Free Online Puzzle and Arcade Style Games

Popcap is a well-known game site. While they offer many games for sale from their site, or even in retail stores, they also have quite a few games online that you can play for free. They currently offer 23 different games for free play online. While some of these are word games, most are arcade style. The best part of Popcap is that their games are extremely addictive, due to the high quality graphics, the fun characters, the simple gameplay, and the interesting story lines. Here is some information on some of their best and most popular games that you can play for free on their site.

Astropop is a game where you blast different bricks in a space setting. There are different bonuses that you can earn and use during the game, which help you clear blocks. There

Atomica features a mad scientist storyline. You combine dots to make a block of four, so they will disappear. For every turn you take, it adds several blocks, and before long, the screen fills.

Bejeweled and Bejeweled 2 are one of Popcap's most famous games. You swap gems to create rows of three of the same color gem. Bejeweled 2 is a sequel that offers new features to the original hit game.

Big Money is a money themed game that is like a combination of Tetris and Bejeweled. Coins rise from the bottom, and when there are three in a row of the same color, you click them to remove them from the board. When the coins reach the top of the screen, you lose.

Chuzzle is very similar to Bejeweled, except that it features furry little balls, called "Chuzzles". These balls disappear in a puff of flying hair when you line up three or more.

Dynomite allows you to shoot dinosaur eggs from a slingshot. It is like Tetris turned upside down. The graphics are fun, and the story is interesting. In a different version of the puzzle, you have to clear the board before a large dinosaur foot stomps its way to the bottom of the screen. This is one of the older Popcap games, but it has stood the test of time.
Hammer Heads is a free online game that is similar to the "Whack a Mole" type game, except that it features garden gnomes. The game play is fun and addictive, and there are different challenges such as gnomes that must be hit twice before they smash. This extends the game play, and helps keep your interest longer.

Heavy Weapon is based on an old type game where planes fly overhead and try to drop bombs on you or your base. This is one of the more difficult games Popcap has ever offered.

Insaniquarium is probably the most unique game that Popcap has every offered. You have a fish tank, and try to feed your fish so that they will grow and drop coins. You use the coins to buy more fish and things for your fish. The thing that makes this so unique is that aliens are constantly popping into your tank. They try to eat your fish while you are trying to shoot them. This is a fantastic game, and if you actually decide to purchase any game, it should be this one. The additional features on the premium game make it well worth the cost. However there is plenty to keep you interested for a long time in the free version.

Mummy Maze has an explorer which is trying to move through rooms with mummies. The explorer can move one step for every two the mummy moves, however the mummies must move according to certain rules. It is possible to trap them if you use a great deal of planning.

Rocket Mania lets you switch pieces so that you can light and fire fireworks. The game play is interesting, and it follows the old OilCap game model, but has better graphics.

Zuma features balls which move slowly along a track. You have a small frog which sits in the center, and he fires different colored balls at the train of balls. If there are more than three balls in a row, they disappear. There are special bonuses which can help you, and you are able to score combos through planning your moves.

Candy Train is similar to Rocket Mania in the sense that it allows you to turn pieces. The theme of this game is that a train drives along a track, and picks up other cars, which are signified by pieces of candy or cookies. Kids love playing this game, and they will ask to play it often.

Pixelus is an interesting and unique game. You play as Claudius, who must build mosaics for ancient gods so that they will help him get home. The mosaics are built by shooting pieces of tile across a board to form a picture. But if there isn't a block to stop them, they will continue sliding all the way across the board. Sometimes you must build up and remove strings of blocks in order to place just one block. The game play is interesting, and the story is top-notch.
Whichever free online game you decide to try from Popcap, you can be sure that you will find a well-made, highly playable game. There is literally something for everyone, and the games are very family friendly. The next time you are bored surfing the web, trying to find a game to play, check out Popcap.com for a huge selection.