Favorite Free Online Games

[tennisplyr]

Was wondering what is your favorite free online games for adults. Currently enjoy Scrabble and Wordle online and am looking to expand…nothing too sophisticated.

[Raybo]

Are you only interested in games you can play in a browser? What about games on an iPad or phone?

[vested1]

I play Spelling Bee and Wordle daily on the NYT, as well as Outspell, Mahjong Solitaire, and Freecell Solitaire on WAPO. I have subscriptions to both publications online. I found Wordle on my Iphone to have too many ads and redirects to other games.

I've enjoyed Bejeweled but find it too risky to install on my iMac. I used to play it on my PC laptop, having bought the disc, but that was when dinosaurs roamed the earth and when computers still had CD drives. I see a lot of complaints from long term players of Bejeweled that they are being bombarded with ads.

[delamer]

When you say free, do you mean free from any initial cost or free from ongoing subscription costs, or both?

Quordle is 4-word Wordle. Nerdle is math Wordle.

Rummikub is fun, and isn’t word-based.

I subscribe to the NYT games section. At $40/year, it’s well worth the 10 cents per day.

All played on my iPad.

[heyyou]

Mahjongg Dimensions at the Washington Post, no ads after the initial few.

[JupiterJones]

I subscribe to the NYT games section. At $40/year, it’s well worth the 10 cents per day.

Agreed. If you're crossword person, it's well worth it.

(And sure beats having to buy a whole dang newspaper just to do the puzzle like I had to back in the day!)

I'll also point out that AARP has a whole section for online games: https://games.aarp.org/ They're apparently "free" apart from having to watch an ad.

[rockstar]

lichess.

Star Trek Online and Neverwinter are both fun too.

[tennisplyr]

Looking for games for my iPad, not necessarily word games…don’t care about ads but no fees.

[mega317]

Quordle is 4-word Wordle. Nerdle is math Wordle.

Heardle is like name that tune. I love it; there are enough songs recognizable by people my age to keep it fun.

Recently found A Dark Room which is a text based adventure game. Man it's getting hard though.

[Marseille07]

HaxBall.

[notinuse]

I play Team Fortress 2 on Steam.

[Johndoefire65]

Beyond All Reason. It's an RTS

[ruralavalon]

Was wondering what is your favorite free online games for adults. Currently enjoy Scrabble and Wordle online and am looking to expand…nothing too sophisticated.

In addition to Wordle and scrabble my wife plays wordful.

[MultiVitamin]

Recently found A Dark Room which is a text based adventure game. Man it's getting hard though.

Playing this now, thanks for the suggestion! Fun little time-management game.

Edit: And it turns into a different kind of game later, cool!

[Supergrover]

Seven little words is a quick freebie.

[PluckyDucky]

Valorant right now.

[Raybo]

I’m into Tennis Clash for iPad. Fun game that simulates tennis pretty well.

[AnnetteLouisan]

I do the following daily:

Wordle
The mini
Spelling bee
Letterboxed
Hello Wordl
Tiles

[MJS]

Absurdle ... start with a random guess
https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html

[breakaway]

I enjoy wordle and suduko.
Something more sport specific is stanleycupple (a hockey stats game)

[sleepy06]

Totally out of left field but if you enjoy simple games online have you considered giving more in-depth computer or console games a try? You might like it.

Check slickdeals.net for free Epic games if you have a computer that can run them. These are top quality games that can last keep you busy for a very long time.

Buy Steam games on Sale that can run on your computer (not free but minimal cost)

I have accumulated enough great games to last me probably 10 years. I am now a digital hoarder and the same for kindle books on sale Not something I am proud of but hard to quit when there is so much great content to be gotten right now.

There are so many great games now for very little cost. Far from free but you might even enjoy a Nintendo switch.

Games I am playing currently:

1. Subnautica on the PC
2. Starfox SNES version ported to Switch
3. Working through Chrono Trigger RPG again on the IPAD
4. Cities Skylines on the PC

and a LONG, LONG list to go...

