Table 5.

Differences and confluences between game, game experience and gamification.

	Differences	Confluences
Game- gamification	- In a game, the objective or purpose is recreational, while in gamification the aim is to modify behaviors or systems. - The game is an end in itself in playful environments, the game is a means in gamified environments.	- In both cases the game is present with its rules and rewards systems.
Game- game experience	- The game is governed by a set of objective rules, unlike the game experience, which is the perception of persons, and therefore has a subjective component.	- There is a causal relationship between the game, a set of objective rules, which can result in a subjective psychological state.
Game experience- gamification	- The gaming experience is a psychological state, gamification is a system for modifying and influencing people and systems	- For gamification to respond to the objectives for which it is used successfully, it must coexist with the gaming experience

Source: own developement.