About zyarcade
Free browser games that open instantly, play well on a phone or a desktop, and come with rules and strategy written by people who actually play them.
What zyarcade is
zyarcade is a collection of classic and casual games that run entirely in your web browser. There is nothing to install, no account to create and no download to wait for. Open a page and the game is ready, whether you are on a laptop at work, a tablet on the sofa or a phone on the train.
We focus on games with lasting appeal: solitaire and other card games, logic puzzles, traditional board games played against the computer, word games, and short arcade challenges. Many of these games are centuries old and belong to everyone. Our job is to make each one feel good to play on a modern screen and to explain it clearly.
How we build games
- Original implementations. Every game is written from scratch for zyarcade, with its own name, artwork, colours and layout. We never copy another product's look, characters or branding.
- Fair, reproducible play. Shuffles, deals and puzzles come from a seeded generator, so a given game can be replayed exactly — the basis of our daily challenges and of our testing.
- Keyboard and touch. Every action can be done with a keyboard or a finger. Games pause when you switch tabs and stay silent until you choose to interact.
- Light and fast. Each game has a strict size budget and loads only what it needs, so pages stay quick even on slow connections.
You can read the details on our How we build and test games page.
Rules and guides written by hand
Each game page includes how to play on desktop and mobile, the full rules in our own words, strategy tips, some history and common variants. We write this text ourselves and review it before a game goes live, because a good explanation is part of a good game.
Your privacy
Games run on your device. High scores and saved games are stored in your own browser and are never uploaded to us. We do not ask for names, email addresses or accounts. The site is supported by advertising; our privacy policy explains what that involves and the choices you have.
Browse the games
- Puzzle & Logic — Grid logic, sliding, matching and spatial puzzles.
- Word Games — Vocabulary, spelling and letter-deduction games.
- Number & Math — Arithmetic, number-logic and math-practice games.
- Card & Solitaire — Classic solitaire and card games against bots.
- Board & Strategy — Traditional board games against the computer.
- Arcade & Action — Fast reflex arcade and action games.
- Casual — Quick one-tap, merge and sorting games.
- Idle & Incremental — Clickers and incremental games that progress over time.
- Physics — Games built on simulated physics.
- Racing & Driving — Driving, racing and parking games.
- Sports — Single-screen sports games.
- Arena vs Bots — io-style arena games played against bots.
- Brain & Learning — Memory, reaction and educational games.
- Rhythm, Reflex & Typing — Typing, aim and rhythm skill games.
- Party & Pass-and-Play — Local multiplayer on one device.
Sister site
zyarcade is made by the same independent developer as computezy, a free collection of calculators and tools that follows the same principles: fast, private and free to use.
Get in touch
Found a bug, have an idea for a game, or spotted a mistake in a rules page? We read every message — use the contact page.