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2. City Guesser

Supported browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox

3. Freeciv-Web

4. War Brokers

This has got to be one of the most fun games I have played on a browser. If you’re a fan of FPS games, and you want something lightweight that you can play in your free time directly on your browser without having to download anything, you should check out War Brokers. You can play classic 8v8, battle royale, and more modes within the game, so no matter what mood you’re in, you will be able to find something to match your needs.

5. Abobo’s Big Adventure

6. Powerline.io

Compatible Platform: Chrome, Firefox

7. Street Skater

8. TacticsCore.io

9. Linerider

10. Skribbl

Skribbl is one of those games that gained massive popularity amidst the coronavirus pandemic. It is a simple multiplayer drawing and guessing game you can play with friends and family or even with strangers on the internet. One of the players will be drawing objects to represent the words. Your task is to rightly guess the word before others do. You can make use of the hints at the top of the page to know a few letters of the word and the number of letters for guessing the word better.

11. Nightpoint

Supported Browsers: Chrome, Firefox

13. Wings.io

14. Sunset Bike Racer

16. Quick, Draw!

Availability:   Free

17. Diep.io

Some games never go out of vogue and Tetris is the best proof of it. The popular block arrangement game has come a long way from being a staple on consoles with a black-and-white screen to the colorful variation we are suggesting here. The goal remains the same – earn points by clearing horizontal lines , but it’s the neon-colored blocks that add a freshness to the classic game that will surely help you kill some time during breaks.

19. Snail Bob

20. Shell Shockers

21. Winter Rush

22. Prince of Persia

23. Hexar.io

Hexar.io is a game where you have to build hexagonal blocks by passing through them. You should come back to one of your existing blocks to capture the blocks you just visited. Opponents will try to hit your trail when you’re exploring new blocks and you should plan your path in such a way that an opponent can’t directly hit you. Similarly, you can hit on an opponent’s trail to kill them.

Supported Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge

25. Prodigy

26. slither.io

There is a lot to like in “slither.io”. For starters, this massively multiplayer online game has interesting gameplay wherein players have to  control an avatar resembling a worm  that eats multicolored pallets to grow in size. And as a player, you have an uphill task of growing the longest worm in the server.

28. Scary Maze

29. Chrome Dino

You’ve probably played Chrome’s dino game when you are offline. Chrome Dino game brings the game online so that you can play the game without having to turn off the Wi-Fi on your PC or mobile. The gameplay is similar to the original Dino game . In addition, you also get night and color game modes. There is also an option to play the game as Mario, Batman, and Joker.

30. Pokemon Showdown

Supported browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari

32. Shapez.io

33. Six-sided Streets

34. Thunder

Thunder is one of those games that seem easy but turns out tougher than you imagined. In the game, thunder strikes the floor from the top and you should tactically escape the incoming bolt. The catch here is that the points system is linked to the thunder. As soon as the thunder hits the floor, gold particles appear, collecting which gives you the score. If you stay too far away from the thunder, the gold particle would disappear before you could collect them. Hence, you will have to find a balance between escaping the thunder and collecting points to enjoy the game.

Supported Browsers:  Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari

36. No one Has to Die

37. Krunker.io

38. Wilds.io

39. Twitter Data Dash

This fun little browser game has been developed by Twitter to educate users about its privacy policies and data collection practices. It’s a platformer, but after each level, you get some information about the policy and how Twitter collects and uses your data. You, along with your dog ‘Data’ will be traveling through PrivaCity, and along with all the information, you will get to learn more about how you can control your experience on Twitter.

40. Slow Roads

Supported browsers: Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox

41. Mini Royale: Nations

42. Astro Race

43. Collisio Club

44. Fields of Fury

Fancy a multiplayer online shooting game in your free time? Well, Fields of Fury is the ultimate browser game with a lot to offer. Choose from a set of powerful guns and collect maps while you shoot down your enemies. You need good control over your mouse to shoot in the game and that is what makes it challenging. Respawn is allowed multiple times as the game becomes frustrating when you’re shot down as soon as you land on the battlefield.

45. Make It Meme

Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox

Sampad Banerjee

Sampad is the resident video game lover and writer for Beebom. He started freelancing for various publication two years ago, and continued writing about games that he plays. On his work-time, you'll see him writing about latest gaming news, how-tos, and his occasional opinionated reviews. On his down-time, he's probably trying out the most random builds in an RPG, or planning his next cosplay.

How about Yenemy.io? Very unique and addictive gameplay.

I’ve been playing New York Mafia lately – bringing back all sorts of nostalgia to the early 2000s when it was known as NY-Mafia… gotta love an old browser based mafia themed game.

Great one for showing your experience and knowledge

How about bloxd.io

How about basketbros.io

should have a sandbox game, like Sandboxels!

u guys get?

well try google doodle it’s unblockable

You should download a vpn. Its what I do and it gives you access to most websites when youre at school.

if you still come on this Site, or even get this I don’t know. What happen’s if you have a ACER CHROMEBOOK, and it doesn’t want to Download anything 😕 Even though there are Game’s that you want to Play 😕

titansoftime is a full 3d browser mmo with pvp. Can play at school.

You guys should try No-one has to die, there are a LOT of twists.

krunker.io is the best

Try Nutaku! best game to get enlightenment! Aaand kongregate is down 🙁

Try Nutaku! best game to get enlightenment!

i love it but school bloxi they track everything we fucking do

any reques for game that isnt locked in a school laptop kinda suk and im bored

Lol ? feel bad for you I can do anything on my school iPad

you guys get school ipads?

you guys get school?

you guys get to go outside?

Same me to school iPad is better then a computer I can play Minecraft in iPad

You guys get to go a h-home?

What’s a h-home?

yall should try krunker.io its the most costomizable game AND it has a unique movement system that take hardwork and skill to master

moomoo.io is good too

haha i was just playing it!

I play it too

Outdated, Krunker.io is the one of the most Refined, Optimised, And customizable browser FPS games currently, you can make maps, and mods. It has an entire economy, anti-cheat + live police system, trading, AND the most unique form of fluid and FAST movement that takes skill to master.

its anit cheat is literal shit

and it the most fing annoying thing to play cause everyones a sweat

How about mope.io?

how come your name is the same than the character of LINCOLN PEIRCE?

OK NATE WRIGHT. BIG NATE FAN, HUH?

Try slither.io u might like it n could be included in this list 🙂

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In this simple game, which has a squared background just like a maths book, various coloured circles – cells – move around on a map. You control one of these circles.

The aim is to make your circle as big as possible, by collecting small bits of mass which you find scattered around, or by eating other players. However, you’re only able to eat them if you’re 25 percent bigger then them; if they’re 25 percent bigger, of course, they’ll eat you.

Before you start the game you can customise the name of your player and if you choose specific names the shape will have a specific appearance – for example, if you type ‘mars’ then the circle will look like the planet Mars.

Millions of people around the world are playing this game, but if anyone near you is playing they will enter the same server, making it easier to compete with your friends. It’s extremely addictive, especially if you end up playing against your mates, and very competitive.

Your mass is listed at the bottom left of your screen; there’s a rankings list at the top right, which includes the top 10 players with the biggest mass. If you reach number one you can screenshot and brag about it to your friends, or just carry on playing. Henrique Pedrette

Play Agar.io

Candy Crush Soda

Highly addictive match-three blockbuster Candy Crush Soda presents you with a grid of brightly coloured sweets and related items. You have to line up three or more of the same items or colours, which makes them explode and causes the vertical line to fall and bring different items into play.

Once you finish a level the next one will be automatically unlocked for you to play: in our experience, the more levels you unlock, the more you want to play as you’re drawn into the challenge. Fail the level and you’ll get another chance, but you only have four lives; after that you’ll have to wait for a timer to give you another.

The game has many levels and they rise in difficulty as you play along, adding more features such as obstacles and unique challenges. There’s a score at the top right which tells you exactly how well you’re doing, and a table indicating how close you are to a one-, two- or three-star rating for the level. Henrique Pedrette

Play Candy Crush Soda

Contre Jour

This physics puzzler was gorgeous on iOS , and it’s similarly beguiling in the browser.

The aim is to guide a little trundling eyeball with stumpy legs to a glowing blue goal. To do so, you warp the ground and make use of sticky tentacles to nudge, roll, and fling the oddball critter around. The primarily monochrome visuals are stunning, the piano soundtrack is suitably relaxing, and the puzzling action is intuitive but challenging – especially if you want to grab the three sets of fireflies littered about each stage.

Play Contre Jour

You’ve probably played – or at least heard of – Pong. Two bats. One ball. Ushered in home gaming. And so on. Cube Slam is more or less that ancient favourite, except you’re facing off against a dopey bear, and the decidedly cuboid ‘ball’ often collides with power-ups that affect the game. Any nonchalance at being faced with such an old arcade test vanishes when your bat shrinks to a sliver and three balls rocket about the place.

Play Cube Slam

Cut the Rope

Greedy green blob Om Nom has been dumped on your doorstep and is demanding all the candy. For some reason, said candy is dangling from ropes in a series of oddly elaborate boxes. Your aim is to get the sweet stuff to Om Nom’s maw, making use of the various contraptions before you.

Despite now being years old (the game debuted in 2010 on iOS ), Cut the Rope remains charming and engaging, not least when on failure Om Nom gives you an expression that makes you think floods of tears are imminent. (Note: to play the game, scroll down and click ‘Give it a try’.)

Play Cut the Rope

Fist of Awesome

Answering the eternal question “What would happen if bears took over the world?”, Fist of Awesome finds a bearded lumberjack punching and kicking his way through time, trying to fix a world that’s gone horribly wrong.

This amusing premise has you initially scrapping your way through Bearhattan, duffing up furry critters who’ve “evolved homicidal tendencies”, and whose local cafés advertise ‘flame-grilled human flesh’ and ‘tears of our enemies’. Later levels find you immersed in prehistory, fending off cavebears and dinosaurs. David Attenborough might have stern words to say regarding its historical accuracy, but if you’re a fan of side-on brawlers, Fist of Awesome is, well, awesome.

Play Fist of Awesome

Happy Wheels

Warning: under default settings this game contains extremely graphic and bloody cartoon injuries.

There’s two aspects to this game. The first is taking on a level and reaching the end without dying. (Some levels are specific for one character while others let you select whichever you fancy; each character has a specific shape and size so this choice may be critical to your success.) The second is creating your own levels for others to play. Who knows, you may find your level reaches a play count of 87 million, just like the number-one map in the game.

Happy Wheels is a single-player game but you can easily share your laptop or computer and take turns. It’s extremely fun and entertaining and even suitable for younger players, provided you tone down the blood/gore level in the advanced options. Henrique Pedrette

Play Happy Wheels

The brilliant thing about Gridland is that it isn’t what it first appears to be.

Fire up the game and you see a grid with symbols. You’ll be tempted to dismiss it as yet another match-three game – and one lacking the visual polish of Bejeweled. But Gridland is a deeper game, switching between a day challenge where you match items to manage resources and construct buildings, and a night where you fend off evil with a trusty sword and shield. (Hint: speed is very much not of the essence.)

The game explains nothing, and much of the fun is in discovering each of its twists and turns. (It works nicely on iPad, too.)

Play Gridland

Last Horizon

This is a cut-down take on the iOS and Android game about the last survivor of a failed civilisation. The aim is to fly through space, landing on planets to repair your ship, pilfer oxygen and fuel, and steal ecosystems like some kind of intergalactic vampire. On reaching your destination, your new home planet can be terraformed. Getting there is tough, though, since your craft is twitchy, and space is full of danger, from black holes to hostile aliens.

Play Last Horizon

In this fast-paced arcade title, you’re a survivor of the zombie apocalypse and must dig or die. The controls are a bit odd, forcing you to dig down and left or right, carving your way through dirt and rock. Pathfinding is therefore something you must quickly think about at every step, lest you blunder into a stash of TNT some idiot’s buried, or get horribly eaten by a chasing zombie horde.

Play Miner Z

Essentially an online multiplayer Snake, slither.io (which is also available for iPad and iPhone ) has you dumped into an arena as a tiny worm, munching dots that gradually make you grow. The tiny snag: you’re not alone. You must therefore avoid crashing into other wrigglers, and use careful manoeuvring and boosts to have rivals crash into you (at which point they transform into tasty, nutritious dots to hoover up, catapulting you up the leaderboards).

Note that if the game stutters on your Mac, you should turn down the graphics quality setting.

Play Slither.io

With controls that’ll be familiar to anyone who’s played a ‘copter’ game (hold down to gain altitude; let go to dive), Swoop comes across like a simplified take on iOS title Whale Trail . Your colourful plane collects levitating gems, performing somersaults and avoiding surprisingly deadly clouds. Comb the ground and you’ll find the odd golden spanner to repair your plane, adding further seconds to your journey and boosting your score.

Vector Runner Remix

The original Vector Runner is a 3D survival game set in a stark vector world. If anything, Vector Runner Remix simplifies things further, taking a side-on approach that echoes Canabalt and other one-thumb leapy games.

