Web Apps
Your computer might be a great tool for work, but every once in a while you need a break. These sites will give you an easy way to have a little fun.
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PopCap
PopCap
Home to such great online games as Plants vs. Zombies and Bejewled, PopCap offers a great collection of both games you can play online and games you can download.
Sploder
Sploder
Not only does Sploder have a collection of games that you can play, it also offers a game creator where you can build your own games that you can share online.
Kongregate
Kongregate
Offering more than 20,000 games, along with user reviews and recommendations, Kongregate has added some social networking to the many games it offers.
King.com
King
Focusing on skill games, King.com offers players a chance to win cash in many of their games.
The Great Games Experiment
The Great Games Experiment
As the home of many player-created games, the Great Games Experiment offers many games that you can’t find anywhere else.
Rock You Games
Rock You Games
On Rock You Games, you’ll find many games, some of whcih can even be added to your social networking profiles.
Newgrounds
NewGrounds
This site offers games that you’ll be playing for hours — where some sites limit the levels you can access for free, Newgrounds makes them all available.
PixelJam
PixelJam
New games with a retro feel are available on PixelJam. These games will have you remembering the first time you played video games.
RockSolidArcade
Rock Solid Arcade
If you’re looking for games that let you fly planes, RockSolidArcade has several choices among the games it offers.
Sticky Arcade
Sticky Arcade
This site’s star game, Cyrkam Airtos, will test your skills when it comes to tossing paper balls into trash cans.
Addicting Games
Addicting Games
Along with the World’s Hardest Game, Addicting Games offers a variety of action and sports games, as well as games from other genres.
Ninja Kiwi
NinjaKiwi
While Ninja Kiwi has plenty of games, start with the featured games — there are some great games in there.
GameGum
GameGum
You’ll find retro games as well as serials on GameGum. The site offers several thousand games.
The PC Man Website
PC Man Website
This website may look a little old school, but it has a great collection of old school games.
Mario Games Flash
Mario Flash
If you’re a Mario fan, Mario Games Flash is the site for you — it collects Mario games available online.
MoFunZone
MoFunZone
MoFunZone offers a variety of types of games, but it really shines when it comes to action games.
Fasco-CS
FASCO-CS
Available in both Japanese and English, the games on Fasco-CS are a little different than what you’ll find on most game sites.
Amanita Design
Amanita Design
While Amanita Design is essentially a portfolio, you’ll find some great games here, including both Samorost 1 and 2.
Not Doppler
Not Doppler
Not Doppler brings together free games from all over the web, making it a great place to search for new games.
Shockwave
Shockwave
Offering a wide variety of puzzle games as well as other genres of games, Shockwave has enough games to keep you playing for a while.
VivaLaGames
VivaLaGames
With strategy and action games, VivaLaGames is sure to keep you engaged for hours on end.
Globulous
Globulous
A multi-player game, Globulous offers opportunities for interaction as well as for fun.
XGenStudios
XGen Studios
XGenStudio’s stick figure games will keep you entertained in a way that games with more graphics never could.
Bored.com
Bored
Providing a whole list of games that can keep you entertained for a few minutes, Bored.com offers a lot of ways to use up a little time.
Wicked Pissah Games
Wicked Pissah Games
On Wicked Pissah Games, you can play with gravity and physics in games like Gravity Pods.
DeviantArt
DeviantArt
While you might not expect a whole lot of games on a site devoted to art, DeviantArt offers illustrators and animators the opportunity to share all kinds of games they’ve created.
Sparkworkz
Sparkworkz
Sparkworkz offers puzzle games, quiz games and other games that will get you thinking.
GameGecko
GameGecko
Just by browsing through GameGecko, you’ll find tons of new games, including a few dress up games.
WeGame
WeGame
WeGame has both new and classic games. You can find which games other players enjoy by checking out the site’s rankings.
HeavyGames
Heavy Games
You can check out over 3,000 games on HeavyGames. While that’s a lot of games, the site does rank them so that you can tell which should be the most fun to play.
AlbinoBlacksheep
AlbinoBlacksheep
In addition to funny Flash videos, AlbinoBlacksheep finds the best Flash games.
Lewpen
Lewpen
In addition to being a designer’s portfolio site, Lewpen makes the most of 3D graphics in creating games.
Totebo
Totebo
Totebo provides several games focusing on their monkey mascot as well as a few others.
One More Level
One More Level
Named after a phrase every player will recognize, One More Level has a whole list of games that will keep you playing long past just one level.
Stickpage
Stickpage
Home to a whole collection of stick figure games, Stickpage has more stick figures than you can imagine.
Conclusion
We should categorize this post as NSFW — don’t blame us if you get caught playing games at work! But if you’ve got some spare time this weekend, sit back and relax and play a game or two.
We won’t tell.
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Your computer might be a great tool for work, but every once in a while you need a break. These sites will give ...
Too..many…great….articles!!!
Need to bookmark so many articles these days lol
Excellent list, but fix the links! They are all mistyped
Oops! It looks like I’m getting double http:// on the links!
Another great site that is an up-and-coming site is GameJolt – http://gamejolt.com – they offer Flash, Silverlight, and downloadable games. There are some real gems in there.
Hmm, strange issue. Sorry folks — they’re updated now.
Newgrounds probably has the biggest community out of all of those websites, it’s also probably the oldest starting way back in the 90’s. It’s also where I met the Internet :’). First community, forever in my heart (and in my 9000 posts on their forums). But alas, we grow up. At least I know a little about “the dark side of the net”
41: http://www.omgpop.com / Love it to kill some time.
That’s my favorite! I can’t believe it’s not on the article
Well i’m from Denmark(Europe) – and we’re using the international casual gamingsite http://www.spigo.com – It’s a great site, and the designs of the games are amazing – However it’s Java games but they have managed to make the games run quite fast.
the + side of http://www.spigo.com is the possibility to play multiplayer games – where you can beat friends and family in their games
Just another recomendation.
You missed what has to be one of the nicest set of flash games out there, http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ such lovely designs and I would argue some of the most well thought out games.
You forgot http://www.tempestchess.com!
You left out http://www.igrajmo.se
hu? i missed the best site
http://www.dragongamez.com
this is great, i mean i’m not the kind of person who plays on the computer (it’s been a while!) ,neither with psp or xbox, but now i feel i want to start again. Nice list
you forgot Quakelive (I know I know its only 1 game but a 3D online/browser game.) and allows multiplayers!
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Woah, there are some great site missing here
http://www.armorgames.com/ -> a buch of great well-known flash games are sponsored by armorgames
http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/ -> alternative
http://www.playmain.com/ -> simple site interface
Great list of sites. You forgot to mention some, but it’s an alright list.
And you forgot http://www.gamesplayzone.com
where people can play free games and win prizes free and also socialize with there friends and also while you play our games you are raising money for autism