The best games that challenge and promote math skills 🧮 2024
Fancy doing some arithmetic or have some math gaps 🧮? Then we have just the thing: A list of the best games that challenge and promote math skills.
What are math games?
Math games explicitly require players to use math skills and concepts to achieve the game's objectives. So if someone is bad at math, they will have a hard time winning the game. But the nice thing is: these board games here teach mathematical knowledge in a fun way - so you don't have to be a math professor to play the games.
List of the best games that challenge and develop math skills 2024 🧮
Lost Cities
Lost Cities is a two-player card game focused on building profitable archaeological expeditions. Part of the Kosmos two-player series, it features a deck with cards ranked 2–10 in various colors, including a new sixth color added in 2019. The game also employs "handshake" cards as multipliers for scoring.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Lost Cities- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!15€ at.de*Qwixx
Qwixx is a fast-paced and engaging dice game that involves all players actively, regardless of whose turn it is. It combines simple mechanics with a need for strategic decision-making, making it a fun and interactive game for all involved.
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2013
More details for Qwixx- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Skyjo
- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Turing Machine
Turing Machine is a competitive deduction game that presents a unique and intriguing challenge. Inspired by the pioneering work of Alan Turing, the game revolves around the concept of deducing a secret code using an analog proto-computer, a device that operates without electricity or modern technology. This innovative approach sets the stage for a new kind of deduction game experience.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for Turing Machine- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!36€ at.de*Streams
- 1 - 99 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Streams
Kameloot
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Kameloot- 3 - 6 Players
- 20 - 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Fast Forward: FEAR
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Fast Forward: FEAR
Secret Code 13+4
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Qwixx Longo
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Zeus on the Loose
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Zeus on the Loose- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Fast Forward: FORTRESS
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Fast Forward: FORTRESS
7 Ate 9
- 2 - 4 Players
- 5 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Römisch Pokern
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Fast Forward: FORTUNE
- 3 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Fast Forward: FORTUNE
Campus
- 1 - 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Moon Leap
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Talo
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Easy to learn
Subatomic: An Atom Building Game
- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sumoku
- 1 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Math Dice Jr.
- 10 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Just4Fun
- 2 - 4 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Pharaoh Code
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Pharaoh Code- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!130€ at.de*Video reviews for Pharaoh Code
Snafooey
- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Wir spielen Einkaufen
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!14€ at.de*Party & Co: Original
- 3 - 20 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Take It to the Limit!
- 1 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bazaar
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Bazaar
Ricochet
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ricochet- 2 - 5 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Möbi
- 1 - 6 Players
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
No Return
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!25€ at.de*Video reviews for No Return
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