It continues to be time for mid-year “Best” lists.

You can see all my previous Online Learning Games “Best” lists (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated.

Here are my picks from the first part of 2025:

Quizizz Makes Its Great “Passages” Feature Free To Everyone

“Reigns” Is An Online “Choose Your Own Adventure” Game Useful For Language Practice

“Time Portal” Is An Impressive History & Geography Game

How I’m Using The Groovelit Game Now & How I Hope To Use It In The Future

TED-Ed Makes A Deal With Kahoot, But The Result Is Not As Good As It Could Be

These Are The Board Games I Use With ELL Newcomer Students

Faabul is another Kahoot/Quizizz like site.  I’m adding it to  The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

Classic Quiz is a Kahoot-like learning game site.  I’m adding it to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

WeWillWrite is like Frankenstories – a Kahoot-like game for writing. By the way, I wondered awhile back if Frankenstories was still around because they were off-line for a bit. They seem to be back working. I’m adding all this info to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

AI-Powered Jeopardy Game Maker from Factile is from Monica Burns.

I’ve posted before how I haven’t been too impressed with Khanmigo, the Khan Academy’s AI chatbot, and that opinion is shared by others. However, they finally introduced a feature that is genuinely useful to teachers – the ability to easily create question sets that can be exported to Blooket (you’ll have to be registered at both Khanmigo – which is free to teachers – and to Blooket for it to work). Blooket has lagged behind most other learning game sites in adding an AI ability (see THE BEST USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEARNING GAMES), so it’s great to see it. The interface is a bit more clunky than you’ll find at other sites, but it’s not too bad.

Kwizai is a free AI-powered tool for creating simple quizzes/games that can be played individually or, with a code, as a class. I think Quizizz, Blooket, etc. are probably better because you’re better able to track assessment data (as well as accept or discard individual AI-created questions after you tell it a topic), but Kwizai certainly is easy to use – no sign-up is necessary. I’m adding it to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms” and THE BEST USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEARNING GAMES.

25 Cities is a new online geography game created by the writer of the Google Maps Mania blog. You have accurately identify the locations of…25 cities in the U.S., and are told how close you get to their real location. I’m adding it to The Best Online Geography Games.

World Guessr is the latest online Geography game that uses Google’s Street View images as clues. I’m adding it to The Best Online Geography Games. Thanks to Google Maps Mania for the tip.

The NY Times Learning Network has tons of online interactive Geography quizzes – none which are behind a paywall. I’m adding this info to The Best Online Geography Games.

Grake.me is an online English snakes-and-ladder game.

Buzzinga lets you create Jeopardy games. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games.

Eider Cake is a choose your own adventure game. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories.