Alternatives to big portals

If the big game portals feel crowded, these are smaller sites with a clear focus, made by independent or community developers, where our checks found light advertising or none.

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A Dark Room
adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com
A sparse text adventure that begins with lighting a fire in a cold, dark room
Single-game site · Strategy · Idle
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Bludle
bludle.com
A UK-made collection of daily word, colour, logic and reaction games
Curated collection · Word · Puzzle
Advertising
Light
Account
Not required
Candy Box 2
candybox2.github.io
A text-based incremental adventure built from ASCII art, played in the browser
Single-game site · Idle · Other
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Costcodle
costcodle.com
A daily price-guessing game built around Costco products, with two modes and archives
Daily games · Trivia · Puzzle
Advertising
Light
Account
Not required
Evolve
pmotschmann.github.io
Incremental browser game that grows a species from primordial ooze to civilisation
Single-game site · Idle · Strategy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Five Minute Game
fiveminutegame.com
Short browser games plus a daily set of five puzzles, with original word and logic games
Curated collection · Word · Puzzle
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Made by the directory owner
JKLM.FUN
jklm.fun
Browser party games such as BombParty and PopSauce, played in public or private rooms
Curated collection · Word · Trivia
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Optional
Krazydad
krazydad.com
Long-running collection of logic puzzles and sudoku variants to play online or print
Curated collection · Puzzle
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
lichess.org
lichess.org
Open-source, charity-run chess server with live games, puzzles, lessons and tournaments
Single-game site · Board · Puzzle
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Optional
lidraughts.org
lidraughts.org
Open-source draughts server for live, correspondence and tournament play online
Single-game site · Board · Strategy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Optional
Littleby
littlebygames.com
A small studio's set of calm, original idle games that save progress in the browser
Curated collection · Idle · Cosy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Made by the directory owner
Melvor Idle
melvoridle.com
A browser-based idle game about training skills, inspired by Runescape
Single-game site · Idle
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not yet assessed
netgames.io
netgames.io
Browser versions of social deduction board games, played together on your phones
Curated collection · Board · Card
Advertising
Light
Account
Not required
Online Go Server (OGS)
online-go.com
Browser-based server for playing the board game Go live or by correspondence
Single-game site · Board · Strategy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not yet assessed
Patatap
patatap.com
A browser toy that turns key presses into sounds paired with animated shapes
Single-game site · Creative
Advertising
Light
Account
Not required
PlayStrategy
playstrategy.org
Open-source site for playing two-player abstract games like chess, Go and draughts
Curated collection · Board · Strategy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Optional
Silk
weavesilk.com
A browser toy for drawing flowing, symmetrical patterns of light with blended colours
Single-game site · Creative · Cosy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
chiark.greenend.org.uk
A long-standing set of small one-player logic puzzles, playable in the browser or offline
Curated collection · Puzzle
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Trickster Cards
trickstercards.com
Classic trick-taking card games played online with matched opponents or friends
Curated collection · Card
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Optional
Trimps
trimps.github.io
An incremental idle game about gathering food, building up and fighting through zones
Single-game site · Idle · Strategy
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Optional
Twogeva
twogeva.com
A small set of classic board and word games made for two people to play together
Curated collection · Board · Word
Advertising
No ads detected
Account
Not required
Made by the directory owner

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