Scratch AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Educational Games

The best Educational Game alternative to Scratch is Alice, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Scratch and five of them are Educational Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Educational Game alternatives to Scratch are codeSpark Academy, Microsoft MakeCode Arcade, Hopscotch and Toontalk.

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  1. Alice icon
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    Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

    82 Alice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. codeSpark Academy teaches the basics of computer programming through a variety of interactive learning activities including puzzles, games, step-by-step creative projects, game design and offline printables – all of which can be monitored by parents.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Develop your programming skills by quickly creating and modding retro arcade games with Blocks, JavaScript and Python in the online MakeCode editor, the offline app or your own local pxt-arcade server.

    32 Microsoft MakeCode Arcade alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Hopscotch icon
     1 like

    Learn to code and make your own games with Hopscotch.

    CREATE Whether games, art, stories, or more, you can code whatever you want with kid-friendly programming. Publish your creations to Hopscotch’s fully moderated community, where kids can play and learn from your games.

    PLAY .

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5.  2 likes

    Describes ToonTalk - an animated interactive world inside of which children can build programs and games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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