ArcadópolisFree games and apps in your browser
A whole desktop in your browser
Arcadópolis is a desktop that opens in your browser, with 51 games (board and card games, word games, music games, and 3D golf and mini golf), apps for making music, 3D places to explore, and things to create and collect. Everything is free, with no ads and nothing to install, on computers, tablets and phones.
Here is every app with what it offers, how to use it and common questions. Each button opens the app straight away in Arcadópolis.
Board and card games 17 games
ChessAgainst the computer on three levels, two players, or the daily puzzle: a mate in 2, the same for everyone.
CheckersEnglish (8 × 8) or international (10 × 10) checkers, against the computer on three levels or two players.
ReversiTrap your opponent’s pieces on a 64-square board, against the computer or two players.
Four in a RowDrop pieces into a 7-column frame and get four in a row before the computer or another person.
Ultimate Tic-Tac-ToeNine tic-tac-toe boards inside one: win three small boards in a row, against the computer or two players.
Sea BattleSubmarines and sonar under the sea of Coralópolis: sink your rival’s five submarines on a 10 × 10 sea, against the computer or two players.
ParchísThe classic Spanish cross-and-circle board game for 2 to 4 players: against the computer on three levels or together, with captures, blockades and safe squares.
MancalaThe seed-sowing game: 12 pits, 2 stores and every seed sounds like a marimba. Against the computer on three levels or two players.
Snakes and LaddersThe classic, made musical: 100 squares, 8 ladders that climb playing a scale and 9 snakes that slide down in a glissando. For 2 to 4 players.
DominoesPartner dominoes with a double-six set, against the computer or online with other people.
Mahjong SolitaireRemove the tiles in pairs across three layouts of 72 or 144 tiles; every deal can be solved.
SolitaireFour solitaires in one: Klondike (draw 1 or 3), Spider, FreeCell and Pyramid, with undo and hints.
BlackjackA felt table with a 6-deck shoe: hit, stand, double or split, betting tokens that can’t be bought.
PokerNo-limit Texas hold’em against four computer players, with tokens that can’t be bought or exchanged for anything.
Diamond MoonA steam-powered card duel against gambling automatons: play secret cards, dodge the public ones and win the gem.
ConquiánThe Mexican rummy with a 40-card Spanish deck: meld 9 cards before the computer does, on three levels.
LoteríaMexican Lotería with 54 original cards and a caller: mark your 16-card board with beans and shout “¡Lotería!” before your neighbors.
Puzzles, words and memory 14 games
SudokuFour levels with a single solution, a daily sudoku, pencil notes and hints that explain why.
Word of the DayGuess the five-letter word in six tries, in English or Spanish; the daily word is the same for everyone.
Daily CrosswordA new crossword every day with 12 words about painting, books, music and Arcadópolis.
Word SearchFind the hidden words: 14 themes and three sizes, from 10 × 10 to 14 × 14, plus a daily puzzle.
First LinesGuess the book from its first sentence: 136 classics from the Library in English and Spanish, with 10-round games and a daily challenge.
Who Painted It?Guess the painter or the painting from a close-up detail: 356 works from the Museum by 40 painters, with 10-round games and a daily challenge.
MemoryFind pairs with 36 paintings from the Museum or by ear alone; solo, 2 to 4 players or against the computer.
Jigsaw PuzzlesJigsaw puzzles from 24 to 500 pieces with 356 paintings from the Museum, by 40 painters. With a painting of the day and album stickers.
NonogramsNonograms of 8 × 8, 16 × 16 and 32 × 32, solvable by logic, that reveal the creatures of the Bestiary in pixel art.
OctavesSlide the tiles and merge two equal notes to climb an octave, from C1 to C8, the highest key on the piano. With sound.
Pipe OrganTurn the ducts so the air reaches every organ pipe: when they are all connected, a chord of the Canon sounds.
The Museum StoreroomPush the painting crates onto their marks across 24 logic levels, with unlimited undo and a goal of the fewest pushes.
MinesweeperThe classic of clearing the field without stepping on a mine, with an online race: the same board for everyone.
