The arcade · 21 games

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Puzzle

2048

Slide numbered tiles, merge matching pairs, and double your way to the elusive 2048 tile.

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Puzzle

Minesweeper

Reveal safe squares, read the number clues, and flag every hidden mine without going boom.

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Puzzle

Sudoku

Complete the 9×9 grid so each row, column and box holds every digit 1–9.

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Puzzle

Mastermind

Crack the hidden four-colour code in ten guesses, reading the black and white clue pegs.

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Puzzle

Sliding Puzzle

Slide the numbered tiles into the empty space until they line up in order.

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Puzzle

Lights Out

Tap a cell to toggle it and its neighbours. Clear the whole grid to win.

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Word

Wordle

Guess the secret five-letter word in six tries, using the colour clues.

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Word

Word Search

Drag across the grid to find every hidden word — across, down, diagonal, forwards and back.

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Arcade

Snake

Steer the growing snake, eat the food, and avoid the walls and your own tail.

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Arcade

Tetris

Rotate and drop the falling blocks to clear complete lines before the stack reaches the top.

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Arcade

Space Invaders

Slide your cannon and blast the descending alien swarm before it reaches the ground.

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Arcade

Breakout

Slide the paddle, bounce the ball and smash every glowing brick to clear the board.

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Arcade

Maze

Steer from start to exit through a freshly generated wall-of-characters maze.

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Strategy

Chess

Move pawns and pieces to trap the enemy king. Full rules vs a computer or a friend.

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Strategy

Checkers

Outjump the computer or a friend on an 8×8 board — forced captures, multi-jumps and kings.

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Strategy

Tic-Tac-Toe

Line up three marks in a row. Face a friend, or an AI that never loses.

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Strategy

Reversi

Trap your opponent's discs to flip them. Own the most of the board to win.

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Strategy

Connect Four

Drop discs into the grid and be first to line up four. Face the AI or a friend.

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Dice

Yahtzee

Roll five dice three times, hold the keepers, and score across 13 categories.

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Memory

Memory Match

Flip cards two at a time, remember what you saw, and match every symbol pair.

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Memory

Simon

Watch the growing glyph sequence and play it back. One mistake ends the run.

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