The most popular educational games
Educational software programs are a peculiar kind of programs of various genres made with the intent of teaching. Gameplay, graphics and sound are still important aspects of educationals, but the main goal of the developer is to teach the player something: math, history, ecology, anything! Some educationals are created with a young audience in mind, other programs are aimed to a broader audience and appeal to adult gamers too: The Oregon Trail, Mario Teaches Typing and the Carmen Sandiego series are perfect examples of educational games.
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The Oregon Trail
DOS1990 MECC
Lego Loco
Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games
Chessmaster 9000
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002 UBI Soft
Chessmaster 9000 is a chess game developed by Ubisoft and released in 2002. It's part of the Chessmaster series, which has been around since the 1980s. Chessmaster 9000 was known for its strong chess engine and comprehensive tutorial features, making it popular among both beginners and advanced players. The software also included annotated gam...
Mario is Missing!
DOSMac OS1992 The Software Toolworks
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
SimEarth
DOSWindows 3.x1990 Maxis
SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets
DOS1993 The Learning Company
EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Super Solvers: Operation Neptune
DOS1991 The Learning Company
Business Simulator
DOS1987 Reality Development
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
Super Solvers: OutNumbered!
DOS1990 The Learning Company
Mixed-up Fairy Tales
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
Mickey's Runaway Zoo
DOS1991 Westwood Studios
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 Broderbund
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
Atomino
DOS1991 Play Byte
The Oregon Trail Deluxe
DOS1992 MECC
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 Broderbund
Castle of Dr. Brain
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!
DOS1990 The Learning Company
Beauty and the Beast
DOS1992 Infogrames
Borland Eureka: the Solver
DOS1987 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Eureka: the Solver is an abandoned text-based application developed by Borland Software Corporation and released in 1987 for DOS. The product is designed to solve complex problems, generate tables and plots, and perform what-if analysis. The user writes an equation, sets options, and instructs the software to solve the problem. The pro...
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?
DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
Microsoft Space Simulator
DOS1994 The Bruce Artwick Organization
Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, but it focuses on space travel and exploration.The simulator was known for its realistic representation of the physics of...
The Amazon Trail
DOS1993 MECC
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1986 Broderbund
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition
DOS1993 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, designed to teach players about geography and history. Players take on the role of a detective working for the ACME Detective Agency. The objective is to track Carmen S...
Designasaurus
DOS1988 Compton's NewMedia
Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte