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Every game has Easy, Medium and Hard, and works with a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen.
14 games
Quick reflexes, high scores and one more go. Free arcade games →
Maze Muncher
Munch every pellet while four Gloops hunt you down. Grab a power pellet and turn the tables.
Paper Round
Monday to Sunday on a British street. Hit every doorstep, dodge the dogs, keep your customers.
Snake
The classic. Eat the apples, grow longer and don't bite your own tail.
Stack Up
Drop each sliding block on the tower. Overhang gets sliced off, so aim true.
Hoop Flap
Flap a basketball through hoop after hoop. Swish them for big scores.
Brick Drop
Bundles of bricks fall into the wall. Finish whole rows to clear them before the wall reaches the top.
Galaxy Guard
The aliens are marching down the sky. Hold the line, blast every wave and hit the saucer for a bonus.
Road Hop
Hop across roads, rivers and railways for as long as you can. Don't dawdle, or the eagle swoops.
Pin Spin
Throw every pin into the spinning target. Touch another pin and you lose a life.
Saloon Shootout
A Wild West shooting gallery. Hit the cardboard outlaws, spare the townsfolk and watch your six shots.
Stick Archers
A stick-figure archery duel. Drag back, aim for the head and mind the wind.
Ruin Runner
Sprint through the jungle ruins. Jump logs, slide under beams and dodge pillars across three lanes.
Duck Shoot
Ducks burst out of the reeds. Tap them before they fly off, and hit enough to reach the next round.
A best-of-three street fight. Punch, kick, block and save up for your dash special.
6 games
Think it through. The daily puzzles change at midnight. Free puzzle and word games →
Code Word
Crack the five-letter code in six tries. A new code every day, the same for everyone.
Snowman
Guess the word a letter at a time before the snowman melts away.
Sudoku
Fill the grid so every row, column and box holds 1 to 9. A fresh daily puzzle at every level.
Mine Hunt
The classic mine-sweeping puzzle. Clear the field using the numbers, and don't dig up a mine.
Block Fit
Drag shapes onto the grid and fill rows and columns to clear them. Plan ahead or run out of room.
Solitaire
The classic patience game. Build the four suits from ace to king.
8 games
Classic table games against the computer. Free board and card games →
Noughts & Crosses
Three in a row. Beat the computer on Easy, then try to hold it to a draw on Hard.
Checkers (Draughts)
The proper rules: jumps are compulsory, multi-jumps chain, and reaching the far side crowns a king.
Four in a Row
Drop counters into the frame and line up four before the computer does.
Chess
The full game against the computer: castling, en passant, promotion and all.
Snakes & Ladders
Race three computer players to square 100. Climb the ladders and dodge the snakes.
Pop Ludo
Roll a six to start, race your four counters home, and knock your rivals back to their corners.
Last Card
Match the colour or the symbol, play your action cards, and shout Last card before you go out.
Stat Attack
Thirty pixel beasts. Pick your card's best stat, and the highest number wins both cards.
6 games
Pub games, pitches and race tracks. Free sports games →
Snooker
Six-red snooker from above, against a computer opponent that ranges from hopeful to deadly.
BMX Ramps
Pedal hard, hit the ramp, throw a backflip and stick the landing. One button, endless track.
Gone Fishing
Pick your depth, wait for a bite, then reel it in without snapping the line. Two minutes until sunset.
Darts 501
Classic pub darts against the computer. Start on 501 and finish exactly on a double.
Penalty Shootout
Five kicks each, then sudden death. Pick your spot, then save theirs.
Four laps, three rival cars and one twisty circuit. Your car accelerates itself, you just steer.
8 games
Quick games of luck and nerve. Good for passing the phone round. Free party games →
Rock Paper Scissors
First to five. On Hard the computer studies your habits and starts guessing your next move.
Higher or Lower
Will the next card be higher or lower? Build the longest streak you can.
Stop the Clock
Stop the timer as close to the target as you can. On Hard the clock vanishes almost at once.
Cup Shuffle
Watch the ball go under a cup, follow the shuffle and pick the right one.
Pin the Tail
The party classic. Memorise the donkey, put the blindfold on and pin the tail.
Snappy Gator
Press the gator's teeth one at a time. One of them is sore, and he snaps.
Wobble Tower
Take turns pulling blocks from the tower. Hold to pull, and keep the wobble in the green.
Marble Gobblers
Four hungry hippos, one pile of marbles. Chomp at the right moment to gobble the most.
4 games
Look after something and watch it grow. Free strategy and simulation games →
Castle Guard
Build archer, cannon and frost towers along the road and hold off 15 waves of monsters.
Fun Fair
Build your own fun fair. Lay paths, add rides and stalls, keep it clean and pull in the crowds.
Ward Rush
Run a busy little hospital. Build rooms, boost your doctors and cure the queue before patience runs out.
Pocket Pal
A little pixel pet that lives on your device. Feed it, play with it, clean up after it and watch it grow.
2 games
Blackjack and poker for grown-ups. Pretend chips only: no real money and no prizes, ever. The Card Room: free blackjack and poker (18+) →
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