13 Free PowerPoint Game Templates

Customize these templates and make learning fun

PowerPoint game templates make it super easy to teach new and old content to your students. Once you've found a template you like, open it in PowerPoint or a free presentation software program, and customize it with your own questions and answers. Simply run the presentation in class for a customized game to play with your students.

Information in this article applies to PowerPoint 2010 and newer, PowerPoint Online, and PowerPoint for Mac.

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Jeopardy PowerPoint Game Templates

A Jeopardy template in blue and yellow.
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What We Like
  • Most of the hard work is done for you.

  • Sleek graphics.

  • Familiar sound effects and theme songs.

What We Don't Like
  • Some templates are in HTML format only.

  • A few templates require an email sign-up.

One of the most popular types of PowerPoint games to use in the classroom is Jeopardy. Jeopardy is a great game to use when you want to review for a test or introduce new material to students. This game can be played as a class, in teams, or individually on computers.

Visit this list of free Jeopardy PowerPoint templates to play the game of Jeopardy with your students.

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Family Feud PowerPoint Game Templates

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What We Like
  • Can encourage and be used with teams of students.

  • Great graphics resemble the TV gameshow.

  • Realistic sound effects from the gameshow.

What We Don't Like
  • Some templates have a small number of slides.

  • Requires customizing.

  • Not much non-English support.

  • Some templates are not in PPTX format.

Another free game that's popular with teachers and students is Family Feud. These are played just like traditional Family Feud and kids of all ages really get into the game.

Here's a list of free Family Feud PowerPoint templates you can customize and use.

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Realistic Wheel of Fortune PowerPoint Game Template

Realistic Wheel of Fortune PowerPoint Template opening screen
What We Like
  • Up to four players.

  • Realistic-looking graphics.

  • Unlimited puzzle support.

  • Automatically figures dollar amounts.

  • Great instructions for setup.

What We Don't Like
  • Setup is involved.

Spin the wheel, use your own puzzles, and track scores with this Wheel of Fortune PowerPoint template that looks like the actual game. This template downloads as a PPTM file.

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Rusnak Creative Wheel of Fortune Template

Wheel of Fortune PowerPoint template by Rusnak Creative.
What We Like
  • Great music and sound effects.

  • Colorful graphics and animations.

  • Game rules slide for players.

What We Don't Like
  • Uses macros which can be susceptible to malware.

  • Create your own puzzles.

Here's another Wheel of Fortune game template that includes toss-up rounds, bonus rounds, real-time, scores, and of course that colorful wheel.

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Wheel of Winning PowerPoint Game

Wheel of Winning PowerPoint template.
What We Like
  • Handy video tutorial.

  • Crisp graphics and animations.

  • Realistic sound effects, including audience sounds.

  • Download one pre-made game.

What We Don't Like
  • Must enter an email address to download templates.

  • Only 4 puzzles in the template.

  • No visible alphabet to look at.

  • Letter guessing has to be manually selected.

Choose from a standard, pop culture, or scoreboard version of Wheel of Fortune. There are tons of bells and whistles along with a tutorial to help get you started.

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Price is Right With More Questions

A Price is Right PowerPoint template with 4 different photos from the television show.
What We Like
  • 8 pre-made questions.

  • Fun opening slide.

What We Don't Like
  • No links to correct answers.

  • Simplistic graphics.

This is another The Price Is Right PowerPoint template that's very similar to the one above, but this one has eight questions set up that you can edit.

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Deal or No Deal With Sounds

A Deal or No Deal PowerPoint template opening screen.
What We Like
  • Game rules slide for players.

  • Help page to assist in setup.

  • Easy-to-edit template.

What We Don't Like
  • Simple graphics.

  • Single sound effect isn't clear.

This Deal or No Deal PowerPoint template is easy to customize and has sounds for each time you choose a briefcase.

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Rusnak Creative Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal PowerPoint template showing the beginning of the game.
What We Like
  • Professional graphics.

  • Gives gameplay instructions.

  • Template to change gameplay.

  • Sound effects and intro music.

What We Don't Like
  • Uses macros; some antivirus programs may flag it as malware.

  • May falsely detect the end of the game early.

  • Shows an ad before the download countdown timer.

This Deal or No Deal game template includes offers from the Banker, randomized case values, and lots more to keep your students tuned in and ready.

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Fisher Huntz Only Connect

Only Connect powerpoint slide example
What We Like
  • Blank and pre-made templates.

  • Includes sounds.

What We Don't Like
  • Missing the Connecting Wall.

  • The more advanced game templates cost.

These PowerPoint templates are modeled after the British TV quiz show Only Connect. You can download one template that's nearly blank, meaning it lets you fill it out with whatever questions and answers you want. The others have over a dozen prefilled questions and answers that cover math, general trivia, science, and English.

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Verbs

A sample question for a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire PowerPoint.
What We Like
  • 12 pre-made questions.

  • Easy-to-read graphics and text.

  • Added sound effects enhance gameplay.

What We Don't Like
  • Must change the money values for other countries.

  • Lifelines aren't clickable and only advance the slide.

This Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? PowerPoint template has questions about simple verbs that are filled out for you. There are sounds, animated graphics, and 12 questions in total.

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Blank Template

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire template setup screen.
What We Like
  • Optional sound effects on website.

  • Enough blank question templates for a full game.

  • Sound effects add excitement.

What We Don't Like
  • Lifeline links reveal all the answers.

  • Sounds snips aren't very high quality.

This is another template for playing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in PowerPoint, and like the previous one it has 15 questions, except that these are blank and ready for you to fill out with your own information.

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Rusnak Creative Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Basic rules for playing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
What We Like
  • Well-done graphics.

  • On-screen game instructions.

  • Quick setup tutorial.

  • High-quality sound effect.

What We Don't Like
  • Uses macros; potential for malware infection.

  • May not respond to clicking.

  • Sometimes runs slowly.

  • Relatively large download.

This free PowerPoint game template includes sounds and music and all the lifeline options.

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Cash Cab 12 Questions

Cash Cab PowerPoint template opening screen.
What We Like
  • Enough slides for a full game.

  • Gives basic game instructions.

  • Ceiling animation like TV show.

  • Easy-to-edit template.

What We Don't Like
  • Sometimes the template messes up.

  • No sound effects.

Just like in the real game, this template includes not only blank slides for all the different questions but also a place for a Red Light Challenge and a Video Bonus Question. The ​audio files for Cash Cab are a separate download.

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