the World

creator: Red Redemption

http://fateoftheworld.net/
Knowledge City (includes Blossom Flowers, Accelerate Security)

creator: Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute, HP

http://game.mea-i.org/index.aspx?from=tc
Stone City: Cold Stone Creamery

creator: Persuasive Games

http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=coldstone
The Business Game

creator: Pixel Learning

http://www.pixelearning.com/services-the_business.htm
The Challenge

creator: Games2Train

http://www.games2train.com/games/challenge/challenge.html
The Enterprise Game

creator: Pixel Learning

http://www.pixelearning.com/services-enterprise.htm
The Finance Game

creator: Pixel Learning

http://www.pixelearning.com/services-financeGame.htm
Virtual Training Bank

creator: Breakaway Games

http://www.breakawaygames.com/serious-games/solutions/corporate/
Virtual U

creator: Virtual-U.org

http://www.virtual-u.org/
Visa Financial Soccer

creator: Visa

http://www.financialfootballbeta.com/learn/index.php
Voyage Beijing

creator: Heidi Chen (DMAT MA student)

http://gel.msu.edu/voyagebeijing/

Games for Learning

1066: The Game

creator: Channel 4 (BBC) Hardy Pictures

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/0-9/1066/game/index.html
ARGuing project

creator: Scottish Centre for Enabling Technologies

http://arg.paisley.ac.uk/index.php
Ars Regendi: the art of politics

creator: Ars Regendi

http://www.ars-regendi.com/
Astro Engineer: Mars Rover

creator: Wisdom Tools

http://space.wisdomtools.com
Betwixt Folly and fate

creator: eduweb

http://eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php
Breakaway

creator: Emergent Media Center at Champlain College, partnering with Population Media Center and United Nations Population Fund

http://www.breakawaygame.com/story.php?lang=EN
Capitalism II

creator: Enlight

http://www.enlight.com/capitalism2/
Checkout

creator: Games Factory Online

http://www.checkoutenglish.com/
Clifford's BE BIG with Words

creator: Scholastic, Inc.

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford
Climate Challenge Game

creator: BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/aboutgame.shtml
Climate Health Impact

creator: Playgen, LTD

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/big-picture/all-issues/health-and-climate-change/wtdv026001.htm
CO2 FX

creator: Lexicon Systems

http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com/
Coaster Creator

creator: the Jason Organization

http://www.jason.org/public/Whatis/CurrOIPGames.aspx
Cool School

creator: Rational Games

URL too long -- hover here to display or click to visit
Crayon Physics

creator: Kloonigames, Ltd.

http://www.crayonphysics.com
Debt Ski

creator: Persuasive Games

http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=debtski
DimensionU

creator: Tabula Digita

http://www.dimensionu.com
Dragonfly TV games

creator: Dragonfly TV

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/index.html
Electrocity

creator: Genisis Energy

http://www.electrocity.co.nz/
EnerCities

creator: the European Union

http://www.enercities.eu/
Energy City

creator: The JASON Project and Filament Games

http://www.jason.org/digital_library/8239.aspx
Evolver Pre-Algebra and Dimenxian Algebra

creator: Tabula Digita

http://www.tabuladigita.com/
Fold It

creator: University of Washington

http://fold.it/portal/
Gamestar Mechanic

creator: University of Wisconsin

http://www.gamestarmechanic.com/
Global Conflicts

creator: Serious Games Interactive

http://www.globalconflicts.eu/
iCivics (Argument Wars, Branches of Power, Court Quest, Do I Have A Right?, LawCraft, Executive Command)

creator: iCivics and Filament Games

http://www.icivics.org/games/
Industry Island

creator: kognito

http://demos.kognito.com/industry_islands/
Into the Book

creator: eduweb

http://reading.ecb.org/
Kidscom

creator: Kidscom.com

http://kidscom.com
Learn About Congress

creator: Wisdom Tools, The Center on Congress at Indiana University

http://centeroncongress.org/learn_about/launcher.htm
Life Preservers

creator: Michigan State University GEL Lab

http://lifepreservers.msu.edu/
Lunar Quest

creator: University of Central Florida Retro Laboratory

http://www.lunar-quest.com
Making History

creator: Making History

http://www.making-history.com/downloads/
Man vs. Wild

creator: Discovery Channel and Scientifically Proven

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/manvswild/game/game.html
Mega-City Hero

creator: The Ten Project

http://thetenproject.com/game/
Minimonos

creator: Minimonos

http://www.minimonos.com/wb/content/home
Moon Base Alpha

creator: Virtual Heroes, Army Game Studio, NASA

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39000/
My Abodo

creator: Delib

http://www.myabodo.com/
NanoMedicine V2

creator: Playgen, LTD

http://www.nanomission.org/
National Geographic games

creator: various

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/games
Oceana: A Virtual Democracy

creator: Wisdom Tools

http://wisdomtools.com/projects/edu_oceana.html
Operation Resilient Planet

creator: The Jason Organization

http://www.jason.org/public/Whatis/CurrORPGames.aspx
Parking Ticket Game

creator: TimeMight Corporation

https://www.parkingticketgame.com/Ticket_Trap.html
Planet Green Game

creator: Starbucks

http://www.planetgreengame.com/play_again.html
Playing History (collection of 130+ games)

creator: Trevor Owens

http://playinghistory.org/
Playing History: The Plague

creator: Serious Gamwes Interactive

http://www.playinghistory.eu/
PowerPoint Games for the Classroom

creator: Watson School of Education, University of North Carolina

http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html
Quest Atlantis

creator: Indiana School of Education

http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/
Quest for Independence

creator: Quinnovation

http://www.quinnovation.com/quest/
Race to Mars

creator: Virtual Heroes, paid for by a partnership between the...