[Shackleton]

Threes Free is very relaxing and fun

[heartwood]

Looking for games for my iPad, not necessarily word games…don’t care about ads but no fees.

Don't know if there's an ios version for your ipad, but on my android tablet I play Cannon Balls 3D by Famobi. It's addictive (just one more try), but gets very hard above several hundred levels so I just uninstall/install and start over.

I tried other "cannon" games but like the one above best.

NY times mini crossword
Solitaire by mobilityWare
free cell by mobilityWare
marble blast by blackout lab
nonogram.com

I also do the NYT and WSJ x-words, but online at their sites, so through paid subscriptions.

Lots of old games I used to play that no longer work: desktop tower defense!

enough!

[TNWoods]

Another vote for The New York Times puzzle/games page, although I don't subscribe.

I play Wordle, Letter Boxed, Sudoku-Medium and Sudoku-Hard there.

Then I play Worldle, which is a geography game where they give you a country outline, you guess, and they tell you how many miles off you are, and what direction.

Then there's Dordle, a two-word Wordle, and then Quordle, a 4-word Wordle.

Googling any of the game names will take you to the page they're on.

TNWoods

[tarheel91]

2048.

Simple but addictive.

[dboeger1]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

[mega317]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

Yet no suggestions?

[elle]

Clash of clans

[tarheel91]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

I couldn't agree more.

[delamer]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

Did someone on the thread put forth the idea that “games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games?”

[Jim180]

Chess.com

[hicabob]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

Try nerdle then.

[cheapedy]

THE DARK MOD

This is a great game that is free, open source, community developed, challenging and visually stunning. You play the role of a thief in the 1600's and the goal is to stealthily navigate your way into various buildings, museums, churches, banks, catacombs etc. to "collect" your treasures while avoiding armed guards and other difficult obstacles.

Even though the premise of thievery is wrong, the game emphasizes problem solving and critical thinking. So it's a better alternative than other violent games. For example, in one mission, you find yourself locked in a courtyard next to a castle. How do you get out? How do you get into the castle? Well, you take old wooden crates that are lying around, stack them like a staircase to get on a ledge. Then you tip-toe around the ledge to find an open window, then you throw a rope onto a wooden beam, climb up and swing into the open window of the castle. Once inside, you have to find keys and levers to open certain doors and passageways, all the while collecting as many treasures as possible while not being discovered by the guards.

The game comes with a few missions as well as a training demo, but you can download many other user created missions from the game itself.

[startwithtruth]

There's an online version of the boardgame Qwerkle which we really enjoy on the iPad; we usually play it against each other, but there's an option to play by yourself too.

[bogleblitz]

starcraft2
diablo immortal
lost ark

my kids love roblox which is also free.

[hoofaman]

I usually play solo, but it is multiplayer:

https://www.satisfactorygame.com/

Not free, but definitely one of my all time favorites

[dboeger1]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

Did someone on the thread put forth the idea that “games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games?”

OP somewhat subtly and perhaps unintentionally implied that.

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

Yet no suggestions?

I almost typed up a storm but held my proverbial tongue. The suggestions others provided are fine given that what OP is looking for are what gamers refer to as "casual games".

I'll share a quick story. Several years ago, I was looking for a group of people to play online with. I posted online and got in with a group of older gentlemen, I forget the name, it was something like Grumpy Old Men, and they were all fathers, grandfathers, etc. One guy in particular had been suffering from terrible cancer ever since shortly after retiring from a long career in auto manufacturing that had him traveling the world to manage factories in other countries. He probably should've died years before then given how bad his health was, but he was desperately trying to live long enough to have grandchildren from his son and daughter-in-law who were having fertility issues. We would often have long conversations about work, family, relationships, travel, you name it. I told him once that I was surprised how modern of a gamer he was given his age and how much he clearly worked over the years, but he insisted he had always been a gamer and kept up to date with the latest trends. In games, he was the slowest among us, and we would always end up chatting about life while waiting for him to do his inventory management or whatever. Sadly, he would also have frequent health issues and we would overhear really disturbing sounds through his headset, but we all cared for the guy and would never have abandoned him over that. He was a big fan of the Destiny series of online shooters, and we spent months training him before he was finally able to successfully complete a raid, because his hands were too shaky and imprecise to jump between suspended platforms.

