Software & Apps > MS Office 354 354 people found this article helpful 14 Free PowerPoint Game Templates Customize a PowerPoint game for your class with these free templates By Stacy Fisher Stacy Fisher Technology Educator Emporia State University Stacy is a professional technology educator with over 25 years' experience. She has published hundreds of articles, co-authored a book, and has appeared on national and local TV. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on May 26, 2022 Reviewed by Lisa Mildon Reviewed by Lisa Mildon Facebook Twitter Southern New Hampshire University Lisa Mildon is a Lifewire writer and an IT professional with 30 years of experience. Her writing has appeared in Geekisphere and other publications. lifewire's editorial guidelines Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email MS Office Powerpoint Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint game templates are a great way to introduce a new unit or review for a test with your students. It's a break from the regular routine, and students love the teamwork and competitiveness of it. These games are in the form of free PowerPoint templates that you can open with Microsoft PowerPoint or other free presentation software. You can then customize them with your own questions and answers. Simply run the presentation in class, and you'll have a customized game all ready to go for your students. Lifewire / Tim Liedtke Instructions in this article apply to all versions of PowerPoint, including PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, PowerPoint 2019, 2016, etc., including PowerPoint for Mac. 01 of 14 Jeopardy PowerPoint Game Templates What We Like Most of the hard work is done for you. Sleek graphics. Some come with familiar sound effects and theme song. What We Don't Like Some are in the HTML format only. A few require your email address. One of the most popular types of PowerPoint games to use in the classroom is Jeopardy. It's a great game to use to review for a test or to introduce new material to students. They can be played as a class, teams, or individually on computers. 10 Best Free Jeopardy Templates 02 of 14 Family Feud PowerPoint Game Templates What We Like Can encourage and be used with teams of students. Great graphics resembling the TV gameshow. Realistic sound effects from the gameshow. What We Don't Like Some are limited to a few slides. Some require quite a bit of customizing. Not much non-English support. Some don't come in the popular 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. Best Free Family Feud PowerPoint Templates 03 of 14 Wheel of Fortune From Games by Tim What We Like Comes with great instructions for setup. Realistic looking graphics. Website has handy instructional video for help. Cool animation. What We Don't Like Setup is pretty involved. Doesn't automatically figure dollar amounts. Can load only 12 puzzles. Spin the wheel, use your own puzzles, and track scores with this Wheel of Fortune PowerPoint template that really reminds you of the actual game. Download Wheel of Fortune From Games by Tim 04 of 14 Deal or No Deal From Mining Quiz What We Like Included a game rules slide for players. Has a small help page to assist in setup. Easy to edit template. What We Don't Like Graphics are a bit simple. Single sound effect isn't clear. This Deal or No Deal PowerPoint template is easy to manipulate and has sounds for each time you choose a briefcase. Download Deal or No Deal From Mining Quiz 05 of 14 Only Connect From Fisher Huntz What We Like Includes sounds. Multiple templates with questions and answers. Includes a blank template. Provides directions for playing and editing the template. What We Don't Like Doesn't include the game's Connecting Wall. More free PowerPoint templates are available here that are modeled after the game Only Connect. One template is basically blank, so you can fill it out with whatever you want. Each of the others have 20 prefilled questions and answers that are ready to go for any teacher looking to entertain their kids with math or science related questions. Download Only Connect 06 of 14 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Verbs What We Like Comes with 12 pre-made questions. Graphics and text are easy to read. Added sound effects to enhance gameplay. What We Don't Like Will need to change the money values for other countries. The lifelines are not clickable and only advance the slide. Doesn't accurately keep track of winnings. This Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? template has questions already filled out for you about simple verbs. There are sounds, animated graphics, and 12 questions in total. Download Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Verbs 07 of 14 Wheel of Fortune From Youth Downloads What We Like Website has a handy video tutorial. Crisp graphics and animations. Realistic sound effects, including audience sounds. Can download one pre-made game. What We Don't Like You have to enter an email address to download templates. Only four puzzles in 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. Download Wheel of Fortune From Youth Downloads 08 of 14 Deal or No Deal From TechnoPeterson What We Like Provides a simple template for entering questions. Template is easy to read. Provides a slide with gameplay instructions. Provides plenty of question slides to play a game. What We Don't Like No sound effects. Game logo looks stretched. Outdated graphics. This Deal or No Deal game is set up for a classroom so students must answer questions correctly if they wish to receive a bonus point, else the rest of the game is regular. Download Deal or No Deal From TechnoPeterson 09 of 14 Wheel of Fortune From Rusnak Creative What We Like Great music and sound effects. Colorful graphics and animations. Has a game rules slide for players. What We Don't Like Uses macros which can be susceptible to malware. Will have to 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. Download Wheel of Fortune From Rusnak Creative 10 of 14 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Templates From Sctriton Science What We Like Website provides optional sound effects. Provides enough blank question templates to play a full game. Sound effects add some excitement. What We Don't Like The lifeline links reveal all answers. Sound snips aren't very high quality. This is yet another template for playing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in PowerPoint. It has 15 questions, all blank and ready for you to fill out with your own information. Download Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Blank Templates 11 of 14 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? From Rusnak Creative What We Like Graphics are well done. Nice on-screen game instructions. Provides quick setup tutorial. High quality sound effect. What We Don't Like Uses macros, which AV programs might flag as dangerous. Doesn't respond at times to clicking. Will sometimes run slowly. Larger download than most templates. This free PowerPoint game template includes sounds and music, and all the lifeline options. Download Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 12 of 14 Cash Cab From Sctriton Science What We Like Provides enough slides to play an entire game. Gives basic game instructions. Fun ceiling animation like TV show. Can easily edit it. What We Don't Like Sometimes the template messes up. 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. You can also download the audio files for this template. Download Cash Cab 13 of 14 Deal or No Deal From Rusnak Creative What We Like Graphics look clean and professionally made. Gives gameplay instruction. Has a template to easily change up gameplay. Awesome sound effects and intro music. What We Don't Like Uses macros, so some antivirus programs flag it as potential malware. Sometimes it falsely detects ending game early. There's a short waiting period to get the download. 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. Download Deal or No Deal 14 of 14 Cash Cab First Aid From Mining Quiz What We Like Gives clear instructions on how to customize. Nice sound effects to engage player. Text is easily readable at a distance. What We Don't Like Distracting background. No extra rounds like actual the actual game. No way for player to select answer. This Cash Cab PowerPoint template also has 12 questions, all related to first aid information. This template revolves around the objective to reach the Empire State Building before being kicked out of the cab with too many wrong answers. You can also grab a blank template from the same download page if you want to write in all the questions and answers yourself. Download First Aid Cash Cab Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit