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Money Games for Kids
Budget, save, run a business, invest, hedge and calculate a mortgage — with pretend money only.
Wealthonauts money games for kids turn financial ideas into hands-on experiments. Kids can build a budget, grow savings with interest, run a pretend business, invest in fictional companies, try a futures simulator, buy a home, build a pretend credit score and plan a family trust. Every game uses pretend money only, and none of them connect to real accounts.
Games by age
Pick an age to see the games, books and course for that age.
Books for ages 4+
Games for ages 4+
Books for ages 8+
What Is Money, Really?Ages 4+
The Promise to PayAges 6+
Who Owns the House?Ages 8+
Inside the Federal ReserveAges 8+
Gold, Silver & Paper MoneyAges 6+
The Stock Market AdventureAges 8+
The Great Banking AdventureAges 6+
What Is a Contract?Ages 6+
Build Your First BusinessAges 8+
The Family TreasureAges 10+
Credit QuestAges 10+Games for ages 8+
🎮 Build a BudgetBudgeting, needs vs. wants · Ages 8+🎮 Bank ExplorerSaving and compound interest · Ages 6+🎮 Own a BusinessProfit = sales − costs · Ages 7+🎮 Stock Market SimulatorShares, risk and diversification · Ages 10+🎮 Mortgage MissionLoans, interest and home equity · Ages 10+🎮 Credit QuestCredit scores and smart borrowing · Ages 12+🎮 Trust BuilderTrusts and planning ahead · Ages 10+
Books for ages 13+
What Is Money, Really?Ages 4+The Promise to PayAges 6+Who Owns the House?Ages 8+Inside the Federal ReserveAges 8+Gold, Silver & Paper MoneyAges 6+The Stock Market AdventureAges 8+
Trading TomorrowAges 13+The Great Banking AdventureAges 6+What Is a Contract?Ages 6+Build Your First BusinessAges 8+The Family TreasureAges 10+Credit QuestAges 10+Games for ages 13+
🎮 Build a BudgetBudgeting, needs vs. wants · Ages 8+🎮 Bank ExplorerSaving and compound interest · Ages 6+🎮 Own a BusinessProfit = sales − costs · Ages 7+🎮 Stock Market SimulatorShares, risk and diversification · Ages 10+🎮 Futures Frontier SimulatorHedging, leverage and margin (teens) · Ages 13+🎮 Mortgage MissionLoans, interest and home equity · Ages 10+🎮 Credit QuestCredit scores and smart borrowing · Ages 12+🎮 Trust BuilderTrusts and planning ahead · Ages 10+
Choose an age above to see the course, books and games made for that age.
What each game teaches
Eight games, eight money skills, five levels each. Level 1 is free; All-Access unlocks Levels 2–5.
Build a BudgetTeaches: Budgeting, needs vs. wantsGive every dollar of a paycheck a job, then survive a surprise expense.Bank ExplorerTeaches: Saving and compound interestChoose to spend or save, then fast-forward time and watch interest grow.Own a BusinessTeaches: Profit = sales − costsSet a price, decide how much to make, and run a stand through changing weather.Stock Market SimulatorTeaches: Shares, risk and diversificationBuy and sell shares of pretend companies as news moves their prices.Futures Frontier SimulatorTeaches: Hedging, leverage and margin (teens)Play a farmer locking in a price, then a trader who sees how leverage cuts both ways.Mortgage MissionTeaches: Loans, interest and home equityPick a home, a down payment and a loan length, then watch equity grow year by year.Credit QuestTeaches: Credit scores and smart borrowingBuild a pretend credit score month by month: authorized users and AU stacking, on-time payments, the new-card-spree trap and business credit.Trust BuilderTeaches: Trusts and planning aheadLearn grantor, trustee and beneficiary, choose revocable or irrevocable, fund the trust and spot trust scams.
Choose a money game
Eight games for ages 6 and up. Level 1 of every game is free.
Level 1 free
Level 1 free
Level 1 free
Level 1 freeTrade your way through the news
Stock Market Simulator
🎯 Shares, risk and diversification
5 levelsAges 10+
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Level 1 freeBeat the price swings
Futures Frontier Simulator
🎯 Hedging, leverage and margin (teens)
5 levelsAges 13+
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Level 1 free
Level 1 free
Level 1 freeWhy money games for kids work
Kids remember what they do. For example, watching a pretend savings balance grow every month makes compound interest feel real. Likewise, running out of lemonade on a hot day shows supply and demand better than a definition. Because mistakes cost nothing, kids can try bold choices and learn from the results.
Safe by design
- All money, companies and prices are fictional.
- No real brokerage, bank or trading accounts are ever used.
- The advanced futures game requires a risk lesson first.
- XP rewards learning and careful decisions, not risky bets.
- No ads, no public leaderboards and no chat between kids.
Pair any game with a lesson in the Wealthonauts Academy.