Free ESL Games Online

Interactive English games for grammar, vocabulary, idioms and phrasal verbs, for children, teenagers and adults, from beginner (A1) to proficiency (C2). Play alone, in pairs or as a whole class, with every player answering on their own phone, in and around the Great Library of Alexandria. Pick a game and play.

Progress in the adventures is saved on this device. To continue on another computer or tablet, use Sophia’s seal from the end of each adventure. Games marked 📱 let each player answer, write or bet from their own phone.

About our ESL games

Are these ESL games free?

Yes. All the games at the top of this page are free to play online, with no sign-up: the Alexandria board games for grammar, vocabulary, idioms, word formation, phrasal verbs and sentences, the Lost Scrolls gamebook, Asps and Ladders, Battleships, Get Four, Three in a Row and the flashcard games. The lesson-and-gamebook series further down are premium.

What levels are the games for?

Every level of the Common European Framework, from beginner (A1) to proficiency (C2). Most games let you choose your level before you start, and the harder levels include Cambridge exam practice such as word formation and key word transformations.

Can I use these games in an ESL classroom?

Yes. They are designed for classrooms and homeschool groups as well as self-study: one screen on the board, and each student answers, writes or bets from their own phone in the games marked 📱.

Do the games work on phones and tablets?

Yes, on any phone, tablet or computer with a web browser. Nothing needs to be installed, and your progress is saved on your device.

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Lessons and Gamebooks

Myths, epics, fables and scriptures, each with lessons for Philo, Sophia, Marcos and Demetria and a gamebook in which you play the story yourself. Choose a series to see all its parts, with the grammar point and level of each.

Premium · 7 lessons and gamebooks · A1–C2 · 📱 Phones

Theseus: The Road to Athens

A gamebook in seven parts for one to four players. Follow Theseus from Troezen to Athens and into the Labyrinth, with dice, choices and word challenges. Each labour is one level harder, from A1 all the way to C2+, and each now has its own grammar lesson with practice exercises.

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The Labours of Heracles

Twelve labours for the strongest man in the world, in twelve games for one to four players. The English grows with every labour in half-steps, from A1 to C2+, and the map grows with it, from the Peloponnese to the edge of the world.

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Premium · 24 lessons and gamebooks · A1–C2 · 📱 Phones

The Odyssey

Homer’s Odyssey in twenty-four games, one for every book, as the scholars of the Library of Alexandria divided it. Follow Telemachus in search of his father, and Odysseus on his long way home, from the Cyclops’s cave to the great bed of olive wood. The English climbs in half-steps, two books at each level, from A1 to C2+.

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