Free shooters and .io games
| Game | What it is |
|---|---|
| Krunker.io | Fast first-person shooter with ranked play |
| Shell Shockers | First-person shooter where every player is an egg |
| Venge.io | Objective-based first-person shooter |
| Kirka.io | Multiplayer first-person shooter |
| DEADSHOT.io | First-person shooter with lobbies for friends |
| Narrow One | Medieval capture the flag with bows |
| Smash Karts | Kart battle arena with rockets |
| ZombsRoyale.io | 100-player 2D battle royale |
| Suroi | Open-source 2D battle royale, still in development |
| Slither.io | Grow a snake, cut the others off |
| Paper.io 2 | Claim territory by drawing loops |
| Diep.io | Tank shooter with upgrades |
| Hexanaut.io | Capture hexagons by enclosing territory |
| EvoWorld.io | Eat other creatures and evolve |
| Starblast.io | Arcade space shooter with ship upgrades |
| Territorial.io | Real-time map conquest |
| Generals.io | Fast strategy: capture the enemy general |
| Bloxd.io | Block worlds with bedwars and skywars, no login |
Shooters need a mouse. On a phone, start with Smash Karts, Paper.io 2 or Slither.io.
Free puzzle, word, board and card games
| Game | What it is |
|---|---|
| Wordle | One five-letter word a day, six guesses |
| Connections | Sort 16 words into four groups, once a day |
| Semantle | Find the hidden word by meaning, not spelling |
| TETR.IO | Online stacker with ranked multiplayer |
| 2048 | Slide tiles to reach 2048, in its original version |
| Little Alchemy 2 | Combine elements to discover new items |
| Lichess | Chess with no ads and no paywall |
| Chess.com | Chess with the largest player base; memberships are paid |
| Colonist | Free alternative to Settlers of Catan |
| RichUp | Free alternative to Monopoly, with friends or bots |
| Board Game Arena | 1,439 board games in one place |
| CardGames.io | Hearts, Spades, Solitaire and Euchre, no sign-up |
| papergames.io | Gomoku, Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four online |
Free party, idle and sandbox games
| Game | What it is |
|---|---|
| skribbl.io | Draw a word, everyone else guesses |
| Gartic Phone | Drawing telephone for a group |
| Codenames Online | The word-clue party game, online from its publisher |
| Make it Meme | Caption memes and vote for the best |
| JKLM.FUN | Word and trivia minigames such as BombParty and PopSauce |
| Cookie Clicker | The idle clicker; runs in a background tab |
| Universal Paperclips | Short idle game about an AI making paperclips |
| A Dark Room | Text adventure that keeps growing |
| Infinite Craft | Combine words into anything |
| Sandboxels | Falling-sand simulator with 500+ materials |
| Townscaper (web prototype) | Click on water and a town grows |
| Minecraft Classic | Mojang's free browser release of the 2009 original |
| Line Rider | Draw a track for the sledder to ride |
| GeoFS | Flight simulator built from satellite images |
Playing as a group? The games to play with friends page explains private rooms and invite links. All the games with live opponents are on the multiplayer page.
Free · no download · LifeSim
A free browser game that lasts longer than a round
Type who you want to be. LifeSim draws the character and starts that life in a real city, with AI neighbors who text you first. Free, in this tab.
How free is free?
Every game above starts without paying. What each one sells differs:
- Nothing at all: Lichess says it is 100% free, with no ads and no paywalls, and runs on donations.
- Ads: most .io games and portals pay their bills with ads around the game. BuddyBoardGames, for example, says it is supported by light ads.
- Paid extras: Chess.com sells memberships. Colonist sells a membership that unlocks all maps and expansions. GeoFS sells a subscription for HD imagery. The base game stays free in each case.
- Accounts: usually optional. Bloxd.io, CardGames.io, RichUp and Colonist say no sign-up is needed; Make it Meme says you can play without an account.
A real browser game never asks you to install a file. If a page pushes a download button, close it. More on that on the no download page.
A free browser game you come back to
Most games here are built for two-minute rounds. LifeSim is the long one: a free life simulator in the browser and on iPhone, with no download and nothing to buy. You type who you are, the game draws the character and starts the life in any real city on Earth, where every person is an AI character with a job, a home, a routine and a memory of you. The full list by genre is on the main page.
FAQ
What is the best free browser game?
It depends on the type. Krunker.io for shooters, Wordle and TETR.IO for puzzles, Lichess for chess, skribbl.io for a group, and LifeSim for a life simulation.
Are free browser games safe?
The official sites linked here are. The risk is copies on unknown domains that add pop-ups or fake download buttons. A browser game never needs you to install anything.
Do I need an account to play?
Usually not. Many .io games only ask for a nickname, and sites such as Lichess, Colonist and CardGames.io say no sign-up is required. Accounts are for saving stats and progress.
Do free browser games work on a phone?
Many do: Wordle, Lichess, Slither.io, Paper.io 2, Hexanaut.io and LifeSim run in a phone browser. Mouse-aimed shooters are hard to play on a touch screen.