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This study investigated the effect of computer-based Instructional game (CBIG) in teaching chemistry at the senior high school (SHS). The purpose of the study was to determine how the use of computer game as an instructional strategy would enhance the performance and attitudes of SHS students towards balancing of chemical equations (BoCEs). It also examined the effect of gender on these outcomes. The study adopted developmental research approach employing the case study method. The research sample consisted of 40 (25 males and 15 females) second year chemistry students. Test, questionnaire and interview were the instruments used for the study. The CBIG was implemented and evaluated in one science class of a selected SHS in the Central Region of Ghana for four weeks. The findings showed that students’ performance in the BoCEs improved significantly after the intervention period. The findings also showed that the students’ attitudes towards BoCEs improved significantly after the study. However, the study showed no significant differences in the performance and the attitudes of the male and the female students towards the BoCEs using the CBIG intervention. The findings also showed that the students were of the view that the CBIG intervention stimulated their interests and minimised their negative perceptions associated with the BoCEs concept.