Outbreak Squad: status, maker and key facts on file
Outbreak Squad is a game by Learning Games Lab, New Mexico State University. Status: Playable, checked November 2026.
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Outbreak Squad is played on its maker's website; this directory lists and checks it and does not host it.
Outbreak Squad in brief
Players lead a team of heroes through six real foodborne illness cases while managing a budget, in a simplified role-playing game on public health outbreaks. It is written for grades 5 and above, and youth or adults interested in food safety can play too. Players learn that outbreaks differ in severity, impact, commodity and audience, and that acting before one begins can reduce it.
Outbreak Squad is a game by Learning Games Lab, New Mexico State University. Outbreak Squad is filed under Food safety, sector Education. Platform on file: Web browser. Cost on file: Free when announced in 2020; current price not stated. The maker's page offered Outbreak Squad in November 2026; this was verified by reading the page.
One article on this site names Outbreak Squad: Outbreak Squad: the foodborne illness game from New Mexico State. More entries are in the games directory.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maker | Learning Games Lab, New Mexico State University |
| Topic | Food safety |
| Sector | Education |
| Platform | Web browser |
| Cost | Free when announced in 2020; current price not stated |
| Status | Playable |
| Checked | November 2026 |
| Official address | outbreaksquad.org |