Free office break games for the part of the day nobody puts in the calendar.

Snake

Retro Arcade Snake

Eat, grow long and try desperately not to bite your own tail. Keyboard or swipe, right in your browser.

Arcade ~3 min Easy to learn

Breakout

Brick Breaker Arcade

Smash every brick with a tiny ball — therapy for when the meeting could have been an email.

Arcade ~4 min Easy to learn

Flappy

One-Tap Arcade

Tap to flap through the pipes. Easy to learn, impossible to stop at “just one more”.

Arcade ~1 min Brutal

Asteroids

Space Shooter Classic

Spin, thrust and blast the rocks before they blast you. Pure arcade, no quarters needed.

Arcade ~4 min Takes practice

Boulder Dash

Classic Cave Digging Puzzle

Dig for diamonds, dodge falling boulders and fireflies, and reach the exit before the clock runs out.

Arcade ~5 min Takes practice

Firefighter

Retro Flying Game

Pilot a water bomber and douse the wildfire before you run out of sky. DOS-era fun, no install.

Arcade ~5 min Takes practice

Air Mail

Biplane Arcade

Loop a retro biplane and drop parcels on mailboxes. Finally, mail that actually gets delivered.

Arcade ~5 min Takes practice

Xonix

Territory Grab Arcade

Carve up the field and dodge the bouncing balls to claim 75% — like a reorg, but fun.

Arcade ~4 min Takes practice

Digger

Classic Digging Arcade

Tunnel for emeralds, drop bags of gold on the Nobbins and keep your fireball charged. Mind the wobble.

Arcade ~5 min Takes practice

Paratrooper

Turret Defense Classic

Shoot down the choppers, stop the drop, and hold the base until lunch.

Arcade ~4 min Takes practice

Gorillas

QBasic Artillery Game

Lob explosive bananas across the skyline. Mind the wind and beat the CPU — or a coworker.

Arcade ~5 min Easy to learn 2 players

Pac-Man

Maze Chase Arcade

Waka waka through the maze, gobble the dots and outrun the ghosts. No coins required.

Arcade ~4 min Takes practice

Tetris

Block Puzzle Classic

Stack falling blocks, clear lines and pretend your inbox isn’t overflowing. Three modes, no download.

Puzzle ~5 min Takes practice

Elements

Block Drop Puzzle

Drag shapes onto the grid, clear rows and columns, and chain combos until the kettle boils.

Puzzle ~6 min Easy to learn

2048

Number Merge Puzzle

Merge tiles until your brain feels like a 2048 tile. Zero downloads, dangerously addictive.

Puzzle ~5 min Easy to learn

Untangle

Planarity Puzzle

Drag the dots until no two lines cross. Like sorting out the cables under your desk, minus the dust.

Puzzle ~4 min Easy to learn

Jewel Tower

Match-3 Tower Shooter

Spin the tower and pop three jewels of a colour before the whole thing comes down.

Puzzle ~6 min Easy to learn

Color Lines

Ball Matching Puzzle

Line up five of a colour and keep the board tidier than your desk.

Puzzle ~8 min Easy to learn

Mahjong Solitaire

Tile Matching Classic

Pair free tiles off a layered stack until the table is bare. Every deal can be cleared, honest.

Puzzle ~8 min Takes practice

SameGame

Block Group Puzzle

Click a group of matching blocks, watch the rest tumble, and save the big group for last.

Puzzle ~4 min Easy to learn

Sokoban

Warehouse Box-Pushing Puzzle

Push every crate onto its spot without wedging one in a corner. Like tidying the stockroom, with undo.

Puzzle ~6 min Takes practice

15 Puzzle

Sliding Tile Puzzle

Slide the numbered tiles back into order, one gap to work with. The desk toy from 1880, minus the plastic.

Puzzle ~3 min Easy to learn

Minesweeper

Classic Logic Grid

One wrong click and your five-minute break turns into pure regret. Three board sizes.

Logic ~4 min Takes practice

Sudoku

Number Logic Puzzle

Nine boxes of quiet logic, with pencil marks and undo. Brain training that looks like focus.

Logic ~10 min Takes practice

Nonogram

Picture Logic Puzzle

Read the number clues, ink the right squares and a pattern appears. Pure logic, no guessing needed.

Logic ~6 min Takes practice

Queens

Region Queens Logic Puzzle

Place one queen in every row, column and patterned region — and never let two touch, not even corner to corner.

Logic ~3 min Takes practice

Lights Out

Classic Light Switch Puzzle

Every press flips a light and its four neighbours. Switch the whole grid off — ideally in par.

Logic ~3 min Takes practice

Codebreaker

Code-Breaking Logic Game

Guess the hidden four-symbol code. Solid pins mean right place, hollow pins wrong place. Ten tries.

Logic ~4 min Takes practice

Kakuro

Cross Sums Number Puzzle

A crossword made of sums: make every run add up, never repeat a digit. Arithmetic you can do with a straight face.

Logic ~10 min Takes practice

Calcudoku

Math Cage Puzzle

No repeats in any row or column, and every cage must hit its target with +, −, × or ÷. Mental maths, minus the meeting.

Logic ~8 min Takes practice

Solitaire

Klondike Card Game

The card game that invented office procrastination. Draw 1 or 3, unlimited undo.

Cards ~8 min Takes practice

Spider Solitaire

Two-Deck Patience

Untangle two decks into eight King-to-Ace runs. One suit to unwind, four when you mean it.

Cards ~12 min Takes practice

Yukon

Solitaire Without a Deck

Every card is dealt. Move any face-up card with everything on it and dig the aces out.

Cards ~8 min Takes practice

Pyramid Solitaire

Add-to-13 Patience

Pair uncovered cards that add up to 13 and dismantle the pyramid. Kings walk off on their own.

Cards ~4 min Easy to learn

TriPeaks

Three Peaks Card Run

Play cards one higher or lower than the waste and chain long runs across three peaks for big points.

Cards ~3 min Easy to learn

FreeCell

FreeCell Solitaire

Every card face up, four free cells and almost every deal winnable. Pick a game number or take today’s.

Cards ~8 min Takes practice

Golf Solitaire

Golf Card Game

Play cards one rank up or down onto the waste and clear seven columns before the stock runs dry.

Cards ~3 min Easy to learn