Infinite Craft
An endless crafting game that starts with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth.
- Rabbit hole
- Works on phones
- Alive
34 sites · every link checked daily
Fun websites to play with
A fun website is one you can open in a browser tab, understand in ten seconds and still be playing an hour later. These fun websites ask for no download and no signup, and most do not have a tutorial, because they do not need one.
Infinite Craft is a good place to start: drag items onto each other to combine them, beginning with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, and see how far it goes. The Password Game turns a sign-up form into a battle of wits. Spend Bill Gates' Money hands you $100 billion and a shopping list, from a Big Mac to an NBA team, and it is surprisingly good at making a billion feel like a number. Akinator tries to guess the character you are thinking of, and The Wiki Game challenges you to race between Wikipedia pages using only links.
Most of these are mobile-friendly, but not all: HexGL, a futuristic racer, wants a desktop. Check the badge on each card.
You can work from the top, or use "Surprise me from this list" to get a random pick. We mix quick hits and long sessions, and the time-to-enjoy badge tells you which is which. The longer ones, like Cookie Clicker, say "rabbit hole" for a reason.
The sites
All the sites
The list (34)
Spend Bill Gates' Money
Blow $100 billion on everything from Big Macs to an NBA team.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive
Little Alchemy 2
Combine basic elements to discover hundreds of things.
- Rabbit hole
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
The Wiki Game
Race from one Wikipedia page to another using only links.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Sandboxels
A falling-sand sandbox with hundreds of elements to mix.
- Rabbit hole
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Flexbox Froggy
Help frogs reach their lily pads using CSS.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Draw a Perfect Circle
Trace a circle and get scored on how perfect it is.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive
Universal Paperclips
An idle game about making paperclips that goes somewhere dark.
- Rabbit hole
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
A Dark Room
A text-based game that begins with a fire in a dark room.
- Rabbit hole
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Quick, Draw!
Doodle quickly while an AI tries to guess what you're drawing.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
MapCrunch
Drop into a random Street View location anywhere on Earth.
- Rabbit hole
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Powder Game
A classic particle sandbox: fire, water, gunpowder and more.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Absurd Trolley Problems
The trolley problem, escalated until it stops making sense.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive
Unusual Suspects
Sketch a suspect from vague, unreliable witness testimony.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive
Draw Logos From Memory
Try to sketch famous logos, then reveal how wrong you were.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive
Moral Machine
Judge self-driving car dilemmas and compare with the world.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
The Long Doge Challenge
A clicker game about making an ASCII doge unreasonably long.
- 5 minutes
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Cat Bounce
Bounce cats around the screen. Gently, they cry.
- 30 seconds
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Bruno Simon's Portfolio
A portfolio you explore by driving a toy car around a 3D world.
- 5 minutes
- Desktop
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
The True Size Of ...
Drag countries around the map to see their real size.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
JS Paint
MS Paint, faithfully rebuilt for the web.
- 5 minutes
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Chrome Music Lab
Playful experiments that make music easy to explore.
- Rabbit hole
- Works on phones
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Typatone
Every letter you type plays a note, so your writing becomes music.
- 5 minutes
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
Patatap
Every key on your keyboard triggers a sound and a burst of animation.
- 5 minutes
- Desktop
- Alive · checked 15 days ago
What we include. Games, toys and playful experiments that work without an account and without installing anything. We include thought experiments, like Absurd Trolley Problems and Moral Machine, because they are fun to play with even though they are not games in the strict sense. We include learning games, like Flexbox Froggy, when the game is good enough to stand on its own.
What we skip. Sites that are mostly ads, anything with a paywall in front of the fun, and anything that needs a download.
A tip for groups. A surprising number of these are better with friends. Unusual Suspects is funnier when someone else has to identify your drawing, and The Wiki Game works as a race. Semantle and Globle make good daily competitions.
More like this. The Games category has the full run of browser games. Falling Sand Games and Physics Sandboxes is for mess-making, and Websites Like Neal.fun collects the same playful spirit. If you want a stranger variety, take me somewhere odd.
Frequently asked questions
What are some fun websites with no download?
Infinite Craft, The Password Game, Little Alchemy 2, Akinator and Sandboxels all run in a browser tab with no install. Most also work without an account. They are all included here, with notes on mobile support and time needed, and each link is checked every day so none of them lead to a dead page.
Are there fun websites that don't require signup?
Yes, and every entry in this list qualifies: you can start playing without registering. Some show ads, like Akinator, and a few, such as Your World of Text, ask for a quick human check before you edit. We note those on the card.
What are the best fun websites for a group?
Try The Wiki Game for a race, Unusual Suspects for laughs, Semantle or Globle for a daily competition, and Spend Bill Gates' Money for arguments about priorities. They are quick to explain, need nothing more than a browser, and work well when you are all looking at one screen or each on your own phone.
What fun websites work on a phone?
Most of this list does, including Infinite Craft, The Password Game, Little Alchemy 2 and Globle. Desktop-leaning picks are HexGL and Webamp. The mobile badge on each card shows what to expect before you open a link, and the time-to-enjoy badge tells you how long each one is likely to hold you.
