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Kitto's rainy-day shelf

Eight browser games for days
when the sea mist rolls in

When mist swallows the cliff path, Kitto shelters in the engine house with eight free browser games, each one a small concern that keeps working between visits. There are two economies of mines, factories and shops, three sports clubs, a farm, a park of hatched dinosaurs and a city in a Mesoamerican world, and Kitto never had to wait for a download on any of them.

8games on Kitto's shelf
6with an official app too
Freeto join, all eight
Virtonomics key art
Kitto's own pick

Virtonomics

Multiplayer economics simulation · Business & tycoon

Fitting for a cliff of old mine workings: here you open mines, farms, factories and shops and link them so one feeds the next, from raw ore to a shelf in a store. Every player's decisions are settled together in a single daily update, so a careful plan made over a cup of tea beats quick clicking.

Good for
Thinkers who enjoy a slow business game with a spreadsheet heart.
Typical session
Fifteen minutes of planning a day
Where it runs
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Cost
Free to play; optional in-game purchases.
Your first session
  1. Start with one short supply chain you can follow end to end.
  2. Read market prices for a few days before expanding.
  3. Plan each day's orders before the daily update runs.
Play Virtonomics freeOpens virtonomics.com in a new tab

Seven more for the engine-house shelf

Sim Companies key artBusiness & tycoon

Sim Companies

Player-driven economy sim

A business grows from raw materials through production to its own retail outlets. Prices here belong to the crowd: when a value shifts, it is because real people chose to buy or sell, and the whole game is built to be played calmly over months.

  • A few minutes to collect and reorder
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Patient players who like a long-horizon economy with no rush.

Your first session
  1. Pick one product line and learn it thoroughly.
  2. Watch how the market moves before setting prices.
  3. Reinvest profits steadily rather than all at once.
Play Sim Companies freeOpens simcompanies.com
BuzzerBeater key artSport & management

BuzzerBeater

Hoops front office

You take the general manager's chair at a basketball team: arrange the depth chart, pick a shape for attack and another for defence, then work the draft, the trade window and the training ground. Matches unfold in a live viewer, and national tournaments add a stage beyond the league.

  • Short visits around game days
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Basketball fans who would rather run the front office than shoot.

Your first session
  1. Learn the depth chart before touching trades.
  2. Try one formation for several games.
  3. Train a few young players with patience.
Play BuzzerBeater freeOpens buzzerbeater.com
PowerPlay Manager key artSport & management

PowerPlay Manager

Multi-sport club manager

Hockey, football, handball and basketball clubs all hang off the same login here. You pick line-ups and tactics against human managers, write individual practice plans for players and upgrade the arena as the club grows, so a single login keeps a whole sporting family busy.

  • A quick check per club
  • Desktop browser
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Managers who fancy more than one sport at once.

Your first session
  1. Begin with the sport you know best.
  2. Set practice plans for your key players early.
  3. Upgrade the arena gradually as income allows.
Play PowerPlay Manager freeOpens ppm.powerplaymanager.com/en
GoalUnited key artSport & management

GoalUnited

Football club builder

A football club to build up over many seasons. You train the squad, decide the tactics, expand the stadium and push the team through each campaign, one match at a time, against rival managers who are planning just as hard.

  • A little while ahead of kick-off
  • Desktop browser
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Football fans who enjoy a straightforward club to manage.

Your first session
  1. Settle on a formation that suits the squad.
  2. Train the weakest positions first.
  3. Grow the stadium only as crowds increase.
Play GoalUnited freeOpens goalunited.org
My Free Farm 2 key artFarm, town & zoo

My Free Farm 2

Fields, barns and processing sheds

Fields, livestock and processing sheds turn raw produce into goods for sale. You balance growing timers against standing orders while the farm spreads across a widening patch of countryside, rather like the fields behind the cliffs.

  • Pop in to harvest and sow again
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Players who like to fine-tune how the barns and sheds feed one another.

Your first session
  1. Plant crops whose timers match your visits.
  2. Add one processing shed at a time.
  3. Fill standing orders before chasing new ones.
Play My Free Farm 2 freeOpens myfreefarm2.upjers.com/en
Dinosaur Park: Primeval Zoo key artFarm, town & zoo

Dinosaur Park: Primeval Zoo

Prehistoric zoo builder

Hatch dinosaurs from recovered fossils, raise the right enclosures and keep a growing park running smoothly. Research unlocks further species, and visitors stream in to see each new arrival, so the park keeps growing a little with every visit you make.

  • A short look at the park
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Anyone who wants a zoo sim with a prehistoric twist.

