Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests

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Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests is a puzzle game with dozens of tricky questions and puzzles accompanied by colorful characters with original stories. In the third instalment in this brain exercise series, the new puzzles let you take part in the adventure and shape the story. Defeat criminals, sneak past henchmen, fly planes, make potions, face mummies, and much more! You must think on your feet and outside the box to solve these creative riddles. Everything you see on the screen could be the secret hint to solve the problem. Train your brain with Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests and show your friends that you are a true genius!Use your mouse cursor or finger to select, drag and move objects around.Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests was created by Unico Studio, a game development studio based in the United States. Play their other thinking games on Poki: Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles, Brain Test 2: Tricky Stories, Who Is?, Word City Crossed, Word City Uncrossed, 4 Pics 1 Word and Word MonstersYou can play Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests on your browser without installing or downloading for free on Poki.Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests has over 40 levels, plus several secret bonus levels.Yes. Click or tap on the magnifying glass icon to display hints. Every level has different amounts of hints.Click or tap on the rewarded video icon at the bottom of the page to skip a level you're stuck in.Alyx is our protagonist and the main heroine of the third Brain Test game.Alyx is trying to get the six power gems in order to save her dying father.

Yummy Toast

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Yummy Toast is a cooking game where you learn how to make delicious toasts by tapping the correct materials and ingredients you need. Start by cleaning the stove and the frying pan, then prepare all the ingredients needed for the recipes. Make the tastiest toast and serve to your customers with the help of your teddy bear friend. Are you ready to become the best toastmaster in town and to unlock all the achievements? Enjoy!Use the left mouse button or your finger to use tools and ingredients.Yummy Toast is created by Go Panda Games, an indie developer studio based in South Surabaya, Indonesia. They have many other games. Play the delicious Yummy Waffle Ice Cream, Cooking Korean Lesson, the hilarious Funny Pet Haircut, Funny Nose Surgery, funny-rescue-zookeeper, funny-pet-rescue and the amazing Hipster vs Rockers on Poki!

Very Neat Parking

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Here you can play Very Neat Parking. Very Neat Parking is one of our selected Puzzle Games.

Pogo Run

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Pogo Run is a game where you have to race others on your pogo stick! Make sure to dodge all the obstacles that are thrown in your way, and beat the other 4 players to the finish. Racing in Pogo Run is based on a knock out system. If you finish last, the game is over. Every round (4 in total) the last player gets eliminated. Make sure to not finish last in the first 3 games, and win in the last round to win the trophy! At the end of each level there is a target that you can hit for some extra points. Win all your games, earn all the trophies, and become the best Pogo Run player!Move - click / arrowsPogo Run was created by Kiemura, based in Finland. Kiemura is know for games like Piranh.io, Tap Roller, Jump Around and Picky Package.

Papa's Scooperia

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While visiting the big city, you've just lost your luggage and all of your money. Papa Louie comes up with solution to help you get back on your feet: He wants you to stay and run his new ice cream shop in Oniontown! You'll be baking fresh cookies, topping them with scoops of decadent ice cream, and adding delicious toppings and syrups before serving the sundaes to your hungry customers. Can you make Papa Louie's new ice cream restaurant an amazing success?

ZOOM-BE

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ZOOM-BE is a cooperative game where you help two zombie friends escape an evil facility through obstacle filled levels. Use your BRAAIIIIINS and logic to solve all the puzzles, avoid getting caught and most importantly, never leave your friend behind. Some friendships last a lifetime, but some last longer.Move - AD or Left/Right arrow keysJump - W or Up arrow keyKick - S or Down arrow keyZOOM-BE was created by 7Spot Games, a Lithuanian video game developer and publisher. Play their other entertaining games for free on Poki: Duo Vikings, Duo Vikings 2, Duo Vikings 3, Duo Survival, Duo Survival 2, Duo Survival 3, Truck Loader, Truck Loader 2, Truck Loader 3, Truck Loader 4, Truck Loader 5, ZOOM-BE 2, ZOOM-BE 3 and BoxRob

Pegball FRVR

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Pegball FRVR - Hit the ball and score a goal!

Parkour Race

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Parkour Race is a 3D running game developed by Madbox. Take control of your stickman and race against the crowd. You can run, dash or jump from rooftop to rooftop! Run over the glowing speed bumpers to gain momentum and do vaults and flips to show off your style. There are daily challenges, power-ups, and even glamorous accessories for you to create a stickman that looks like no other. Take your running game to next level with Parkour Race!Move Left - A or Left arrow key Move Right - D or Right arrow keyParkour Race was created by Madbox. Play their other games on Poki: Idle Ants and Stickman Hook

