Prevolio

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
    Explore simulations
  • 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
    See live games
  • 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
    Take a test
  • 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
    Browse guides
  • 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
    Host at home
  • 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
    Verify a certificate

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

  1. Pick a game on /play — lesson goals and timing are built in.

  2. Create a session and write the code on the board.

  3. Run the rounds from the live dashboard.

  4. Debrief with the built-in questions, then print certificates.

MarketDay12-7QK2Students type the session code at /join — no account, any phone.

Student

  1. Open /join on any device.

  2. Enter the code and your name — no account.

  3. Play your role: trade, invest, negotiate.

  4. Compare results and take your certificate.

Family

  1. Open /play-at-home — fully accountless.

  2. Launch one of six family games for two to six players.

  3. Share the link; bots auto-fill empty seats.

  4. Play and talk it over — shorter rounds, built for the table.

Solo

  1. Play any simulation at your own pace.

  2. Take tests and read your report — Holland code, Big Five or grade.

  3. Finish a track like the Entrepreneur’s Path.

  4. 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.

  • Funfor the fridge
  • Seriousfor a portfolio
  • Diplomafor 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

Available in
  • en
  • uk
  • pl

Free in the browser, on phones and laptops — prevolio.com.

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