Your little blue craft automatically zooms along, and you click to make it jump over the many gaps and obstacles. Fail and one of five lives is lost. Clever track design forces you to keep rethinking your approach; and the game rewards mastery, transforming what might have been a throwaway title into browser-based choreography.

Play Vector Runner Remix

The best browser games

A collection of great games you can play right in your browser.

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The landscape of browser games has changed a lot since the death of Flash, but there are still a lot of games you can play for free without paying or downloading a thing. So you won't waste your precious drive space or need a full gaming PC just to have a little fun between classes or meetings. 

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There are countless great games you can run on anything from a work desktop to an ancient laptop. They may not have the flashiest graphics, but these browser games make up for it in pure fun.

Browser games require almost no effort to get going, and there's almost certainly something for everyone. Not only are there lots of multiplayer browser games, but many singleplayer ones including early, free builds of games that went on to be popular full releases. If you've got some small-to-medium slices of time to kill, these are the games you should play.

Looking for something else to play for zero dollars? We can help you out with all the best free PC games , the best free games on Steam , and which games are free on the Epic Store right now.

Singleplayer browser games

If you're looking for something new to try that won't take up precious hard drive space, try out these singleplayer browser games. You can find a few extra solo browser options in our best free PC games list too.

Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup

Play : Dungeon Crawl | Developer: DCSS Devteam

Originally created to restart development on the venerable Dungeon Crawl, DCSS is now the open source, community-created follow up. Incorporating tiles and the ability to play it in a browser from anywhere, one of the biggest and deepest traditional roguelikes can be at your fingertips over a long work day. Every time you set out to try to claim the Orb of Zot is a fresh adventure combining nearly 30 species and 25 classes with the ever-changing landscape of the dungeon.

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Read more: These 3 roguelikes are pushing the genre's boundaries while remaining true to its roots

Fallen London

Play : Fallen London | Developer: Failbetter Games

Fallen London is the long-running narrative browser game that preceded Failbetter Games' later Sunless Seas and Sunless Skies in the same universe. Despite the release of two paid games, Fallen London still gets new content and stories added and recently had a nice update to the look of its map as well. You play as a newcomer to underground London, a person of leisure able to take on odd side jobs while accepting quests to dig up the secrets of the subterranean city. 

Read more: Places from the Fallen London Universe

A Dark Room

Play: A Dark Room | Developer: Doublespeak Games

A Dark Room starts off as a clicker game, but don't let that deter you. It quickly becomes a strategy adventure where you venture out to battling enemies in real time to grow your post-apocalyptic town. You'll need to manage your village's resources so you can better equip your character on expeditions. Heck, it even has a bit of a story and an ending to work towards as your learn more about the cold, apocalyptic world.

Read more: The best games to play while doing homework

Play : Wordle | Developer: Josh Wardle

Wordle took the world by storm, eventually being bought up by the New York Times. If you missed the boat, it's a deceptively simple word game. You have six guesses to figure out a five-letter word. After each guess you're given feedback in the form of yellow and green boxes—yellow for letters that, while part of the secret word, are in the wrong position, and green for letters that are correctly placed. It doesn't take long to play each day's puzzle, and you can brag to friends if you got lucky and nailed it on the first guess.

Read more: There are lots of other games like Wordle that are great for playing in your browser too.

Play : Sqword | Developer: Josh C. Simmons

Browser word games still feel like all the rage lately and Sqword is one that will really stretch your skills. The goal is to take each letter you're given from the deck and place it in a 5x5 grid to create as many words as possible. Never have I thought so hard about consonant density. This one was popular enough that it even had some sites illicitly lifting it, causing the developer to teach the thieves a bit of a lesson. You can read about that part in the link just below.

Read more: Websites stole and monetized a free browser game, so the designer replaced it with Goatse

Celeste Classic

Play : Celeste Classic | Release date: 2016 | Developer: Maddy Thorson

Before it was a popular platformer, Celeste was a free browser game by the same name. You can still play that early version, now dubbed "classic" for a jaunt through the game jam that became an award-winning indie game. The full release is one of the best indie games out there.

Read more : Celeste review

Play : Joe Danger the game | Developer: Hello Games

Before Hello Games made No Mans Sky, there was the silly stunt platformer Joe Danger. Hello Games revamped the Joe Dagnger games on mobile but then also decided to offer them as free browser games. They take a little bit of time to load up, but the auto run bike tricks are a good time.

Read more : Hello Games resurrects Joe Danger as a free browser game

Play: Townscaper | Developer: Oskar Stålberg

A stripped-back browser version of the popular indie game. Townscaper is the ultimate desktop toy. If you need something relaxing to play with, there are no complex rules here, and not even that much of a UI—just a color palette and the mouse buttons to let you paint an ocean canvas with your very own seaside vacation spot. There's a simple joy to Townscaper, which is essentially a simple but elegant creativity tool. It's the perfect pick for brief respites with soothing music.

Read more: Quaint city builder Townscaper is the perfect breather from the stress of modern life

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Catan universe.

Play : Catan Universe | Developer: Catan GmbH

A classic board game brought into your browser. Settlers of Catan, now just called Catan, helped usher in the golden age of board games as it grew more and more popular outside of Europe. If you've never played Catan, here's a free opportunity to hate your friends because they won't give you any fucking grain.

Read more: Classic board game Catan gets reimagined in VR

Play : Agar.io | Developer: Matheus Valadares

Though Agar.io looks simplistic with its colored circles on a checker-lined background, it's surprisingly challenging. Your circle starts off very small, but when you eat all of the little colored dots around you, you get bigger. As a small circle, you move quickly and are able to dodge the bigger circles trying to eat you. When bigger, you need larger portions of food. To grow even more, you must eat the other players.

Since smaller players move faster, you can split your circle into two different circles of equal mass. When splitting your circle, the new one will shoot out, which is useful for enveloping the smaller player running away from you. Once a bigger player gobbles you up, you have to restart as the smallest possible dot. The circle of life is brutal.

Read more: Agar.io: the dot-gobbling browser game that's a hit on Twitch

Isleward 

Play : Isleward | Developer: Big Bad Waffle

Isleward doesn't look like a multiplayer game at first. It's a low-res roguelike that has you choosing what character you want to play before dumping you on your own into the city of Strathford. In Strathford you get your bearings, learn how to queue up actions and explore. There are also a few low-level monsters that you can find and kill to level up. 

Eventually you'll run into other people and hopefully convince them to adventure with you. A party of different characters is much stronger than one player alone, and significantly more fun. There's a whole world to explore, loads of islands, and lots of loot to find.

Read more: People who argue about the definition of roguelikes are annoying, but what if they're right?

Slither.io 

Play: Slither.io | Developer: Steve Howse

Like Agar.io, Slither.io is about eating small dots (this time ones that glow) to grow bigger. The twist: you're a snake . Your body gets longer as well as slightly wider as you eat the various dots that are littered around. You can't eat your enemies, but if you time it well, you can force another snake to run into your body. This will make them vanish, leaving behind loads of body dots to collect. 

Slither.io also lets you customize the skin of your snake, and there are some awesome options. Consider pimping out your snake with a necklace that dangles as they slither. 

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Kingdom of Loathing

Play : Kingdom of Loathing | Developer: Asymmetric Publications

Kingdom of Loathing is a sort of pseudo-mmo kind of thing, firmly embedded in the web interface, with drop down menus letting you select your attacks, and page refreshes for every new area. It's a little ugly, but Kingdom of Loathing isn't trying to be pretty. It's trying to be funny, and it's been going strong for years.

Take, for instance, the pun-based classes. The Sauceror flings hot sauce in people's faces, and they get damaged, because hot sauce would really hurt if someone threw it at your face. The Disco Bandits dance at their enemies, fuelled by moxie. And then there's the Haiku Dungeon, where not only are all the descriptions of your enemies in haiku form, but so are your attacks.

The whole game is consistently absurd and amusing, from the enemy types, to the genre conventions it apes so cleverly. And while you can't directly play with other people, you can steal their stuff, join guilds and interact.

If you like Kingdom of Loathing's sense of humor, check out the non-browser cowboy RPG West of Loathing, by the same developers.

Read more: Best Comedy Game 2017: West of Loathing

Play : Skribbl.io

There are a lot of multiplayer Pictionary-style browser games out there which achieve the basic premise of drawing prompts and guessing them. Skribbl.io is a handy one as it lets you set up a private room without creating an account and includes quite a few custom options like hints, drawing time, number of rounds, and a custom set of words. It has a nice little avatar maker too if you're determined to be a Skribbl.io regular. Of all the many choices out there, Skribbl makes it quite easy to shoot your pals a link to play together without making them jump through hoops.

Pokémon Showdown 

Play : Pokemon Showdown | Developer: Zarel

If battling trainers is the part of Pokémon games you enjoy, then Pokémon Showdown is for you. This entirely unofficial battle simulator lets you jump straight into matches against other players without having to level up or care for your pocket monsters beforehand. If you die, you don't need to go back to the Pokémon Center and rest up either—you can bounce straight into a new battle. 

Pokémon Showdown lets you battle using either a random or a custom team. You can then quickly go through a match, selecting moves and countering the other trainer. This fast-paced game takes all of the work out of raising pokémon, leaving just the gratuitous pokémon takedowns.

Read more: The weird world of bootleg Pokémon games on PC

Town of Salem

Play : Town of Salem | Developer: BlankMediaGames

If you've ever played the party game of betrayal Mafia or Werewolf, or indeed Among Us, then Town of Salem should feel familiar. You're randomly cast as either a townsperson, a neutral, or one of the mafia. If you're a townsperson, you need to track down mafia members and stop them before they kill everyone in town. 

There are many different roles for each category of player with unique abilities to use in the night phase of the game. At night, players plan out their moves and make notes in their will. If they die during the night, the remaining players can use their wills to, hopefully, achieve their goals.

Read more: How Among Us became so wildly popular

Wilds.io 

Play : Wilds.io | Developer: Rezoner

This hack and slash follows the core principles of the genre: killing people you don't like the look of, and finding loot. There are a bunch of different modes, but the most popular is the default Ruins mode.

Ruins gives you the chance to explore as a member of one of three teams. You can kill other players on different teams, break boxes, and find loot. Armor, potions, and new weapons will help you survive longer in this desert wasteland. Your main objective is to gain bones which appear when people die. If you get enough bones you become the king of the ruins. There are a bunch of other modes, some with shorter times and easier objectives, including soccer. Yes, soccer.

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Neptune's Pride

Play : Neptune's Pride | Developer: Helmet Games

Neptune's Pride is the epitome of backstabbing, two-faced, genuine human nastiness. Up to eight players start with a few star systems, and then expand outwards, until they meet someone else, and either decide to not kill each other  immediately, or have at it.

It's real-time strategy in the same way that glacier movement is real-time. Because the fleets take hours—sometimes days—to get from star to star, you're left with a good deal of time to play the diplomacy game, trying to cement alliances and sabotage those of your enemies. You try to get them alone and start to gently wear away at their trust, leaving a human-shaped receptacle for suspicion. Before you know it you've got galactic civil war on your hands, and you can mop up the pieces.

Or you could play it like an honorable, decent human being. But where's the fun in that?

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54 best browser games you can play for free

It’s OK, you didn’t have much to do today anyway. Did you?

That really important thing that needs doing? Yeah, that’s not going to happen, because we’ve rounded up the best free browser games in existence – and they’re all free. You don’t need one of the best gaming laptops to run them. But you do need a good browser. Chrome’s the best bet.

Otherwise, delve in and enjoy games that are so good you’ll set fire to your Xbox and live life entirely inside a web browser. Oh, all right, they’re not quite that good, but if you can’t waste an insane number of hours playing these fab games, it must be because you hate fun itself.

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The game that spawned a sub-genre,  Canabalt  always had an edge subsequent endless runners lacked. Maybe it was the terrifying dystopia a lone figure is fleeing from, all grey landscapes and strange machinery stomping around in the background. Perhaps it’s the soundtrack, pumping the game full of urgency.

Mostly, it’s the speed.  Canabalt  moves at a fair old lick, making it an adrenaline fuelled and endlessly tense experience – right up until you smack into a wall and plummet to your death. It’s now newly spruced up for modern browsers, and yet still feels as fresh as it did back in the days of  Flash .

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And the rest…

Stuff ’s definitive list of the very best free browser games for your PC or Mac (and, in many cases, mobile device), whether you fancy smashing your brains out with puzzles, taking over virtual worlds, or digging into retro-infused arcade action.

8-Bit Symphonoid

This brick breaker contains multiple levels of retro. The gameplay riffs off  Arkanoid , itself an evolution of the ancient  Breakout , which had you use a bat to smash bricks dotted about. These are set in patterns that themselves nod to other retro games.

