Create your own history game - Free tool

Create your own history game in under 5 minutes. No design or programming knowledge required.

Professional game templates for all educational needs

Not familiar with game design? No problem! We have developed several user-friendly game templates for History, so you can focus on creating educational content instead of layout. No programming or coding required. Choose from our ready-made templates and customize according to your needs:

Cloze test

Guess word

Image markups

Letter grid

Link up

Mastermind

Memory

Multiple choice

Questions with text answers

All templates can be customized with features such as video, audio, text-to-speech, images, settings for number of attempts, time limits, and many other adjustments. This makes your game unique and tailored to your students' needs and learning styles. Use the templates as a starting point to create engaging quizzes, interactive maps, educational questionnaires, or fun homework with customized and personal assignments that motivate students to learn more.

Create an educational History game in 5 simple steps

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Choose an engaging game name and write a game description that sparks curiosity and motivates learning.
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Create an appealing cover image, or let us generate a unique and professional image for you.
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Customize the game by selecting the target audience and grade levels that the material is aimed at.
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Design one or more game levels with customized content. Start from our ready-made game templates and copy levels to streamline the process.
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Publish and share your history game with your students via assignments or direct link! Choose whether the game should be private or public so that everyone can learn from your material.

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Frequently asked questions about creating history games

What subject areas should a good history game contain?

It is important to create games with as many different game levels as possible so that all students find a level that suits them. The most popular created games within History mainly practices Colonization,Colonialism and Triangular Trade, but you are free to create a game about another less common area within the subject such as Legislature. The most popular history games are made with multiple choice, questions with text answers and link up.

Is it free to create and share games on Helpful Games?

All game templates are available for free, whether you are a plus member or not. This means you can create a game in history that becomes just as professional as a paid game at no cost. Please make your game public so that it can be played by everyone. It will then be added to the list with 5 history games already created by other teachers, educators, and experts.

How long should an optimal game session in history take for students?

Game rounds for all created public games within history takes between 17 seconds and 2 minutes to be completed, but most rounds are finished in about 1 minute. Try to fill your game levels so they get about the same duration and your game will have the best effect.

How do I adjust the difficulty level in my history game for the best learning?

To get the most students to find your game fun to play, you need to find appropriate difficulty levels. Experiment, but the statistics show that the easiest history games have levels that are finished about 76 out of 100 game rounds played. The most difficult ones are only finished by 0%, but most of the game levels in History are finished 44% of all attempts.

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What our users think about creating games

So many things to like! First, you can use it for FREE! Secondly, the students are eager to play - both at school and at home. Thirdly, it is so easy to use.

Charlotte T.

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