Taxonomy of Studies on the Use of Video Games in Entrepreneurship Education: A Systematic Literature Review with a Textometric Analysis

Abstract

In the last decades, serious games, as a category of video games, have become a valuable tool in learning, demonstrating that it is possible to learn while playing. This work aims to identify a taxonomy of research in this domain, exploring serious games’ interactive and immersive aspects with educational and practical situations, which make them a powerful tool for entrepreneurship learning. For this purpose, the PRISMA method was used to complete a systematic literature review. In this regard, 1458 research studies were initially identified, from which 171 were considered eligible for a quantitative synthesis and only 65 for a meta-analysis. Consequently, the textometric analysis was performed with the IRAMUTEQ software. The analysis allowed the location of six clusters, summarizing the characteristics of a serious game that engages and motivates players in entrepreneurial education.