2025 GEE!

Learning Game Awards

The GEE! award recognizes excellence in educational game design. The award is judged by international leaders in the field.

All entries due by June 1st.

The Long & Short of it.

In the spirit of James Paul Gee’s scholarship, we’ve created an award to recognize best educational video games in the world. Finalists will showcase their games during the Play Make Learn conference. Send us your best!

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Award Categories

Formal Learning

Learning games for use in formal school contexts

Informal Learning

For home, family, museums, libraries, etc.

Analog Games

Board games, card games, or other non-digital games

Small and Indie Studios

Studios with <$100k in funding for the game

People’s Choice Award

Every year we poll the public and crown one amazing game the People’s Choice recipient.

Judging Criteria

When judging an entry, we ask the following:

  • Does it Empower Learners?

  • Does it create Problems Worth Solving?

  • Does it create Deep Understanding?

  • Does it work smoothly?

  • Is it visually interesting?

  • Is it original?

What do we get?

What Do We Get?

For the Winners:

  • A GEE! Award Winner badge to use on your website and promotional materials

  • Your game featured on the GEE! Award website

  • The opportunity to talk about your game during a dedicated hybrid session at Play Make Learn

For the Finalists:

  • A GEE! Award Finalist badge to use on your website and promotional materials.

  • Your game featured on the GEE! Award website