Robot games
Beep boop! Sort the parts, build your own tiny robot, then program one to reach the star.
Robot games
All robot games
2 games
About each game
A line on every game here
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- Robot Factory Sort the robot parts from the conveyor belt into the right boxes by colour, shape and size, then build a robot from the order card and watch it wake up!
- Robot Coder Tap arrow cards into a row, press Go, and help the cute robot roll along the grid to its battery friend.
About these games
Our picks and what they practise
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Robots are the theme here, from a first sorting-and-building game to a first programming game. For four- to eight-year-olds there is Robot Factory — a drag-and-drop game about sorting parts off a conveyor belt by colour, shape and size, then building a robot to match an order card.
The one to know about is Robot Coder. It is a first programming game: the robot stands on a grid, and you build a program from arrow commands to get it to the star. No reading beyond the arrows, but it teaches sequencing, planning ahead and fixing a program that did not work — which is most of what coding is.
Our picks
What they practise
- Sequencing and planning in Robot Coder — the basics of programming
- Shape recognition and sorting by a rule
- Sorting and matching parts to an order (Robot Factory)
- Creativity in the robot maker
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Questions parents ask
4 quick answers
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Which games suit a four-year-old?
Robot Factory — drag-and-tap, no reading, no time pressure. Robot Coder is a good next step once they're ready to plan ahead.
Is Robot Coder real coding?
It teaches the ideas that matter — putting commands in order, predicting what will happen, fixing mistakes — without any typing. It is a good step before Scratch.
Is anything here scary?
No — Robot Factory's parts and robots are all friendly, and nothing fights or breaks down.
Is there anything to buy?
Every game is safe and needs no sign-up, on tablets and computers alike.