swap_horiz Galaxy Zoo Alternatives

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World of Warcraft (pandemic research)

World of Warcraft’s “Corrupted Blood” event provides a unique environment for studying infectious disease spread. Blizza...

MMO Research Science Blizzard

9.5 Brilliant

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Foldit Standalone

Foldit Standalone provides an engaging way for individuals to participate in scientific research. Developed by the Unive...

Research Science Protein Folding Citizen Science

9.4 Excellent

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Phet Interactive Simulations

PhET Interactive Simulations is an education project founded in 2002 by physicist Carl Wieman at the University of Color...

Education Browser Stem Science

9.4 Excellent

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iNaturalist

iNaturalist is an online biodiversity observation platform and social network launched in 2008. Users upload photographs...

Nature Mobile Research Biology

9.2 Excellent

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Phylo

Phylo is a browser-based citizen science puzzle game developed by researchers at McGill University and launched in 2010....

Research Science Puzzle Genetics

8.8 Great

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NOVA Labs (PBS)

NOVA Labs provides browser-based serious games developed by PBS for educational purposes. These simulations explore comp...

Education Browser Stem Science

8.7 Great

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Project Discovery: Human Protein Atlas

Project Discovery: Human Protein Atlas was a citizen-science minigame introduced in EVE Online in 2016 through a collabo...

Research Citizen Science Classification Proteins

8.7 Great

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Project Discovery

Project Discovery is a citizen-science activity incorporated into the online game EVE Online by CCP Games. Players compl...

MMO Research Biology Citizen Science

8.6 Great

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Project Discovery: Exoplanets

Project Discovery: Exoplanets is a citizen science mini-game integrated into the massively multiplayer online game EVE O...

Astronomy Research Citizen Science Classification

8.5 Great

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Sea Hero Quest

Sea Hero Quest is a citizen science mobile game developed by the studio Glitchers and released in 2016. Created in colla...

Mobile Science Dementia Citizen Science

8.4 Great

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Odell Lake

Odell Lake is an educational ecosystem simulation developed by MECC and released in 1986 for the Apple II. Designed for...

Classic Simulation Education Science

8.2 Great

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EteRNA

EteRNA is a browser-based citizen science game developed in 2011 by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanfo...

Research Science Stanford Citizen Science

8.1 Great

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NeMO-Net

NeMO-Net is a citizen-science game developed with NASA involvement to help classify coral reefs and other shallow marine...

Mobile Science Nasa Citizen Science

8.1 Great

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Project Discovery: Flow Cytometry

*Project Discovery: Flow Cytometry* is a 2020 citizen-science minigame integrated into the massively multiplayer online...

Research Citizen Science Covid 19 Classification

8.1 Great

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Stall Catchers

Stall Catchers is a citizen science game developed by EyesOnALZ that engages volunteers in Alzheimer's disease research....

Research Science Citizen Science Alzheimers

7.9 Good

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MalariaSpot

MalariaSpot is a Spanish citizen-science serious game launched in 2012 that asks players to identify malaria parasites i...

Health Research Citizen Science Malaria

7.8 Good

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River City Project

The River City Project was an educational research project developed at Harvard Graduate School of Education using a mul...

Education Science K 12 Harvard

7.7 Good

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Zoombinis Island Odyssey

Zoombinis Island Odyssey is an educational puzzle game released in 2002 as the third installment in the Zoombinis franch...

Education Logic Science Puzzle

7.5 Good

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Mozak

Mozak is a citizen-science game developed through the University of Washington in which participants help reconstruct th...

Science Neuroscience Citizen Science Uw

7.4 Good

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Stardust@Home

Stardust@Home is a citizen-science project launched in 2006 by researchers associated with the University of California,...

Astronomy Science Nasa Citizen Science

6.9 Fair