Prosocial Games

DIYSPY is a prosocial game.

What does that mean, aren’t all multi-player games social? Prosocial refers to the kind of interactions, not whether people are social or not.

It can refer to positive relations between characters, players, animals, plants, etc. So, rather than anti-social interactions like competing, attacking, deceiving, undermining, destroying, putting-down, and so on, you’re more likely to be cooperating, supporting, building each other up, being straight-up, and entertaining each other. This doesn’t mean there are no difficult relations, it’s just that they’re not predominately driven by anti-social behaviours and goals.

Tabletop games that do this, include:

I’ll keep adding more as I remember and learn about them. Let me know of ones you enjoy or have made too!