What Are The Best Strategy Educational Games in 2025

A gravity-powered maze game with 60 challenges from beginner to expert.

Gravity Maze is a combination of logic game, marble run, and STEM toy. It contains 60 challenges from beginner to expert, a game grid, 9 towers, 1 target piece, and 3 marbles. It develops critical skills such as spatial reasoning and planning, and it's a perfect brain game for adults and children alike.

A strategy board game with a railroad theme for 2-5 players.

Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure where players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities in various countries around the world. With high-quality game materials including a detailed board, colorful train cars, and destination tickets, the game offers a great balance of strategy and luck. It's a game that is easy to learn but offers depth for more experienced players.

A board game where players collect cards of various types of train cars and use them to claim railway routes in North America.

Ticket To Ride is a fast-paced, award-winning board game. Players collect cards of various types of train cars and use them to claim railway routes across North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who fulfill Destination Tickets – goal cards that connect distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous route.

A cooperative strategy board game for 2-4 players.

In Pandemic, players work together as a team of disease-fighting specialists to find cures for four deadly diseases threatening the world. The game board depicts several major population centers on Earth, and players must strategically travel between cities and treat infections while finding resources for cures. The game materials include a world map board, cards, pawns, and disease cubes.

A strategy board game where players score points by drafting colored tiles and placing them on their player board.

Azul is a tile-drafting strategy game where players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player board. Points are scored based on how they've placed their tiles to decorate the palace. Extra points are scored for specific patterns and completing sets; wasted supplies harm the player's score. It's a visually stunning game that's suitable for 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up.

A tile-drafting strategy board game for 2-4 players.

Azul is a tile-drafting game where players take turns drafting colorful tiles from suppliers to their player board. As the game progresses, players score points based on how they've placed their tiles to decorate the palace. Extra points are scored for specific patterns and completing sets. The game materials include 100 resin tiles, 4 player boards, 9 factory displays, 4 scoring markers, 1 starting player marker and more.

A strategy board game where players take on the role of a Disney Villain looking to achieve their devious objective.

Disney Villainous by Ravensburger is a strategy board game where you play as one of six Disney Villains. Each villain has their own sinister objectives to complete for victory. The game features beautiful artwork and high-quality game pieces. It's suitable for 2 to 6 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 50 minutes to play.

A card-based strategy game for 2-4 players.

In Splendor, players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, transportation, and artisans who can turn these gems into beautiful jewels. Players collect chips and cards, and the player who first reaches 15 prestige points by accumulating nobles and developing their city wins. The game materials include 40 gems 'poker style' weighted tokens, 90 development cards, 10 noble cards, and rules.