Halloween

Seasonal treats for October: an antique advent calendar and a calm neighbourhood board game.

October Countdown

Open one window a day on a crooked old house for antique Halloween postcards, facts, riddles, and cosy activities.

Advent · Calm2–5 min/day

Trick or Treat Street

Roll the pumpkin die, collect classic treats, and race home. 1–4 players with tutorial and undo. Nothing scary.

Board · Casual10–25 min

November

Leonid meteors in the night sky, and squirrels burying acorns before the winter.

Radiant

Line up the Leonid meteors with the point they fly from, and find it the way an astronomer did in 1833. Best real night: 17–18 November.

Puzzle · Sky5-15 min

Winter Cache

Bury acorns in autumn, dig them up in winter. The ones you forget grow into oaks. A gentle memory game, alone or with friends.

Memory · Calm10-20 min

December

The Nutcracker comes to life, and the Geminids light up the longest nights.

Nutcracker Words

Follow Clara's Christmas Eve one scene at a time. Find the story words hidden in the letters as new ones tumble in.

Word · Calm5-15 min

The Mouse King

A Nutcracker battle. At midnight the Mouse King creeps across the parlour floor. Can three toy soldiers corner him before he escapes?

Board · Hunt5-15 min

Radiant

December's richest meteor shower flies out of Gemini. Line up the slow, bright Geminids and watch the twins appear. Best real night: 13–14 December.

Puzzle · Sky5-15 min

January

The year opens with the Quadrantids: a short, strong meteor shower from the northern sky.

Radiant

The year's first meteor shower flies out of the north, from a constellation that no longer exists. Line up the Quadrantids. Best real night: 3–4 January.

Puzzle · Sky5-15 min

Winter Cache

Bury acorns in autumn, dig them up in winter. The ones you forget grow into oaks. A gentle memory game, alone or with friends.

Memory · Calm10-20 min

April

The Lyrids: the oldest meteor shower anyone has on record, flying out of the lyre beside Vega.

Radiant

The oldest meteor shower on record, first written down in 687 BC. Line up the Lyrids beside bright Vega. Best real night: 22–23 April.

Puzzle · Sky5-15 min

Board Games

Classic and cosmic board challenges — think ahead, outmaneuver the AI.

Free Reversi (Othello) Online

Play free Reversi in your browser. Vs AI, invite a friend, or Quick Match. No download or signup.

Strategic · Multiplayer10-15 min

Comet Connect

Drop pieces under gravity and connect four against the AI on a space-themed board.

Casual3-10 min

Royal Game of Ur

Race seven pieces along a shared lane with dice, captures, and protected rosettes. A 4,500-year-old classic.

Strategy · Dice10-25 min

Cosmic Gomoku

Five in a row on a 15×15 star grid. Block threats, build lines, and outpace the AI.

Strategy5-15 min

Cosmic Checkers

Forced captures, multi-jumps, and king promotion on a nebula board. Vs AI or pass-and-play.

Strategy8-20 min

Stellar Morris

Place, mill, and capture in Nine Men's Morris. Strand your opponent or reduce them below three.

Strategy10-25 min

Backgammon

Race your fifteen checkers home and bear them off. Vs AI or pass-and-play, with a hands-on tutorial.

Strategy · Dice15-30 min

Senet

Ancient Egypt's game of passing through the afterlife, in Kendall's 1978 reconstruction. Choose other scholars' rules too.

Ancient · Race10-20 min

Hnefatafl

The Viking board game. A king and his defenders are surrounded by twice as many attackers. Can the king break out?

Ancient · Strategy10-25 min

Kōnane

The Hawaiian jumping game. Every move is a jump over your opponent's stones. The last player who can move wins.

Ancient · Strategy5-15 min

Latrunculi

The Roman game of little soldiers. Trap an enemy counter between two of yours to take it.

Ancient · Strategy10-25 min

Ludus Coriovalli

Four dogs try to corner two hares on a Roman board found in Heerlen. Play both sides; the longest hare run wins.

Ancient · Hunt5-15 min

Mū Tōrere

The Māori game on an eight-armed star. There's only ever one empty point. Leave your opponent with no move.

Ancient · Strategy3-10 min

Patolli

The favourite game of the Aztec world. Throw five beans and race your stones round a cross of 52 squares.

Ancient · Race10-25 min

Puluc

A Maya running game of chase and capture, still played by Q'eqchi' and Mopan families in Guatemala and Belize.

Living tradition · Race10-20 min

XII Scripta

Roman backgammon. Throw the dice, bring your counters in along the middle row and race them home.

Ancient · Dice15-25 min

Yut Nori

The Korean New Year game. Throw four sticks, race four horses, and cut across the corners.

Family · Race10-20 min

Card Games

Patience and planning with a stellar deck.

Free Klondike Solitaire

Play free Klondike Solitaire in your browser. Classic rules, unlimited deals, no download.

Card Strategy8-20 min

Clock Solitaire

Thirteen piles round a clock face, Kings in the middle. A calm card game with large print, spoken moves, and a deal you can always win.

Cards · Calm5-10 min

Puzzle

Match, clear, and chase the next satisfying combo.

Crystalign

Spark cosmic cascades in this polished match-3 puzzle. Chain crystal clears, build combo streaks, and chase high scores with every swap.

Casual5-10 min

Garden Stacks

Calm stacking for everyone. Slide matching tiles together; every colour has its own pattern and symbol.

Calm · Puzzle5-15 min

Ein Stein

Tile the cosmos: repeating floors, Escher cats, and the hat, one shape that never repeats. Plus a quilt studio.

Puzzle · Creative5-30 min

Courtyard Tiles

Tap two tiles that share a colour, picture, dot count or border. They lift away together. Clear the courtyard.

Calm · Puzzle5-10 min

Kintsugi

Gather the shards and set each one back in place. Where they meet, the cracks fill with gold. No timers.

Calm · Puzzle5-10 min

Evening Loom

Weave cloth row by row. Lift the threads until each row matches the pattern card. No timers.

Calm · Puzzle5-10 min

Moss & Stream

Turn the carved stones so the springs reach every seedling. Nothing to lose, no timers.

Calm · Puzzle5-10 min

One-Stroke Sky

Trace every line between the stars in one flowing stroke. Each figure becomes a constellation in your sky.

Calm · Puzzle3-10 min

Star Atlas

Learn the real night sky one constellation at a time, hopping from stars you already know.

Learn · Calm5-15 min

Lantern Festival

Picture logic puzzles. Light lanterns by the row and column clues, and a picture glows on the river.

Logic · Calm5-20 min

The Breadcrumb Trail

Hansel left a trail through the woods. Remember it before the birds find it, then lead Hansel and Gretel home.

Memory · Story5-10 min

Arcade

Quick reflex runs — high scores welcome.

Free Breakout Online

Play free Breakout (Arkanoid-style) in your browser. Smash blocks, dodge meteors, no download.

Action3-8 min

Solar Snake

Steer a glowing comet-snake, eat gold stars, and chase a new high score before you crash.

Arcade2-8 min

Also available

More games from the Stellar Whiskers studio, hosted here and on their own sites. The free browser games above are the main catalog.

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