Semantle

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Each guess must be a word. Semantle will tell you how semantically similar it thinks your word is to the secret word. Unlike that other word game, it's not about the spelling; it's about the meaning. The similarity value comes from Word2vec. The highest possible similarity is 100 (indicating that the words are identical and you have won). The lowest in theory is -100, but in practice it's around -34. By "semantically similar", I mean, roughly "used in the context of similar words, in a database of news articles." Secret words may be any part of speech, but will always be single words. It's tempting to think only of nouns, since that is how normal semantic word-guessing games work. Don't get caught in the trap! Since our Word2vec data set contains some proper nouns, guesses are case-sensitive. But I removed all but lower-case words from the secret word set, and if your word matches the secret word but for case, you win anyway. So if you want to know if the word is more like nice or Nice, you can ask about both. The "Getting close" indicator tells you how close you are --if your word is one of the 1,000 nearest normal words to the target word, the rank will be given (1000 is the target word itself). If your word is not one of the nearest 1000, you're "cold". (By "normal" words", I mean non-capitalized words that appears in a very large English word list; there are lots of capitalized, misspelled, or obscure words that might be close but that won't get a ranking. Those get marked with "????"). You will need more than six guesses. You will probably need dozens of guesses. There's a new word every day, where a day starts at midnight UTC or 19:00 your time.

Brain Dozer

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Brain Dozer is a puzzle game created by DrMop. Use your logic and common sense to solve the tricky riddles presented by the game. There are many questions waiting to challenge your brain and improve your problem-solving skills. Think on your feet and outside the box to pass some of the more challenging levels. When you are lost, feel free to use the hint button at the top to get help. Brain Dozer is the ultimate puzzle game to give our brains the exercise it needs.Use your left mouse button to interact with the puzzle elements. Click the magnifying glass above to display hints.Brain Dozer is created by the UK-based game developer DrMop. Play his other games for free on Poki: Monster Mash, Solitaire Golf, Wordsmith, Wordy Pop, Tri Peaks and Solitaire Reverse.

Top Chef Hero 2

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Top Chef Hero 2 is a 2D idle restaurant game created by From the Bench. Manage your own culinary business and make delicious dishes and desserts from all over the world! Hire great chefs and help them produce pies, pizzas, burgers, vegetarian dishes, and desserts. Enjoy managing your happy employees and become the best restaurant in town!Activate employee or turbo boost - Left clickTop Chef Hero 2 is created by From the Bench. This is their first game on Poki!

Kogama: Crazy Parkour

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Jump and climb through very tricky obstacle courses! In Kogama: Crazy Parkour, you must avoid all of the poisonous blocks. You can touch the white checkpoint flags to save your progress. Leap and slide as you discover the path to victory!

Koxo.io

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Koxo.io - Kill your enemies with a cannonball in the Koxo arena! Launch your chain and learn to control the ball.

Cubies

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Cubies is a puzzle platforrm game where you must help the cubies collect all their younglings in each level and get to the finish line! Each level has new obstacles and features which will make your job of collecting all the cubies a little more difficult but definitely more fun! There are elevators, invisible paths, disappearing blocks and so much more for you to discover! If you ever are feeling a little competitive, hop into the 1v1 mode where you can challenge your friend to see who can claim the most area in the arena! Can you collect them all?

Barbershop Inc.

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Barbershop Inc. is an idle game where you run your own barbershop. You start with a single chair, from which you can grow your own barbershop empire. Start out by upgrading your chair, clipper and comb to earn more money for each haircut. If you make enough, you can buy an extra chair! Unlock new hair styles for your customers, hire a manager to get more people in your shop, and keep growing. Once you've earned enough money, you can even go outside and open a new shop!Barbershop Inc. was created by Zonda Creative Studio, this is their second game on Poki after releasing crane-madness!

Doggo Clicker

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Doggo Clicker is an idle clicker game where you must click on your dog to make them happier! There are tons of different upgrades you can get to increase the amount of clicks you make - from a basic paper mouse all the way up to the Dog God! You can also get some cool accessories for the dog like a crown for your head or shoes for you paws! Once you hit level 100, you can prestige to earn even more bark coins per click to get stronger! Let's see you and your friend take over!

Sparky

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Turn everyday objects into wacky inventions & discover your inventor alter ego with the help of Google AI. Google Arts & Culture Lab Artist in residence Lex Fefegha created this playful experiment to spark creative thought and connection to inventors of the past whose ideas have changed our daily lives.

lostgamer.io

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Lostgamer tests your gaming geography skills. Dropped into a gaming world, you must use your surroundings to locate your position and get a high score!

Squish Run

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Squish Run is an arcade platformer where you let your powerful fists break open the obstacles in your path and avoid the impending squish machine. Your objective is to smash everything in your way whether it's a monster or a brick wall so you can escape the terrible squishy fate. Play alone or co-op locally with a friend to experience this fast-paced thrill. Collect coins and spend them on unlocking new cool and colorful characters. Can you finish every level in Squish Run?Move - Left/Right arrow keysJump - Up arrow keyPunch - M or SpacebarSquish Run was created by Brad Erkkila. Play their other casual and entertaining puzzle games on Poki: Space Thing, Squish Machine, Castle Pals, and Flipchamps Dual StrikeYou can play Squish Run for free on Poki.Squish Run can be played on your computer and mobile devices like phones and tablets.

Quordle

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Put your skills to the test and solve four words at once! You have 9 guesses to solve all four words. A new Quordle available each day to solve.

Zip by LinkedIn

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Complete the path.

