STORIES & INSIGHTS

What can video games offer to forcibly displaced people?

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Illustration showing two people seated infront of a large screen playing a football video game. The person on the right has their hands up celebrating having scored a goal.

This report explores what refugees want from video games and outlines a path for humanitarian engagement with the gaming industry and its communities to improve the lives of refugees. It brings together insights from a survey with forcibly displaced people, interviews with game developers, and a co-design workshop with refugees. 

The point of this feasibility study has been to test initial intuitions about gaming and transform them into evidence-based practice, informed and guided by the wishes and needs of forcibly displaced people.