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Play Games in Your Browser

Full PC, console and retro games that run right in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, from Counter-Strike-style shooters to DOS classics. Every game page says who made the browser version, how it plays and which devices it runs on.

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Play your favorite series in a browser

Counter-Strike The official Counter-Strike 2 only runs through Steam, but you can play CS 1.6 ports with live servers and CS2-style fan remakes right in a browser tab. Here is how the options compare. Diablo The original Diablo runs in a browser through DevilutionX, an open-source port of its engine. Here is what the web build is, where it runs and what game files it may ask for. Half-Life Valve’s 1998 shooter runs in a browser through Xash3D, an open-source GoldSrc-compatible engine compiled to WebAssembly. Two unofficial builds are listed, and both play on this page. Halo Two unofficial fan projects run Halo: Combat Evolved in a browser, both with online play. One opens in our full-screen player; the other also works on phones but needs your own copy of the game. Minecraft Mojang offers one official free browser version, Minecraft Classic. Here is how it compares with EaglercraftX, an unofficial browser build of Minecraft 1.8.8 hosted on a fan site. Quake id Software’s Quake games have a long history in the browser. Four versions are listed here: Quake’s free first episode, QuakeWorld, Quake II and Quake III Arena. Three have online multiplayer.

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What “play games in browser” means

Browser games used to mean small Flash titles. Today, engines compiled to WebAssembly and rendered with WebGL let full games run in a tab: fan ports of classics, remakes of modern shooters, emulated console games, and studios’ own web editions. You click Play, the game streams in, and that’s it.

PlayGamesInBrowser lists those games in one place and checks them for you. Every page tells you who made the browser version, what it was originally released on, how big the first download is, which controls it uses, and whether it works on phones and Chromebooks. Games that need special browser features open in our full-screen player; games whose makers prefer it open on their own site.

Looking for something specific? Try the multiplayer games, the best browser games on the site, or the 38 original platforms in the menu.

Browser games: common questions

Can you really play full PC and console games in a browser?

Yes. Developers now compile game engines to WebAssembly and WebGL, so ports of classics like Doom, Quake and Half-Life, remakes of modern shooters, and official browser editions all run in Chrome, Edge or Firefox without installing anything.

Do I need to download anything?

No installer is needed. The game streams its files into your browser the first time you play, which can be a few megabytes or, for large 3D games, 30 MB or more. When we have measured it, the download size is listed on the game page.

Will these games run on a Chromebook or a school laptop?

Many will. Each game page says whether we tested it on a Chromebook, and the Chromebook collection lists only games that worked there.

Are browser games safe?

Games run inside the browser sandbox, so they cannot install software on your computer. Every page says who made the browser version and whether it is official, and games that stop working are marked as down.