NewGlow Stars
Midnight mission: stick glow-in-the-dark stars around the house while the lights are on, then tiptoe to the kitchen and back by their fading glow. Dodge creaky floorboards, toys and dust bunnies, and don't wake the grown-ups!
22 original games · early access
Weird little browser games for curious kids.
Shout your way through a dark cave, track a cookie thief by torchlight, or sing to the birds. Every game here is made from scratch, and plays right in your browser on phones, tablets and computers.
- No ads
- Nothing to download
- Phones, tablets & computers
- Made to play together
All the games
Tap a game to see how it plays. New games land in the arcade all the time.
New
Feely Box
Put your finger in the dark mystery box and feel around. Fuzzy? Slimy? Spiky? Work out what's inside before something pinches, then pack a box for a friend.
Whistle Woods
A calm forest at dawn. Listen to a bird's little song and play it back on a wooden flute (or whistle it!) until it hops close, then find your new friend with binoculars and sketch it.
Dust Tracks
Somebody raided the cookie jar at midnight! Hold your torch low so dusty footprints cast shadows, then follow paws, slippers and robot wheels room to room to catch the thief.
Secret Decoder
The prize at the bottom of the cereal box! Slide a red or blue decoder lens over scribbly box backs to reveal hidden riddles, doodles and codes, then write your own secret for a friend.
Polarized
A sunny rock pool full of glare. Turn your polarized sunglasses to see through the shine and photograph crabs, starfish and a sneaky octopus before the tide comes in.
Toy Hospital
Be the doctor for poorly plush toys. Listen with a stethoscope to find what's stuck inside, then snip, pull it out and stitch them back up.
Invisible Ink
Reveal secret messages over a candle without burning them, shine a UV torch on hidden codes, and hide from the Snoop. Then write your own secret note for a friend.
Blinking 12:00
Grandpa's old gadgets are blinking, beeping and speaking Pirate. Poke the mystery buttons and fix them before the timer runs out.
Weather Wise
Present the weather on a retro TV show, pointing at a blank blue wall. Your only help is a studio monitor that shows everything backwards and a beat late.
Behind You
Hold your phone up and turn your whole body. Giggling ghosts sneak around your room, and some only move when you are not looking.
Sniff
Be a puppy with a great nose. Follow toy smells drifting on the wind, dodge the goose, and bring every toy home.
Two Tabs
The same little world by day and by night. Hop between them, and send keys across through pipes to open the way home.
Dowser
A new beach every day. Find buried treasure by ear with a metal detector, and read the holes other diggers left behind.
Not Responding
One of you is the mouse cursor trying to click OK. The other is the computer, throwing pop-ups. Then you swap.
Radio Static
Find survivors on a foggy island by tuning a radio dial and walking toward the clearest signal.
Afterimage
A dark manor you can only see through camera flashes, and every photo goes out of date the moment things move.
Fan favoriteLoudmouth Caves
A pitch-black cave where your voice is the only light, and every shout wakes up whatever lives down there.
Five Second Studio
Everyone makes a tiny five-second game, then the whole group plays them all as a rapid-fire gauntlet.
Pinned Pasture
A tiny farm that lives in your browser tab icon and grows while you work. Pin the tab and check back.
Double Duty
A 1v1 race where your keyboard runs your course and your mouse sabotages your rival's, at the same time.
Scaffold
A daily 90-second climb where every plank earlier climbers dropped stays in the tower for you.
What makes these games different
New ways to sense the world
See with your voice, track smells on the wind, find treasure by ear, read footprints with a low torch. Each game turns a real bit of science into play.
Silly, cosy, a little spooky
Giggling ghosts, grumpy geese and gadgets blinking 12:00. The scares are the jump-then-laugh kind, made for kids and the grown-ups playing with them.
Made to play together
Most games have a pass-the-phone mode for two: one player hides, the other seeks. Then you swap and compare.
Questions grown-ups ask
Do I need to download anything?
No. Every game runs right in your web browser. Open the page and play.
Are there ads?
No. There are no ads anywhere in the arcade, so kids can play without pop-ups or anything to click away.
Does it work on phones and tablets?
Yes. Every game is built for touch screens first, in portrait and landscape, and also works with a mouse and keyboard on a computer.
Is it OK for kids?
Yes. The games are made for kids and the grown-ups who play with them. Spooky games stay cute: ghosts giggle and say boo, nothing gory or mean.
Do we need an account?
Yes, a NerdHomies account lets you play every game and keeps your stars and progress. It only takes a few seconds to make one.
How much does it cost?
The arcade is in early access, and right now every game is included with your account. We will always tell members before anything changes.
Can we play together?
Most games have a two-player pass-the-phone mode, and a few are head-to-head or party games for up to six.