Make your own games · MIT Media Lab (Scratch Foundation) · 2007
Scratch
Snap coloured blocks together to make your own games, stories and animations. Used in schools all over the UK.
Grown-up check
- AdvertsNone
- AccountOptional, needed to share and save online
- Other playersModerated comments on shared projects
- CostsFree.
Good to know: Shared projects are moderated; parents can supervise a child account. Our age is our own suggestion, not an official rating.
What you do
Drag code blocks to move sprites, play sounds and react to keys, then play and share what you made.
Who it suits
Children from about seven who like making things. Grown-ups will enjoy it too.
Hop by hop
- 1
First project
Make the cat walk and say hello. The tutorials explain everything step by step.
- 2
Making a game
Keys, scores and sounds come next. Children start remaking games they love.
- 3
Time to stop
Save the project and finish at the end of a tutorial step.
Hooray
- Teaches real coding
- Free, no adverts
- Used in schools
Hmm
- Sharing needs supervision
- A bit much for under-sevens
Our marks
Overall 4.7 out of 5 · how we score
In a nutshell
The best free way for children to make their own games.
Tried by a grown-up and a child together, checked on 26 October 2026.