As you play, your ears are serenaded by snippets from  8-Bit Symphony , albums that ambitiously recreate classic game music for a modern-day orchestra. A tasty retro treat, then, albeit with a sting in its tail when you quickly discover how many of the ‘bonus’ capsules do horrible things to your bat or ball rather than powering them up. But then the rock-hard difficulty level feels perfectly retro too.

Note: this one takes a short while to load, so be a bit patient!

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A Dark Room

Coming from the same developer as Gridland (also in this list) and supplying a similar ‘thrive ‘n’ survive’ challenge, A Dark Room nevertheless takes a very different tack. It’s a text- and menu-driven adventure in which you build up and maintain a successful community in a harsh wilderness. Logistics and supply management are as important as surviving animal attacks, and the adventure can be long and gruelling. Fortunately, you can save progress in your browser and continue at a later date.

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Almost Pong

You remember  Pong ? Two bats. One ball. Endless frustration when both players realised how inept they were at returning said ball. Well, this game is, as its moniker suggests, ‘almost’  Pong . Instead of two players, there’s you alone. And rather than controlling the bat, you control the ball.

Space (or tap) makes the minimalist protagonist jump a bit. Over time, the bats shrink and the game speeds up. It’s like the concept behind  Flappy Bird  was caught in the TARDIS’s wake and hurled back to 1972, right into Atari’s lap. It’ll also wallop your ego should you arrogantly think you can keep going indefinitely.

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Alter Ego isn’t pretty – visually or in terms of content. This browser-based remake of an ancient PC game deals with progress through everyday life. It’s as far from The Sims as you can imagine, too – instead of cute little idiots blundering about, you get stark icons and multiple-choice text.

But there’s depth, with a clever (if admittedly slightly conservative) script written by a psychologist, which offers branching progress that could lead you to a happy old age or abruptly dying as a toddler, having necked some bleach found under the sink.

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Not to be confused with the other – and much older –  Alter Ego game you probably just read about, this  Alter Ego  is a platform puzzler. You dart about single-screen set-ups featuring platforms and ladders, avoiding enemies and scooping up gems. Only things aren’t that simple, because your every move is being mirrored by a phantom twin.

Fortunately, said twin isn’t evil nor out to get you – it helps you escape enemies and grab out-of-reach gems, by way of limited swaps you can perform. The mix of genres keeps you on your toes: you’ll need brainpower  and  fast reactions to have a ghost of a chance of winning.

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Old school cool: webRcade

Alter Ego  is part of webRcade , an online emulation system. You’ll find the game in the NES section and can control it with the arrow keys, Z and Return/Enter. Do explore webRcade further, though – it has loads of homebrew goodies for classic systems. You can also add your own games by way of custom feeds.

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Boulder Dash

This official online remake of a 1980s 8-bit classic finds Rockford digging through dirt, grabbing diamonds, and trying to avoid getting crushed by the titular boulders or blown up by explosive underground wildlife.

It looks crude, but the mix of puzzling and arcade action remains highly compelling. It’s not quite a one-to-one conversion – some cave speeds are off, for example, but it scratches a particular retro itch when you’ve a few minutes to spare, and are many miles away from a Commodore 64.

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Candy Box 2

The beginning of Candy Box 2 is as minimal as can be. A candy counter ticks upwards, and you can eat all your candies, or lob some to the ground. But amass enough sugary treats and Candy Box 2 rapidly goes a bit weird.

What started out resembling a pointless clicker transforms into an oddball RPG. You ‘buy’ a status bar, and then some weapons, before scouring a village and beyond, embarking on epic quests where you get all stabby with an ASCII sword. Because that’s the final bit of bonkers: Candy Box 2 looks like it’s beamed in from a Commodore PET – and it’s glorious.

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Car Boot Carnage

If you can’t get enough of the sheer panic of cramming things into the back of your car before heading off on holiday, seek help. But we have to say, the concept does make for an excellent game. 

Car Boot Carnage  is essentially tetrominos, albeit with a wider variety of pieces – several of which are essentials that  have  to go in before you slam the boot shut.

At first, it’s easy enough with you having to deal only with smallish items. But before long you’re faced with squeezing in tents, barbecues and even (presumably not terribly happy) dogs.

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Quite possibly depicting an accurate portrayal of a worker’s plight in a gigantic warehouse, Cardhoard+ finds a summer jobber leaping about, applying packaging tape to gigantic cardboard boxes. Once taped, boxes can be stomped on, which explains the state they’re in when they show up at your door.

To keep your little worker ‘motivated’, boxes are occasionally replaced by cubes that emit deadly laser beams. And should a stack of boxes reach a line of doom, it disintegrates and is replaced by an indestructible penalty cube.

This is fast, furious, satirical fun that would have made a great Game Boy title back in the day.

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Sort of what might happen if you knocked Threes! into pool, Combo Pool finds you firing coloured balls into a tiny arena. If two match, they merge and upgrade to the next colour, until you eventually knock together a pair of explosive pink balls.

The twist is you’ve an energy bar – keep smashing balls into the arena without combining them and your life quickly runs dry. One for wannabe trick shot masters, then, not least because rebounds considerably ramp up your score.

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Cookie Clicker

It’s hard to know what to make of Cookie Clicker . On one hand, it’s essentially a Skinner box, rewarding players with nothing in particular in return for them clicking like crazy. But it also appears to be an amusing satire on the state of modern ‘idle’ gaming.

Initially, you click and you get a cookie. The more cookies you have, the more power-ups you can afford, including cursors that click on your behalf. Eventually, you’re using time machines to bring cookies from the past, “before they were even eaten”, and converting raw light into cookies with giant prisms, to bring in millions of cookies per second. To what end? Stuff ’s not sure, but currently has 509 billion cookies in a really big plastic box if you fancy one.

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Drop Wizard Tower

This love letter to classic single-screen platform games like  Bubble Bobble ,  Snow Bros.  and  Tumblepop  finds a wizard darting about, aiming to knock out foes and send them reeling with a kick.

The snag is, this wizard can’t stop. So you direct his autorunning antics by prodding the left or right arrow key, carefully timing platform touchdowns, because that’s when he emits a magic blast. Bosses and a levelling up matrix further ensure you fall under this game’s spell.

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Pop stuff: Bubble Bobble

This Pico-8 Bubble Bobble demake astonishingly packs in almost everything from Taito’s 1986 arcade classic, with two leapy dinosaurs blowing bubbles to trap and blow up monsters. It’s compelling (if cosy in two-player mode) and more forgiving than the original. Just don’t complain to us when that tune lodges in your head.

A single-screen platformer where you leap about, avoid hazards and head for an exit? Even the ZX Spectrum could handle that. But wait, because Economical has a twist: you use clicks to plant handy boxes that help you reach stuff – or block deadly spikes.

The snag is that boxes cost money. Reach your goal having splashed out too much cash and the game laughs in your face. (Actually, it doesn’t, but you don’t get gold and silver ranking awards, thereby showing you’re in fact rubbish.)

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If you’re tiring of  Wordle ,  Five Words  gives you another spin on the daily word challenge. You drag out words on a five-by-five grid, end up with a load of dead ends, grumble a bit, reconfigure everything, and then feel like a genius on using every square. Until you see how long it took.

When you’re done, you needn’t go further afield either – tap or click the menu on the Foldapuz-Play website and it’ll give you access to another 11 puzzles. Just be careful they don’t take you all day, at which point you’ll be in a terrifying sleep/eat/Foldapuz loop with no end in site.

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If you’ve played any incarnation of Civilization , you’ll know what a time sink it is. This online turn-based strategy title, very heavily inspired by Sid Meier’s classic game, is therefore equal parts impressive, engaging, playable and terrifying.

As ever, you start out with an explorer and some workers, searching a map and dealing with other clans (by way of diplomacy or fisticuffs). Your ultimate aim: spreading yourself across the world – ideally via domination rather than in a more literal sense with your innards.

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Game of Bombs

Game of Bombs transforms Bomberman into a massively multiplayer online retro arcade experience. The premise remains the same as ever: amble about, set bombs to take out walls and monsters, get away from the bombs so they don’t blow you to pieces, and collect whatever’s found in the retro carnage. The difference here is in the giant maps, and being able to bomb (or team up with) people from all over the world. And remember: if in doubt, RUN AWAY!

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Gods Will Be Watching

Expanded to a full game in 2014, Gods Will Be Watching’s browser incarnation is a stripped-back and decidedly bleak single-scene point-and-click survival tale. A team, on the brink of madness, is stranded, starving and cold. To make matters worse, the radio’s broken, which either means no contacting a rescue fleet or no BBC Radio 6 Music. Horrible either way. Your aim is to get everyone through 40 days, balancing all their needs (attention; sustenance; warmth; health) through your paltry amount of ‘daily’ moves.

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Good Impression

This one simulates the sheer panic clean-up that occurs when your mother shows up unannounced, and your flat appears to have had an unfortunate incident involving garbage, laundry and high explosives.

Hopefully, your own abode isn’t quite as grim as this student hovel filled with unwashed pants and bits of pizza. Regardless, you’ve three minutes to get everything shipshape.

Don’t think you can just hide everything either – this game’s mum dishes out report cards for cleanliness, and won’t stand for cold pizza in the washing machine.

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Gridland resembles a typical match-three puzzler, but is really something else entirely. However, this only becomes clear after a few failed attempts to work through day (building structures with your earnings) and then battle evil horrors in the darkness as night falls.

To say more would spoil a great game, but there is one tip to bear in mind: if you too often die, change your approach. Day and night are very different beasts.

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Impossible Mission

Another visitor! Stay a while! Stay FOREVARRRRR! If you once owned a C64, Professor Elvin Atombender’s deranged rant may well be burned into your brain; even if you’re a newcomer, look past the blocky graphics and you’ll find Impossible Mission is one of the best platform games around.

Your aim as a somersaulting secret agent is to search Atombender’s fortress for puzzle pieces that form a password; this is then compiled in a control room, as a means to halt armageddon. Unfortunately, the agent is a buffoon and his only defence against the deadly robots that roam the fortress’s platforms is to run away or leap over them, rather than blowing them to pieces with a really big gun.

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Spec chum: Manic Miner

While less sophisticated than  Impossible Mission ,  Manic Miner  is at least as iconic, and finds Miner Willy attempting to collect objects across 20 increasingly tough single-screen stages. This is an excellent port of the ZX Spectrum original that handily lets you restart from any stage you’ve so far completed.

Invader Overload

The original Space Invaders is a classic, and one of the most important videogames of all time – but it’s also really dull. Taito long ago figured out doddering aliens and sluggish bullets isn’t an exciting combination, hence ramping up the speed and chaos for Space Invaders Extreme , Space Invaders Infinity Gene , and Arkanoid vs Space Invaders .

Invader Overload riffs off of the first of those, but as if it was on a NES. It’s fast, furious, endless, and welds a basic match game to the mix – grab three coloured blocks in a row and you can unleash superweapon death on the alien scumbags. Grab enough coins and there are bosses to battle, too.

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We’re in MMO Rougelike territory here, as you take a little character and tootle around a map, looking for treasure and duffing up monsters. Only, because of the MMO bit, you won’t have to do all of this alone.

Initial minutes with the game might baffle – bar a very brief intro, it just lets you poke around and figure things out. But the wiki should provide a pathway to bling, rather than finding yourself regularly – and embarrassingly – dispatched by angry bunnies.

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If your aim is to relax a bit rather than immerse yourself in browser-based arcade fare, i-Spy might fit the bill. It’s a straightforward finding test, where you’re tasked with finding specific characters within a detailed illustration.

There is a timer, but it’s pretty relaxed, more urging you on a bit rather than making you panic. Although you might think otherwise when the game stops asking you to search for people and instead demands you find an annoyingly tiny and surprisingly elusive fish.

We’re cheating a bit here, because this is a website that’s painstakingly recreated a bunch of LCD games, so you can find out what handheld gaming was like before the Game Boy was even a twinkle in Nintendo’s pants.

There are some classics here as you prod keys to jerk your protagonist left and right, your eyes and reactions alike adjusting to the lack of fluid animation. The games are still pretty smart, mind.

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Little Alchemy 2

Fancy trying your hand at browser-based ‘science’? Then fire up Little Alchemy 2 , which charges you with synthesising hundreds of items. You start with the bare basics (air, earth, and so on), but are soon figuring out what you might get by combining any pair for ants, caviar, a puddle and an ostrich.

This isn’t exactly Breaking Bad , then, and nor do the solutions resemble what you’d find in textbooks. Instead, the game has you think laterally, whimsically, or even surreally, to find combinations. A plane, for example, is a metal bird. Obvious, when you think about it…

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Mackerelmedia Fish

Remember when Macromedia Flash ruled the internet? This game doesn’t, insisting the web was primarily powered by  Mackerelmedia Fish . And if you think that’s taking the piscine, we’ve barely skimmed the surface of its oddball depths.

What Nathalie Lawhead’s created here is a deranged narrative game that harks back to the days of lurid websites while riffing on the transient nature of online homes. On the plus side, there’s a link-munching rodent, whose cute little face balances the darker story about the ongoing loss of digital history.