http://www.racetomars.ca/mars/game_home.jsp
Racing Academy

creator: Future Labs and Lateral Visions

http://www.futurelab.org.uk/projects/racing-academy
Real Lives 2010

creator: Educational Simulations

http://www.educationalsimulations.com/
Sci Games

creator: Space Science Institute

http://www.scigames.org/
Selene: A lunar construction game

creator: Center for Educational Technologies® at Wheeling Jesuit...

http://selene.cet.edu/
Supreme Decision

creator: iCivics, Filament Games

http://www.ourcourts.org/play-games
Sydney Safe-Seeker and the Incredible Journey Home

creator: Child Safety Research and Innovation Center (CSRIC)

http://www.csric.org/sydney.html
The Cuckoo of Computers

creator: Centros MEC

http://ludo.com.uy/cuco/en/
The Garbage Game

creator: Gotham Gazette

http://www.gothamgazette.com/games/garbage.php
The JASON Project science games (Coaster Creator, LandForm Detectives, Resilient Planet, Transform It!

creator: The JASON Project and Filament Games

http://www.jason.org/public/whatis/games.aspx
Time Engineers

creator: Software-Kids

http://www.software-kids.com/index.html
Virtual Cell

creator: North Dakota State University

http://vcell.ndsu.edu/
Wolf Quest

creator: Minnesota Zoo and eduWeb

http://www.wolfquest.org/
Zon

creator: Michigan State University

http://enterzon.com/

Military Games

24 Blue - Training in Flight Deck Operations and Safety

creator: Breakaway Games

http://www.breakawaygames.com/serious-games/solutions/defense/
America's Army

creator: U.S. Army

http://www.americasarmy.com/
Corporate War Gaming

creator: Sonalysts

http://www.sonalysts.com/wargaming/experience/experience.html
Cyberciege

creator: United States Government employees at The Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (CISR) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Rivermind, Inc.

http://cisr.nps.edu/cyberciege/latestv.html
Flight Simulator

creator: Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/flash/
Microsoft ESP: A new era in visual simulation

creator: Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/esp/
ShipSIM (series of military sim games)

creator: VSTEP

http://shipsim.com
Swedish Military Recruiting Test

creator: Swedish Military

http://rekryt.mil.se/recruitment2009/
Tactical Iraqi

creator: Alelo, Inc.

http://www.tacticallanguage.com/

Government - NGO Games

Ayiti: The Cost of Life

creator: Unicef

http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/explore_3142.html
Budget Hero

creator: American Public Media Marketplace and 360 Kid

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/
Bump

creator: Gotham Gazette

http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20090707/200/2961
Buzz Lightyear Travels to Space

creator: NASA

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Code of Eveland

creator: Think!, Area/Code, Carat/AEGIS MEDIA

http://www.codeofeverand.co.uk
Crossroads Village

creator: Michigan State University GEL Lab and Serious Games Students

http://gel.msu.edu/crossroadsvillage/
Dirty Bomb! After the Blast

creator: Eduweb and Center for Public Health Outreach and Education

http://eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php
EPA Kids Club Games

creator: various

http://www.epa.gov/kids/game.htm
FloodSim

creator: Playgen, LTD

http://www.floodsim.com/
Food Force

creator: World Food Programme

http://www.food-force.com/
Free Rice

creator: World Food Programme

http://www.food-force.com/index.php/reality/news/free-rice-more-than-just-vocab
Incident Commander

creator: Breakaway Games

http://www.breakawaygames.com/serious-games/solutions/homeland/
Mars Exploration games

creator: NASA's Mars Exploration Program

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html
NASA MMO game

creator: NASA Learning Technologies (LT)

http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/mmo/mmo_demo_1.php
Nobel Prize Educational Games

creator: various

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/
OnGuard Online

creator: Federal Trade Commission

http://OnGuardOnline.gov
Red Cross the game

creator: I Sioux Game Productions

http://redcrossthegame.nl/site_en/game.php
The Bad Credit Hotel

creator: U.S. Treasury Department

http://www.controlyourcredit.gov
The ReDistricting Game

creator: USC Game Innovation lab

http://www.redistrictinggame.org/
Windows to the Universe games

creator: Windows 2 the Universe

http://windows2universe.org/games/games.html/a>

News Games

Democs

creator: NEF (New Economics Foundation)

http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/democs.aspx
Participatory Chinatown

creator: Asian Community Development Corporation and Emerson College

http://participatorychinatown.org
Picture the Impossible

creator: Democrat and Chronical and Lab for Social Computing

http://picturetheimpossible.com/
Play the News

creator: Impact Games

http://www.playthenewsgame.com/portal/home.action
Raid Gaza

creator: Raitendo

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/476393