Getting started
Open One Game a Day, press Play now and the day's browser game starts. There is nothing to download or install, no account to create and no cost.
The game page and player controls
What a game page shows and what each player control does: Play, Restart, Favourite, Share, Full screen, and closing a game on a computer or a phone.
Game of the Day and the daily release
How the daily release works: when a new game arrives, what the countdown means, what happens to yesterday's game and where the release history lives.
Finding games: search, categories and sorting
Browse every released game, search by name, genre or tag, filter by category, change the sort order, and see how Trending and Most played are chosen.
Controls: keyboard, mouse, touch and gamepad
How each game states its own keyboard, mouse, touch and gamepad controls, where to find them on the game page, and how rotate hints work on phones.
Devices and browsers
What you need to play, which browsers and devices have actually been tested, what has not been verified yet, and how full screen differs on iPhone.
My games: favourites and recently played
My games keeps your favourites and recently played list in your browser only. Learn what is stored, what clears it, and how game save data is kept.
Frequently asked questions
Short factual answers about cost, accounts, downloads, saves, advertising, privacy, how often games arrive and where earlier games can be found.
Troubleshooting
What to try when a game does not load, has no sound, ignores the keyboard, will not go full screen, has lost its saved progress or runs slowly.