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12 free games like GTA to play in your browser
Find free games like Grand Theft Auto to play in your browser, including touch-friendly mobile picks, Simpsons Hit & Run and Saltreach Heat.
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Weekly picks
Superpowered streets, rocket football and a patrol above the trenches
Five browser games for the weekend: Rivas City, Soccar One, Stardust Isles, Claude of Tanks and Over the Lines.
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Weekly picks
Snowy slopes, a strange house and one very overgrown lawn
Five browser games for the weekend: Fall Line, Noname Soccer, The Duke’s Lawn, Arkenfall and Starstruck.
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Playground news
One game leads to another.
43% of recorded browsers that opened a game explored at least two. With more than 2,000 games and 4,000 visits, here’s what discovery looks like on Playground.
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Playground news
More games. More discoveries. Your Playground.
Save the games that catch your eye, find something new and earn EXP for exploring and sharing honest feedback. Meet Your Playground.
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Playground news
See a game before you jump in.
Silent gameplay previews are arriving on Playground, making it easier to find something you want to play.
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Playground news
A funny little sidequest. Now with 1,000+ games.
Playground passes 1,000 games. A thank you to the Hacker News community, our players and the creators sharing their work.
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Weekly picks
Five games. Five very different weekends.
A shared skatepark, a dragon quest, a noir mystery, alien worlds and a kart race. Five browser games to explore this weekend.
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New arrivals
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Unknown Process
Haunt a computer by playing cards onto its files. Build chains of scares across nine folders, draft new cards and face a firewall, defrag and factory reset.
By connabyss ↗ Card games
Powder Signal
Carve a snowy downhill circuit with a retro look, pass gates and build your score on the way down the mountain.
By LuckeySystems ↗ Sports
Peel Out!
Roll a runaway banana through a closed grocery store, collect three glowing stickers and search for the employee exit.
By LuckeySystems ↗ Adventure
Cipher Breaker
Decode intercepted messages with Caesar shifts, frequency analysis and substitution tools to uncover a Cold War conspiracy.
By LuckeySystems ↗ Puzzle
Mycelium Wars
Place fungal defences along a winding route, earn nutrients and protect your colony through 15 waves of invading microbes.
By LuckeySystems ↗ Tower defence
Space Loop Protocol Demo
Explore a research ship trapped in a time loop, spend limited oxygen on activities and carry permanent progress into the next cycle.
By IdleClickerCreations ↗ Simulation
Left the Light On
Leave small gifts for a creature under a lamp, then return to discover what it has made in this short, eight-visit narrative toy.
By ronanmakes ↗ Adventure
Roof Rack Rodeo
Launch your truck’s cargo over obstacles, steer beneath it and catch the delivery across a series of driving challenges.
By Freesoul Games ↗ Racing
Bering Sea Crab Fishing (Demo)
Skipper a crab boat through a season on the Bering Sea, managing pots, weather, crew and deliveries in this early simulation demo.
By BlueHelios GameWorks ↗ Simulation
Micro TD
Place four tower types along compact paths and survive twenty waves, with early-wave bonuses and a final boss.
By Freesoul Games ↗ Tower defence
The Recovery Desk: The Larkspur Payment
Investigate a fictional misdirected payment through a laptop’s emails, messages and files, then piece together the case report.
By Dephi Labs ↗ Puzzle
Turbo Tails: Wild Isle Grand Prix
Race animal karts through island circuits, drift around bends and collect coins and items to build a turbo boost.
By Peter Yang ↗ Racing
Tidebreak
Shape the shoreline and position your squads to defend island villages from incoming Viking longships.
By Freesoul Games ↗ Strategy
Embertide
Draw glowing struts beneath the waves to guide a rising ember into beacon lights through a short sequence of physics puzzles.
By GameDaily.ai ↗ Puzzle
Card Combiner
Open booster packs, draw creature cards and combine matching cards to rank them up while building a collection and earning in-game money.
By Risbin Games / Tee ↗ Card games
Cake Clicker Recake
Bake and sell cakes in an isometric kitchen, then invest in recipes, equipment and staff to grow a bakery across larger locations.
By Gabriel Cassimiro ↗ Simulation
Dominion of Darkness
Become a dark lord in a choice-driven fantasy campaign, recruit armies and spread influence while shaping your return to power.
By Adeptus7 ↗ Strategy
Wire & Gate: Light the Lamp!
Place logic gates and flip switches to solve ten circuits, matching truth tables and progressing from AND gates to a half adder.
By wireandgate ↗ Puzzle
Noodle Alley
Run a 3D ramen stall for hungry animals, stack bowls, collect payments and hire helpers as you expand into a night market.
By Vigilia Games ↗ Simulation
Night of a Hundred Demons
Survive a ten-minute demon parade in an ink-painted graveyard, collect ink and combine automatic weapons and upgrades.
By Vigilia Games ↗ Action
Last Lifeguard
Survive a hostile beach from an inflatable ring, fend off gulls, crabs and jellyfish, and buy upgrades between runs.
By Freesoul Games ↗ Action
Wreck Bridge
Launch a buggy across canyons and turn failed jumps into permanent wrecks that form a bridge for your next attempt.
By Freesoul Games ↗ Puzzle
Rocket Roadster
Power a stunt car through loops and jumps, building speed and landing tricks with one-finger controls.
By Sara Chen ↗ RacingShowing 24 of 2979 games
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