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Run specific Windows apps & games in your browser

Two kinds of pages live here, and we keep them honest. ▶ Play now entries are free, license-clean software we host — one click boots it in your tab. Everything else is a compatibility guide: we can't redistribute that software, so the guide tells you whether your own copy runs, which Wine variant to pick, and how to load it right on the page.

▶ Play now — free, hosted here

• 3D Pinball Space Cadet FREE▶ Play free
• DOOM▶ Play free
• Solitaire (Klondike) FREE▶ Play free
• Micropolis FREE▶ Play free
• Wolfenstein 3D▶ Play free
• Beneath a Steel Sky FREE▶ Play free
• L Lure of the Temptress FREE▶ Play free
• F Flight of the Amazon Queen FREE▶ Play free
• S Sołtys FREE▶ Play free
• SkiFree▶ Play free
• Minesweeper FREE▶ Play free
• Tyrian 2000 FREE▶ Play free
• FreeCell FREE▶ Play free
• OpenTTD FREE▶ Play free
• Archive Extractor NEW FREE▶ Play free
• Spider Solitaire FREE▶ Play free
• JezzBall FREE▶ Play free
• Rodent's Revenge FREE▶ Play free
• Block Drop FREE▶ Play free
• Snake FREE▶ Play free
• Pipe Panic FREE▶ Play free
• Hearts FREE▶ Play free
• Commander Keen▶ Play free
• Freedoom FREE▶ Play free
• Scorched Earth▶ Play free
• Raptor▶ Play free
• One Must Fall 2097 FREE▶ Play free
• Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle▶ Play free
• Blake Stone▶ Play free
• SkyRoads FREE▶ Play free
• Jetpack FREE▶ Play free
• 7-Zip FREE▶ Play free
• Sumatra PDF FREE▶ Play free
• PuTTY FREE▶ Play free
• God of Thunder FREE▶ Play free
• Xargon FREE▶ Play free
• Bio Menace FREE▶ Play free
• Alien Carnage FREE▶ Play free
• Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure▶ Play free
• Hocus Pocus▶ Play free
• Crystal Caves▶ Play free
• Monster Bash▶ Play free
• K KeePass FREE▶ Play free
• N Notepad++▶ Play free

Game compatibility guides — bring your own copy

• Dragon's Keep PinballTemporarily offline — the Phase 1 build crashes on load
• Space CadetGuide — bring your own copy (or play the open-source version instantly)
• SolitaireWorks well
• FreecivPlays great — but on Freeciv's own site, not embedded here
• Age of EmpiresHit or miss — slow but sometimes playable
• MinesweeperRuns great — bring your own copy
• FreeCellRuns well — bring your own copy
• Spider SolitaireClassic build works well
• HeartsSingle-player works well
• JezzBallRuns in the 16-bit (win3x) runtime — bring your own copy
• Chip's ChallengePartial — the 16-bit classic runs on the win3x engine; quirky but playable
• Rodent's RevengeWorks well on win3x — bring your own copy
• Chocolate DoomWorks well — minimalist, no DirectX needed
• Jazz JackrabbitPartial — original is DOS; play via OpenJazz (Win32)
• OMF 2097Playable here — we host it, it runs instantly
• Heretic & HexenPartial — via a Win32 source port, not the DOS original
• Prince of PersiaPartial — not the DOS original; the free SDLPoP port is the realistic path
• Full Tilt! PinballPartial — the Cadet table can run; launcher, movies and fullscreen are flaky

App & utility compatibility guides — bring your own copy

• WinRARWorks with older 32-bit builds
• Notepad & utilitiesWorks well — the most reliable category
• MS PaintClassic builds work — bring your own copy
• WinampPartial — UI yes, audio is iffy
• AbiWordWorks well
• GnumericWorks well
• IrfanViewViewer works; plugins & video iffy
• FileZillaCan't connect — no network in the sandbox
• AudacityPartial — old 2.x editing only, audio iffy
• Paint.NETWon't run — needs the .NET Framework
• mtPaintWorks well
• GrafX2Works well (windowed SDL build)
• foobar2000Partial — UI loads, audio is unreliable
• VLCOpen-source & legal, but video playback won't work well
• WordPadPartial — basic RTF editing works, .doc garbled
• CalculatorWorks well
• Character MapRuns — but fewer fonts than on Windows
• KeePassXCWon't run — 64-bit Qt5 app
• DiaPartial — loads, but heavy GTK app starts slowly
• InkscapeHeavy — GTK engine fights Wine, expect crashes
• Blender (classic)Won't work — 3D viewport needs OpenGL

On a school or work laptop that won't let you install anything? Everything here runs without installing a thing. Got an .exe of your own? Load it and run it here — or read what an .exe file actually is first.

Don't see your app? The general compatibility guide explains which categories run well and which struggle. Most classic 32-bit Windows software from 1995–2008 is worth a try.

Browse by category

Grouped by what a game actually is, each with notes on where to start.

• Classic shooters, playable in your browserEight DOS-era shooters running free in your browser — DOOM, Wolfenstein 3D, Blake Stone, Raptor, Tyrian and more. No download, no install, no account.
• Side-scrolling platformers, playable in your browserTen DOS platformers running free in your browser — Commander Keen, Cosmo, Crystal Caves, Xargon, Monster Bash, Bio Menace and more. Instant, no download.
• The Windows desktop classics, playable in your browserSolitaire, Minesweeper, FreeCell, Spider, Hearts, JezzBall, SkiFree and 3D Pinball — the games that shipped with Windows, playable free in your browser.
• Card games, playable in your browserKlondike Solitaire, FreeCell, Spider Solitaire and Hearts — the four Windows card games, rebuilt as open implementations. Free, instant, no sign-up.