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Interactive games

Play is how kids learn to regulate, connect, and try new things.

Therapist-designed games — for pairing, rapport, skill practice, and keeping sessions something kids actually look forward to.

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Why games work in therapy

Play therapy isn't just fun —
it's a decades-old evidence base.

Lower defenses, higher engagement

Kids who won't answer direct questions will happily play — and through the play, show you what they're working through.

Repetition without resistance

A skill that takes 30 reps to generalize is boring on a worksheet and natural in a game. Same data, different affect.

Mastery builds self-efficacy

Winning, leveling up, completing a round — the small wins therapy often can't deliver in the session itself.

Game mechanics

Match the mechanic to
the moment.

Card games

Turn-based play with a deck of prompts — the classic therapeutic card game, modernized.

Matching & memory

Pattern games that build working memory and support emotion-identification skills.

Trivia & quick quizzes

Age-tuned trivia that sparks conversation and builds rapport with verbal teens.

Board-style games

Progress boards where landing on spaces prompts therapeutic questions or mini-activities.

Cooperative games

Clinician and client work toward a shared goal — great for pairing and alliance-building.

Competitive 2-player

Head-to-head play for clients who thrive on challenge — teens who'd rather beat you than talk.

When to reach for a game

The right tool at the right moment.

First session

Pairing & rapport

Low-pressure play builds alliance faster than intake questions.

Mid-session

Skill practice

Active rehearsal of targeted skills inside a game frame.

Dysregulation

Reset & reconnect

Cooperative games when the session needs to slow down.

Closing

End on a win

Finish with mastery so kids leave wanting to come back.

However you meet your client

One game, three ways to play.

Every Hopscotch Play game works the same whether you're in the room or on a video call — pick the setup that fits your session.

A clinician and child playing on one shared device
In person · one device

Side by side

Sit together and share a single tablet or laptop — the classic table-side session, now digital.

Two people playing across from each other on two devices
In person · two devices

Across the table

Each of you on your own device in the same room — great for turn-based and head-to-head games.

A telehealth session in 2-player mode
Virtual · 2-player

Over telehealth

Your client joins from their own device with a secure link — real-time shared play, no screen share.

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Games preview

A slice of the games library.

Face Flip

Face Flip

Emotion ID8–122-player
Match Stack

Match Stack

Rapport building8–12Matching
Social Life

Social Life

Social skills5–8Board game
Lucia's Day Dash

Lucia's Day Dash

Executive function9–12Platformer
Calm Coloring

Calm Coloring

EngagementAll agesCooperative
My Feelings Face

My Feelings Face

Emotion ID5–8Cooperative

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A clinician and child in a session

I have a client who hates talking. We play a game, and by round three he's telling me everything. The games do the work I can't.

Licensed clinician
Child & teen therapy
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