40 websites to cure your boredom
The fun websites from those "websites to cure your boredom" reels, finally written down. Every one is free to open, runs in a browser tab, and has been checked by a person.
Some take ten seconds and some will eat your whole evening. None ask you to sign up first.
Updated · 40 sites · hand-checked
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1. neal.fun
A collection of interactive toys and essays that are consistently the best thing on the internet that week.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- neal.fun
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2. Little Alchemy 2
Start with air, earth, fire and water and combine them into hundreds of things, one discovery at a time. A calm puzzle you keep coming back to.
- Games & Play
- Free
- littlealchemy2.com
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3. The Useless Web
One button. It sends you to a completely pointless website. That is the whole product.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- theuselessweb.com
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4. Pointer Pointer
Move your mouse anywhere and a photo of a person pointing at exactly that spot appears.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- pointerpointer.com
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5. Line Rider
Draw a track, watch a sledder ride it. Twenty years on, people still make music videos with it.
- Games & Play
- Free
- linerider.com
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6. WindowSwap
Ten minutes out of a stranger's window, somewhere in the world. Uploaded by whoever lives there, with the birds and the traffic left in.
- Fun & Weird
- Freemium
- window-swap.com
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7. Radio Garden
Spin a globe and listen to live local radio from anywhere on earth. The best map on the internet.
- Music & Audio
- Free
- radio.garden
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8. Sandspiel
A falling sand game with fire, water, plants and wind, plus a gallery of what everyone else made.
- Fun & Weird
- Open source
- sandspiel.club
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9. Koalas to the Max
A circle subdivides as your cursor moves, gradually revealing an image one quadrant at a time.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- koalastothemax.com
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10. Slow Roads
Drive an endless, procedurally generated road through forests, deserts and coastlines. No goal, no score, just the road and some music.
- Games & Play
- Free
- slowroads.io
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11. Draw a Fish
Draw a fish and release it into a shared tank where everyone else's fish are already swimming. Vote for your favourites.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- drawafish.com
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12. Patatap
Every key on your keyboard triggers a sound and an animation. Instant synaesthesia.
- Music & Audio
- Free
- patatap.com
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13. Incredibox
Drag sounds onto beatboxers to build a track. Somehow both a toy and a real instrument.
- Music & Audio
- Freemium
- incredibox.com
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14. The Wiki Game
Race other people from one Wikipedia article to another using only links. Surprisingly tense.
- Games & Play
- Free
- thewikigame.com
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15. Gartic Phone
Telephone played with drawings: you write a sentence, someone draws it, someone else describes the drawing. The album it plays back at the end is the whole point.
- Games & Play
- Free
- garticphone.com
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16. Human Benchmark
Measure your reaction time, visual memory and number recall in short tests, then see where you land against everyone else.
- Games & Play
- Free
- humanbenchmark.com
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17. Floor796
A huge animation scene with many references to memes, games, films, series, anime, music groups
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- floor796.com
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18. Zoomquilt
An infinitely zooming painting, hand-assembled from panels that loop seamlessly forever.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- zoomquilt.org
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19. endless.horse
Scroll down to see the horse's legs. Keep scrolling. One of the internet's most committed jokes.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- endless.horse
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20. Cat Bounce
Physics-enabled cats fall from the top of the screen. You can throw them. That is all.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- cat-bounce.com
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21. Canon Creative Park
Thousands of free papercraft models to print and fold, from animals and buildings to pop-up cards and calendars.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- creativepark.canon
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22. DIY Printable Generators
Make printable word searches, crosswords, bingo cards and tartan patterns from your own words and colours.
- Everyday Tools
- Free
- printablecreative.com
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23. Emoji Combos
A searchable collection of emoji combinations and text art for every mood, topic and in-joke, ready to copy.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- emojicombos.com
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24. FFF
A collection of small interactive experiments by designer Jongmin Kim, each with its own odd physics and visuals to poke at.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- fff.cmiscm.com
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25. Hammy Home
Design a cosy hamster home, fill it with tunnels and wheels, and look after the little residents.
- Games & Play
- Free
- hammyhome.com
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26. Holocloth
Drape a sheet of holographic fabric in 3D, drag it around and fiddle with iridescence, sparkle and sheen until it looks like a foil sticker.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- holocloth.vercel.app
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27. Hordes.io
A full 3D MMORPG that runs in a browser tab. Pick a class, party up and fight in huge faction battles.
- Games & Play
- Free
- hordes.io
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28. Inkarnate
Paint fantasy world, region and city maps with hand-drawn stamps, coastlines and textures. Good enough for a novel's endpapers or a D&D table.
- Fun & Weird
- Freemium
- inkarnate.com
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29. Jigidi
Thousands of jigsaw puzzles uploaded by the community, from a dozen pieces to a few thousand, playable in the browser.
- Games & Play
- Free
- jigidi.com
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30. Kick Ass
Turn any web page into an Asteroids level and shoot the text, images and buttons to pieces.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- kickassapp.com
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31. Little Web World
A tiny desktop of whimsical web toys and oddities. Open the little apps and see which one makes you smile.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- littleweb.world
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32. Meta AI Demos
Try Meta's research demos in the browser: cut objects out of any video, or turn a single photo into a 3D model.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- aidemos.meta.com
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33. OverType
An over-the-top typewriter simulator, with clacking keys, uneven ink and a carriage you return yourself.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- uniqcode.com
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34. Photo From Emoji
Upload a photo and it gets rebuilt as a mosaic made entirely of emoji.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- photofromemoji.com
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35. Tough Love Arena
A proper 2D fighting game in a browser tab, with rollback netcode, so online matches against friends actually feel good.
- Games & Play
- Free
- toughlovearena.com
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36. TYPEBEAT
Every key on your keyboard triggers a drum sound and the words you type become the beat.
- Music & Audio
- Free
- alexanderchen.github.io
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37. Quake III Online
Real Quake III deathmatch in a browser tab, with a live scoreboard and strangers already playing. Sister servers run Quake, Quake II, RTCW and Urban Terror.
- Games & Play
- Free
- q3.pieter.com
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38. 4x4 Builder
Pick a body, lift kit, wheels and tyres for an off-road truck in 3D, then take it for a spin over rough terrain.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- 4x4builder.com
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39. Awkward Family Photos
Readers send in their most cringeworthy family portraits, holiday snaps and matching outfits. Years of archived glory.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- awkwardfamilyphotos.com
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40. EssayTyper
Type a topic and mash the keyboard: a convincing essay appears letter by letter, as if you were writing it.
- Fun & Weird
- Free
- essaytyper.com
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What are the best websites to visit when bored?
Start with Neal.fun, Little Alchemy 2, The Useless Web and Radio Garden. They are free, need no account, and are fun from the first click.
Are these websites free?
Almost all of them are completely free. Any that charge for extras are labelled with their price on this page.
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