Your first session
  1. Hatch one species and give it a proper enclosure.
  2. Put research into new species steadily.
  3. Keep visitor paths short and tidy.
Play Dinosaur Park: Primeval Zoo freeOpens dinosaurparkprimevalzoo.upjers.com/en
Tentlan key artStrategy & war

Tentlan

City-builder in a Mesoamerican world

Raise a city in a Mesoamerican world, manage its resources and form alliances as you expand across a living map. It rewards plans made over several visits far more than hurried taps, which suits evenings when the fog keeps everyone indoors.

  • Glance in now and then through the day
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Who it suits & how to begin

Good for: Strategists who like to think a few days ahead.

Your first session
  1. Balance resource buildings from the start.
  2. Look for an active alliance early on.
  3. Expand only once your defences are in order.
Play Tentlan freeOpens int.tentlan.com

The eight games side by side

Game on Kitto’s shelfSort of gameHow fast it movesWho else is in itA sitting by the fireWhere you can open it
VirtonomicsMultiplayer economics simulationOne big update a dayMarkets shaped by other playersFifteen minutes of planning a dayDesktop browser; mobile app also available
Sim CompaniesPlayer-driven economy simDeliberately slowA market made entirely by playersA few minutes to collect and reorderDesktop browser; mobile app also available
BuzzerBeaterHoops front officeWeekly fixturesLeagues of human managersShort visits around game daysDesktop browser; mobile app also available
PowerPlay ManagerMulti-sport club managerRegular league roundsUp against people, not botsA quick check per clubDesktop browser
GoalUnitedFootball club builderSeason by seasonRival managers onlineA little while ahead of kick-offDesktop browser
My Free Farm 2Fields, barns and processing shedsRelaxed timersNeighbours and tradingPop in to harvest and sow againDesktop browser; mobile app also available
Dinosaur Park: Primeval ZooPrehistoric zoo builderGentleA park for visitors to enjoyA short look at the parkDesktop browser; mobile app also available
TentlanCity-builder in a Mesoamerican worldLong and patientAlliances across a living mapGlance in now and then through the dayDesktop browser; mobile app also available

Price of all 8: free to play; any in-game purchase is optional.

01

Free from the first mist to the last

Kitto has never been charged a penny to join any game on this shelf, and months of play cost nothing; every farm, club, factory and city is open in full.

Each studio tucks a shop off to one side, selling speed-ups and trimmings. Plenty of veteran players walk straight past it, and where one computer serves a whole household, purchases can normally be turned off in the account page.

02

Starting a new game

Each game's button carries you to its studio's website in a new tab. Register on that site using an email address, and before the kettle cools you will be running a farm, club, company, park or city.

Every game starts with a tutorial. Kitto says stay with it to the last step, since it shows each menu and how the economy works in small, easy pieces.

03

Little and often, or a long afternoon

All eight keep working with the tab closed: crops ripen, matches are played, factories produce and dinosaurs hatch. A peek with the morning toast and another once the lamps are lit keeps everything moving.

Use short visits for collecting and queueing. Keep the long, rain-lashed afternoons for weighty calls like a fresh supply chain, a swap for a star player or another enclosure.

04

A password locked in the engine house

Your login for each game belongs to its maker, so Kitto types it only on the address that maker publishes. Kitto uses a separate password per game and switches on two-step checks wherever they exist.

A real studio worker will never want your password. If a stranger dangles free premium currency in return for those details, the account is what they are after; delete the message and report it.

How the eight won a spot beside the fire

  • Every game on the shelf loads in the plain browser of a desktop or laptop, so the first move comes before the kettle boils.
  • Kitto paid nothing to sign up anywhere on the shelf, and each full game carries on for people who leave the shop alone.
  • Farms, clubs, factories and cities hum along with the tab closed, so even a two-minute peek between showers pushes them on.
  • Each studio has looked after its game through many winters, so there is a settled crowd and no shortage of friendly advice.

No. Every one of the eight runs in a computer browser, and six offer an official phone app as well for anyone who prefers one.

No. Joining costs nothing at any of the eight, the complete game is yours without spending, and any purchase inside a game is entirely optional.

No. An independent studio builds and runs every one of them, and the buttons here lead to that studio's official site.

No. Eight different studios mean eight separate sign-ups, each one free.

Virtonomics, Sim Companies, BuzzerBeater, My Free Farm 2, Dinosaur Park: Primeval Zoo and Tentlan have official apps as well as the browser version. PowerPlay Manager and GoalUnited are listed as browser games.

Dinosaur Park or My Free Farm 2 for a gentle few minutes, or one of the three sports clubs around match day. Virtonomics, Sim Companies and Tentlan repay longer planning.

Yes. The two business sims run on markets made by players, the three sports games put you up against human managers, and Tentlan has alliances across its map.