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Good news, Climate Steppers! We have updated and greatly expanded our Games Resource Page with more climate action and environmental games, with some help from Wikipedia (more below). The games we’ve chosen educate players about the science of climate change, the problems arising, and/or ways to fight or adapt to it. 

We’ve got:

  • Games in apps or on internet browsers, 
  • Video console games,
  • Virtual and extended reality games, and
  • “Group” games — no board, video, or app, just people “playing” together.

CrowdWater game logo

Also included are citizen science games, in which people like you and I observe natural data and record it in the game, where it is then uploaded so scientists can use the data to monitor changes in our environment. Talk about a useful step that anyone can participate in! For example, the CrowdWater game allows app users to contribute photos of water levels worldwide. Photos from the same site can then be compared to each other in the CrowdWater game to verify and improve the quality of water level data over time. Players can earn points, and, every month, they can win prizes.

We have something for every age and every walk of life. Some of these games are intended for children to play by themselves or in school settings. Others are intended for government planners, activists, and citizen stakeholders, allowing everyone to look at serious climate issues from multiple points of view.  Many offer opportunities to learn the value of proactive planning and collaboration.

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One example would be The Energy Transition Game, intended for a wide range of stakeholders. It takes players through the process of developing a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in spite of resistance against such change.

The expansion of the page is partially the result of climatesteps.org’s ongoing collaboration with Wikipedia.org and a sharing of information about climate warming games

Please head over to CSteps’ Games Resource Page and think about which games you’d like to investigate. If we’ve left something incredible out, let us know. Have fun!

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Funded by Wikimedia Foundation via the project WikiCred in January 2023, grant ###

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