The Education Zone

Games and apps built to teach skills, facts, concepts, or practice routines.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Atomcraft - A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.
Hacker's Journey - Hacker’s Journey is a realistic hacking simulation game built around scenarios written by cybersecurity experts. No Hollywood hacking. Learn the tools, techniques, and tradecraft used in the wild.
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Jul 21, 2026
78% 👍
of 206
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division - Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
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Jul 17, 2026
97% 👍
of 474
Cat Chess - Play the ancient and thrilling game of Chess but with... cats! Lead your furry friends to the Purrfect battle of brains and whiskers!
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Jul 14, 2026
87% 👍
of 455
Snacktorio - Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...
Elfie: A Sand Plan - Elfie: A Sand Plan is a relaxing and intuitive puzzle game where you help a small ambitious elephant build some sand castles. Enjoy spending time at the beach with your new rotund friend!
City Transport Simulator 2026 - Step into the next generation of urban public transport with City Transport Simulator 2026! Experience the most immersive bus and tram simulation yet, with a dynamic city that reacts to your every decision.

On Sale Now

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Electrician Simulator - Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 - Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 - New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.
Into The Flames - Into The Flames is a Solo/Co-op firefighting game that focuses on the intensity of being a real life firefighter. Drive emergency vehicles, bust down doors, fight raging fires, and do whatever it takes to bring the chaotic scene under control!
Bridge Constructor Portal - Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
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Dec 20, 2017
92% 👍
of 7.4k
Car Detailing Simulator - Car Detailing Simulator, you get a chance to renew any car and restore its splendor at the request of demanding customers! A nice and well-groomed vehicle can be the pride of every human being! Clean, polish and marvel at your creations in this highly realistic game where every little detail counts!
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 - Now you can own and operate your own auto repair service with PlayWay’s Car Mechanic Simulator 2014. Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 gives you the behind the scenes view of the daily dealings at local garages and dealership repair shops.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 - Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
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Aug 11, 2021
96% 👍
of 37k
Espresso Tycoon - Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Two Point Campus - Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
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Aug 9, 2022
88% 👍
of 8.1k
Animal Shelter - In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
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Mar 23, 2022
88% 👍
of 4.1k
PLAYNE : The Meditation Game - Grow a beautiful island as you build a daily habit of mindfulness and meditation. Experience relaxation and learn ways to care for your mental wellbeing.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Zniw Adventure - Zniw Adventure is a hand-drawn point and click adventure game with a strong 90's vibe and cartoon animations. Play as Zniw - a yellow female dinosaur who is on a mission to find the ultimate gift for her mother's hatchday!
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum - Solve the puzzle and complete the art! "Pixel Puzzle" that lets you experience art and culture with Juufuutei Raden.
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Jun 4, 2025
99% 👍
of 345
Prose & Codes - Explore the wonderful world of books through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.
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Feb 11, 2022
99% 👍
of 338
Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech - Dialogue changes from English to Japanese as you learn and progress in this comedic RPG backed by professional Japanese voice acting. This is a full 18+ hour introductory Japanese course and adventure all in one. Master hiragana, 136+ kanji, basic grammar, 240 common words used in anime.
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Dec 14, 2023
99% 👍
of 269
Potato Survival - Potato Survival is a short story game about a character who lives alone on the open sea. Collect potatoes and try to survive for 21 days with the knowledge you gain daily. Unlock new skills to create a more meaningful day to day life!
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Oct 11, 2022
99% 👍
of 239
Puzzline - Puzzline is a 2-4 player board game connecting cards like a puzzle! Each card has a unique effect. Play them strategically and get the victory! Online play is also supported!
Cat Slide Tiles - Move the sliding tiles to unblock a path for the kitten to walk to the exit.
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Jun 6, 2021
99% 👍
of 155
Factory Balls - You might think that working on the assembly line is tedious work, but not if you're manufacturing Factory Balls! Your job in this logic puzzle game is to custom craft each ball to a specific order. You've got all the tools you need to fulfill each order... except the instruction manual.
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May 7, 2019
99% 👍
of 152
4D Golf - Explore higher dimensions... with golf! Conquer mind-bending challenges, design your own 4D courses, and unlock new worlds and accessories as you golf your way through the 4th dimension and beyond!
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse - So who is haunting the schoolhouse, taking the toys and practically scaring the scales off all the guppies?
The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is - The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Steam Engine Simulator - The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Sudocats - Sudoku for cat people. Cats are wonderful creatures but you better not put them together without proper introduction. So, plan ahead to display them in the right order so they get along!
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Mar 14, 2022
99% 👍
of 1.8k
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey - Wagotabi is an educational RPG teaching Japanese from the ground up. Immerse yourself in the language through interactive dialogues, quest-solving, and puzzles, all while exploring Japan and its rich culture. Will you become a Japanese master?
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Aug 13, 2025
99% 👍
of 1.5k
Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story - "Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story" is a sound novel game where you work alongside Satone, a girl who loves writing stories. Customize lo-fi music, ambient sounds, and landscapes to create a focused environment. As you deepen your bond with Satone, you may discover a special connection with her.
The Powder Toy - The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances
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Jun 14, 2024
98% 👍
of 2.9k
TIS-100 - TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
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Jul 20, 2015
97% 👍
of 4.1k
Mudborne: Frog Management Sim - Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned. Through the genetic keys of new species you must unlock the paths between the waking & dreaming worlds, and embark on a journey to restore lost populations.
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Mar 20, 2025
97% 👍
of 1.1k
Kerbal Space Program - In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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Apr 27, 2015
96% 👍
of 145k
Universe Sandbox - Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
SpaceEngine - The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
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Jun 11, 2019
96% 👍
of 16k
The Farmer Was Replaced - Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.