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Scratch

Scratch is a visual programming language developed at MIT’s Media Lab. It allows users, primarily students in K-12 educa...

Education K12 Coding Block Based

9.6 Brilliant

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Labyrinth: The War on Terror

Labyrinth: The War on Terror is a strategic simulation designed to educate players about counter-terrorism efforts. Deve...

Strategy Simulation Education Counter Terrorism

9.5 Brilliant

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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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Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail is an educational computer game first designed in 1971 by student teacher Don Rawitsch with Bill Heinem...

History Education Survival K 12

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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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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Galaxy Zoo

Galaxy Zoo is a serious game designed for amateur astronomers and anyone interested in space exploration. Participants a...

Astronomy Science Citizen Science Crowdsourcing

8.8 Great

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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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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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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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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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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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Fraxinus

Fraxinus is a citizen-science puzzle game launched on Facebook in 2013 by a consortium of British researchers, including...

Research Puzzle Citizen Science Genomics

7.4 Good

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Play to Cure: Genes in Space

Play to Cure: Genes in Space was a mobile citizen-science game launched by Cancer Research UK in 2014. Players navigated...

Mobile Genetics Citizen Science Cancer Research

7.2 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