All games

Eighteen browser games, grouped by what kind of thinking they ask for. Everything opens in a tab and plays immediately — no account, no download.

Which of these should I play?

If you want one recommendation rather than a list, it depends on what you have in mind.

• Something quiet for ten minutes — the tile-matching puzzles. No timer pressure, no score to protect.
• Something you can get better at — the classic card games. They respond to practice in a way the puzzles do not.
• Something where the rules are the game — the puzzles built on an actual solitaire or patience variant, where knowing the variant changes the odds.
• Something to pick up and put down — most of these work one-handed on a phone, and none of them need you to finish a session.

What every game here has in common

Whichever you choose, the basics do not change.

• Undo is available everywhere, without limit. It is a teaching tool, not a cheating button.
• No installation. Every game runs in the browser tab you already have open.
• Nothing is stored on an account. Scores and unfinished boards live in your browser on this device, and nobody else can see them.
• No sound required. Nothing here depends on audio, so nothing is lost if your browser is muted.
• Keyboard works. Arrow keys and Enter do the same thing as a mouse where the board allows it.

A note on difficulty

These games differ enormously in how much they demand, and the categories below are a rough guide rather than a ranking.

Tile-matching mahjong puzzles are largely luck with a modest skill component: the board is dealt, and a good share of layouts are winnable while a good share are not, mostly independent of how carefully you play.

Classic card games are the other way round. Most deals are winnable, and the difference between a beginner and someone who has played for years is almost entirely in the decisions rather than in the deal.

If you get stuck

Most games here have a hint or a restart that does not cost you anything. A hint is a reasonable tool — the alternative is shuffling until a board goes away, which teaches nothing.

If a particular game keeps beating you, the guides linked from each game page cover the parts that are usually missed: which tiles to clear first, what to do with a long row on the edge, and when a move looks helpful but is not.