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6 Free Browser-Based Casual Games You Shouldn't Miss

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August 31, 2010
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6 Free Browser-Based Casual Games You Shouldn't Miss
A recent casual games contest challenged designers to create something "sandbox." We review the fascinating runner-ups and the ultimate contest winner. - Matt Peckham, PCWorld
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Free Casual Games to Play in Your Browser A casual game can relax your nerves or stimulate your mind. These great games were winners and notables in Casual Gameplay Design Competition #8: Sandbox. Whether your tastes run to production sims, romantic journeys, or empire-building llamas, these games have an enjoyable way to while away minutes or hours. Sweeping the awards from both audience and judges, the latest Submachine puzzle adventure leads you through a network of eerie, stone-walled tunnels. Each of these casual games is free, and can be enjoyed in the comfort of your Flash- and Javascript-enabled browser.
Submachine: 32 Chambers   2667 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Puzzles & Card-Playing
Explore a Mesoamerican ruin, collecting jades and solving puzzles, in this award-winning browser-based game.
Tile Factory   641 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Puzzles & Card-Playing
Solve increasingly complex logic puzzles in order to manufacture specified tiles.
Rare Breeds: Petunia   614 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Simulation
Hybridize flowers in this relaxing online game.
Sand Trap   437 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Puzzles & Card-Playing
Tilt grains of sand out of a maze and into a pail in this physics-based game.
A Llama, a World and a Plan   292 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Simulation
Play a llama with royal ambitions in this funny, browser-based game.
[Together]   121 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Adventure/Strategy
Soar through the cosmos with your sweetheart in this gentle casual game.
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