Serious games directory: every entry sorted by topic, with a status and a check date

Each entry shows a status, the official address that status rests on and the month of the latest check.

Illustration: a model departure hall with a large board of plain tiles

How the directory is organized

The directory hosts none of the listed games: each one is played on its maker's website, and every entry links to the official address. Entries are grouped by the profession or subject a game trains. A nursing student looks under nursing, a kitchen manager under food safety, a teacher under chemistry lab or financial literacy. Topic pages and single entries name the evidence they rely on. Three longer guides cover CPR games, medical assisting games and career exploration games.

Every entry carries one status and one month. The status is a measured fact, not a verdict on quality. Three statuses are verified by hand: the maker's own page is read and what it says about the game is recorded. Three more come from a monthly check of the address alone: each listed address is opened once, and the entry records whether the page loaded, led to another website or is gone. The month is the one in which the latest check ran.

A status from the address check says less than a status verified by hand. Page online means the address loaded; the game itself was not started, so a page that loads does not prove the game runs. Entries whose address gave no clear answer, and entries without an official address, are listed as Not confirmed and keep that label until a later check succeeds. Lifesaver, the CPR game from Resuscitation Council UK, is the sample entry for a status verified by hand. Each entry prints the address that was checked, so a reader can repeat the check.

Browse by topic

Each topic opens its list of entries. A single entry opens the full record with its status and check month.

CPR

2 entries

Medical assisting

2 entries

Career exploration

11 entries

Food safety

3 entries

Cybersecurity

11 entries

Chemistry lab

6 entries

Nursing

6 entries

Financial literacy

8 entries

Clinical medicine

17 entries

Patient health

18 entries

Science

39 entries

Math

15 entries

Coding

3 entries

History and civics

29 entries

Language

6 entries

Business and management

21 entries

Sales and marketing

7 entries

Leadership

6 entries

Safety and emergency

11 entries

Military and defense

10 entries

Environment and energy

15 entries

Other topics

69 entries

The seven statuses and where each one comes from

Status definitions used for every directory entry
StatusSourceMeaning
PlayableVerified by handThe maker's own page offers the game now, through a play button or an app download.
SuccessorVerified by handThe original is retired and the maker names a replacement or a remade part and links to it.
DiscontinuedVerified by handThe maker states that the game was removed or ended and names no replacement, for example after the removal of Flash modules.
Page onlineMonthly address checkThe official address loaded and still belongs to the same website. Whether the game itself still runs was not tested.
Address movedMonthly address checkThe official address now leads to a different website. Whether the game is offered there was not tested.
Address goneMonthly address checkThe official address no longer loads in any of its spellings.
Not confirmedEither sourceNo official address is on file, or the address gave no clear result: it showed an access-denied message, no longer loads or shows the same page for every address.

Statuses verified by hand are never overwritten by the monthly address check.

The directory in November 2026

The November 2026 check opened 266 addresses: 174 loaded, 7 led to another website, 32 no longer loaded and 53 gave no clear answer.

The directory holds 315 entries with a page of their own: 118 Playable, 4 Successor, 8 Discontinued, 88 Page online, 6 Address moved, 38 Address gone and 53 Not confirmed. A game without an official address on file that fewer than two articles name has no entry of its own; it stays listed by name on the award, studio and article pages that mention it.

Questions about the directory

What does Playable mean in the directory?

Playable means the maker's own page offered the game when it was checked, and the month of that check is printed on the entry. The check confirms the offer on the page; it does not run a play-through.

Does Page online mean the game can be played?

No. Page online means the official address loaded during the monthly check and still belongs to the same website. The game was not started, so the entry stays below Playable until the maker's page has been read by hand.

How often are entries checked again?

Every official address is checked once a month, and the entry shows the month of the latest check. A status verified by hand keeps the month in which the maker's page was read.

What is the difference between Successor and Discontinued?

A Successor has a replacement named on the maker's page; a Discontinued game has none. For Lure of the Labyrinth the maker says the full game was retired when Adobe Flash was phased out and points to a remade puzzle. Ninja Kitchen is Discontinued because its maker states that the Flash modules were removed.

What does Not confirmed mean?

Not confirmed means the latest check gave no clear result, or no official address is on file. The address may show an access-denied message, no longer load or show the same page for every address on its site. The label says nothing about whether the game still exists.