Note: This concerns an entire software suite. While it has enough gaming content to be reviewed as such, this will cover the suite in the overview. More detailed information is in the documentation and on the program suite website.

Parents and educators often have issues getting young children to focus on learning, generally, because, unlike games, it tends to be boring. GCompris is a free and open-source learning suite that attempts to square this circle so that children are entertained yet their guardians are also able to educate them at the same time.

The name itself is a contraction that is a play on the French words "J'ai compris." or "I have understood". As that suggests, this is an educational program around learning exercises based on comprehension exercises and games, meant to teach logic, mathematics, and pattern recognition. Accordingly, the program has several modular sections:

Computers: Games and activities teaching basic computer tasks.
Numbers: Exercises and games for learning numbers and arithmetic.
Science: Exercises designed to teach basic scientific concepts.
Geography: Exercises for learning basic topography and the location of countries.
Games: Games that teach pattern recognition or strengthen and refine the use of logic. Examples include tic-tac-toe, sudoku, memory matching, and Connect 4.
Reading: Basic introduction to word patterns, reading comprehension, and literature.
Miscellaneous: Other exercises, mini-programs, and games dedicated to various other educational entertainment, like drawing and art

The graphics originally used the GTK library, but now uses the Qt library (and is now a part of the KDE software library). The colors and interface have a bright pastel coloring book motif, to appeal to young children, complete with easy to understand graphical icons and simple text. The sounds and music are light and airy, reminiscent of musical programs for young children around 2 to 10 years old (noted as the target audience on their website), also intended to have an early childhood appeal, with a lot of music box-like qualities.

There are optional voiceovers for the GCompris suite that provide full speech instructions for the use of the included software, which can be helpful for young children who follow spoken instructions better than written. These voiceovers are clear and distinct (and given a neutral accent), though they can be toggled off if need be.

The software suite is controlled largely by mouse or touch (on certain handheld ports) and I found it very easy to get accustomed to. Given the software is oriented toward young children, the large buttons and responsive interface should be easily adaptable to children and adults.

One thing that coders and programmers will find useful, should they wish to modify this program, is that it was designed to be expandable and modular by default. It runs well on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, and Android, and can be ported to other platforms due to the source code and assets all being available under permissive licenses.

Morally, I found absolutely nothing wrong with this. There is no violent content of any sort. All language is free of anything I'd be concerned a young child would be exposed to. There is no sexual content, this has no depictions of occult or supernatural material, and this product has no ethical concerns. Being intended by design for the education and entertainment of young children, I would consider this helpful for their continued introduction to learning.

As a completely free program, this is quite outstanding and has a lot of content for educating and entertaining young children. It is family-friendly, and I would heartily recommend it to parents and educators for the educational benefit of young children.