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The 10 best DOS educational games

The 10 best DOS educational games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Yogi Bear's Math Adventures leads the list, ahead of The Oregon Trail and Jeopardy! (1993).

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 31DOS educational games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.3Score of #1, out of 5
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS educational games

  1. Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Educational · 1989Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
  2. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition — playable in the browserBrøderbund Software, Inc. · Educational · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition
  3. DinoPark Tycoon — playable in the browserMECC · Educational · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open DinoPark Tycoon
  4. Jeopardy! New Sports Edition — playable in the browserShareData, Inc. · Educational · 1988Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Jeopardy! New Sports Edition
  5. Mario is Missing! Deluxe — playable in the browserThe Software Toolworks, Inc. · Educational · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Mario is Missing! Deluxe
  6. Animated Bugs — playable in the browserFlix Productions · Educational · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Animated Bugs
  7. Mario Teaches Sums — playable in the browserMindscape · Educational · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Mario Teaches Sums
  8. Reader Rabbit — playable in the browserThe Learning Company · Educational · 1991Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Reader Rabbit
  9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Trivia — playable in the browserMicro F/X Software · Educational · 1990Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Star Trek: The Next Generation - Trivia
  10. Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires — playable in the browserThe Learning Company, Inc. · Educational · 1990Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires
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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS educational game?

Yogi Bear's Math Adventures (1990, Omega Software, Inc.) is the best DOS educational game by our players' ratings, ahead of The Oregon Trail and Jeopardy! (1993). The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS educational games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS educational games are there on dos.games?

31. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS educational games?

1992. 3 of the games on this list came out that year: Mario is Missing!, Mario Teaches Typing and The Oregon Trail Deluxe.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.