Against All Odds cover

Against All Odds

First release
May 10, 2005
Publisher
UNHCR
Genres
Indie, Simulator, Sport · Educational, Action
Platforms
Web browser

Against All Odds is an Adobe Flash video game developed by UNHCR designed to teach players about the plight of refugees.

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Storyline
In Against All Odds, the player takes the role of a refugee and plays through twelve stages – depicting his persecution and flight from his native country, through to eventual integration into a foreign country as an asylum seeker. Complementing the game is a facts repository detailing the history of asylum and refugee testimonies. A teacher's guide section provides discussion points and lesson ideas for the classroom. The game takes approximately 45 minutes to play through, coinciding with the typical length of a lesson.[Read more

In Against All Odds, the player takes the role of a refugee and plays through twelve stages – depicting his persecution and flight from his native country, through to eventual integration into a foreign country as an asylum seeker. Complementing the game is a facts repository detailing the history of asylum and refugee testimonies. A teacher's guide section provides discussion points and lesson ideas for the classroom. The game takes approximately 45 minutes to play through, coinciding with the typical length of a lesson.[

Release dates
Web browser
May 10, 2005
Age ratings
PEGI 7
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Text

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio
  • Deutschinterface
IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026
Also in 6 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026