Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions about Work Games, the gamified work management and employee engagement platform.
What is Work Games?
Work Games is a work management and employee engagement platform that gamifies daily tasks with XP, levels, team quests, and AI-powered collaboration. It combines full project management functionality with game mechanics to make work intrinsically rewarding and boost team productivity and morale.
How is Work Games different from Jira, Asana, or Monday.com?
Traditional project management tools focus on tracking work. Work Games does everything they do — task management, sprint planning, goal tracking, analytics — but adds a gamification layer (XP, levels, achievements, cooperative team quests) and an AI-powered engagement system that actively promotes team morale and prevents burnout. Work Games is the only platform where completing your daily tasks directly translates into game progress.
What types of teams use Work Games?
Work Games is designed for software engineering teams, remote and hybrid teams, project teams, and any organization that wants to improve employee engagement. It is especially effective for teams of 3-50 members who want data-driven insights into morale and productivity alongside gamified daily workflows.
What is Work Arena?
Work Arena is the first game within the Work Games platform. It is a cooperative monster-battling game where an AI agent generates daily team quests based on real sprint data, task deadlines, team capacity, and morale. Team members "attack" quests by completing actual work tasks, making game progress directly tied to real productivity.
How does the XP and leveling system work?
Every task you complete earns experience points (XP) based on its estimated effort. As you accumulate XP, you level up, unlock achievements, and collect badges. Completing tasks and activities may grant you game rewards, but the level and experience is always related to the amount of work completed. The XP system uses a progressive curve where higher levels require more XP, creating a sense of continuous growth.
What are team quests?
Team quests are AI-generated daily cooperative challenges. The AI analyzes your team sprint data, deadlines, priorities, and morale to create appropriately difficult quests. Quest types include Worky battles (monster encounters), Worker challenges (NPC battles), and weekly Raid quests. Team members defeat quests by completing their real work tasks.
How does Work Games track team morale?
Team members self-report their perceived day difficulty (easy, normal, hard, very hard) at the end of each day. The AI agent uses this data along with completion rates and streaks to adjust quest difficulty — making goals easier when morale is low and more challenging when the team is thriving. Team leaders can view morale trends in the analytics dashboard.
Can I use Work Games without the gamification features?
Yes. Work Games has a non-game mode that provides all work management features — daily boards, task management, goals, sprints, analytics — without game elements. You can toggle between game mode and standard mode at any time. The platform is fully functional either way.
What integrations does Work Games support?
Work Games integrates with GitHub for development workflows, Google Calendar for scheduling, and Slack for notifications. Enterprise (Legend) plans support custom integrations and automations tailored to your workflow.
How much does Work Games cost?
Work Games offers four plans: Explorer ($5/user/month, up to 10 members), Adventurer ($10/user/month, unlimited members, up to 3 teams), Hero ($15/user/month, unlimited teams, advanced features), and Legend (custom pricing, enterprise features). All plans include a 14-day free trial with full access.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, all plans include a 14-day free trial with full access to every feature. No credit card is required to start. You can invite your team, explore all capabilities, and see how Work Games fits your workflow before committing.
How does the AI agent work?
The AI agent reads your team data (goals, sprints, tasks, deadlines, priorities, capacity, morale, past quest results) and generates a suggestion for daily team quests. The team leader can accept, reject, or modify the suggestion. The agent does not write data directly — all decisions are human-approved.
Does Work Games support multiple languages?
Yes, Work Games currently supports English and Spanish, with more languages planned.
Can I manage multiple teams?
Yes. The Adventurer plan supports up to 3 teams, while Hero and Legend plans support unlimited teams. Each team has its own daily board, goals, sprints, quests, and analytics.
How does onboarding work?
Work Games provides interactive onboarding tutorials that guide new users through the platform step by step. Hero and Legend plans include gamified onboarding and training modules that make learning company processes engaging and trackable.
What analytics and reporting does Work Games provide?
Work Games provides team performance reports including daily goal completion rates, morale trends (perceived difficulty), engagement metrics (member-days active, collaboration events), unplanned work tracking, sprint velocity, and more. Reports can be filtered by date range with options to include or exclude weekends.
Is Work Games secure?
Yes. Work Games uses Clerk for authentication (supporting Google and Microsoft SSO), encrypts data in transit and at rest, and processes payments through Stripe. Enterprise plans include advanced security features and SLA guarantees.
Can Work Games replace our standup meetings?
Work Games daily boards provide real-time visibility into what every team member is working on, their progress, and any blockers. Many teams use Work Games as a standup replacement or complement, since the daily board serves as an asynchronous standup that is always up to date.
How does Work Games help with burnout prevention?
Work Games tracks morale through self-reported perceived difficulty and monitors engagement patterns. The AI agent automatically adjusts quest difficulty when morale drops, and provides visibility to leaders on which team members may be overworked. The cooperative quest system also promotes team support and balanced workloads.
What is the document management feature?
Work Games includes a built-in document management system with version control (Git-backed), branching, merge conflict resolution, and collaborative editing. Teams can store and manage documents alongside their tasks and goals.