The game accompanies a person throughout his life, from birth to old age. Without it, the evolution of humanity would have been impossible. Being an important tool for learning and improving the world, it has changed throughout our history. With the help of the game, the child learns, models situations that - already seriously - he will have to live independently in the future. The author considers the game as an integral part of the development of the species Homo Sapiens and talks about the refraction of this topic in different periods, from Antiquity to Modern times, in the works of thinkers of various philosophical schools: Plato and Hegel, Kant and Huizinga. Today, in the era of highly developed industry, specialists and All concerned people are sounding the alarm: the game is in danger. We're playing less and less! Why? You will find the answer to this question in the book. It is addressed both to specialists: psychologists, teachers, cultural experts, and to a wide range of readers.