Learn economics — by playing!
Prevolio is a free, browser-based economics playground for classrooms, families and self-learners — interactive simulations, live multiplayer games you run with a class, career and finance tests, and printable certificates, all in the browser with nothing to install.
A playground for classrooms, families and curious adults: simulations, live multiplayer games, career and finance tests, and printable certificates. No installs, works on any phone.
Prevolio by the numbers
Everything below is one free playground you open in a browser. The counts come straight from the live catalogue, so they are always current.
- 36interactive simulations
- 16live multiplayer games
- 22career & knowledge tests
- 19book study guides
- 5diploma tracks
- 3languages
Everything in one playground
Six ways to use Prevolio, each a real part of the site you can open right now. Play solo, run a class, study a book, or print a certificate.
Simulations/
From five-minute sandboxes to long-form journeys like My First Business, AI Startup Founder and the Personal Finance Journey. Change the inputs and watch the outcomes move in real time.
- markets
- game theory
- micro
- macro
- behavioural
- finance
Live classroom games/play
A teacher launches a multiplayer game — Double Auction, Market Day, Public Goods, Ultimatum — and up to 40 players join from their phones. Bots fill any odd seats, and a lesson plan comes built in.
- Double Auction
- Market Day
- Public Goods
- Ultimatum
Tests & career/tests
Graded knowledge tests and no-right-answer career profiles across three series — including the 180-item full Holland interests profile that maps your career code.
- school
- adult
- career
Book guides/books
School textbooks and classics mapped chapter by chapter to the simulations that bring each idea to life — read the chapter, then play the aha-moment.
- textbooks
- classics
Play at home/play-at-home
Family game night with no accounts and up to six players: Market Day, Stag Hunt, Public Goods, Tragedy of the Commons, or the three-in-one Fairness Night home special. Share a link and bots fill the rest.
- family
- no accounts
- 2–6 players
Certificates/verify
Finish a simulation, test or track and download a PDF certificate — fun, serious or diploma — in any of the three languages, with an optional verification code.
- fun
- serious
- diploma
From book to game
Every guide ties a book's chapters to the simulations that make them tangible. Read the chapter for homework, play the simulation for the aha-moment.
The shelf holds 19 guides: 10 Ukrainian textbooks (grades 8–9), 3 Polish “Biznes i zarządzanie” textbooks, and 6 classics.
Classics on the shelf
- Freakonomics
- The Psychology of Money
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Zero to One
- The Wealth of Nations
- The Richest Man in Babylon
Tests, in three series
Graded tests return a score with a per-question explanation; profile tests have no right answers and return a personal breakdown. Everything is self-scored in the browser.
School · ages 13–15
- Money & inflation
- Planning & budgeting
- Risk & reward
- Being an entrepreneur
- Digital entrepreneurship
- Markets & competition
- Together or alone
Score + per-question explanations
Adults
- Financial-literacy basics
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Game theory
- Auctions & market design
- Personal finance in practice
- Founder unit economics
- Behavioural biases (profile)
- Economic preferences (profile)
A grade with explanations, or a personal profile
Career
- Career interests (RIASEC, ~10 min)
- Work values
- Work personality (Big Five)
- Career adaptability
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Full career profile (180 items, resumable)
A three-letter Holland code + interest breakdown
Six interests, one career code
- R
- I
- A
- S
- E
- C
The full career profile scores six interest areas — Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional — and hands you a three-letter Holland code such as I-A-E.
Four ways in
However you arrive — a teacher with a class, a student on a phone, a family at the table, or a solo learner — there's a short path from open to done.
Teacher
Pick a game on /play — lesson goals and timing are built in.
Create a session and write the code on the board.
Run the rounds from the live dashboard.
Debrief with the built-in questions, then print certificates.
MarketDay12-7QK2Students type the session code at /join — no account, any phone.
Student
Open /join on any device.
Enter the code and your name — no account.
Play your role: trade, invest, negotiate.
Compare results and take your certificate.
Family
Open /play-at-home — fully accountless.
Launch one of six family games for two to six players.
Share the link; bots auto-fill empty seats.
Play and talk it over — shorter rounds, built for the table.
Solo
Play any simulation at your own pace.
Take tests and read your report — Holland code, Big Five or grade.
Finish a track like the Entrepreneur’s Path.
Collect your diploma certificate.
Certificates you can keep
Every completed simulation, test or track can produce a PDF certificate in English, Ukrainian or Polish. You enter your name at download — no account required.
- Fun — for the fridge
- Serious — for a portfolio
- Diploma — for a finished track
Five tracks roll up into diploma certificates
- School financial literacy
- Adult finance
- Career choice
- Entrepreneur’s Path
- Prevolio Diploma (capstone)
Each certificate carries an optional code anyone can confirm at prevolio.com/verify/XXXX-XXXX.
Verify a certificate →The quick facts
A machine-readable summary of what Prevolio is — the same numbers that drive the catalogue.
- Who it's for
- Classrooms, families and self-learners — ages 13 to adult.
- Price
- Free.
- Platform
- Runs in any browser — phones, tablets and laptops. Nothing to install.
- Languages
- 3 — English, Ukrainian and Polish.
- What's inside
- 36 simulations · 16 live games · 22 tests · 19 book guides · 5 diploma tracks.
- Accounts
- None needed to play a simulation, join a class game, or host family night.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Prevolio free?
- Yes — playing simulations, joining class games and hosting family night are all free, with no account needed to start.
- Do students need accounts?
- No. Students join a live session with a code and a name at /join — no account, email or password — so there's no student personal data to manage.
- How many players can join a class game?
- Up to 40 players join from their phones, and bots fill any odd seats so the pairing always works.
- Can families play without a classroom?
- Yes. /play-at-home is fully accountless: launch one of six family games for two to six players and share the link.
- What tests are included?
- Tests come in three series — graded school and adult knowledge tests plus career profiles, including a 180-item full Holland interests profile.
- Do I get a certificate?
- Yes. Finish a simulation, test or track and download a PDF certificate — fun, serious or diploma — in English, Ukrainian or Polish, with an optional verification code.
- What can I run it on?
- Any modern browser on a phone, tablet or laptop. There's nothing to download or install.
- What languages does it support?
- Three: English, Ukrainian and Polish — the whole site, every simulation and every test.
Ready when you are
- en
- uk
- pl
Free in the browser, on phones and laptops — prevolio.com.
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