Other Games
Sometimes you want a different shape of problem. If you have worked through a few puzzles here and want something that uses the same instinct in a different way, this page is a shortlist of 19 games worth the switch - all free, all instant in the browser, none of them asking you to download or sign up for anything.
They fall into five groups. Puzzle and arcade games reward reading a crowded board under time pressure. The card games swap that for a slower, information-driven kind of thinking. Board and tile games take the clock away entirely, dice games put the randomness in the foreground where you can see it, and there is one tool at the end that is genuinely useful away from a screen.
Puzzle & Arcade
Marathon, Sprint, Ultra, Master, Invisible, Cheese, Survival, Classic, Big, Cascade and Zen, plus a shared daily challenge and real-time multiplayer.
Play Tetris online →Clear the board by matching free tiles, across layouts from the classic Turtle to the brutal Dragon.
Play Mahjong online →Dots, power pellets and four pursuers with four different targeting routines.
Play Pac-Man online →Card Games
The full patience cabinet - Klondike, Spider, Pyramid, TriPeaks, Golf, Yukon, Russian, Scorpion, Canfield and Forty Thieves - with a daily deal and leaderboards.
Play Solitaire online →Every card face up, four free cells, and a deal that is almost always winnable if you plan it.
Play FreeCell online →The trick-taking game where winning tricks is usually the last thing you want.
Play Hearts online →Call your tricks, make your contract and punish the overbid - the partnership card game that rewards counting over luck.
Play Spades online →Draw, meld, discard - and read what everyone else is collecting from the pile.
Play Rummy online →The tight two-player Rummy where deadwood management decides every hand.
Play Gin Rummy online →Melds of seven, wild cards, frozen discard piles and the deep partnership scoring that made Canasta a household game.
Play Canasta online →Seventeen variants and a strategy chart - the correct move is known, following it is the hard part.
Play Blackjack online →Board & Tile
American, International, Russian, Brazilian, Pool, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Canadian, Turkish and Anti-Checkers, at Easy, Medium or Hard.
Play Checkers online →Flip discs to take the board - but own too many too early and you run out of moves.
Play Reversi online →Tile matching with a scorekeeper attached, across Draw, Block, All Fives and more.
Play Dominoes online →The race-home board game in eight regional flavours, with a daily challenge and real-time multiplayer.
Play Ludo online →The 3x3 game is solved - which is exactly why the bigger boards are the interesting ones.
Play Tic Tac Toe online →Dice & Casino
The dice-and-scorecard classic, where the upper-section bonus quietly decides most games.
Play Yahtzee online →Eight variants and one bet on the table that carries no house edge at all.
Play Craps online →Tools
Fischer increment, Bronstein delay, sudden death and hourglass timing - useful for far more than chess.
Use a free online chess clock →Every game at a glance
The same 19 games as a single reference, if you would rather scan than scroll.
| Game | Category | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Tetris | Puzzle & Arcade | Eleven falling-block modes, a daily seed and live head-to-head races. |
| Mahjong | Puzzle & Arcade | Eleven Mahjong Solitaire layouts, from the Turtle to the Dragon. |
| Pac-Man | Puzzle & Arcade | The maze-chase arcade classic, free and instant in your browser. |
| Solitaire | Card Games | Klondike, Spider, FreeCell and nine more patience games. |
| FreeCell | Card Games | Open-information patience where almost every deal is winnable. |
| Hearts | Card Games | The classic trick-avoidance game against three computer opponents. |
| Spades | Card Games | Partnership trick-taking built on the bid you have to make. |
| Rummy | Card Games | Draw, meld, discard - the set-and-run game in all its forms. |
| Gin Rummy | Card Games | The tight two-player Rummy where knocking early wins matches. |
| Canasta | Card Games | Eleven Canasta variants, from Classic to Hand and Foot. |
| Blackjack | Card Games | Seventeen play-money blackjack variants and a strategy chart. |
| Checkers | Board & Tile | Eleven real draughts variants against a tunable engine. |
| Reversi | Board & Tile | Othello-style disc flipping where the last move decides everything. |
| Dominoes | Board & Tile | Draw, Block, All Fives and the rest of the tile family. |
| Ludo | Board & Tile | Ludo, Parcheesi, Pachisi, Uckers and Mensch argere Dich nicht. |
| Tic Tac Toe | Board & Tile | The three-in-a-row standard, plus bigger and stranger boards. |
| Yahtzee | Dice & Casino | Five dice, thirteen boxes and one very good decision per turn. |
| Craps | Dice & Casino | Eight craps variants with play money and a full table layout. |
| Chess Clock | Tools | A free browser chess clock for any two-player game. |
Or stay here
Nothing on this page has to replace Puzzle. If you would rather stay, the main game is one click away, the rules hub covers how everything works, and the FAQ answers the common questions.
Other games FAQ
Are they free, or is there a catch?
They are free in the same way Puzzle.now is free: every mode, every daily challenge and every leaderboard, with no paywall, no trial and no download. The card and casino titles use play money only - there is no real gambling in any of them.
What other free games can I play?
Nineteen are listed on this page, all free in the browser with no download and no signup. They cover puzzle and arcade games, a full card cabinet, board and tile games, dice games and a free chess clock. Every one of them plays instantly as a guest.
Do I need an account to play them?
No. Every game listed here plays instantly as a guest, exactly like Puzzle.now. Where a free account exists it is optional, and it only ever saves your scores, times and streaks across devices - it is never a gate in front of the game.
Which of these is closest to Puzzle?
The first group on this page is ordered with the closest relatives first, so start at the top. Beyond that it depends what you like about Puzzle - the puzzle and tile games reward reading a board, the card games reward counting and memory, and the dice games put the randomness in the foreground where you can see it.