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Why we built this catalogue

A human-reviewed directory of games, simulations, and learning tools for humanitarian and development professionals.

The Humanitarian Games Catalogue exists to make it easier to find games, simulations, and interactive learning tools that hold up to scrutiny for humanitarian and development training — not just search results.

Human reviewed

Every record is checked by a human reviewer against evidence standards — sources, availability, and relevance — before it appears in the public catalogue. Where a claim is not supported by a source we can point to, it does not go in.

CHS 2024 aligned

Where a game’s content maps to the Core Humanitarian Standard 2024, we record the specific commitments and requirements it touches, with the evidence behind each mapping. These are evidence-based assessments, not keyword matches.

Our Games

Alongside the catalogue, we build and maintain our own set of free CHS learning games — Field Ready: Verdania, CHS Trivia, the Acronym Game, and The Feedback Loop — playable directly from the homepage.

Open access

The public catalogue is free to browse. Game availability varies by title — check each record for access details.

Contact

Questions about a listing, a correction to make, or a game to suggest for review: use the contact form. It has two options — general enquiries, and data protection requests — and each goes to the people who handle it.

To see, correct or delete what we hold about you, choose data protection request on the same form. We reply within one month. See the Privacy Policy for what we hold and why.