Free online games, reviewed by people who actually played them.
A small catalogue of browser-playable games we’ve sat down with and written honestly about. Different reviewer for different genres. No account sign-up, no pop-ups on the game pages.
Featured games
View all →Loop Runner
★★★★☆One-button endless runner with hand-pixeled art, eight biome rotations, and a daily seeded challenge mode.
Spin Burst
★★★★½Bubble shooter where you aim by rotating a central cannon. Hex-grid bubble field, 80 hand-designed levels.
Cascade Cubes
★★★★☆Match-3 with falling physics. Blocks tumble realistically with momentum rather than dropping straight down. One hundred levels.
Recent games
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Iron Summit
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About AJ Arcade
AJ Arcade is small on purpose. We publish browser-playable HTML5 games that one of us has actually played through, and then we write about them. Hundreds of titles, not thousands. We’d rather you find one game you like than scroll past twenty you don’t.
Three reviewers cover the site between them. Asha Khan handles puzzle and .io. Marcus Reyes covers racing and shooters. Eliza Chambers writes arcade, sports, and adventure. Each has a byline and a profile page so you can see what else they’ve covered, plus an email address if you want to argue with a verdict.
Editorial standards and full reviewer credentials live on the About page. Corrections or developer responses go through the contact page and we usually answer within a business day.