The purpose of this paper is to present and describe didactic games and their types. The beginning of paper describes the game in basic form, the ways it can be used and the role it has in teaching. Then, didactic games are stated and described as well as the ways they can be used in Croatian language teaching. In this paper are stated some of the outcomes from the Curriculum for the subject Croatian language and also the ways they can be achieved by using didactic games. The research, which was conducted among primary school and Croatian language teachers, aimed to determine whether didactic games are used in Croatian language teaching and which games teachers use the most. Also, it was examined in which part of the lesson of subject Croatian language didactic games are used the most and in which subject area. The research problem states that primary school teachers use didactic games more than Croatian language subject teachers and the results have confirmed that. Also, the research has shown that by using didactic games students are more motivated and they become active participants in the educational process.