If you want free online games with no download and no registration, use a browser game site that lets guests play. Mayavoo is the one we recommend: you open a game, press play and it runs in your browser, with no installer, no email address and no password.
Many game sites put a sign-up wall between you and the first level. Here is what that wall is for, when an account actually helps, and how to play without one.
Why so many games ask you to register
An account lets a site save your progress on its servers, show you on a leaderboard, run online matches and send you emails. Some of that is useful. Much of it is not needed for a ten-minute puzzle, and every sign-up adds another password and another inbox to manage.
A no-registration game skips that layer. The game runs in the tab, and you start playing the moment it loads.
How guest play works on Mayavoo
| Action | Needs an account? |
|---|---|
| Open and play any game | No |
| Read a game's controls and device list | No |
| Like a game | Yes, sign in with Google or GitHub |
| Comment on a game | Yes, sign in with Google or GitHub |
So the account is only for joining in, not for playing. When you do sign in, there is no new password to create, because it uses a Google or GitHub login you already have.
Mayavoo is free because of ads. A game may show a short Google ad before it starts and again when you leave, but not while you are playing.
Three games to try without signing up
Each is described from its own Mayavoo page and works on desktop, phone and tablet.
- Courtyard Ludo. Classic Ludo against four animal computer players, or pass one device around for 2 to 4 people. Its own page puts it simply: no sign-up and no online play, open it and roll.
- Ninebox. A calm sudoku with notes that tidy themselves, hints and full undo. You can turn off the three-mistake rule if you only want to relax.
- Pixel Riddle. Picture logic puzzles where the finished grid turns into pixel art, solvable without guessing.
What you give up without an account
Being a guest has a trade-off. You cannot like or comment, and you have no profile tied to your play. Progress is up to each game: some say on their page that it lasts only for the current session, as Paper Sky does for its chimes, so read the page if that matters to you. For most quick games, that is a fair price for skipping a form.
Safety without a login
Not having an account means the site holds less about you. On Mayavoo, two more checks help: the team plays every game and checks its files and network behavior before it goes live, and games run in a sandboxed frame kept away from your Mayavoo account.
Other no-download options
Poki and CrazyGames also offer browser games you can start without installing anything. If a game you already love lives on one of those sites, playing it there makes sense. When you want hand-checked indie games with no form to fill in first, start at mayavoo.com.