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Games to play on Christmas break
Christmas break is the one time of year with long, slow days to fill. These are our games with the most to dig into: whole railroads and kitchens to grow, a trail of hand-made puzzles, rivals to beat one by one. Mix in a few games to play with whoever's home, and the days between the holidays take care of themselves. They're all free in your browser.
Long games to sink into
Days of play in each one · 8 games
10 minSavesSprout Parade
Walker puzzleA parade of little seed-folk marches on and on. Give them jobs, like digging, building stairs and floating down, and guide them safely home. 61 levels, golden seeds, rewind and a level maker.
Long playSavesGrant Central Station
Train tycoonBuild a railroad, collect 26 real kinds of trains, grow a grand station with Grant, and take the throttle yourself. Saves to your account.
Long playSavesCopper Pot Kitchen
CookingChop, sear and plate real dishes, learn new skills and grow a back-alley stove into the best kitchen in town.
NewLong playSavesBramble Bug Museum
Bug collectingCatch insects in meadows, woods, ponds and night gardens, fill glowing exhibit cases and grow a dusty museum into a wonder.
NewLong playSavesLantern Cove Inn
Seaside innWelcome guests, make up rooms by hand, cook breakfast and fix little problems in a cozy inn that grows into a harbor hotel.
Long playSavesKingsway Chess
ChessTravel the Kingsway and beat 30 rivals, up to an opponent no human has beaten. Puzzles, hints and game review, all free.
Slow and calm
For a lazy afternoon · 6 games
10 minSavesMossnook Jigsaw
Jigsaw puzzlesHand-painted jigsaw puzzles from 12 to 768 pieces. A piece tray, edge sorting, turning pieces, a ghost picture, an album to fill and a Daily Jigsaw. No ads, nothing locked.
10 minSavesPostcard Patience
Solitaire adventureA cozy card trip up a painted valley. Every place plays its own short solitaire with a twist, and every stop leaves you a keepsake and a postcard.
10 minSavesMahjong Cloud Steps
Mahjong solitaireMatch free tiles and climb from a tea garden to the clouds. Every deal can be won, with a holding tray, hints, shuffle and undo whenever you want them.
10 minSavesFrost Pairs
Slide pairsSlide carved ice tiles across a frozen pond until twins meet in a line. Tiles on ice keep gliding, so read the floor.
With whoever's home
One device or two · 6 games
10 minSavesPipfold
Five dice gameRoll five dice up to three times and fill a 13 box scorecard. Expected-value advice, five house players, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Tray.
10 minSavesFoxglove Farkle
FarkleRoll six dice, set aside the scorers and push your luck or bank. Real odds on every roll, Classic or Old style rules, five house players, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Posy.
10 minSavesMarigold Mini Golf
Mini golfReal 3D mini golf on six hand made courses: windmills, a pirate cove, temple gates, a ski lift, neon bumpers and a volcano. House players, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Nine.
10 minSavesLamplight Pool
PoolReal pool physics under a warm lamp. Play 8-ball and 9-ball against house players or a friend, and climb from a garage table to the Grand Hall.
10 minSavesSamphire Salvo
Sea battleHide your fleet, call your shots, sink theirs first. The classic pencil and paper sea battle with ships and splashes drawn by hand: quick, classic and big fleets, salvo and hit again rules, five house players up to an odds expert, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Fleet.
Our biggest games
- Sprout Parade: guide a marching parade of little seed-folk home by giving them jobs like digging and building stairs. There are 61 levels, golden seeds to find and a level maker, and during Winter Lights every outdoor world is covered in fresh snow.
- Grant Central Station: build a railroad, grow a grand station and collect 26 real kinds of trains, then take the throttle yourself.
- Copper Pot Kitchen: grow a back-alley stove into the best kitchen in town, one dish at a time. In December it adds Gingerbread Friends, Peppermint Cocoa and a Chocolate Yule Log.
- Bramble Bug Museum: catch 97 real insects in meadows, woods and ponds, and grow a dusty museum into a wonder.
- Kingsway Chess: walk a road across a kingdom and beat 30 rivals, one at a time.
- Dewdrop Dell: a trail of 150 hand-made match 3 levels with no lives and no timers.
A little every day
Over the break, our Winter Lights event gives some of our favorite games three winter goals a day and a keepsake to earn. The winter path runs through every game: light up to three lanterns a day, and after twelve you earn the Lantern Owl profile icon. Add a daily puzzle with your morning coffee and you have a nice rhythm for the days between the holidays.
With the family
When everyone's home, pass one phone around for Pipfold, Foxglove Farkle or Marigold Mini Golf, two to four players. To play cousins in another house, Cribbage Cabin, Lamplight Pool and Samphire Salvo connect two devices with a room code. Our holiday games to play with family page has more.
For kids on winter break, our winter break learning games keep reading and math ticking over, with no ads and no tracking.
Questions
What are good long games to play over Christmas break?
Sprout Parade, Grant Central Station, Copper Pot Kitchen and Bramble Bug Museum all have days of play in them, and your progress saves as you go.
Will I lose my progress if I take a break?
No. Your progress saves on your device as you play. If you sign in, it's backed up and follows you to other devices.
Are these games free?
Yes. Everything here is free in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download.
What's a good game to play with family over the break?
Pipfold and Foxglove Farkle are dice games for two to four on one phone, and Marigold Mini Golf takes two to four golfers too.