Free online games that start in one click

Playnix is a free browser games site. Every game here is HTML5 and runs inside the page you are already on — there is nothing to download, nothing to install and no account to create. That also means the games work on locked-down machines like school and office laptops, where installing software usually is not an option.

The catalog holds 6,053 games, organised two ways. Categories are broad — arcade, puzzle, adventure, sports — and are the fastest route when you just want something to play. Tags are narrower and cut across categories, so 2 player, idle & clicker or retro & arcade will find the exact kind of game you have in mind faster than browsing ever will.

Two practical things worth knowing. Games built in landscape play best on a desktop or with your phone turned sideways; portrait games are made for a phone held upright, and each game page tells you which it is before you start. And most games keep your progress in your browser’s own storage rather than on a server — so a saved run follows the device you played it on, and clearing your site data will reset it.