TriviaTen twenty-second questions across ten categories, with a daily challenge and online matches.
Music and sports games 18 games
Musical SnakeEvery bite is a note: eat them in order to build the scale while the snake plays the melody of what it has eaten.
Happy SisyphusA rhythm game: notes come down the track and you play them on time; in Realistic mode, on a real piano.
Melody EchoA musical memory game with 19 public-domain melodies; also as an online duel.
Block BreakerBreak metallophone bars with a note head: each bar plays the next note of the song. 12 levels, 12 tunes.
GolfNine holes (par 29) among the ruins of the Fields of Arcadia, with wind and weather vanes; alone or 2 to 4 taking turns.
Mini golfNine miniature courses, one for each world of Arcadópolis, in a plaza in the Fields of Arcadia.
Pool8-ball and 9-ball on a petrol-blue table, against the computer on three levels or two players.
PinballThe Plaza pinball table: a fountain that plays notes with every bounce, lanterns that raise the bonus, letters and a bell. Three balls.
Singing GemsA match-3 game of singing crystals: each one is a note and the phrase at the top builds a melody. With specials and two modes.
Golden EarEar training: recognize intervals, chords and instruments on three levels, with a keyboard that shows the notes.
Sing the MelodySing or hum 10 public-domain melodies and see how in tune you were, note by note. Your voice is never recorded.
Meteor ShowerDefend the Moon base from twelve real meteor showers with beams of light that burst in chains.
Crystal DefenseA musical tower defense game: instruments that fire on the beat protect a crystal from 15 waves of static.
Mars RoverAn endless run with the rover across Arcadia Planitia: jump cracks and rocks in Mars gravity and collect minerals.
Minigame Party100 minigames for up to 4 players on one screen, with CPUs, controllers and keyboard: tournaments or single games.
Piano FootballYou’re the goalkeeper: save every shot by playing its note on time on a 32-key piano, with a MIDI keyboard, your computer or the screen.
TrazoSoccer drawn with light in a forest clearing: sketch passes and shots in golden ink, with quick matches and ten challenges.
The NightingaleSing over a backing track with your keyboard or finger: your melody is painted in cobalt on a porcelain vase and exports as MIDI.
For making music
Eight NotesThe daily music challenge: everyone gets the same eight notes to compose a 16-step melody and share it.
Andromeda Phantom DAWA complete music studio: multitrack DAW, a synthesizer with over a thousand sounds, drums, theory, a sampler, voice effects and a visualizer.
Chiptunia TrackerCompose 8-bit songs on four channels, like on classic consoles.
Sound StampsCompose by stamping notes onto a staff.
Musical TrainsNotes on three tracks that the trains play as they pass.
StudioThe music-making apps: Staff, Endless Jam, Chord of the Day, Humming and more.
3D places
MuseumPinacópolis, a 3D painting museum: three wings, 40 rooms and more than 440 public-domain works, with notes, routes and a guided tour.
LibraryBibliópolis, a 3D library with 226 public-domain classics, 126 in Spanish and 100 in English, to read right there.
Arcadópolis PlazaA 3D plaza on an island floating in space, at night, from where you walk to the other places.
Arcade 3DA 3D arcade hall: walk among the cabinets and open each game.
Create and collect
AtelierDraw, edit photos and make pixel art: real-feeling brushes, 100 filters, AI background removal and frame-by-frame animation.
TypewriterWrite without distractions or build screenplays with scenes, characters and notes; export to PDF, .docx and Fountain.
CheckwaveRequired and optional tasks, habits with streaks and a timer, colored notes and a calendar.
Sticker albumsNine sticker albums and 507 stickers, with paintings, books, places from the 3D worlds, games and themes; new stickers hide every day at noon.
WritingFridge magnets for writing poems, Spanish décimas with a syllable meter, and the Bestiary, the encyclopedia of Arcadópolis mythology.
AvatarsCreate your avatar in 2D, 3D or pixel art.
Themes102 themes, 22 of them free: each one changes the desktop, the windows, the animated wallpaper and the instrument you hear.
RecorderRecord what happens in Arcadópolis as video or audio only.