Free online games, reviewed by people who actually played them.
A small catalogue of browser-playable games we’ve sat down with and written honestly about. Different reviewer for different genres. No account sign-up, no pop-ups on the game pages.
Featured games
View all →Prism Bounce
★★★★☆Light-beam puzzle-arcade. Bounce beams off prism mirrors to hit targets. Forty-eight levels across four campaign zones.
Crystal Vault
★★★★½Heist-themed stealth arcade. Collect crystals while avoiding laser-grid patterns. One hundred-and-twenty levels.
Cascade Grid Trace
★★★★½Grid-tracing logic puzzle with one hundred levels. Hand-tuned solutions; daily challenge mode.
Recent games
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Prism Bounce
Cascade Twist
Cascade Sigma
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About AJ Arcade
Cascade Arcade is small on purpose. We publish browser-playable HTML5 games that one of us has actually played through, and then we write about them. Hundreds of titles, not thousands. We’d rather you find one game you like than scroll past twenty you don’t.
Three reviewers cover the site between them. Yusuf Aktas handles puzzle and .io. Pablo Reyes covers racing and shooters. Hannah Brooks writes arcade, sports, and adventure. Each has a byline and a profile page so you can see what else they’ve covered, plus an email address if you want to argue with a verdict.
Editorial standards and full reviewer credentials live on the About page. Corrections or developer responses go through the contact page and we usually answer within a business day.