The Best Free Online (in-browser or downloadable) Games

lol that on my first try with delirious bird i did five times better than i ever did with flappy bird

same

Been playing around with some stuff from this list - http://indiestatik.com/2013/12/23/free-games-2013/

A bunch have already made this thread - Candy Box, No One Has To Die, Super Hot, Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing. So far none of the ones I've played would make the "best" in this thread's title, but they're all kinda memorable, good conversation-starters maybe.

PUNKSNOTDEAD - cute, charming aesthetic...but clunky control and becomes hard in an un-fun way. Kinda worth 'seeing' though. http://gamejolt.com/games/action/punksnotdead/13721/

Don't Escape - very short adventure game with a nice idea: you're a werewolf trying to keep yourself from going on a rampage tonight, and you try various means of doing that before hitting the 'go' button and seeing if your approach worked. Reminds me that this would be a great premise for an 'Incredible Machine' type of game actually - as is, it's a little bit rote, with the solutions being too pedestrian - but a promising concept. http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/don-t-escape/16037/

Famaze - Dungeon-crawler with cute graphics and satisfying sound. I don't know the genre well enough to say if this is really successful at what it does. I found some things frustrating, and you kinda wish you grew in power more, or that there were equippable items or other ways to improve yourself beyond leveling up. But kinda mindlessly addictive. http://oryxdesignlab.com/famaze/

Looking forward to trying some of the others...lots of attractive sample images and cool-sounding high concepts.

Wow, "Kingdom" is really lovely, haven't even really got to the gameplay yet but I'm charmed.

i just tried naya's quest, seems pretty fun

http://static.echonest.com/TokyoTuneTrain/gallery.html

Keep having errors loading audio, but I'm definitely interested...

Tried Don't Escape, liked it. You should give Lakeview Cabin a try if you liked that one

Famaze very good- seems destined for an iPhone port

I liked Don't Escape but found it a bit hard to see things that I needed to click (not quite 'pixel-hunty', more just dark).

My favourite that I've played out of these (or possibly tied with No-One Has to Die) is Save the Date, it's a funny 'dating sim' that really unfurls into its own after a couple of playthroughs.

Save the Date was a good one, enjoyed it much more than No-one Has to Die

Will try that and Pom Gets Wi-Fi this weekend, but I feel so lazy these days about *blaaah* actually installing these games *blaaah**

haha I'm the same way, it's really terrible. I have to... open an executable? And pick a directory to put this thing in? Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez

Got Tokyo Tune Train to work - cute, good for some lols, def worth checking out.

using chrome did the trick for me. using it as a scratch muxer is fun

http://gradinggame.com/prototype.html - First Person Tutor, you find spelling and grammar errors for money. Good concept, but a few small irksome things in the execution. Worth 1-2 spins.

also on ios

can't beat yr score doc!

ha! Well, I do do a lot of this in real life.

man i can't get past stage 9

I can finish it every time, but the last few usually get F+ grades. Just not quite quick enough.

http://www.deconstructeam.com/games/gods-will-be-watching/

did this get on here yet

Kill everybody besides dog but remember to light a fire

if you kill everyone but the dog your dude kills himself!! anyway i don't think that's actually the optimum strategy. unless this is just, like, life advice yr giving me here

Didn't realize that was actually playable on the web now, thanks! Been wanting to try it since it was mentioned in the competition hubbub a while back.

i'm told this is fun haven't tried yet http://dinopoloclub.com/minimetro/

also like threes but with 2s instead http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

minimetro crashed my browser twice

I like both of the last two games but am so bad at them, particularly Mini Metro. Are you supposed to fail at five stations every time?

first person tutor looks very cool but basically doesn't work on my computer it seems :(

http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

> also like threes but with 2s instead http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/
> ― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 23:19 (Yesterday)

gah, sorry

2048 is killing me right now. has anyone finished it?

I can't get further than the 500 and something one.

yeah, 512 is my highest i think

it has a mechanic that kind of encourages you to just click away at it, which doesn't help once things get tight

my high score is 4676 - i think i got half away from 2048, so 1024?

I've hit the low 6000's in points but don't think I've exceeded the 512 guy

my highest score is 18000, a 1024 and 2 512s and some other stuff

http://i.minus.com/isqQTprvx9QSZ.png

ok only one 512

my trick is to start with and keep the big numbers at the top, and never ever press down unless you have no other move

i was wondering if the best solution is purely algorithmic, but i guess the random placement of new 2 tiles stops that. i couldn't tell if it was actually random or not, though

sometimes the new tile is a 4 and i want to kill myself!

i've got a slight hunch this might be an elaborate practical joke, because i've been playing in for enough hours straight to feel like it's mathematically impossilbe

have the biggest number in a corner too btw

i think?

the counter-intuitive up-down-up or left-right-left to get things to align by spawning new tiles is mb key

how many hours straight is enough, caek

With caek's "never press down" policy I got the 1024, with a score of 12688. Enough for tonight!

yeah the Caek Method has greatly improved my score, can't recommend it enough