Introducing Financial Literacy Games
At Coolmath Games, we’ve always believed games can do more than just entertain. They can help players build skills, solve problems, and explore new ideas in ways that actually stick.
That’s why we’re excited to announce our new Financial Literacy Games Initiative: a growing collection of educational games designed to help students learn real-world money skills like budgeting, investing, borrowing, filing taxes, and consumer savvy through play.
We’re launching with 6 original games, with more coming this summer and later this year!
Built for Today’s Financial Literacy Classrooms
Financial literacy education is spreading quickly across the United States. As of 2026, 37 states require schools to offer a financial literacy class, and 26 states require high school students to take a personal finance or financial literacy course to graduate1. That number continues to grow every year.
Our goal is to help teachers, students, and parents access engaging, classroom-friendly financial literacy games that are actually fun to play.
To help make that possible, our games are aligned with financial literacy standards from:
- All 50 U.S. states
- The Jump$tart Coalition and the Council for Economic Education (CEE)
- The National Financial Educators Council (NFEC)
Each game even includes a dropdown menu where you can view the exact standards connected to your state.
And because these games are designed to be incorporated into instruction time, these experiences are presented in an enlarged window, completely ad-free: no display ads, no video ads, no interruptions.
Meet the Games
Investor Tower
A fast-paced platforming game where players collect coins, grow their savings, and make investment decisions on the road to early retirement.
Don’t Get Duped
A choose-your-own-adventure game where players navigate life from childhood onward, learning how to avoid scams, make smart consumer choices, and spot suspicious situations before it’s too late.
Tax Season: Audit Adventure
Taxes have never been this weird. File returns for a cast of eccentric clients while learning the basics of income, deductions, credits, capital gains, and more.
Cryptid Kimber: Budget Beest
Join cryptozoologist Kimber Wildebeest on a mythical road trip adventure! Players must budget carefully while planning travel, lodging, gear, and more in pursuit of a legendary creature.
Slice of the Market
Part strategy game, part hands-on financial simulator. Players manage passive income streams and allocate money across different investments to try and maximize returns over 10 years.
Cash Clash
A competitive multiplayer trivia game supporting up to 50 players at once. Perfect for classrooms, review sessions, and competitive finance fun.
Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and Google Classroom Support
We’re also building a growing library of classroom resources to go alongside the games, including lesson plans and worksheets for each game. Our lesson plans include activities and discussions built around each game and are designed to take 1-2 days to complete.
Plus, we’ve integrated with Google Classroom to make it easier for teachers to assign games and share materials with students.
Calling All Teachers
We’re currently looking for educators to help us create even more lesson plans and classroom resources for these games.
If you’re a teacher interested in contributing materials for other educators to use, we’d love to hear from you. Learn more and apply here.
We Want Your Feedback
Our financial literacy initiative is just getting started, and we’d love your input.
If you use one of our games or lesson plans in a classroom, after-school program, homeschool setting, or study group, tell us how it went! Your feedback will help us improve existing games and shape future ones.
We’re excited to keep expanding this collection, and we hope these games help make financial literacy a little more engaging, approachable, and fun for students everywhere.