Playing games in your browser: no downloads, no installs
Not long ago, playing a game on a website meant installing a plug-in or downloading a file. Today a modern browser can run fast, good-looking games on its own, on almost any device. Here is how that works and what it means for you as a player.
How browser games run
Modern web games are built with the same technologies as any web page: HTML, JavaScript and WebGL (or the simpler 2D canvas). When you open a game page, your browser downloads the game’s code and images, just like it downloads a news article, and runs them in a protected area of the page.
Nothing is installed on your device. When you close the tab, the game stops. When you open it again, the browser can reuse files it has already cached, so the second start is usually even faster.
Do they work on phones?
Yes — if they are designed for it. A good browser game:
- adapts its layout to portrait and landscape screens;
- uses touch controls with targets large enough for fingers;
- keeps file sizes small so it loads quickly on mobile networks;
- avoids depending on a keyboard for essential actions.
Our games are designed for touch first and then checked on desktop, so the same game works on a phone, a tablet and a computer.
How is progress saved without an account?
Browsers offer local storage — a small, private space on your device where a website can keep data. A browser game can use it to remember which levels you have finished, your settings and your favourites.
A few things to know:
- the data stays on your device and in that browser; it does not follow you to another phone or computer;
- clearing your browser data, or using a private window, removes it;
- the website cannot read data saved by other websites.
For most puzzle games this is enough: you can close the tab and continue tomorrow without creating an account.
Are browser games safe?
Browser games run inside the same security sandbox as every web page. They cannot access your files, contacts or other apps. To stay safe in general:
- play on sites that use HTTPS (a padlock in the address bar);
- be careful with pages that ask you to download an executable file to “play” — a real browser game does not need that;
- check what personal data a site collects; a puzzle game does not need your contacts or location.
We do not require an account, we do not ask for personal data to play, and we describe what we collect in our privacy policy.
Why are browser games free?
Most free web games are supported by advertising shown around the game or between levels. Done badly, adverts ruin the experience. Our rule is simple: no forced adverts before your first level, and adverts must never break the game you are playing.
What we are building
We are making original puzzle games that start in seconds in the browser — starting with sorting puzzles. They will appear on this site as soon as they are ready.