Eve Online is an online space game that teaches adults how to work together, as well as many of the basics of industrial production. The game includes a battle mode, but the key in it is research and development to discover new products for your fleet. Eve Online emphasized the need to spend money on research and development and increase the efficiency of a production line in your factory. It also teaches basic economic skills as players manipulate the economy based on the supply of products available on the market. Players learn business relationships by creating contracts with other players.
Informatist is a business simulation game that lets adults learn what it's like to manage the finances of a startup company. Each player can choose between 16 different businesses to operate, and decide if her business will be a private corporation or publicly owned. Players find out that with publicly owned companies, they must meet the demands of the stockholders. There are more than 80 different products that the company can produce. The player must determine which are the most profitable based on current market conditions. Players also learn how the stock market functions by investing in the game's stock market. As the owner of the business, each player must hire his own employees based on skill set and personality, and negotiate strategic business agreements such as mergers with other players.
Democracy 2 is a game that will help adults learn about politics. Being the President of the United States is not all about power. You must make decisions in this game about tax laws and other government regulations that affect business and see the results of your decisions. You also make decisions about the environment and how to keep special interest groups happy with your decisions. Players must also learn proper international political strategies or they could end up in a war.
Scavenger hunts teach adults how to work together in person and are useful for use within companies. Divide your employees into teams and give them clues to decipher to determine where to go to find the next clue. This type of scavenger hunt teaches your employees to work together and share logic to solve clues.