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About Neon Game Cave

Neon Game Cave is a free games site made by Malcolm Christopher: 38 board, word, puzzle and arcade games you can play straight away in your browser — on a phone, a tablet or a computer. There is nothing to download and no account needed: pick a name and play. (If you like, sign in with Google to keep your games safe in an account and go on the global leaderboards.)

Play the computer, play on your own, or play other people online. Players connect directly to each other, browser to browser, so games are quick and nothing about them is kept on a server.

Playing with other people

  • Challenge anyone in the lobby to a game, or open a table that others can join.
  • Strangers can only use quick chat — a set of friendly ready-made messages. Nobody you don't know can send you their own words.
  • Friends' chat rooms: make a room and share its code with people you know. Free text chat is only for friends who share a room code (up to 40 people per code).
  • You can mute or block any player.

The games

ChessThe classic. Checkmate the king.Pipe WordJoin the letters. Beat the clock.Word SearchSpot the hidden words. Race up to 3 friends.SudokuFill the grid. Race to the finish.Pub Quiz7,500 questions. 30 a quiz. Beat the clock — or your mates.Maths QuizFresh sums every game. Beat the clock — or your mates.CrosswordQuiz clues, fresh grids. Race your friends.Neon StackStack the falling blocks. Clear lines. Out-stack your mates.FusionSlide. Fuse. Go supernova.Code CrackerCrack the vault. Fewest guesses wins.Nova RiftPixel space shooter: 6 ships, 75 stages, 15 guardians — solo, with a wingman, or co-op for 2.Brawl CellPixel platform mayhem: 8 fighters, 100 levels, 10 bosses — Versus and co-op for 4.FutronLight-cycle battles in 3D. Don't hit a trail.Neon BreakSmash the wall. 100 levels, power-ups and duels.PinballFive tables, each with its own toy. Flat or 3D.Pool8-ball, 9-ball and more — in 2D or 3D.Orbital DropDrop the balls. Match three. Set off chains.Pop NovaAim, bank and pop. 200 levels in 20 worlds, 50 puzzles and 4-player battles.CheckersJump, chain, crown your kings.Four in a RowDrop discs. Line up four.ReversiOutflank. Flip. Take the corners.Five in a RowPlace stones. Line up five.Dots and BoxesClose the box. Keep the turn.MancalaSow seeds. Fill your store.BackgammonRoll, race and hit. Bear off first.Depth ChargeHide your fleet. Hunt theirs.Ultimate Tic-Tac-ToeNine boards. Every move picks your opponent’s.Nine Men's MorrisMake mills. Take pieces.HexBuild a bridge from edge to edge.Word DuelHide a word. Crack theirs first.LudoRoll a six, race round, send rivals home.Five DiceRoll, keep, roll again. Fill your card.Liar's DiceHide your dice. Bid bold. Call the bluff.Nebula RivalsBlast the swarm. Outlast your rival.MinesweeperClear the field. Don't touch the mines.SolitaireThe classic patience game. Build every suit from ace to king.MahjongMatch free tile pairs. Clear the stack.Marble SolitaireJump, jump, jump — leave just one.

Credits

The games, art and most music and sound are made by Malcolm Christopher. The site also uses free and open-source parts and assets — among them the Stockfish chess engine, the SCOWL word list, three.js for 3D, and a few free 3D models and sound effects. Every one is credited in the Credits & licences window at the bottom of the games page and in LICENSES.md.

Game names like Ludo, Mancala and Liar's Dice are traditional. Our other games are our own takes on classic ideas and aren't connected to any brand.

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