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When muscle-bound hunks and dapper wizards blaze their way through dungeons, no-one thinks of the minions – but providing a challenge to adventurers is a full-time job. More specifically, it’s your job.

In Mobs, Inc. , there are loads of do-gooder sword-wielding nutters about, and you must kill them all, using your mouse to direct your movement, and a click to satisfyingly slice them in two.

Do well and you’re promoted, which means more work – but armed with spells. Die and you get a ticking off from the boss, before being hurled back into the fray. Get killed four times, and you’re fired. Given that your boss seems to be a massive demon, we shudder to think what that means.

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This stylish greyscale shooter finds your ship zooming towards a monolith on the horizon that suspiciously never seems to get any nearer. (Games, eh?) Naturally, said monolith is heavily armed.

You can shoot back, but only after your rubbish missile system has locked on. So begins a ‘hyperkinetic’ game of bullet hell patterns, cunning feints, and locking on to enemies to unleash explosive missile death. (All, in each case, for one miserly point. Bah.)

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One Tap Quest

Imagine a semi-randomised retro RPG combined with rolling a rock down a hill just to see what happens. That’s One Tap Quest , which gives you a single tap/click for glory. That action has your hero set off, marching upwards to resolutely duff up enemies and snag power-ups in their path.

The trick is timing that all-important start so your stabby hero can make it through the various enemies and take on the big, bad boss with enough energy intact. It’s ridiculous yet compelling. We managed 16,600 points and were properly down the rabbit-hole on discovering via Reddit that you can hack the game’s monster count .

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Online Solitaire

Solitaire?  Really?  Well, yes. Bringing order to piles of cards is deeply infused in gaming, as anyone who used to gawp at the ones bouncing around the screen after a successful round on Microsoft’s version will attest. This web take’s much better than that one though.

Alas, it lacks bouncing cards, but it does have crisp visuals, with stacks that optimise themselves for the viewport. Settings let you fiddle with autoplay and deck designs. And you get to choose between klondike, spider and freecell. Set up an account and you can even take on the entire world in daily challenges and leaderboards.

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This game of palindromic sequences invites you to remove coloured squares from a well. The longer the string you create, the more points you get. Easy. Only it isn’t, because once you fill the points meter, the next level demands you get even more points using the same maximum number of blocks.

This is a smartly designed (potentially) endless puzzler that forces you to think ahead. Sequences of just a few blocks won’t cut it. As a bonus, it plays really nicely on mobile too, although fans using a PC or Mac have the added advantage of being able to splash out a few quid on a  full version of the game  with engaging extra modes.

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This one is  Pac-Man  – but  simplified . Kenta Cho took the  dot-munching classic  and tossed out the maze and three of the ghosts. What’s left is surprisingly brilliant. You blaze back and forth along a single tube full of dots, pursued by a solitary foe. And the fast pace, score multiplier, and enemy AI (the ghost can’t use exits, but you can) transforms  Paku Paku  from a mere curiosity into a weirdly zen high-octane slice of arcade action.

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With newspapers being a dying breed, there’s a risk cultural mainstay the games page will wink out of existence. Zach Gage has spent years rethinking newspaper-style puzzles for mobile, but this collaboration with Orta Therox and Hearst Newspapers mashes them all together into a modern take on the pages that inspired his work. At least, if you get a key. To do that, you’ll need to arrive at noon ET, solve the day’s puzzle, and then set up an account. After that point, you’ll have a daily dose of  Typeshift ,  Flipart ,  SpellTower ,  Really Bad Chess , and more.

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Quick, Draw

Fancy yourself something of an artist? Put your sketching skills to the test in this devilish AI-based take on Pictionary , in which you’re tasked to draw everyday objects (‘fire engine’, ‘clarinet’, ‘frying pan’, and so on) and have them recognised by Google’s deep learning-based judge. If your crude scrawling hits the mark, you get to draw another one, again and again, until you fail.

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Another ambitious Pico-8 game, Ramps comes across like Power Drift and Stunt Car Racer had a baby. You strap yourself into a chunky kart and blaze along five stomach-churning tracks that have more in common with rollercoasters than traditional racing fare. It’s exhilarating stuff. You soon find yourself ignoring the chunky retro-style graphics and yelling as an aggressive computer player barges you off of the track, costing you precious seconds and your chance of taking the chequered flag.

Think bullet-hell shooters would be easier if only you could pause the screen at will? Nope. As  Salvagette  proves, you just end up with extra time to prepare for your inevitable demise. Although that’s in part because whoever shoved you into the game’s tiny and hostile single-screen arena didn’t think to arm your ship.

Your lot, then, is to  ram  the opposition into oblivion. Blue orbs helpfully provide warning regarding when each enemy will blast a projectile your way, and you must plot a path that won’t rob you of your four lives. A shop and multiple endings add further depth, and you can also check out predecessor  Salvage , to see where it all began.

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This vicious mash-up of classic arcade cab  Scramble  and mobile title  Flappy Bird  pits you against an endless neon landscape of launching rockets and fuel banks you obliterate to top up your dwindling supplies. It’s a one-thumber: each tap releases a bomb, blasts a missile  and  increases your altitude.

Staying alive is like juggling – miss a rocket and you’re dead. Tap too many times and you smash against the ceiling. It’s infuriating and brilliant. Do also check out creator Kenta Cho’s   many  other titles , including claustrophobic spinning platformer  R Wheel , frenetic avoid ’em up  Thunder , and  Pillars 3D  – a lightning fast 3D survival hopper as reimagined on a ZX81.

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Shall We Golf?

Unusually for an online mini golf game, the twist in Shall We Golf? isn’t oddball courses. In fact, they’re dull, boxy, 2D affairs. This game’s freshness – and much of its challenge – instead stems from it drawing heavily from Snake . Rather than move one golfer around the course, you have a string of players, any one of which can be passed the club. Success depends on manoeuvring your golfing conga to create a pathway to the hole, golfers becoming barriers when whoever has the club whacks the ball their way.

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Originally a tasty slice of PC freeware, Spelunky then became a darling of the PS Vita indie scene. It’s easy to see why: the mix of traps, monsters, route-finding and secrets, and fast-paced classic platforming action across randomly generated maps, is intoxicating stuff.

The original was in 2012 reworked for the browser, and remains superb fun – although you might disagree when your cute little adventurer is suddenly shot out of the air with a poison dart or clubbed to death by an irate caveman.

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Fancy a relaxing game of  Tetris ? You won’t get it here, because  Tetr.io  is all about block-stacking at speed. You start off ‘training’ in solo modes, which have you race to 40 lines or get a high-score against the clock. It’s frantic stuff.

Eventually, you’ll dip into the multiplayer modes – and rapidly discover how insanely good  Tetris  players can be. Make the top 20 in the main game and you’ve nippier digits than  Stuff . Fortunately, there are also less manic custom rooms and 1v1 bouts to play until you’re ready to take on the best in the world.

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Alexey Pajitnov struck gaming gold on creating Tetris . Decades later, its mix of shape sorting and tense endless action remains intoxicating – at least when publishers don’t ruin it with in-app purchases.

Fortunately, this online version is a straightforward affair: rotate shapes; make complete lines; continue until the well fills; realise you’ve spent 14 hours straight playing Tetris .

Fancy something Tetris -ish, but a bit different? The multiplayer Tetr.io is elsewhere in this list. But also check out Tetris Gems , where you use blocks to dig into dirt against the clock, and this adorable approximation of the original Electronika 60 Tetris .

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The night spoke our names

Resource management meets  Yahtzee  (sort of) in this weirdly tense game. The aim is to secure enough food and wood to get through a looming and deadly winter’s night that’s a mere week away. Each day, you roll dice and assign them to actions, such as enlarging your party or learning new skills.

The key is in understanding how actions are linked. Learn communications and you can duplicate a dice. Other abilities make it easier to learn new skills or massively ramp up how much wood you can secure from a single roll. Chances are you’ll get tantalisingly close to victory after a few goes – but if you’re even a single apple short at the end of the week, the winter will claim you in horrifying fashion.

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The Password Game

This game is psychotic. It starts off like an amusing satire on password creation, demanding your password be at least five characters long, and include a number, an uppercase letter and a special character. And then it all goes bonkers. Before long, you’re battling algebraic chess notation, grappling with atomic numbers, figuring out where in the world a photo was taken, keeping alive a chicken that clearly doesn’t want to be alive, and – in one memorable moment – frantically trying to rescue your hard work when your password  catches fire . Brilliant, but infuriating stuff. Never again will you grumble when a website serves up stupid password rules when you’re securing an account.

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The Wiki Game

You know all that time you spend blindly clicking links on Wikipedia? Put that to good use in this Wiki-based speedrunner. Playing against online opponents, you’re given start and end pages and have to get between the two.

Should you complete your task before the timer’s up, you gain bonus points and jump up the high-score table by finding alternate routes. And, hey, you can even convince yourself that all this Wiki faffing is in fact work – training for your next research session. Probably.

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For many, Threes! is mobile’s Tetris – a ridiculously compulsive and replayable puzzler ideally suited to smartphones, and that ravenously devours your time. And it’s available online, too, so thanks for that, developers. Does our productivity mean nothing to you? (Probably not.)

The game has you swipe numbered tiles around a four-by-four grid, merging pairs to increase their numbers. You might say that sounds an awful lot like 2048 , but 2048 is in fact a rubbish clone of Threes! , so stick with the original, and blissfully ignore all those deadlines whizzing past your ears.

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There’s no scoring in  Townscaper , nor any objective but to explore. And the game’s all the better for it, providing a meditative, thoughtful experience as you plop foundations into an endless ocean and start to build.

Much of the joy in  Townscaper  is in figuring out its rules. How do you create a lighthouse? What nets you a garden rather than concrete? Note that mobile support is limited as is the space on which to build – so if you like this but want more, buy the  full version .

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This fast-paced platformer is a smart time-attack challenge that has you sprint and fly through 33 levels, grabbing as many trophies as you can along the way.

The gameplay might seem a touch familiar, but everything here is top-notch: chunky retro graphics; jaunty soundtrack; responsive controls and well-judged physics when jetpacking through the air; and tight level design that forces you to pay attention if you don’t want to keep getting impaled on spikes.

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Even if you think you’ve had your fill of daily word games, leave some time for  Well Word . As ever, the aim is a high score, using the selection of letters provided to fashion words. The twist here is that each letter can only be used three times – with the exception of the central one, which can be used as often as you like. The game becomes a balancing act, with you perhaps holding back on longer, fancier words because you know come the close of the game you’ll need a handful of useful letters to secure empty row and column bonus scores.

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Wizard of Wor

Wizard Of Wor appears to be a browser-based remake of a C64 conversion of an ancient arcade game! Which is a bit weird. It’s a fantastic old-school title, though, where you roam claustrophobic mazes and blast monsters before they tear your face off. Best of all, there’s a simultaneous two-player mode. Hit Shift and player one (blue) can use AWSD and Shift, while player two (yellow) uses the cursors and Enter. Given that you can ‘accidentally’ shoot each other, too, either of you can then use the entire keyboard to smack your opponent with.

Note: use Firefox for this one.

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The best word games are the simplest ones, and  Wordle  is certainly simple. Essentially anagrams mashed into  Mastermind , it’s a code-breaking logic game where you guess a five-letter word of the day across a maximum of six rounds.

During each round, letters are coloured in. Grey ones aren’t in the word. Yellow ones are, but in a different place. And green means you’ve nailed letter and placement alike. Succeed and you can share a grid of coloured squares on Twitter, thereby baffling everyone who hasn’t played the game before. Bonus!

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World’s Biggest Pac-Man

Built to promote the original Pac-Man ’s 30th anniversary (they grow up so fast!), World’s Biggest Pac-Man makes two major changes to the original title. First, the two wraparound tunnels are replaced by four doorways, one at each screen edge, enabling you to escape to another maze. Secondly, the creators enabled anyone to submit mazes. Within a week, there were over 10,000. Now there are hundreds of thousands – enough to last even the most ardent dot-muncher several lifetimes.

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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The best browser games are here to help you through your day. If you're need of a distraction that's readily available online and free-of-charge, browser games are just the ticket. So if you find yourself needing to get off social media for a spell, or have some time to pass for one reason or another, we've gathered together a list of browser games that you jump straight into. 

As you may already know, Abode Flash Player shuttered back in 2021. Many browser games of times past went along with it, but there are still plenty of great little games out there. Join us as we take you through the best browser games you can play right now with a click of a button on your laptop or desktop, or a tap on your mobile device. 

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Web-based word game Wordle took the world by storm in late 2021, when Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle first sent it out into the world. In theory it's simple - guess random words every 24 hours with six guesses, with correct letter and world placement identified by orange and green highlights respectively. But in practice, this is as much a game against yourself and your brain, as it is against the AI. Second-guessing is par for the course here, but the joy of getting any given conundrum correct is oh-so wonderful. Earlier this year, the New York Times claimed ownership of Wordle, but, luckily for its millions of players, it still can be played free-of-charge. 

