(The Only Ones That Have Survived 1,000+ Live Games and Actual Teenagers Trying to Break Them)
After twelve years and roughly a thousand Gimkit sessions, I can now predict with 99% accuracy which kits will make the room explode and which will make thirty kids stare at their shoes.
These fifteen are the only ones that have never failed me.
They are the desert-island, fire-drill-proof, senior-prank-week-proof kits that my students beg for by name and that consistently deliver the highest test-score bumps I’ve ever seen.
Bookmark these five creators and never search again.
Math – The Kits That Ended “I’m Not a Math Person”
- Algebra 1 Review – All Units by KitCollab (1.4M+ plays)
The single greatest kit ever made. Perfect topic distribution, worked solutions on every question, updated every summer.
Day-before-chapter-test ritual → average score increase: 8–11 points.
Period 3 once played it during lunch and carried a plastic dinosaur trophy around all day after beating period 7 by $1.2M. - Geometry Proofs – Two-Column Edition by MathWithMrsC
Turns the most hated topic in geometry into speed chess.
Juniors who swore they “couldn’t do proofs” finish at 92% accuracy. - SAT Math – No Calculator Section by GimKitMaster
Exact digital SAT blueprint including Desmos items.
Run in Trust No One the week before the test → real score gains: one kid 580 → 740 in three weeks.
Science – Where Content Actually Sticks
- AP Biology – Unit 1-8 Mega Review by BioWithBri
800+ questions, updated every summer with the new CED, perfect AP weighting.
My AP Bio average last year: 4.1 (highest in district). - Chemistry – Stoichiometry Mastery by ChemQueen
Every question multi-step with gold-tier hints.
Individual topic tracking shows exactly who still multiplies by Avogadro’s instead of dividing. - Physics – Kinematics & Forces by PhysicsPhorPhun
Embedded vector/free-body diagrams.
Kids scream when the velocity-time graph question drops because they know the $2M multiplier is coming.
History / Social Studies – Review That Sounds Like Storytelling
- APUSH Period 1-9 Review – 2025 Updated by HistoryWithHamm
1,200+ questions, all stimulus-based, exactly what’s on the exam.
Run in teams of four with whiteboards → better conversations than any lecture. - World History – Eras 4-9 Mega Kit by MrMondo
Short, punchy, occasionally savage questions (“Which empire lasted longer: Ottoman or my last relationship?”).
9th graders argue causation in the hallway. - Civics – Landmark Supreme Court Cases by GovWithGrace
Case → Holding → Impact + vote split.
Seniors still drop Obergefell and Gideon in current-events debates.
English / Language Arts – Vocabulary & Devices That Never Leave
- SAT Vocabulary – 500 Most Common Words by VocabVicky
Updated every testing cycle, modern definitions, actually funny sentences.
Run in Floor is Lava → pure chaos, perfect retention. - Literary Devices Mega Kit by ELAwithEmily
Identify → quote → explain effect in one question.
Works Shakespeare to Rupi Kaur.
Foreign Language – The Flashcard Killers
- Spanish 1-3 Mega Review by ProfePerez
2,000+ questions, crystal-clear audio, auto-detects weakest tense.
Spanish 3 honors kids play voluntarily on snow days. - French Verb Conjugation – All Tenses by MadameMorgan
Every irregular verb, perfect scaffolding, never feels like drilling.
Wildcard Kits That Work in Literally Any Subject
- Kahoot Killer Review Template (blank kit with perfect default settings)
I clone this when I’m lazy. Still outperforms 90% of custom kits because pacing is dialed. - Any of the above kits + Trust No One mode
Switch any kit to Trust No One → engagement triples instantly.
Quietest kid once betrayed his best friend for $14M and the class lost their minds.
The Only Five Kits You Actually Need to Bookmark Right Now
- Algebra 1 Review – All Units (KitCollab)
- AP Biology Mega Review (BioWithBri)
- APUSH Period 1-9 (HistoryWithHamm)
- SAT Math No Calculator (GimKitMaster)
- Spanish 1-3 Mega Review (ProfePerez)
These fifteen kits are battle-tested, annually updated, and rigorous enough that I never feel guilty calling it “just a game.”
Steal one tomorrow.
Run it live.
Watch your principal walk in to thirty kids screaming about stoichiometry at 8:15 a.m. on a Friday and just… smile.
That’s the best feeling in teaching.
You’re welcome.