Ask HN: What games do you religiously play on your phone browser?

I play a few word games every day - Wordle, connections, crossword - but I feel I need to look at non-word games to keep the brain agile. Looking for ideas.

12 points | by saimiam 14 hours ago

20 comments

  • abbadadda 4 hours ago
    A while back I was enjoying Mahjong Solitaire: https://www.crazygames.com/game/mahjongg-solitaire
  • quuxplusone 7 hours ago
    Gerrymandle, although it's started the slow slide into ads and popups in the past month. https://gerrymandle.com/puzzles

    saimiam's comment mentioned 2048, so I'll plug my variant:

    https://quuxplusone.github.io/2048

  • perilunar 7 hours ago
    Since you're already on the NYT site/app, try Pips, Tiles, and Sodoku.
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    • saimiam 2 hours ago
      I tried Pips and play Sudoku already. Tiles is pretty rudimentary as a game, as far as I can tell.

      Of these, I think Pips is probably something I should try more seriously.

  • spottedmarley 10 hours ago
    I used to play 247 Hearts a lot but then I built a better version for myself.

    https://spottedmarley.com/hearts

    The opponents are not AI powered but claude wrote some much better procedural opponent game rules and strategies so its much more challenging than 247 hearts.

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  • tkdb 13 hours ago
    It's been a bit since I've done anything other than Wordle.

    Really Bad Chess was a daily driver for me. I loved the chaos, which strangely collapsed to recognizable patterns and strategies based on difficulty and board layout.

    Oh, you said phone browser. Are you against native apps?

    2048 is fun - you can probably find a browser version of that.

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    • saimiam 13 hours ago
      I don’t like installing apps but that’s a personal peeve. 2048 is a good one. Thank you.

      Chess gives me anxiety - like I’m supposed to play to win and not just enjoy the game, unlike, say, Sudoku where getting stuck or filling the grid wrongly doesn’t seem as life or death.

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      • tkdb 13 hours ago
        Well...people who like chess who I've showed Really Bad Chess to really don't like Really Bad Chess. Maybe the flip side is true?

        You may find the same anxiety as in real Chess but for me RBC is just a fun, soft brained exercise.

  • nodivbyzero 12 hours ago
    DiceMerge, Yatzy

    https://tapokgames.com/dicemerge.html

    https://tapokgames.com/yatzy.html

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    • saimiam 2 hours ago
      Both these games need a proper "how to play" page. I couldn't figure out what I was doing in either.
  • hulitu 2 hours ago
    None. The Phone's browser is unsuitable for games and I am not masochistic.
  • cpach 9 hours ago
    1010 https://poki.com/en/g/1010-deluxe
  • satya71 10 hours ago
    https://whereabouts.earth/daily
  • peatmoss 10 hours ago
    I'm shamefully obsessed with https://sudoku.coach
  • Kurd 10 hours ago
    I play a lot of chess on lichess.org No login required and the matching system is very decent.
  • mc3301 12 hours ago
    uncrossy. About twice a week I go and do the last few days of puzzles. Ever since I first saw it released here on HN.
  • PaulHoule 14 hours ago
    My favorite mobile game of all time is Arknights, although it isn't a browser game.
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    • saimiam 13 hours ago
      Not a fan of installing apps. Personal peeve.

      At a high level, why do you like Arknights?

  • rob001 4 hours ago
    Another word game, https://www.chiddle.net
  • deckplecksetter 10 hours ago
    enclose.horse is fun
  • fragmede 7 hours ago
    https://unflipgame.com/
  • ThrowawayTestr 11 hours ago
    That game where you sort the vials with different colored water in them. I'm on level 1473. Part of a collection called Offline Games
  • bignrg 10 hours ago
    https://fryboxing.com/
  • kazinator 10 hours ago
    That dinosaur hopping over cactuses thing in Chrome when the network is down. I saw a vid of Vlad Putin doing it and I want to emulate the dude.
  • trojanfootball 11 hours ago
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