Play Wordle

7. Quick, Draw

Could we teach Skynet how to doodle? That’s the aim of Quick, Draw, a sort of online Pictionary where every sketch made by players is stowed away and analyzed by a neural network to help with machine learning. You have 20 seconds to draw a randomized set of everyday objects - think frying pans, benches, shoes, and the like - while an AI voice tries to guess what you’re scribbling. Once you’ve done six drawings you can scroll through what other people around the world drew, and feel either smug or ashamed depending on how good you are at drawing, say, a potato. 

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6. Pandemic 2

Some games just want to watch the world burn. Or, in the case of Pandemic 2, eradicate its population with a Pandora’s Box of deadly diseases. You sit at the control panel of a global illness monitor, tweaking the spread of your disease and government responses to it. News headlines will help you track how quickly your creation is ripping through communities - all you need to do is set the parameters and nature will take its course. Design a disease that’s as efficient as possible, and you’ll win by eradicating all life on earth. All that’s left to do is stick your pinky in your mouth and giggle maniacally. 

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5. Kingdom Rush

The tower defense genre was starting to get stale until Kingdom Rush came along and shined it up with some good ol’ spit and polish. Four base tower types are perfectly balanced and give you the option to take out enemies with archers, soldiers, mages, and artillery. The levels are dusted with pre-determined empty slots called “Strategy Points” that it’s your choice what to do with. Towers can be upgraded on these points with money earned by felling foes - so far, so simple. But it’s this uncomplicated design that makes Kingdom Rush so brilliant. There are no bells or whistles to hide behind, just perfectly executed levels that look stunning, with delightfully cartoony graphics and stylish enemies. This is a must-play for tower defence aficionados.

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4. Candy Box 2

Things rapidly take an unexpected turn in Candy Box 2. What starts as a simple text-button clicker game about eating candies quickly turns into a minimalist RPG about venturing into a huge world and undertaking varied quests. Your currency here is sweets, which are dished out by the second and can be used to buy weapons and gear on your adventures. That’s perfect for a browser title since you can leave the tab idle for a few minutes while you check your email and you’ll have a nice stash of candy currency on hand when you return to dive into this sugary adventure and its distant lands.

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There’s a golden rule for browser puzzle games: They should be easy to pick up and play, but challenging enough that they’re difficult to put down. Threes and its seemingly simple goal is one of the best examples of this. Here you must make the highest number possible by combining numbered tiles before the board fills and you can no longer move anything on it. Progressing simply requires smooshing numbers together, but that’s made trickier by specific rules like the fact any tile numbered 3 or higher will only combine with an identical tile. Like Tetris, Threes is a game that’s easy to learn but requires careful patience and practice to master.

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2. There is No Game

Over the years, game jam competitions have seeded some truly brilliant ideas and There Is No Game is one such a breath of fresh air. It came first in a game jam themed around "Deception," play it for two minutes you’ll see why. Here, your job is to find the game in a browser window where a disembodied voice would rather you go away, leave him be, and read a book. Or something. It’s not clear why, but this voice really doesn’t want the player to stick around. Poke around the title screen and an increasingly ludicrous puzzle starts to unravel in this point-and-click brain teaser. 

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1. Catan Universe

Catan is one of the most popular board games in the world, and now you can play it for free, and without needing to clear any space on your coffee table, thanks to Catan Universe. You can choose to play against other players or AI, and if you've never played before there's a newbie-friendly tutorial in the "Arrival in Catan" quest. The aim of the game is to build and expand settlements on the board's hexagonal tiles, trading and collecting resources, creating armies, and using a mix of common sense and cunning to continue growing their settlements and cities. The base game is totally free to play but if you get hooked you can play a little extra to add expansions. 

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Blazing fast. Incredibly private.

Safari is the best way to experience the internet on all your Apple devices. It brings robust customization options, powerful privacy protections, and optimizes battery life — so you can browse how you like, when you like. And when it comes to speed, it’s the world’s fastest browser. 1

Performance

More with the battery. less with the loading..

With a blazing-fast JavaScript engine, Safari is the world’s fastest browser. 1 It’s developed to run specifically on Apple devices, so it’s geared to make the most out of your battery life and deliver long-lasting power.

Increased performance

We’re always working to make the fastest desktop browser on the planet even faster.

Improved power efficiency

Safari lets you do more online on a single charge.

Up to 4 hours more streaming videos compared with Chrome 3

Up to 17 hours of video streaming 3

Best-in-class browsing

Safari outperforms both Mac and PC browsers in benchmark after benchmark on the same Mac. 4

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JavaScript performance on advanced web applications. 4

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Rendering performance of animated content. 4

Web application responsiveness. 4

4K video streaming

See your favorite shows and films in their best light. Safari supports in-browser 4K HDR video playback for YouTube, Netflix, and Apple TV+. 5 And it runs efficiently for longer-lasting battery life.

Privacy is built in.

Online privacy isn’t just something you should hope for — it’s something you should expect. That’s why Safari comes with industry-leading privacy protection technology built in, including Intelligent Tracking Prevention that identifies trackers and helps prevent them from profiling or following you across the web. Upgrading to iCloud+ gives you even more privacy protections, including the ability to sign up for websites and services without having to share your personal email address.

Intelligent Tracking Prevention

Safari stops trackers in their tracks.

What you browse is no one’s business but your own. Safari has built‑in protections to help stop websites and data-collection companies from watching and profiling you based on your browsing activity. Intelligent Tracking Prevention uses on‑device intelligence to help prevent cross‑site tracking and stops known trackers from using your IP address — making it incredibly difficult to learn who you are and what you’re interested in.

Privacy Report

Safari makes it simple to see how your privacy is protected on all the websites you visit. Click Privacy Report in the Safari menu for a snapshot of cross-site trackers currently prevented from profiling you on the website you’re visiting. Or view a weekly Privacy Report to see how Safari protects you as you browse over time.

Customization

Putting the you in url..

Safari is more customizable than ever. Organize your tabs into Tab Groups so it’s easy to go from one interest to the next. Set a custom background image and fine-tune your browser window with your favorite features — like Reading List, Favorites, iCloud Tabs, and Siri Suggestions. And third-party extensions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac let you do even more with Safari, so you can browse the way you want across all your devices.

Safari Profiles allow you to separate your history, extensions, Tab Groups, favorites, cookies, and more. Quickly switch between profiles for topics you create, like Personal and Work.

Web apps let you save your favorite websites to the Dock on Mac and to the Home Screen on iPhone and iPad. A simplified toolbar and separate settings give you an app-like experience.

Safari Extensions add functionality to your browser to help you explore the web the way you want. Find and add your favorite extensions in the dedicated Safari category on the App Store.

Save and organize your tabs in the way that works best for you. Name your Tab Groups, edit them, and switch among them across devices. You can also share Tab Groups — making planning your next family trip or group project easier and more collaborative.

Smart Tools

Designed to help your work flow..

Built-in tools create a browsing experience that’s far more immersive, intuitive, and immediate. Get detailed information about a subject in a photo with just a click, select text within any image, instantly translate an entire web page, and quickly take notes wherever you are on a site — without having to switch apps.

Notes is your go-to app to capture any thought. And with the Quick Note feature, you can instantly jot down ideas as you browse websites without having to leave Safari.

Translation

Translate entire web pages with a single click. You can also get translations for text in images and paused video without leaving Safari.

Interact with text in any image or paused video on the web using functions like copy and paste, translate, and lookup. 6

Visual Look Up

Quickly learn more about landmarks, works of art, breeds of dogs, and more with only a photo or an image you find online. And easily lift the subject of an image from Safari, remove its background, and paste it into Messages, Notes, or other apps.

Surf safe and sound.

Strong security protections in Safari help keep you safe. Passkeys introduce a safer way to sign in. iCloud Keychain securely stores and autofills passkeys and passwords across all your devices. Safari also notifies you when it encounters suspicious websites and prevents them from loading. Because it loads each web page in a separate process, any harmful code is always confined to a single browser tab so it won’t crash the entire application or access your data. And Safari automatically upgrades sites from HTTP to the more secure HTTPS when available.

Passkeys introduce a more secure and easier way to sign in. No passwords required.

Passkeys are end-to-end encrypted and safe from phishing and data leaks, and they are stronger than all common two-factor authentication types. Thanks to iCloud Keychain, they work across all your Apple devices, and they even work on non-Apple devices.

Learn more about passkeys

Apple Pay and Wallet make checkout as easy as lifting a finger.

Apple Pay is the easiest and most secure way to shop on Safari — allowing you to complete transactions with Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone or iPad, with Touch ID on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, or by double-clicking the side button on your Apple Watch.

Learn more about Apple Pay

With AutoFill, you can easily fill in your previously saved credit card information from the Wallet app during checkout. Your credit card details are never shared, and your transactions are protected with industry-leading security.

Same Safari. Different device.

Safari works seamlessly and syncs your passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, and more across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. And when your Mac, iOS, or iPadOS devices are near each other, they can automatically pass what you’re doing in Safari from one device to another using Handoff. You can even copy images, video, or text from Safari on your iPhone or iPad, then paste into another app on your nearby Mac — or vice versa.

When you use Safari on multiple devices, your tabs carry over from one Apple device to another. So you can search, shop, work, or browse on your iPhone, then switch to your iPad or Mac and pick up right where you left off.

Save web pages you want to read later by adding them to your Reading List. Then view them on any of your iCloud-connected devices — even if you’re not connected to the internet.

iCloud Keychain securely stores your user names, passkeys, passwords, and credit card numbers and keeps them up to date on your trusted devices. So you can easily sign in to your favorite websites — as well as apps on iOS and iPadOS — and quickly make online purchases.

Designed for developers.

Deep WebKit integration between Mac hardware and macOS allows Safari to deliver the fastest performance and the longest battery life of any browser on the platform, while supporting modern web standards for rich experiences in the browser. WebKit in macOS Sonoma includes optimizations that enable even richer browsing experiences, and give developers more control over styling and layout — allowing for more engaging content.

Make Safari your default browser

Customize your start page, view your browsing privacy report, monitor your saved passwords, use apple pay in safari, view your tabs across all your devices, read the safari user guide, get safari support.

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30 Best Browser Games: Must Play In 2024 (Multiplayer & Single)

Browser games have always been popular thanks to the fact they are mostly free to play, eliminate the need to download anything, don’t require a high-end gaming PC, and act as great time killers.

You can play these browser games in any web browser of your choice including Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, or Safari Web browser from your phone or PC.

Here are the best single and multiplayer browser games you can play online for free solo or with friends.

Also Read: Best IO Games

Best Browser Games to Play

Wordle is a word game that you can play in any browser. Every day a five-letter word is selected and it should be guessed within six tries.

After every guess, the player gets a hint through the colors. If the alphabet is green then its in the right position. The yellow block means the alphabet is part of the word but in the wrong position. Grey blocks mean they are not part of the word of the day.

If you guess the word within six tries, then all blocks will turn green. You will get a score based on guesses, and accuracy in earlier attempts.

Play Wordle

• 2. Slither.io

First, on the list, we have Slither.io. The primary objective of this new and improved Snake game is to eat as many glowing dots as possible. You grow bigger in size after eating each dot. However, you are not the only snake on the server.

While eating you have to avoid touching other snakes because touching someone results in instant death. That said if you can trick someone into touching you, they die leaving behind loads of body dots to collect.

Control the snake by directing the mouse pointer in a direction. It has the speed for reaching certain bonuses but it lasts for two seconds every once in a while.

Play Sliter.io

Skribbl is a drawing and guessing game that can be played online with strangers apart from private lobbies with friends.

You can play this browser game without friends with strangers in public lobbies. Everybody gets an object(three options to choose from) that they have to draw and other players have to guess what it really is.

Just like City Guesser, you can play the game in a browser with friends. Create a private lobby, set the number of round, and start playing.

Get on those inside jokes by adding custom words for the guessing game. You get options from the words added by you instead of the standard pool of the game.

Play Skribbl

3. Snail Bob

You play a Snail named Bob in this web-based game. His home is destroyed by humans and kicked out. Now it is your job to guide him and help him find a new home.

The game has a fun point and click mechanics using the mouse. Press different levers to guide him through the level while avoiding different obstacles.

You have to use logic and puzzle to complete levels. The difficulty of the puzzles increases as you progress in the game.

It remembers your progress and keeps the saves in the browser. You can come back later and resume from where you left off to start from a new level.

Play Snail Bob

• 4. War Brokers

If you are a fan of first-person voxel team shooter games then do check out War Brokers. Despite being a game for browsers, War Brokers offers high-quality graphics coupled with a lag-free gameplay experience.

At first glance, War Brokers might look similar to Roblox Games but it is not. Save your progress and weapon upgrades by creating an account on the website.

The game features fast-paced, tactical combat, with a variety of weapons, vehicles, and objectives to play. Players engage in battles in various settings, including cities, forests, and deserts.

