About HealthyGaming

HealthyGaming is an initiative established to solve Gaming Disorder (ICD-11, WHO) as a global health challenge with the aim to reduce its global prevalence to below 0.5% by 2030. We aim to ensure that each individual can successfully get the most out of gaming and fully utilize its advantages without causing any negative effects on the lives of gamers and to achieve this, we intertwine evidence-based psychology with in-depth research, cutting-edge technology and subject matter expertise applied across healthcare, education and gaming to successfully achieve our mission.

How it all started

”When I was 16, I lost my mother to leukemia and turned to gaming as an escape from reality. Alongside this, I fell into problematic gaming and at the time, neither my father, public healthcare or school had the adequate tools or knowledge to help me at the time.”

Christoffer Johansson, Founder & CEO, HealthyGaming

Today, millions of parents, schools and families face similar challenges as Christoffer’s father did back then, unable to help their children who have fallen into Gaming Disorder or problematic gaming due to various reasons, including but not limited to personal trauma, unforeseen events or other mental health challenges.

We are here to change that.

Core Values

In order to successfully achieve our mission, we believe it’s of highest importance to practice what we preach.
This starts with our commitment to those we serve and to our core values.

Commitment & Passion

We dedicate ourselves to be passionate in the fullest sense of its meaning: A deep, fervent emotion, a state of intense yearning; an enthusiastic ardor to serve the well-being of others through our work. What makes us unique, what makes us different, and what makes us stand out is our commitment to our mission and the work we do.

Integrity & Accountability

We are honest and truthful about ourselves, we own and learn from our mistakes, and we claim responsibility for our words and actions. We hold ourselves and our partners accountable to meet the highest levels of integrity and standards of ethical behavior at all times.

Respect & Kindness

We treat each individual, partner, and organization with respect. We go the extra mile to serve those in need of help and we treat those around us with the kindness each and everyone deserves.

Open-minded & Value-focused

We are open to new ideas and think outside the box to drive results. We focus on creating value for those we work for, and we articulate fundamental values to identify new decision opportunities and create better alternatives for those we serve.

Innovating Gaming Disorder Healthcare

Each member of the HealthyGaming team have either struggled with Gaming Disorder themself, or had a loved one facing significant challenges navigating and getting help with problematic gaming. Our work targeting the Healthcare sector is focused on helping you more effectively identify when gaming is a problem, to equip parents, schools and gamers with the best preventive resources and to offer you the most efficient treatment based on your specific needs and personality traits when professional help is necessary.

Solving Problematic Gaming in Education

Our work targeting the education sector is established to help improve the overall understanding of gaming, both its advantages, Gaming Disorder and other mental, social and physical health risks in ways that help schools and institutions navigate problematic gaming significantly more effectively. At the same time, we also aim to equip schools and institutions with adequate knowledge, tools and resources to help ensure each student and school is able to fully utilize the advantages gaming brings and utilize gaming as a force for good.

Advancing Social Responsibility in Gaming

We firmly believe that gaming is something positive and we are committed to supporting gaming industry companies of all sizes and niches in their work with Corporate Social Responsibility: Making the gaming industry a better place for everyone involved in a measurable, impactful, and commercially viable way ensuring profitability in a more socially responsible approach to gaming.

We need your help

With the global prevalence of Gaming Disorder rapidly on the rise, growing from 97 million affected individuals in 2022, to 103.5 million affected individuals in 2023, to more than 130 million affected individuals in 2024, we are not doing good enough. We need both more financial resources, human resources and strategic partners to successfully reduce the global prevalence of Gaming Disorder to below 0.5% by 2030.

Interested in learning more or discussing how you or your organization can help?