Top 5 Video Games That Teach You New Stuff

Video games are often criticized for their uselessness and overall time-wasting nature. It’s true, many video games don’t stimulate your brain let alone encourage you (or your kids) to get active. However, not all video games are made equal. As a matter of fact, there’s a multitude of video games that teach you something new, boost your creativity, as well as help your kids polish their problem-solving skills. In this post, you will find at least one good game that teaches its players cool stuff on a regular basis. Find our selection of the best educational games below.

1. Never Alone: Discover the Culture of the Iñupiaq People

This highly atmospheric platformer allows you to delve deeply into the dynamic lives and folklore of the Native Alaskan Iñupiaq people. While playing, you discover documentary fragments that let you in on the real lives of the Iñupiaq people, the culture you probably knew very little (or zero) about. Never Alone is a breathtaking game both in terms of its visuals and the storyline. And it plays great, too. 

2. Endless Ocean: a Hypnotic Under-the-Sea Journey 

While playing this unusual and realistic scuba-diving simulation, you will explore the world’s magnificent oceans and waterways, enjoy traversing the seas with the game’s extraordinary characters, discover lost civilizations, as well as learn about the diverse and beautiful sea life. You won’t find much action in Endless Ocean. It’s natural that, instead, the game is full of incredible experiences and fascinating discoveries.  

3. Rocksmith 2014: Learn to Play Guitar

If you’ve always wanted to play guitar, this game might be exactly what you need. This incredible learning aid allows you to connect an actual guitar to your gaming console and master your beloved tracks with precise, note-for-note instruction. Sounds great, doesn't it? So, what are you waiting for? Just get Rocksmith 2014 and start learning to play guitar from the comfort of your sweet home!

4. Professor Layton Series, or Teaching With Games

Searching for an educational game filled with various puzzles? Choose any title in the Professor Layton series and have the time of your life! This puzzle adventure video game will refine your (and your kids’) problem solving skills, teaching them math, logic, visual spatial orientation, as well as keep you entertained with its engrossing storyline along the way. 

5. Assassin’s Creed Unity: a Teaching Tool for History

Want to brush up on your history? Get an Assassin’s Creed game and dive in. Each game focuses on a vital historical location and period, allowing you to explore the fascinating digital versions of the settings, as well as meet lots of famous people from a certain era. Keep in mind that although the game is educational, it’s not exactly a history lesson in its full value.  

Games That Teach Responsibility: Do They Exist? 

Did you know that there are educational games that teach kids about responsibility? Take Sid Meier's Civilization V, for instance: the gameplay of this awesome strategy title and a fantastic addition to the Civilization franchise excels at fostering critical thinking, awareness of responsibility, and the basics of socio-economics in the modern world. 

At the end of the day, some video games