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24 alternatives to Rethinking Gamification

It is time to rethink gamification!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rethinking Gamification launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Actionable Gamification▲72

   Beyond points, badges and leaderboards

   2017 · amazon.de · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Gamify▲63

   How gamification motivates people to do extraordinary things

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Theory of Fun for Game Design▲67

   Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   21st Century Game Design▲83

   Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things▲110

   Gamify shows gamification in action

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Gamification OS▲223

   Turn your digital workspace into an enjoyable game

   2022 · theveller.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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   Getbadges▲124

   Gamification for your team's projects

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Reality is Broken▲65

   Why Games Make Us Better & How They Can Change the World

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Reality is Broken▲60

   Why games make us better and how they can change the world

   2015 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

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    The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses▲72

    Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

    A look at how games make us feel

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Art of Learning▲91

    An inner journey to optimal performance

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Getting Gamers▲58

    The psychology of video games

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Actionable Gamification▲7

    Gamification for successful product scaling anyone can do

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    EP.25 How to Effectively Deploy Gamification into a Company's Products and Processes⎜#MakerZone▲52

    " How do we learn? By playing!" -Arlette Pond

    2017 · podbean.com · its alternatives →

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    Loyalty 3.0▲5

    Revolutionize Customer Engagement with Gamification

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    Graphism▲71

    Games for Designers

    2015 · graphism.fr · its alternatives →

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    Jobs-to-be-Done: Theory to Practice▲100

    Turn innovation into a science.

    2017 · anthonyulwick.com · its alternatives →

20. 20GO
    Gamification.org - Open Source Game Mechanics▲76

    2010 · gamification.org · its alternatives →

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    Gamewheel▲73

    Empowering creators in the digital world

    2015 · gamewheel.com · its alternatives →

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    UX Strategy▲106

    How to devise innovative digital products that people want

    2016 · jaimelevy.com · its alternatives →

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    Office Arcade▲4

    My book about employee engagement and gamification.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss▲62

    A conversation/debate/trading of ideas

    2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →

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