Whether you’re on the move with just your phone to keep you amused, or you’re at home on your computer but don’t have the time to wait for a game to download, an online game is a perfect solution. Better still, many online games are available free of charge nowadays, making them even more accessible to all kinds of different gamers. If you’re looking for a free online game to keep you amused, then this is our guide to the very best of them.
Wordle
First up is Wordle, a game that has taken the world by storm over the past couple of years. The game was created by a doting boyfriend for his word puzzle-loving girlfriend. He created such a fun and simple game that the New York Times paid him a reported $2 million for the rights to the game and made it free to play on their own website. The aim of the game is to guess the five-letter word in six tries or fewer. To do this, you need to insert your word, click the check button, and wait to see which color each of the letters turns. If a letter turns grey, then it’s not in the word; amber, it is in the word but is in the wrong spot; green, and it’s in the correct place. Use this information to tweak your guess and see how few turns you can work out the word in. This game is perfect for quick-play gamers as it refreshes just once a day, meaning you get a five-minute brain workout and then have to move on to something else.
Poker
Card games are always easy to find online, and there are plenty of options. However, for those with a competitive nature, games like poker are a great choice. They allow you to work on your skills whilst competing against other players and for real money if you’d like to. If you’re still fairly new to the online poker circuit but are feeling ready for your first tournament, then looking into free entry poker is a worthwhile and free way to get started. These free tournaments cost nothing to enter, meaning you can practice without the worry of losing your entry fee.
Mini Metro
Truly brilliant strategy games can be hard to come by, but Mini Metro is the perfect example of a simple game with a complex strategy that’s available to play for free. This game takes simplified maps of famous metro, subway, and tram systems and asks you, as the player, to come up with a transport map that will work. You need to enable people to move to all of the different icons on the map in the best way possible, without allowing stations to become overcrowded. This game doesn’t require a fancy gaming setup, just a very basic internet connection, and a web browser.
Runescape
Most of the games that we’ve mentioned so far have been quick-to-play games. They’re brilliant for this format, but if you’re looking for something more long-form, then there’s maybe nothing better than Runescape. This MMORPG has been running for decades, meaning there’s a dedicated fanbase and a huge amount of information on how to get ahead in the game. There are all kinds of interesting challenges to take part in and like-minded people to talk to, making it the perfect multi-faceted option for browser-based gaming.
