Crash or Cash: Free Browser Games for a Quick, Relaxing Break

Some breaks are five minutes long. Others last a whole lunch hour. Crash or Cash is a free collection of browser games built for both: you open a page, the game loads in a second, and you are playing. There is no account to create, nothing to download and no payment screen.

What you can play

The collection mixes timeless classics with short arcade games:

• Board and card games: Chess against the computer, Backgammon, Bridge with three computer players, Yatzy, Shut the Box and Solitaire.
• Puzzles: Sudoku, Minesweeper and 2048-style number games for when you want to think.
• Arcade games: Cross the Road, an endless road-hopping game; a dinosaur runner; archery and duck shooting for quick reflex tests.
• Casual multiplier games: Cash or Crash, where you cash out before the rocket crashes, and Plinko, where you drop a ball and watch where it lands.

Everything runs on desktop, phone and tablet, and the pages adapt to the screen you are using.

Just for fun

Crash or Cash is an entertainment site. Games that use a balance work with free virtual credits only. You cannot buy credits and you cannot cash anything out, so there is no real money involved at any point.

Picking a game for your break

• Two minutes: a round of Cross the Road or the dinosaur runner.
• Ten minutes: a Sudoku, a Minesweeper board or a game of Yatzy.
• Longer: a full game of Chess or Backgammon against the computer.

Why it stays simple

Each game has its own page with the rules written out underneath, so you can learn a new game without leaving the browser. New games are added one at a time, and each one is tested on desktop and mobile before it goes live.