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63 projects · updated 2026-10-10

Browser games you can play right now

Classic PC and console games, rebuilt or emulated to run inside a browser tab. No launchers, no installers, no store pages. Every entry below links to the original project, shows a real screenshot where we could capture one, and states plainly what it needs before it will run.

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Not a download site. We link to original project destinations only. We do not host, mirror or provide game files, and we do not offer copies of commercial games. Projects marked "Bring your own files" expect data from a game you legally own.

Browse by genre

Eight groups, from fast arena shooters to afternoon-eating simulation games.

12 games

Classic & retro shooters

Doom, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein and the N64 split-screen era, all running in a tab.

 8 games

Online multiplayer shooters

Quake, Half-Life and Counter-Strike projects that put you on a live server from a browser tab.

 8 games

Fan-hosted modern shooters

Community hosts for Call of Duty and Halo entries, with the caveats stated up front.

 6 games

Sandbox & building

Voxel building, open-world driving and everything in between, running in a browser tab.

 5 games

Platformer

Precision jumping from 1989 to the N64 era, rebuilt to run in a tab.

 5 games

Action & adventure

Exploration-driven classics, dungeon crawlers and point-and-click adventures.

 5 games

Strategy & simulation

Real-time strategy, transport tycoons and park builders, without a launcher.

 8 games

Racing

Kart racing, anti-gravity speed and DOS-era stunt driving, in a browser tab.

 3 games

Sports

Skating and football classics, ported to run in a browser tab.

 3 games

Arcade & fighting

Short-session arcade action, party fighters and collection directories.

Every browser game in the directory

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Sandbox Ready to start

Eaglercraft

A community-built Minecraft client that runs entirely in a browser tab.

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Shooter Ready to start

Doom (1993)

The original Doom running from a real DOS executable inside the browser.

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Shooter Ready to start

Doom & Fan Mods

Classic Doom alongside community conversions and themed total conversions.

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Strategy Ready to start

OpenTTD

The open-source Transport Tycoon Deluxe, running in the browser.

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Simulation Bring your own files

OpenRCT2

The open-source RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 engine, running in a browser tab.

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Shooter Ready to start

Perfect Dark

Rare's N64 shooter, rebuilt from the decompilation to run in a browser.

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Shooter Ready to start

Doom 64

The darker N64 Doom, rebuilt to run in a browser tab.

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Shooter Ready to start

Freedoom

A completely free Doom-engine game with its own art and levels.

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Shooter Ready to start

OpenTyrian

A free, open-source vertical shooter with a full campaign.

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Racing Ready to start

F-Zero X

The fast, futuristic N64 racer, rebuilt for the browser.

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Action-adventure Ready to start

Super Metroid

The SNES exploration classic, rebuilt to run in a browser.

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Arcade Ready to start

Open Cadet

An open-source arcade game with free assets, playable in a browser.

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Sandbox Ready to start

Craft

A minimal open-source voxel sandbox you can play in a tab.

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Racing Ready to start

Wave Race 64

The N64 jet-ski racer, rebuilt to run in a browser from the clean-room pipeline.

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Racing Ready to start

Open Skyways

An arcade racer where you steer and jump a craft along narrow sky roads.

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Racing Ready to start

Stunts

The 1990 stunt-driving classic, running from its DOS build in a browser.

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Racing Ready to start

Wacky Wheels

Apogee's animal kart racer, running from its DOS build in a browser.

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How a browser game actually works

"Playable in your browser" covers four different things, and knowing which one you are looking at explains most of the surprises.

Native rewrite

The game's code is rewritten for the web. Starts instantly, needs nothing from you, loses some original behaviour.

Decompilation build

Fans reverse-engineer the original into source, then rebuild it for the browser. Very faithful, often wants your own files.

Clean-room build

Engine rebuilt from scratch with free replacement assets. Nothing commercial is used, so it just runs.

Emulation

A full emulator runs the original machine's code in the tab. Highest fidelity, heaviest to load.

Read the full explanation, including why links break so often →

Browser games: common questions

The things people ask before they click.

What counts as a browser game?

Here it means a classic PC or console game that has been rebuilt or emulated to run inside a browser tab. That covers four different approaches: native rewrites, decompilation builds, clean-room reimplementations and full emulation. Each behaves differently when you open it, which is why some entries start instantly and others ask you for a file first.

Are these browser games free?

The projects in this directory are free to open. What they are not is officially licensed: nearly every one is a fan or community project, and none is endorsed by the original publisher. Some ask you to supply data from a game you already own, which is a separate purchase you may have made years ago.

Do browser games need a download?

Most do not need an installer. You open a URL and the game runs. Browser play can still transfer a lot of data on first load, and projects that ask for your own game files expect you to prepare those files yourself. Nothing in this directory requires you to download an executable, and you should be suspicious of any browser game that does.

Why do some browser games ask for my own game files?

Because the engine and the content have different owners. A decompilation project rebuilds the code, which is the community's work, but the levels, textures and audio still belong to the publisher. Shipping those would be redistribution. Asking you to convert files from a copy you own keeps the project on the right side of that line.

Are browser games safe to play?

Running in a browser removes the need to install software, but it does not make every host trustworthy. Never bypass a certificate warning, never install an unfamiliar executable to play a supposed browser-only game, and only supply game files you legally own. Our safety guide covers the full checklist.

Can I play these browser games on a phone?

Some of them. Entries tagged Mobile are built with touch in mind, and a few projects explicitly document touch and gamepad support. A desktop-only build will not magically gain touch controls on a phone, so check the device badge on each entry before you try.

Why did browser ports suddenly get popular in 2026?

Two things converged. Decompilation projects matured to the point where a browser build was a small extra step rather than a research project, and a single post listing twenty of them went viral in October 2026. Mainstream coverage followed within days, which is what pushed the search interest you are probably responding to right now.

Want the full safety checklist? Read is the browser games list safe, or see what to do when a game will not load.

Looking for the Radiant Optimizer list?

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