In addition to guns and machines, you can even find vehicles such as helicopters and tanks on War Brokers’ large map.

Play War Brokers

• 5. Squadd.io 

Moving on, next on the list we again have a popular shooter browser game that goes by the name Squadd.io. In this isometric shooter, you have to fight against the enemy team and stay alive as long as you can.

As you progress and earn points different weapons and characters get unlocked. After opening the website you are instantly thrown into fast-paced matches.

Since it’s a free multiplayer browser game you can form a team with your friends.

Play Squadd.io

• 6. Mars Tomorrow

Mars Tomorrow is set in the year 2100 and your primary objective is to make Mars suitable as a habitat for human beings. The reason is the degrading conditions of the earth.

Players take on the role of a colony manager tasked with building and managing their own Martian settlement, from its earliest beginnings to a thriving community.

The background music adds to the overall experience of this real-time strategy game that you can in the browser.

Once again despite being a free browser game, the graphics quality of Mars Tomorrow is quite impressive. You can progress by producing goods and erecting new buildings that will attract the settlers and increase the size of your colony.

Play Mars Tomorrow

7. Sunset Bike Racer

Hop on your motorcycle and speed through gorgeous tracks as the sun sets in the background. This game has it all, from challenging courses filled with obstacles to a variety of bikes to choose from.

Each bike has its own unique strengths and weaknesses, so you can pick the one that best suits your racing style.

When you are n the game, it is all about speed. You will race against the clock and perform stunts to gain speed boosts and reach the finish line as fast as you can

The fast-paced, arcade-style gameplay will keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether you’re a seasoned racing fan or just looking for a fun and exciting game, Sunset Bike Racer is sure to deliver.

Play Sunset Bike Racer

8. City Guesser

Can you guess a city by a video of the streets of the location? That’s exactly what City Guesser is all about. Find the city’s name through flags, billboards, bus signs, graffiti, cars, and other things in proximity.

Then pin your guess on an animated map and see how far you are from the location of the video. The closer you are to the location, the more points you get. The time is taken to locate also affects the points.

The real fun starts in multiplayer mode. You can get on Discord and play it as a multiplayer browser game. The lobby leader can decide on regions, number of rounds, and timer for the game.

Guess the location, score points, and compete against your friends on the scoreboard. The player with the most point wins at the end of the game.

Play City Guesser

• 9. Treasure Arena

Treasure Arena is the next 16-bit adventure game you can play on a browser for free. In this game, you have to battle in a dungeon to acquire gold. That said, you are not the only one on the server looking for gold.

While fighting, you might die and get respawned but luckily there are unlimited respawns. However, the battles last only for a limited amount of time. As soon as time ends the player with the highest amount of gold wins.

Play Treasure Arena

• 10. Pokemon Showdown

Pokemon Showdown is a Pokemon game that focuses heavily on battling trainers. As soon as you launch the game, you can jump straight into matches.

Winning a match heavily depends upon the moves you choose and your ability to counter other trainers. Apart from playing Pokemon Showdown online on a browser, you can even download it on your PC.

Play Pokemon Showdown

• 11. Fallen London

Fallen London is a free-to-play text-based browser game. The long-running narrative game offers an immersive experience coupled with a good storyline.

You start by choosing a name and a 2D avatar to begin the journey. One of the things that set Fallen London apart is its branching narrative system.

With multiple paths to success and failure, you will have the chance to shape your own story as you explore the city and interact with its many memorable characters.

The economy of the game, based on a currency called “echoes,” adds another layer of depth to the experience, giving you a chance to earn, spend, and grow your wealth as you progress through the game.

The developers update the game on a regular basis and new content and stories are also added regularly.

Play Fallen London

• 12. Quick, Draw

Quick, Draw. The name says it all while playing this entertaining browser game you have to draw certain objects within 20 seconds.

Don’t worry if you are bad at drawing since an Artificial Intelligence bot will try to guess what you’ve drawn. If you are able to draw an object you move on to the next level.

Play Quick, Draw

• 13. Agar.io

Agar.io is a simple-looking yet challenging browser game that’s somewhat similar to Slither.io. In this game, you start out as a small circle but eating little colored dots helps you grow your size.

When you are small you move faster and can avoid being attacked by larger circles. As you grow you gradually slow down and the little colored dots no longer help you grow bigger. Consequently, you must eat the other players.

The game even allows players to split their big circle into two smaller ones.

Play Agar.io

• 14. Prodigy

Prodigy is another browser-based game that’s worth checking out. The fantasy-inspired MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) has more than 50 million active players around the globe.

Designed for younger children the developers claim that the game boosts confidence and improves math skills. To battle creatures and bosses the player must answer a set of mathematic questions.

Play Prodigy

15. RuneScape

Are you a fan of FPS games then RuneScape is perfect for you? The game was launched in 2001 and its popularity has only seen growth since then.

The game is intended to be played in the RuneScape client but is playable on supported browsers . You will need to log in using Facebook, Google or a RuneScape account to play the game in the browser.

Players have a vast open world to explore, filled with cities, dungeons, and landscapes to discover. The game also offers a wide variety of activities to participate in, including combat, crafting, fishing, and mining.

The world of Runescape is constantly evolving, with new content and challenges added regularly. The game also features a level-up system, where players can improve their skills and gain new abilities as they progress.

The combat system is based on a turn-based system, where players take turns attacking each other in battles.

Play RuneScape

16. NeoPets

Having a pet at home is a joy that not everyone can relish because of various reasons. You can get one virtual pet from NeoPets in this cool browser game.

Create your own pet on the welcome screen and then start the journey.

Users can interact with their Neopets in various ways, including feeding them, playing games with them, and participating in various events and activities.

In addition to pet care and gaming, Neopets has a rich history and lore, with an extensive world-building component that includes various species of Neopets, locations, and a backstory.

NeoPets also has a buzzing community where users can interact with each other through chatrooms, forums, and other social features.

Play NeoPets

• 17. World’s Hardest Game

You never think of a browser game being as challenging as a PC video game. This game will test your hand-eye coordination like a first-person shooter game.

The game’s objective is simple you have to move from point A to B by dodging each obstacle along the way. Control the red block through the arrow keys for playing the game.

Chances are unlimited but you die on touching an obstacle. The difficulty increases as the player move to higher levels.

Your score is the number of deaths on the way to completing 30 levels. It’s a simple yet addictive single-player browser game. You can also compete with friends by comparing the score.

Play World’s Hardest Game

19. Heardle by Spotify

This is a music-based web browser game. Here we have Heardle after Wordle. It’s a fun and exciting game hosted by Spotify.

The objective of the game is to guess the song as quickly as possible based on a short clip of the track. It is the perfect way to test your music knowledge and see how well you know your favorite tunes.

You can play Heardle without signing in or requiring a Spotify account. It can be played on a desktop or mobile browser.

Playing Heardle with friends is an even more enjoyable experience. You can challenge each other to see who has the best musical ear and share your love of music. It’s a great way to bond over your shared interests and discover new songs and artists along the way.

Play Heardle

20. Helicopter Game

So, imagine you’re sitting at an old-school arcade and you come across this classic game. You sit down and you’re given control of a helicopter.

You control the helicopter either by using the left-click on the mouse to keep it from falling. The helicopter moves up and down based on what you do, and you gotta be quick to avoid those obstacles.

The score is the distance you have covered in meters. Your high scores will be saved in the browser until the cache and cookies are cleared.

It’s a simple browser game, but it is also really challenging and super addicting.

Play Helicopter Game

• 21. Akinator

Next on the list, we have a great time killing and entertaining browser game Akinator. To play this game you have to think about a character, object, place, or animal. Once that’s done, Akinator will start asking you simple yes or no questions.

After a series of questions, Akinator will precisely guess what you were thinking about based on your answers. Do try the game to witness the magical powers of Akinator.

Akinator asks anywhere between 12 to 25 questions to guess what you have in mind. Its a fun guessing game to play in the browser.

Play Akinator

22. Slow Roads

This is one of my favorite games to play after a long day at work. Imagine yourself driving around the hills through different seasons.

Slow Roads is an endless driving game that can be played directly in a web browser. The game features smooth, relaxing gameplay and an endless, randomly generated world that provides a unique experience each time you play.

The objective is to drive for as long as possible, taking in the beautiful scenery and enjoying the serene atmosphere of the game.

You can choose different seasons, and times of the day to make your drive more enjoyable. Choose between a car, bike and a coach bus.

Play Slow Roads

23. Krunker

We all have played or heard of Counter-Strike at some point. Minecraft has grown in popularity owing to its availability on smartphones. Combine them two and you have Krunker which lets you play FPS as a browser game.

The graphics are 8-bit, inspired by Minecraft’s blocky textures. You get a rifle, pistol, and knife to start the game. You can play it in the browser without needing registration or login.

They have five different kinds of game modes here – Raids, Zombies, competitive, custom, and dedicated. The custom server allows you to make a wide range of customizations.

They have a battle pass that gets you new maps, themes, weapon skins, and a new commander class. You can buy it through BPP, an in-game currency, which can be earned gradually with a daily cap. The easier way is buy BPP for real money and get the battle pass.

Krunker has over 500 servers around the world in locations like USA, India, France, Australia, etc. You can host your own server and invite friends to play in a private lobby.

Play Krunker

Meet, Pete, a small creature who wants to find his way through the mysterious and subconscious world. This is complemented by beautiful scenery with soothing background music of piano and guitar.

Use the arrows and mouse click for movements and interact with the environment. You will get a pet bird after setting her free from a cage on a tree. She will accompany on the journey.

There are many characters going about their day with which you can interact. They help you in finding different ways to progress in the game. Do remember that you cannot save the game so finish it one go or leave the browser tab open while putting the computer to sleep.

They have a battle pass that gets you new maps, themes, weapon skins, and a new commander class. You can buy it through BPP, an in-game currency, which can be earned gradually with a daily cap. The easier way is to buy BPP for real money and get the battle pass.

25. BrowserQuest

BrowserQuest is a free, multiplayer game for web browsers that lets players explore a vast world filled with various creatures, treasures, and other players. It was originally developed by the Mozilla foundation along with a french gaming studio.

The game has simple, retro-style pixel art graphics and a user-friendly interface. You control your character by clicking on a block to move and interact with the environment and other players using the mouse.

Invite friends on the server and you can fun playing in a private lobby. There are public servers as well which can be joined by anyone.

You can also chat with other players in real time, either privately or publicly through the text box. Play with other players in real time, participate in battles, and complete quests together, or you can choose to explore the world solo.

The game appears to be the inspiration behind Doodle Champions Island game which we mentioned in the Google Doodle games article.

Play BrowserQuest

26. Townscaper

Townscaper is a relaxing browser game that is all about creating your own towns and cities. It is very easy to play – all you have to do is place and remove colorful blocks on a grid. The game’s procedural generation system takes care of the rest, automatically generating houses and bridges in the trial version.

What is really unique about Townscaper is that it doesn’t have any set goals or objectives. You can just explore and experiment with different building designs, creating your own personalized town or city in the process. It’s a really great game for anyone who’s looking for a peaceful and creative gaming experience.

Play Townscaper

• 27. Scary Maze

Scary Maze game is a browser-based game that has been around for a while now and is often used as a prank to scare friends or family members.

The game is designed to appear like a simple maze game, where the player must guide a dot through a series of narrow pathways without touching the walls. However, after a few levels, the game suddenly becomes much more intense and a scary image or jump scare suddenly pops up on the screen, often accompanied by a loud scream or other startling sound effect.

It has been criticized for its use of jump scares and its potential to cause anxiety or trauma in some players, especially those with a history of anxiety or heart conditions.

Play Scary Maze

Mole is a challenging game to play with a single button. All you need is the spacebar to move the mole around the block and bring it down the cave.

There are 18 levels that are sections of the tunnel and it is much harder than what meets the eye. Slide down by sticking to the wall and then jump to avoid touching the floor. There will be little ledges along the way which will help you take rest and plan ahead.

29. Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia 2D is a special edition of the video game that has been around for decades. It was made by Ubisoft to promote the POP series.

In Prince of Persia 2D, players take on the role of a young prince who must navigate through a series of obstacles and enemies in order to rescue the princess from the evil Jaffar. The gameplay is based on a series of platforming challenges, where players must run, jump, climb, and fight their way through each level.

The game’s graphics are in a 2D side-scrolling style, with detailed and realistic animations for the prince’s movements. The levels are designed with intricate traps and puzzles, which require perfect timing and precision to navigate. The game also features a variety of enemies, each with their own unique attack patterns and weaknesses.

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Now we have Tetris, a classic puzzle made which has been around since video games became a thing. This time it can be played in a browser and has added neo-based color schemes that hand it a new look.

You can also change the keys from the settings and make other changes to personalize the game for your convenience.

The goal of the game is to arrange the blocks(Teromino) so that they form complete horizontal lines across the Tetris Matrix. When a complete line is formed, it disappears, and any blocks above it will fall down to fill the gap.

