Games to Play When Bored, No Download Needed

Games on Quiet Five

Pop it game: pop a rainbow board or endless bubble wrap, or play the two-player pop it game with a friend.
Paper toss: type what's bugging you, crumple it and flick it in the bin.

Both start with the sound off, and neither keeps a score.

Google has games built into its search results. Type the search and play on the page. Google changes these from time to time, so one may have moved.

Solitaire: Search "solitaire" and Google shows a game you can play on the results page, with an easy and a hard mode.
Minesweeper: Search "minesweeper" for the classic, with easy, medium and hard boards.
Snake: Search "play snake" and press Play. Google adds new options to it every so often.
Tic-tac-toe: Search "tic tac toe" to play against the computer at different levels, or against a friend on the same screen.
Pac-Man: Search "pac-man" to play the Google Doodle from 2010. Press Insert Coin twice and Ms. Pac-Man joins in.
Memory game: Search "memory game" for a quick game that tests your memory.
Playable Doodles: Search "google doodles" for a random playable Doodle, plus the archive of older ones.

The Chrome dinosaur game: In the Chrome browser, type chrome://dino into the address bar and press the space bar to jump.
Wordle: Guess one five-letter word a day in six tries. It's free on the New York Times website.
Chess on Lichess: Lichess is a free chess site. You can play a person or the computer without making an account.
A random Wikipedia race: Open a random Wikipedia article, then try to reach a page you picked in advance using only the links.

There's nothing to set up for any of these.

Twenty questions: One person thinks of something. The others ask up to twenty yes-or-no questions to guess it.
Two truths and a lie: Say three things about yourself. Everyone guesses which one is made up.
Would you rather: Take turns asking "Would you rather..." with two choices, and everyone has to pick one.
The alphabet game: Pick a topic, like food, and take turns naming one thing for each letter from A to Z.
Fortunately, unfortunately: Tell a story one line at a time, swapping between good news and bad news.
Charades: Act out a film, book or song without speaking while your team guesses.

Dots and boxes: Draw a grid of dots. Take turns joining two dots. Close a box and you claim it and go again.
Hangman: Guess the hidden word one letter at a time before the drawing is finished.
Battleships: Each player hides ships on a grid and calls out squares to find the other's fleet.
Sprouts: Start with a few dots. Take turns drawing a line between dots and adding a new dot on it. Lines can't cross, and a dot can only have three lines. Whoever can't move loses.

What games can I play on Google when I'm bored?: Search "solitaire", "minesweeper", "play snake", "tic tac toe" or "pac-man" and the game appears right on the results page. Search "google doodles" for a random playable Doodle.
What can I play without downloading anything?: Everything on this page. The pop it game and paper toss run in your browser, and so do the Google games.
What's a good game to play with friends when bored?: Twenty questions needs nothing at all. With a pen and paper, try dots and boxes. With one phone, play the pop it game in its two-player mode.

Last updated October 2026