ONLINE GAMES & PUZZLE ACTIVITIES

If you cannot be physically with your friends does not mean that you cannot play with them. Having fun isn’t only for children. Studies show that playing online games as a young adult or an adult can do everything from helping you to tackle stress and boost your overall well-being – something that we all need in our life.

Here are a few of the best online games to play as an individual and/or with your friends together.

1. Words with Friends 2: The name of the game says it all “words, with, friends.” Come together your mother, father, aunt, distant cousin, co-worker, boss or neighbour and challenge them into taking you on as you scramble to create words out of the letters that you are issued. Whoever gets the most points wins.

         Link: https://www.zynga.com/games/words-with-friends-2/

2. Best Fiends Stars: Best Fiends STARS is a puzzle game that challenges you to “match and blast your way” through a series of “explosive” puzzles, collecting adorable characters and teaming up with your friends along the way. Challenge your friends to race to collect fallen treasures and stars.

          Link:https://bestfiends.com/games/best-fiends-stars/

3. Minecraft: Up to eight friends can join an online game and build whatever they can imagine in creative mode, or maybe they join up to see how long they can last in survival mode. Minecraft’s building mechanics tend to turn children into budding construction engineers.

          Link:https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/

4. Decurse: This game allows you to connect with Facebook friends or make some new friends in-game. Players can join a clubhouse and collaborate on special challenges, earn club points, achieve a spot on the leader board and earn prizes. You can also exchange materials with your friends to help on your journey.

         Link:https://www.bigfishgames.com/game/decurse/?channel=linkshare&identifier=TnL5HPStwNw&siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-gNE27twWFqhxXVWhn1doDA

5. Pokemon Go: Walk around your house, lawn and neighbourhood with the mission of collecting hidden Pokemon that could be lurking everywhere from your kitchen to back veranda. The game enlists the use of your mobile GPS and clock, allows you to interact with your friends, and even lets you track their activity in the game.

         Link:https://pokemongolive.com/en/

6. Mario Kart Tour: Grab Mario, the princess and all of your favourite classic Nintendo friends, toss them in a go-kart, and you’re off! This version raises the stakes even higher, putting you face-to-face with courses that take you underwater and even hang gliding. And the mobile version allows you to bring your friends along for a little friendly competition.

          Link:https://mariokarttour.com/en-US

7. Fairway Solitaire: The original puzzle solitaire game. “Hit the fairway” and complete daily challenges, earn rewards and find collectables! While playing, you can join a club, meet new friends, play together, get your club on the leader board and win incredible prizes! Clubs unlock at level 14 and anyone can join. 

         Link:https://www.bigfishgames.com/us/en/game/                                                

8. Houseparty: Houseparty is a face-to-face networking app that allows you to go on video calls with up to seven friends in a room. Apart from just seeing and talking to each other, the app also has several games that everyone in the room can play together. Houseparty features games like Heads Up!, Trivia, Chips and Guac and Quick Draw!, which is a fast-paced version of Pictionary.

         Link:https://houseparty.com/

9. Connect 2 Matching Game: Connect pairs of matching tiles by creating a clear path between them, and clear all the tiles before time runs out. This is a challenging puzzle game where you need to concentrate hard to find and connect pairs of matching tiles (images of everyday household items / kitchen utensils) in order to make them disappear from the picture grid. It will also test your eyesight.

         Link:https://www.learn4good.com/games/puzzle/connect2.htm

10. Tic Tac Toe: Tic Tac Toe is an easy-to-play online version of the timeless classic 2-player pencil & paper game of the past, also known as Noughts and Crosses. Compete against the computer or a friend in a strategic race to get three O’s or X’s in a row.

          Link:https://www.learn4good.com/games/puzzle/tic_tac_toe.htm

11. Blue Tetris: Play a classic, straight-forward version of Tetris – the iconic block building puzzle! Blue Tetris is a refreshingly-simple variant of the original, classic block construction-based brain teaser game for kids, teens and adults where you must manoeuvre descending blocks into solid horizontal rows that are eliminated from the game screen.

          Link:https://www.learn4good.com/games/tetris/play-online.htm

12. Basket Ball 3: A Great Challenge: Basket Ball 3: A Great Challenge is a tricky, physics-based puzzle and skill game for kids and teens that combine aiming, accuracy, power control, trajectory and rebounding judgement with fun basketball hoop shooting action. Featuring 25 increasingly-difficult levels, you must use good strategy and prediction skills to launch the ball toward and into the basket.

         Link:https://www.learn4good.com/games/physics/basketball.htm