HeartSaver: status, maker and key facts on file
HeartSaver is a game by ProPublica. Status: Playable, checked November 2026.
Updated
HeartSaver is played on its maker's website; this directory lists and checks it and does not host it.
HeartSaver in brief
Players drag heart attack patients on a map of New York City to the nearest hospital, and the hospitals carry different heart attack care ratings. ProPublica staff built it in two days for the April 2013 GEN Editors' Lab Hackathon as an experiment in journalism, and its page says plainly that it is not a definitive study of how distance affects survival.
HeartSaver is a game by ProPublica. HeartSaver is filed under History and civics, sector Civic. Platform on file: Browser. No cost is on file for HeartSaver. The maker's page offered HeartSaver in November 2026; this was verified by reading the page.
One article on this site names HeartSaver: Serious game examples from newsrooms: Budget Hero, HeartSaver and more. More entries are in the games directory.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maker | ProPublica |
| Topic | History and civics |
| Sector | Civic |
| Platform | Browser |
| Cost | Not on file |
| Status | Playable |
| Checked | November 2026 |
| Official address | projects.propublica.org |