Create change through gamification
Play with purpose. Change the world.
GamesThatMatter connects game creators, learning experts, and impact organizations who harness the power of play to drive meaningful change.
Our community designs and shares games that tackle urgent global challenges — climate action, public health, workplace safety, and social justice. Through purposeful play, we build skills, shift perspectives, and inspire action.
Whether you’re designing your first impact game or scaling solutions across communities, you’ll find the tools, connections, and inspiration to make games that truly matter.
Explore. Connect. Create impact.
Safety Games – Avoiding Injury at Work
Dive into digital safety training like never before! Navigate workplace hazards, earn life scores, and see how your choices stack up. This fast, fun, and memorable game makes learning safety smarter, more thorough, and keeps your team motivated every step of the way.
Plastic Games - Exploring plastic commitment in companies
🐋 Sail the seas. Crack the codes. Save the whale. Change everything. An immersive digital adventure where your team races to rescue a whale trapped in plastic waste. As you navigate oceans, solve riddles, and uncover the truth behind the world’s plastic problem, you’ll transform environmental doom into discovery and action. From oil rigs to ocean floors, trace how a simple water bottle can harm marine life, and meet global innovators fighting for change — from Indonesian bio-plastic pioneers to Europe’s zero-waste heroes. Every puzzle solved brings you closer to freeing the whale and equips you with real-world tools to turn the tide on ocean pollution.
🎯 See the scam. Spot the clue. Stop the attack.
🔒 Become the Hacker – A Cyber Awareness Game turns cybersecurity training into an interactive challenge where your team steps into the hacker’s shoes to learn how attacks really work. Through decoding phishing scams, dissecting fake emails, and exploring the psychology of social engineering, players uncover why urgent messages seem so convincing and how scammers exploit trust and pressure. By thinking like attackers, teams build the instincts to spot red flags before a click becomes a crisis. With hands-on forensics, realistic role-play, and zero jargon or scare tactics, this game transforms awareness into action — empowering players with sharp phishing detection skills, simple verification habits, and a security-first mindset built on curiosity, not fear.
100% ethical, 100% effective. All scenarios are controlled, defensive learning — no actual hacking skills taught, just the awareness to shut attacks down.
The Change Game – From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Embrace transformation in this engaging digital learning experience! In this game, employees help a curious caterpillar navigate the challenges of change—whether it’s learning new software or adopting new ways of working. Each stage represents a step toward growth, showing that change can be exciting, not intimidating. Every version of the game is customized using insights from management interviews, making the story relevant to your organization’s real journey. By the end, players don’t just guide the caterpillar into becoming a butterfly—they discover how to spread their own wings and feel more open, confident, and positive about change.