One day, he went silent, but one of the group members was able to contact him and verify that he was still alive, just not well enough to play anymore. Years later, I found out he died shortly after. So yeah, it bugs me a little when I see stores putting games (many of which couldn't be more obviously targeted at mature audiences) under categories like children's toys. I guess everyone who likes boats plays with rubber duckies in the bathtub, too?

[JupiterJones]

As a lifelong avid gamer, I have to challenge the notion that games for adults need to be unsophisticated spelling games.

As do I. But who here said they did?

[wolf359]

Totally out of left field but if you enjoy simple games online have you considered giving more in-depth computer or console games a try? You might like it.

Check slickdeals.net for free Epic games if you have a computer that can run them. These are top quality games that can last keep you busy for a very long time.

Buy Steam games on Sale that can run on your computer (not free but minimal cost)

I have accumulated enough great games to last me probably 10 years. I am now a digital hoarder and the same for kindle books on sale Not something I am proud of but hard to quit when there is so much great content to be gotten right now.

There are so many great games now for very little cost. Far from free but you might even enjoy a Nintendo switch.

Games I am playing currently:

1. Subnautica on the PC
2. Starfox SNES version ported to Switch
3. Working through Chrono Trigger RPG again on the IPAD
4. Cities Skylines on the PC

and a LONG, LONG list to go...

You don't need to go to Slickdeals.net for Epic games. You can just go to http://www.epicgames.com directly. They release their free game of the week on Thursdays.

Some of the free games have been older hits, like Tomb Raider series, Star Wars games, Civilization, Grand Theft Auto series, and others. I think the current one is a shark game (you're the shark), but it will change to something new tomorrow.

[snackdog]

I'm terrible at world geography but this game is slowly helping.

https://globle-game.com/game

[Stinky]

Bricks Ball Crusher. Mindless fun.

33,000 levels to conquer. Making progress toward that goal slowly.

[JoMoney]

I enjoy the "Domination (risk & strategy)" game app. It's just the classic "Risk" board game, but with more maps to choose from.

[Kagord]

DW plays something called June Journey, is in a group with all her friends. There is some coordination for something called Cafe hour, where they all get on at the same time, (internationally at the same time, some friends are in Europe). I think it's mostly seniors that play this game.

[forgeblast]

marvel snap, its a fun card battle game free and fun and fast paced.
clash of clans if you like building and battle games.

[Mishigami]

Redactle. You attempt to determine the title of a redacted Wikipedia article. My best score was 16 attempts--but I often need over 100 guesses. An enjoyable puzzle to come back to throughout the day.

[Elsebet]

I'm terrible at world geography but this game is slowly helping.

https://globle-game.com/game

Thank you for posting this. Geography is also my worst Jeopardy/trivia category so I'm hoping this will help me also. My fist play it took me 39 guesses to get to Zambia.

I use this site for geography quizzes also: https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en

[abner kravitz]

If you like Bridge, BBO has a free one-player duplicate game that comes out every Friday. You play against bots. The bots are pretty good, they don't forget....

[iamlucky13]

I subscribe to the NYT games section. At $40/year, it’s well worth the 10 cents per day.

Agreed. If you're crossword person, it's well worth it.

(And sure beats having to buy a whole dang newspaper just to do the puzzle like I had to back in the day!)

I was going to ask which games are free versus require the subscription, but I was able to find the answer myself, so I will share it for everyone else:

https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/artic ... bscription

[vested1]

I spend entirely too much time nearly every day playing online games. I read an article recently which mentioned that playing certain online games regularly keep your mind sharp, and a few of those mentioned are the ones I play.

I'm still waiting on the sharper mind thing.

[Tamalak]

Haven and Hearth, which is now released on steam. A very complex and fascinating wilderness survival/crafting game. Slow paced and (usually) relaxing.