The game starts at a relatively slow pace, with one block falling at a time, but as the game progresses, the pace quickens, and more blocks fall at once. If the player is unable to arrange the Tetrominoes so that they form complete lines, the blocks will stack up to the top of the Tetris Matrix, and the game is over.

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• What is the best browser-based game?

There are many great browser-based games out there, so it’s difficult to say what the “best” one is since it ultimately comes down to personal preference.

You can get started with Skribbl when you want to play with friends. City Guesser is good when you have an interest in geographics. Wordle is a fun game to play if you are good with English spelling.

So these were some of the best Best Browser Games. You can play them in any modern web browser on most devices including smartphones. Bookmark them in the browser and play them anytime.

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15 Best Browser Games In 2022 To Play Online And Relax

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

Yes, sometimes you need to relax your mind and play a little to let off some steam. Playing online games could be a thing to take your mind off the monotonous routine and the stress of the workplace. Unlike PC games, you do not need a dedicated gaming PC to play browser games. On top of that, you do not need a powerful, high-specification PC to play as most of these online browser games can be played directly on any browser.

On that note, you might need to install some plugins and add-ons to the browser to play some of the best online games, and your PC will be ready to play free games online . If you’re interested in playing browser games, there are plenty of options available. However, finding the best one is still a challenge which is why we have handpicked some of the most popular and best online games for you. We have enlisted multiplayer and single-player browser games below for you to choose from.

15 Best Browser Games For 2022

1. slither.io, 2. darkorbit reloaded, 3. the wiki game, 5. metal war online, 6. browserquest, 7. linerider, 8. geoguessr, 9. tequila zombies 3, 10. pokemon showdown, 11. pocket tanks – a highly addictive flash game, 12. quick, draw, 13. street skater, 14. helicopter game, 16. forge of empires, bonus browser game: chrome’s dinosaur game.

Slither.io is a blast from the past. If you remember the snake game from Nokia phones from the last decade, you’ll quickly understand this online browser game. As a snake, you need to eat the glowing dots, grow longer and escape the enemies. You can also customize the skin of the snake. Slither.io is a fun game that you can play anytime if you’re bored with your hectic schedule.

If you’re looking for an online browser game full of adventure, then DarkOrbit should be your first choice. In this game, you play as a starship captain and complete challenges during your journey in space. You can choose to play as merchants or space-pirates as per your wish. Moreover, DarkOrbit Reloaded also has a multiplayer mode, so you can play with your friends online.

Wikipedia isn’t just a destination for gaining knowledge about various topics. You can also play games on Wikipedia. The Wiki Game is an interesting game in which you start from a particular Wikipedia page on a topic, and you have to race through different links to reach your “destination” page.  I agree that it’s a game for geeks, but nonetheless, it’s a fun game. If you like word games and puzzle games , you’ll definitely like The Wiki Game.

Doom needs no introduction. It is a classic first-person shooter game that was released 25 years ago. Now, you can play Doom in your browser. You need to enable the flash player to play this game. If you love classic video games, Doom is one of the best browser games that you can play in your idle time. Doom online can be played using a keyboard and mouse in any browser.

Metal War Online is one of the best multiplayer games you’d play on the internet. The game requires players to race and fight opponents, thus combining the components of both genres of games. There are four different types of tactics in the game that you can choose from. If you’re a fan of the action genre, you’d love this multiplayer browser game.

Step into the world of adventure with BrowseQuest online. It is a fun-filled browser game in which you play as a character who is out there to explore an unknown land and plunder its treasures. The online game has easy-to-use controls to move and jump the character. You can also use the mouse to move the character anywhere. It is a multiplayer browser game that can be played on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, iOS devices, and Firefox for Android.

Linerider is an online simulation game that you can play in your browser. You need to apply your skills to play this game by drawing a track for the rider. Linerider is undoubtedly one of the best flash games that you can play to refresh your mind after a busy day of work. This browser game can be played on Chrome and Firefox by visiting the link above.

Explore famous places around the world in a fun manner by sitting right in front of your PC. Geoguessr is an online browser game in which you need to guess the name of the popular places of the world. The game uses semi-randomized Google Street View locations. This is an addictive and challenging puzzle game that you can play in your browser to satiate your wanderlust (at least to some extent).

If you’re looking for an action-packed zombie game, then Tequila Zombies 3 is the game you play. It is one of the most interesting and best free online games that you can play to ward off boredom. As funny as the name sounds, you need to kick the asses of Zombies and drink tequila. Controls are easy as you hit the zombies with the mouse and move the character with keyboard buttons.

Psst! Pokemon fans, we’re not going to disappoint you. Pokemon Showdown is an entertaining browser game that emulates Pokemon battle without requiring you to download any file on your storage. You can play online Pokemon battles against randomly generated teams, or you also have the option to create your custom team and play against it.

Pocket tanks is a highly addictive browser game in which you need to apply a strategy to kill the opponent tank by adjusting the angle and power of the shot. This is one of the top free games you can play in any browser by enabling the flash player. It is a multiplayer online game that you can play with one of your friends.

Quick, Draw isn’t exactly a game per se, but it is a fun means to spend time if you’re bored. In this game, you have to draw a prompted object on your screen in under 20 seconds, and AI will then guess what you’ve drawn. In the process, you’re training a neural network as your drawings are added to the world’s largest doodling data set. It is a fun browser game if you’re bored and wish to kill time.

If you’re a fan of skating games, here is a game that will keep you engaged for a long time. When I first launched the game for testing game, I played for half an hour until I cleared the level I was stuck on. It is a simple game that you play with your PC’s keyboard. This game has minimalist graphics, and you’ll want to play it again and again until you’ve beaten your own personal best score. I highly recommend this online browser game if you have nothing else to do in your idle time.

You must have played the Flappy Bird game that became an internet sensation. Helicopter Game is a free browser game based on the same concept. You need to dodge the helicopter by escaping the ceiling and blocking using arrow keys. It is an addictive game, and you get more and more involved in the game as you cross difficult levels. It is one of the best browser games to play if you have free time on your hand.

QWOP is unlike any other game you have played; it’s a simple yet extremely difficult online browser game . It is extremely simple as you just have four buttons to play – Q, W, O, P. Your aim is to make the athlete run by choosing the right combination of the four keys. It might sound like QWOP is an easy-to-play game with just 4 buttons to use, but we bet it will take at least 10 times for you to figure out the right combination of the keys.

If you’re into MMOs and strategy games, you should definitely check out Forge of Empires. Not only the name, but the game feels like the award-winning Age of Empires, which is a great thing considering you only need a web browser to play the game. Forge of Empires takes players on a journey from the stone age to building highly advanced civilizations.

Furthermore, what’s amazing is that the game is not only confined to web browsers; you can play this title on iOS and Android devices and take the progress with you. Forge of Empires features 20 different stages of advancing through civilizations which is a rare thing for a browser game. All in all, Forge of Empires is hands down one of the best browser games you can play in 2022.

Did you really expect that we won’t mention the popular Dinosaur game of Google Chrome in this article about the best browser games? The game usually appears when your connection drops. It is the “internet is not working, so let’s kill time until the connection appears again” game. You can play Chrome’s offline T-Rex game by entering “chrome://dino/” in the URL section of the Chrome browser. Here, we also have an article on google chrome dinosaur game hack and win every time you play it.

Collection of Best Browser Games

So, we have enlisted the best free online games that you can play in your free time. Some of these can be played with your friends, while there are some that can be played in a single-player mode. Apart from this list of online games, you can also visit websites like Miniclip.com and itch.io for more.

Also Read:  How To Play Chrome Dinosaur Game While Being ONLINE? Can I Download It?

Best Browser Games FAQs

A browser game is any game that you can play online on your browser without downloading any files. Some browser games require you to register yourself on the website hosting the game, while there are some online games that you can play straight away.

According to several browser games websites, the best browser for games is Mozilla Firefox. Chrome and Safari have recently rolled out an update that prevents browser games from running.

In the above listicle, we have enlisted the best browser games you can play without downloading any additional files.

Google also offers many browser games that you can play in your free time. One of the best browser games by Google is Chrome’s Dinosaur game that we have mentioned above.

If you’re looking forward to playing the best browser games, you can choose from The Wiki Game, Doom, Linerider, and more from the above list of best browser games.

Anmol is a tech journalist who handles reportage of cybersecurity and Apple and OnePlus devices at Fossbytes. He's an ambivert who is striving hard to appease existential crisis by eating, writing, and scrolling through memes.

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9 of the Best Co-op Games You Can Play in Your Browser

There are few bonding experiences quite as childishly fun as playing co-operative games with your friends. But if you don’t want to go through the hassle of buying, downloading and installing new games, then you can easily get your gaming fix through your browser.

We’ve put together a list of the best browser-based co-op games you can start playing in a matter of seconds.

Also read: How to Let Your Friends Watch You Play Games on Steam

1. Town of Salem

Everyone’s been at a drunken dinner party where they’ve played Werewolf or Mafia, right? One or two people play the killer, while the rest try to work out who they are. This concept is expanded brilliantly in Town of Salem .

A group of 7 to 15 players are assigned roles such as serial killers, townsfolk, Mafia and dozens of others. No one knows what role another person is playing, so it’s up to the killers to knock people off at night, while the townsfolk try to catch them during the day. It’s a perfect party game where co-operation is essential for survival.

Also read: 18 Best Games to Play on Your Chromebook at School

2. Surviv.io

There’s Fortnite, there’s PUBG, and then there’s Surviv.io .

Okay, admittedly, that last one is a browser game with super-simple graphics and a top-down perspective, but why should that count against it? It’s still an awesome squad-based Battle Royale shooter where teams of two or four players try to outlast the others.

For those unfamiliar with the Battle Royale concept (where have you been these past two years?), you start with almost no equipment and need to scour a large map for guns, armour and other resources. Then, once you’re stocked up (assuming you’re not dead yet), you head out to hunt down other teams or just hunker down and try to survive.

Last team (or person) standing wins!

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3. Gracie & Mike

Something a bit smaller-scale than most of the offerings on here, Gracie & Mike is a 2D run-&-gun platformer that you can actually play with your friends in the same room (if you have gamepads).

Unusually for a 2D platformer, you play the game in split-screen, running through jungles and enemies’ hideouts, all presented with nostalgia-inducing 8-bit graphics. Think of it as a stripped-back version of the arcade classic Metal Slug.

4. Realm of the Mad God

This is another browser game that eventually made it over to a Steam release (which is free to play). Luckily, you can still play Realm of the Mad God for free in your browser, letting you enjoy one of the most intense shooter experiences alongside your friends. (Each instance has an 85-player capacity.)

You traverse a vicious fantasy world, fighting increasingly powerful mutations, monsters and bosses while accruing “fame.” Death is permanent here, but you can use your previous character’s Fame points to purchase equipment for your next creation.

It may look simple, but this is a brilliantly designed co-op experience.

Also read: 18 Hidden Google Games for You to Play

5. Devast.io

A gritty survival experience masked in cutesy top-down graphics, Devast.io is an online game set in a post-apocalyptic world where the extent to which you co-operate or go solo is entirely up to you.

You start by gathering resources from trees and stones while desperately seeking out food, with the aim of eventually building up a self-sustaining base out in the wasteland. There are other players in the world as well as hostile creatures and radiation to worry about.

Do you join up with other survivors and choose to build a better world or just kill them and loot their corpses?

6. Pokemon Showdown

Pokemon is one of the most popular gaming series in the history of gaming. It’s only right that a browser version exists to get your Pokemon fix. Enter Pokemon Showdown . This battle simulator ensures that you can train your Pokemon prior to competing in any professional games. Make your own team or pick from random players around the world. What makes Pokemon Showdown even more appealing as a browser game is that it’s good for both children and their parents. Jumping straight into battle is the best part. No long console-level intros – just straight battles. What more do you need with Pokemon?

7. Catan Universe

The classic board game has been brought to your browser. Trade, build, gather resources and destroy your friends all without leaving your home. Just like the board game itself, Catan Universe ensures that outsmarting your friends or random opponents is now the name of the game. Do you want to block a tile with the robber? Do you want to play the Seafarers or Cities and Knights campaign? Fire up Discord or a video chat call with your friends and make this an immersive co-op and multiplayer experience.

This one is less about a specific game and more about the itch.io website, which is full of browser-based games that are full of fantastic pick-up-and-play co-op gaming. As of the beginning of June 2021, there are a total of 169 co-op browser games available Games like Guardian Sphere and Life in Quarantine are fantastic choices to kill some time with friends.

The gameplay is simplistic, and you can quit each game without feeling any guilt about having to start over during your next play session. My Rusty Submarine helped me waste over 30 minutes before I even realized I was playing as I struggled to keep my appropriately-named rusty submarine afloat.

9. Powerline.io

If you want to relive the glory days of Nokia phones from decades past, Powerline.io is the game for you. Just like Snake, the game that appeared on Nokia phones, your goal is to compete against players from around the world to “eat” the beams (or cubes) and grow as long as possible. The trick is not to run into any of the other competing snakes, else it’s game over for you. It’s simple, it’s basic and it’s a whole lot of fun.

