Foldit: status, maker and key facts on file
Foldit is a game by University of Washington Center for Game Science and Institute for Protein Design with partner universities. Status: Playable, checked November 2026.
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Foldit is played on its maker's website; this directory lists and checks it and does not host it.
Foldit in brief
Players fold proteins as a competitive puzzle, with the best structures earning top scores, and can also design new proteins that might help prevent or treat disease. In spring 2020 the team asked players to design binders against the novel coronavirus, and 99 promising solutions went to the University of Washington Institute for Protein Design for testing. Discoveries are published in peer-reviewed journals and players are credited.
Foldit is a game by University of Washington Center for Game Science and Institute for Protein Design with partner universities. Foldit is filed under Science, sector Health. Platform on file: Desktop download. Cost on file: Free. The maker's page offered Foldit in November 2026; this was verified by reading the page.
One article on this site names Foldit: Foldit game: protein folding and the 2020 coronavirus rounds. The award data holds 1 row with the title Foldit. More entries are in the games directory.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maker | University of Washington Center for Game Science and Institute for Protein Design with partner universities |
| Topic | Science |
| Sector | Health |
| Platform | Desktop download |
| Cost | Free |
| Status | Playable |
| Checked | November 2026 |
| Official address | fold.it |
Recorded awards
| Program | Year | Category | Result | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGS&C | 2011 | Finalist | Finalist | Center for Game Science, Dept. of CSE, University of Washington |