2025 top 10 web games

2025 is almost over, and as tradition goes here at bontegames, it’s time to highlight my personal favorites from all the games featured on the blog this year!
So open up your browser of choice and get ready, here’s the bontegames 2025 top 10 browser games list:

10. I'm not a robot by Neal Agarwal
Solve extreme CAPTCHAs that confirm your humanity. (original post)

9. Stealth Crossword by Jim Gravy
Solve a crossword while completing a stealth mission. (original post)

8. Continental Shelf by Cassowary
Rearrange blocks and move fish and sharks around to resolve their age-old conflict. (original post)

7. Mole Mole by Adam Saltsman
Blow stuff up and take a nap. (original post)

6. One More Splash Screen by Ferociter
Just pass a couple more logos and the game will surely start. (original post)

5. Red Dragon Sauna by Patrick Traynor and Toombler
Help a dragon bring its brilliant business ideas to life. (original post)

4. The Boons of IIUIR by Late Nine
Embark on a puzzlescript puzzle adventure. (original post)

3. Dragonsweeper by Daniel Benmergui
Clear the bord in a minesweeper adventure. (original post)

2. Type Help by William Rous
Type help and try to solve a puzzle-mystery. (original post)

1. nuworm by noa
Learn how to move as you journey from one area to the next and discover surprising behaviours along the way in this superb puzzle game, my personal number 1 browser game of 2025! (original post)

And that’s a wrap on my 2025 favorites! What about yours? Feel free to drop your top picks in the comments!

Looking back at my own 2025, I release one new game: Leaving Home. The game was featured as Game of the Day on the Apple App Store and got a global editorial feature on the Google Play Store.
Another personal 2025 highlight was having the honor of being interviewed by Google and seeing the feature promoted globally on the Play Store.

But of course there’s more to come, I’ve got some really exciting projects brewing, so I hope to see you all back here for more! My best wishes to each and everyone of you for 2026!

dadish 4 [mobile, download paid]

The evil Homeowners’ Association has plucked Dadish from the radish patch and it’s up to his eldest son to rescue him in Dadish 4, a new part in the platforming saga by Thomas K. Young, available as a free ad-supported download on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store or a premium download on Steam.

energy excavation [browser]

Explore a puzzling dig site in Energy Excavation by Aspeon for Confounding Calendar 2025. Although I could use a little hint to find the second ending. (controls: cursor keys + X key to interact, Z key to undo a move, R key to restart)

slime dunk! [browser]

Blast your way through the quirky physics puzzler Slime Dunk! that puts a splashy twist on shooting hoops, created by Venturous.

crossing chains [browser, download paid]

Connect circles into chains and let them cross, but only if the chains are the same length, in the puzzler Crossing Chains by Daniel Nora. If you enjoy the 17 levels of this free browser demo, you can get the full game on Itch.io or Steam.

this bubble tea troubles me [browser]

Experience the thrill of slurping tapioca pearls! Experience the crushing frustration of a cup with too much ice: This Bubble Tea Troubles Me by scottg for Confounding Calendar 2025.

symmetry and asymmetry [browser]

A short escape the room game by Yonashi: restore the symmetry and escape in Symmetry and asymmetry.

haven [mobile]

IzumiArtisan sent word of their new mobile escape the room game: Haven. You wake up in an unfamiliar place and the exit is nowhere to be found. Can you find a way to escape? Available as a free download on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

deductopia: scout camp [browser]

Deductopia: Scout Camp, a deduction puzzle by G.C. Katz for Confounding Calendar 2025.

hex pivot [browser]

Move all the boxes onto their targets in the pivotal puzzle: Hex Pivot by John Poje for the 2025 Confounding Calendar. (controls: UP and DOWN keys to move forward and back, LEFT and RIGHT key to rotate, Z key to undo a move, R key to restart)

christmas room escape [browser]

Solve all the puzzles to make your escape in the latest escape the room game by Room's Room: Christmas Room Escape.

micro6an [browser]

Solve each of the 6 rooms and don't follow your footsteps in the puzzlescript puzzler micro6an by Stingby12 for Confounding Calendar 2025. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart)

midwinter springtime [browser]

You dropped your gift inside the spring dungeon, better get it back in another one-screen puzzler for Confounding Calendar 2025: Midwinter Springtime by pap4qLXXLevb. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart)

swampwalker [browser]

The first one-screen puzzler for this year's confounding calendar is here: Swampwalker by Evgenii Petrov.

fire keeper [browser]

Use your wit and unending will power to burn the whole forest in the puzzlescript puzzler Fire Keeper by MFaik. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level).

lost sheep [browser]

Your sheep have escaped! Bring them back but be careful of the wolves in the puzzlescript puzzler Lost Sheep by Atlas Imaginal.

nuworm [browser]

Learn how to move as you journey from one area to the next and discover surprising behaviours along the way in the puzzler nuworm by noa.

life is an overworld [browser]

A small puzzle game created for ThinkyCon Jam 2025: Life is an Overworld by Irregular Hex. (controls: keyboard...)

blumgi bounce [browser]

Bounce the ball into the hoop in the fun physics puzzler Blumgi Bounce by Blumgi.

splinter cowboy in fort freeze: the final frontier [browser]

What if James Bond was a 5-pixel-tall cowboy? Could that cowboy escape Fort Freeze? Splinter Cowboy in Fort Freeze: The Final Frontier, a puzzlescript puzzler by Vaida for ThinkyCon Jam 2025. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)