transformational games
Games designed to transform the player by making them learn something, see things in a different way, feel some emotion, etc. Transformational games may also seek to transform the world beyond the player, e.g. through data collection in citizen science.
See my broader note on: what can games do?
Transformational games are an umbrella term for serious games, educational games, Games with a purpose, explorables, etc.
Unfortunately for us researchers, transformational games are hard to study