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These are just the top, with plenty more where they came from. Which co-op games have vacuumed up most of your time? If you prefer to play board games instead, check out the list of sites here where you can play board games online , and if you’re into fighting games, check out the best fighting games you can play in 2021 .

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Best browser games to play in 2023

Browser games have always been a thing, and there’s plenty to choose from. Classics like Adventure Quest and Lords of the Arena will keep you entertained for hours with their fun mechanics and challenging gameplay. Whether you’re looking for action, puzzle solving, or just some good old-fashioned fun, there’s something for everyone. Here are some of the best browser games you can play this year.

BrowserQuest

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BrowserQuest is a role-playing browser game that invites you to explore a mystery, adventure, and fun world. Developed by Little Workshop for Mozilla, it’s the perfect blend of retro-style graphics, captivating mechanics, and modern gaming technology. With its varied challenges, rewards, and customization options, BrowserQuest offers hours of entertaining gameplay for players of all ages. Discover a world full of exciting quests, fascinating characters, and captivating stories as you engage in this unique online experience.

Prosperous Universe

Conquer the stars in this stunning free online browser game! In Prosperous Universe , you can amass an intergalactic fortune through resource acquisition, shipment, and trade of goods. Compete with other players as supply and demand fluctuate according to your decisions but without monotonous, repetitive tasks, making it a wonderfully engaging experience.

AdventureQuest

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AdventureQuest is an online browser-based game that has been beloved by gamers since its launch in 2002. It’s a fantasy role-playing game set in Lore, where players can explore and battle monsters to level up their character and complete quests. In addition, players can customize their characters with unique armor and weapons.

Wordle is an enthralling online word-guessing game that has players from all over the world hooked. You will be presented with a randomly generated five-letter word to solve every day, so get your thinking caps ready! If you guessed correctly, another new puzzle awaits you the next day; use Wordle as an intellectual and imaginative challenge!

Eternal Fury

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Step into an epic battle between Heaven and Hell, where humanity’s survival is at stake. In Eternal Fury , ioin a heroic guild in your attempt to repel the underworld goddess Hel before she takes over the world! To win battles and level up on this exhilarating quest for freedom from darkness, you must strategically build your fortress against invading demon forces.

Pokémon Showdown

Pokémon Showdown is a Pokémon battle simulator that lets you jump straight into the action.  You can take control of your dream team or join in random battles without worrying about leveling or catching Pokémon. If you are interested in battle simulators, this game is for you.

Isleward , the brainchild of Big Bad Waffle, is a roguelike MMO set in Strathford. It offers unique challenges, rewards, and gameplay. Build your group, level up, and explore several islands full of monsters, dungeons, and treasure.

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Mad World is a browser-based battle arena game that takes place one thousand years after the apocalypse in a ruined post-apocalyptic world. Construct, engage in combat, and compete against other survivors to refine your skills and acquire access to unique weapons. As you reconstruct society from the ruins, you’ll encounter an original art style that expresses both sorrow and optimism. This one-of-a-kind online experience is accessible on various platforms, so you can take it with you wherever you go; however, it is currently in closed beta mode only.

Drakensang Online

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Drakensang Online is an epic 3D browser-based Action RPG produced by Bigpoint. Set in a vibrant land called Dracania, players take on the role of heroes to explore dungeons and fight off monsters, all while completing quests and collecting powerful loot. With its exciting, fast-paced combats, multiple character classes, and customization options. Drakensang Online is sure to provide an immersive and rewarding gaming experience. It’s the perfect game for gamers who enjoy fantasy worlds and cooperative play.

Catan Universe

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Catan Universe is an exciting browser-based version of the popular board game Catan. Its endless replayability makes it an excellent option for gamers of all ages and skill levels. Players build roads, settlements, cities, and even ships across different islands in pursuit of victory points determined by dice roll outcomes. With its vibrant visuals and strategic gameplay, Catan Universe will keep you entertained for hours. Play solo against AI or challenge friends online in various game modes if you miss your buddies when you’re at home! The internet version of the classic board game will seem nearly genuine.

Quick, Draw

Quick, Draw! is an entertaining and educational way to pass the time. This browser game challenges you to draw prompted objects in 20 seconds or less while completing exciting challenges. Not only is it a fun activity for those lazy afternoons, but your drawings also help train neural networks with the world’s largest doodling data set—so have fun knowing that your efforts are appreciated!

Prince of Persia

If you have fond memories of gaming in the 90s, Ubisoft’s classic  Prince of Persia flash game can now be enjoyed once again, thanks to Ruffle emulation. In this browser game, you can once again delve into challenging dungeons and navigate an array of traps. Those who make it all the way through deserve their rightful praise!

Lords of the Arena

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In Lords of the Arena , pick your hero and compete for glory, fame, and wealth! Even though this browser game is mainly an online strategy game, you can explore hidden dungeons and high mountain peaks to level up and obtain some delicious gear for your heroes as they try to become the realm’s best protectors. You’ll fight in real-time fights against other players to climb the leaderboards and acquire even more strength for your next battle, with over 30 characters to select from.

Total Battle

Begin your journey as a beleaguered Lord betrayed by his closest advisors. Total Battle allows you to reclaim your lost dynastic heritage by building and commanding an unbeatable army from the ground up! In this free-to-play browser game, form strategic alliances with other players to take on all challengers and carve out total dominance across Medieval Europe for ultimate glory!

The Third Age

Step into the shoes of a legendary ruler with this thrilling browser game that takes you on an epic journey through the most beloved fantasy realms. Create your empire, enlist loyal warriors to join in story-driven battles while leveling them up and growing their strength, and conquer new lands and defend against powerful enemies in Total Age . Prove yourself as one of the greatest rulers by expanding your borders.

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Get ready to be amazed by the remarkable talents of the Akinator ! All you need to do is take a moment and think about any character, item, or creature that comes to mind. It could even be something as obscure as your childhood stuffed animal. Then let him work his mysterious magic: he’ll ask a series of questions designed to narrow down all possible answers until finally revealing what has been on your mind. Join in now and experience firsthand this intriguing expertise for yourself!

Dragon Awaken

Embody the power of a dragon and conquer your kingdom with Dragon Awaken ! This free-to-play browser game immerses players in an exciting story as they level up their character by overcoming challenges. With its multi-layered environments, this title stands out from other online games, adding extra depth to make for even more thrilling adventures.

A Dark Room

Put yourself to the test with this intense, post-apocalyptic A Dark Room browser game! After just a few seconds of setup time and no downloads required, players venture out into an ever-changing landscape full of opponents. Level up your village by taking on adversaries in real-time strategy battles that you can save at any stage for future pickups. Put together strategies as if it’s life or death because, in this world, it is.

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Get ready to take an incredible journey of discovery in Neopets . Neopia is awaiting a plethora of exciting adventures. Choose one among the 50 adorable Neopets and nurture it, uncovering undiscovered parts of its fascinating world. With this classic browser game, you can relive your childhood all over again in a fun-filled land filled with endless possibilities.

Game of Thrones

Immerse yourself in the world of Westeros with an officially licensed Game of Thrones browser game. You’ll have the opportunity to command your dragons, assume control as a beloved character from George R.R Martin’s series, and lead armies into battle—providing fans with hours upon hours of enchanting entertainment .

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Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers is a classic endless runner game. You play as Jake, who surfs the subways and tries to escape from the grumpy Inspector and his dog. You'll need to dodge trains, trams, obstacles, and more to go as far as you can in this endless running game. Collect coins to unlock power-ups and special gear to help you go further every time in Subway Surfers. Furthermore, coins can be used to unlock different characters and boards. With your keys you can customize the characters and upgrade your hoverboards with special powers. Don't forget to complete the awards, since they give you keys. In 'MyTour' you can collect rewards from completing daily Word Hunts. You can also find missions there. Subway Surfers was created by Sybo in 2012. And till this day it is one of the most popular games online!

Subway Surfers went HTML5, so you can play the game now on your mobile phone and tablet online in your browser exclusively on Poki. Next to that, you can still enjoy playing Subway Surfers on your PC. You can play the game for free without downloading it. If you are interested in games similar to Subway Surfers, have a look at our Running Games . Enjoy surfing here on Poki!

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We're leaving rainy Ireland behind and are headed to the sunlit streets of Marrakech! Take a stroll to the many markets filled with colourful wares or walk through the Jardin Majorelle. If the heat gets too much, you can go and take a dip at the Hammam Mouassine or rest in the shade of the ruins of El Badi Palace. Let's enjoy spring in this great city!

How to play Subway Surfers online?

You play this game on Poki by using your keyboard:

• Left/right arrow - Move left/right
• Up arrow - Jump
• Down arrow - Roll
• Space - Activate hoverboard

Can you play Subway Surfers online for free on a computer?

Yes! You can play the game for free in your browser without having to download the game. Play Subway Surfers using your keyboard and mouse. You can even access full-screen mode on your PC.

Who created Subway Surfers?

Subway Surfers is created by Sybo, based in Denmark. Subway Surfers reached a record 1.8 billion downloads according to Sybo Games (2021).

What characters are in the Poki Subway Surfers?

• Jake: The original subway surfer and our main surfer!
• Tricky: A real perfectionist and the brains of the Surfers!
• Yutani: A tech genius and science obsessed. She also thinks she's not from this world...
• Lucy: Our resident punk in the streets, someone has to give the guard a hard time..
• Tagbot: The first robot in Subway Surfers!
• Ninja: Every good group needs a martial artist, and we've got a Ninja!
• Tasha: The fitness guru of the bunch!
• King: He's the King, need we say more?
• Brody: The sandal wearing cool cat, everyone wants to be him...

When was Subway Surfers released?

Subway Surfers was released in 2012 globally. It has been on Poki since 2018!

Why was Subway Surfers created?

Subway Surfers was inspired by a love for skateboarding, graffitti, hip-hop culture, music and street life. You can see all of these influences scattered throughout the game and in every new world!

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Catch the wave in Microsoft Edge. Beware of the Kraken as you ride through the water and try to avoid islands and obstacles with this surfing-themed game when you’re offline.

Microsoft Edge Surf

To catch the wave, go to edge://surf in the address bar. With three game modes, you’ll have a variety of ways to pass the time. 

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Apple steps up Safari’s game with 60% faster performance according to shiny new browser benchmark Speedometer 3.0

Revved up Safari: Faster, more accurate, and simply better browsing ahead

Safari users are in for some good news, as Apple claims that users of its web browser can expect significantly better performance from the browser and its WebKit browser engine (which is primarily used in Safari ). 

The news was shared by Apple in an official WebKit blog post, following its announcement of Speedometer 3.0 , the latest iteration of Apple’s browser benchmark made in collaboration with other browser engine developers. It explains that the introduction of Speedometer 3.0 will usher in an era of faster web use in general, allowing web developers to make web apps and websites unlike those seen before, and Apple itself will be making sure that Safari and WebKit take advantage of the new technology. 

According to 9to5Mac , the way that Speedometer 3.0 captures information and calculates scores will allow for more detailed findings and give web developers new capabilities. 

Putting the pedal to the medal 

The website explains that the various optimizations that were carried out on Safari saw its Speedometer score increase by about 60% between Safari version 17.0 and version 17.4 . It concludes by predicting that this will lead to improved Safari performance, enabling developers to build websites and web apps that are “more responsive and snappier than ever.”

Companies such as Google , Intel , Microsoft , and Mozilla collaborated with Apple to create an improved shared user experience. Apple says this is to make sure browser testing is fair to whatever browser is subjected to it. It also means that the work involved in creating the new benchmarks didn’t fall on a single company.

This is promising messaging from Apple and in an almost out-of-character collaborative spirit. Developers who work on optimizing browser engines, as well as independent browser testers and reviewers, found the previous iteration of the Speedometer benchmark a useful tool in their work. Apple further claims that Speedometer 3.0 will improve upon this with improved testing accuracy and will enable the performance testing of a wide variety of contents.

Kudos to the Safari team for its collaborative endeavors

On a tangentially related note, competing browser developers are effectively forced to use Apple’s own WebKit browser engine for their browsers if they want their browsers to be in the App Store, except for regions where the law has forced them to allow browser engine developers to use whatever engines they prefer (such as the EU). If they’re not giving browser developers much of a choice in certain regions, it’s at least a positive note that they’re working to make WebKit the best browser engine it can be when developers have to use it.

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I commend Apple for this effort and development, and I think it will mean a better browser experience both for Safari users and users of other browsers. While Apple can sometimes appear to be aloof and uncooperative, developments like this by its Safari team show that it’s fully capable of the opposite, so hopefully, it will continue to do this more often when it’s clear that there are potential user benefits for everyone - not just its customers.

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Kristina is a UK-based Computing Writer, and is interested in all things computing, software, tech, mathematics and science. Previously, she has written articles about popular culture, economics, and miscellaneous other topics.

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