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Best Gaming Summer Camps in New Jersey

At Genius Gems in Milburn, summer camps offer themed weekly sessions in topics like science wonder lab. Photo courtesy of Genius Gems
At Genius Gems in Milburn, summer camps offer themed weekly sessions in topics like science wonder lab. Photo courtesy of Genius Gems
3/26/24 - By Laurie Rein

Tech-savvy kids, and even those with no prior tech experience, can gain skills for today’s digital world at summer camps that cater to aspiring game designers and engineers. Gaming camps offer kids and teens opportunities to create video games, work with popular programs like Minecraft and Roblox, and brush up on STEM knowledge. 

For more info on summer camps in New Jersey, bookmark our Guide to Summer Camp in New Jersey and our New Jersey Summer Camp Directory, where you can search for summer camps by age, interest, and town. 

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Best Gaming Summer Camps in New Jersey

Club SciKidz North Central New Jersey

Various NJ locations
Ages 3-14
Club SciKidz themes include astronomy, meteorology, sea adventures, climate change, veterinary medicine, robotics, Marvel stop-motion animation, chemistry, rocketry, wizarding world (Harry Potter), medicine, and surgery–to name a few.  READ MORE

Game Camp Nation - New Jersey

Saddle River and Morristown
Ages 9-19
Creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration: Game Camp Nation emphasizes the 4 C's needed for success in today’s media-driven world. This educational game studio for kids and teens offers in-person summer day camps, sleepaway camps, and year-round online lessons for aspiring game designers, programmers, and artists of all skill levels. READ MORE

Genius Gems

Millburn
Ages 5-12
At Genius Gems, educators use hands-on learning to lead kids entering kindergarten and up in topics that include science wonder lab, witches and wizards Camp, rainbow and magic potions, Lego brick engineering, and more. Summer camps, for grades K-6, offer themed weekly sessions with early drop-off and aftercare options.   READ MORE

iD Tech Summer Programs

Madison, Montclair and Princeton
Ages 7-17
Kids can explore this prestigious campus while making friends and mastering new tech skills. At iD Tech camps, students ages 7 to 18 learn to code, design video games, produce videos, mod Minecraft, create with Roblox, build laptops, learn about cybersecurity, and more! READ MORE

Little Ivy Academy STEAM Camps

Ridgewood
Ages 6-14
This summer, your camper can build and code Lego robots, create electronic spy gadgets, learn to code, and much more. Traditional summer day camp activities are included, too, getting kids outdoors daily.  READ MORE

Code Ninjas Westfield

Westfield
Ages 5-14
Kids can build 3-D models, fly drones, make movies, or select from a number of new technology topics at this gaming-centric day camp. At Code Ninjas Westfield, kids gain confidence in coding, math, logic, and problem solving while having a ton of fun. READ MORE

Leapcoderz

Princeton
Ages 4-16
Help your child leap ahead by attending this summer camp in Princeton focused on skills like coding, robotics, game designing, STEM, and SAT Prep, among other topics and fields. The program is designed for the holistic development of kids and is methodized and curated by skilled mentors to meet the unique needs of every child.  READ MORE

Montclair Learning Center Camps

Montclair
Ages 6-12
Campers can explore STEM concepts through themes like robotics, coding, chess, engineering, video game design, app development, and more. Girls-only STEM Camp is available for girls entering first through sixth grades. Its Little Engineers camp caters to preschoolers.     READ MORE

Snapology of Atlantic County

Montclair
Ages 4-14
Snapology of Atlantic County offers hands-on, interactive educational programs teaching STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) concepts that feature LEGO robotics, video game design, UAV flight, and other science themes. READ MORE

Storming Robots - Camps

Branchburg
Ages 10-18
Storming Robots offers year-round robotics engineering and computer science programs for talented youth. All workshops involve open-ended yet goal-oriented challenges, award-winning platforms, and non-cookie-cutter programs.  READ MORE

THE R CHILD STEAM Center

Fort Lee
Ages 3-16
The R Child offers a variety of STEM activities for kids ages 3 months through 14 years, including Discovery Play Center, an educational and open play space that offers a novel approach to playtime. Summer camp features 3D printing, game design, robotics, Minecraft and more. READ MORE

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