Obby Tag

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Get ready for double the excitement with Obby Tag, an online multiplayer game with the thrilling fusion of two of your favorite games: Obby and Tag! Your mission? Tag the player with the crown to steal it and hold the crown to build up points! Race through the obstacles, touch the lightning blocks to run and climb faster, and avoid the orange blocks and caution blocks. Don't forget to use power-ups to help catch the crown! Play Obby Tag with your friends now! Can you master all four arenas?

Stickman Escape

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Stickman Escape is a puzzle platform game where you control two stickman friends trying to escape the facility that they are confined in. All you have to do is control the blue person and collect the blue key, and take over the red person and grab the red key. Simple, right? Well, it's harder than you think. There are security guards, cameras, drones, lasers, vats of acid you can fall into, and much more. There are also other prisoners that you can rescue and unlock the costumes of. In fact, you can unlock a multitude of skins and accessories to keep the game fresh. Don't forget to visit the Lucky Wheel to earn some free cash while you're at it. We know you have the skill it takes to escape. Go!Move - WASD or Arrow keysInteract/Use - GSwitch character - FZoom out - ZPause - ESCStickman Escape was created by PEGASUS. Play their other game on Poki: Stickman Go!You can play Stickman Escape for free on Poki.Stickman Escape can be played on your computer.

Escape Underground

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An atmospheric journey where a robot is searching for a way out of the underground. This is a game that takes place in a dark and atmospheric environment. The main protagonist, a robot, is thrown deep under the earth’s surface by an alien sentinel. From that moment on, he starts to search for a way out of there. It will not be easy though, since he has to face numerous challenges along the way. This robot will move from left to right, jump over obstacles, climb, push certain objects and solve all sorts of puzzles, by dealing with switches, elevators, lasers and other guns. Making contact with any of the traps will kill him instantly, sending him back to the previous checkpoint. Alien sentinels will slow him down and even kill him if spotted on their way. The journey may be a short one, but it would be worth it.

Yummy Cupcake

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Yummy Cupcake is a simulation game where you own a cafe and prepare delicious treats and desserts for your customers. Do you have a sweet tooth? Then this is the game for you. Start by cleaning up the run-down shop and pick up the litter. And don't forget to recycle them for the good of the environment! Wipe and fix the broken tables, and then you can start to bake some cute cupcakes! All your ingredients are in front of you to choose from. This is where you showcase your creativity and sense of flavor. Make sure all of your customers are happy with their purchase. Share the sweet treats you've made in Yummy Cupcake with your friends and inspire each other's creativity!Click or tap on a dessert or kitchen tool to equip it. Then tap or drag on the area you want to use it on.Yummy Cupcake is created by Go Panda Games, an indie developer studio based in South Surabaya, Indonesia. They have many other cute games on Poki: Funny Kitty Haircut, TicToc Summer Fashion, Tictoc KPOP Fashion, Funny Puppy Emergency, Yummy Taco, Funny Cooking Camp, Funny Camping Day, Funny Travelling Airport, Funny Throat Surgery 2, Yummy Waffle Ice Cream, Cooking Korean Lesson, Funny Pet Haircut, Funny Puppy Dressup, Funny Kitty Dressup, Funny Nose Surgery, and Hipster vs RockersYou can play Yummy Cupcake for free on Poki.Yummy Cupcake can be played on your computer and mobile devices like phones and tablets.

Escape From School

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Your day at school is finally over, but you've found yourself stuck in detention! How will you enjoy your free time now? There's only one thing to do: Escape the School! Make your way through trap-filled ventilations shafts, classrooms and hallways and don't get caught! Gather as many chocolate bars as you can, you can use these to buy new outfits! Don't worry if you get stuck, there are always power-ups around to help you out! Can you escape the mean principal and make it out of the school?

ArithmeticA

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Arithmetica is a puzzle game where you solve math questions in a fast-paced manner. Simply click or tap on the correct number to the equation on your screen. Each fast correct answer will increase your timer. When the timer runs out, you will lose the game! So you must solve these problems as fast as possible to maximize your score. Play Arithmetica every day to improve your math skills and exercise your brain. How many math questions can you solve in one minute?Click or tap on the correct number to the equation swiftly. Each fast correct answer will increase your timer. When your timer runs out, you will lose the game.Arithmetica is created by Eidosk. Play their other skill games on Poki: Fast Typer, Fast Typer 2, and Fast Typer 3

SatisBox

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Here you can play SatisBox. SatisBox is one of our selected .

Tanx

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Here you can play Tanx. Tanx is one of our selected Tank Games.

Gartic.io

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Draw the secret word in Gartic.io! This thinking game lets you play with up to 49 other artists. When it's your turn, you can use many different colors in your painting. Choose a category, such as animals, food, or jobs!

Poki Summer Fashion Dress Up

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Beautify your lady from head to toe in Poki Summer Fashion Dress Up! You will start by choosing a voluminous, fashionable hairdo. Then, you can accessorize with a matching hat. After putting on dazzling jewelry, try on chic outfits. You can change the color of every item!

Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack

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Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack is a platform game where you're on an adventure to save Papa Louie's customers from the Infamous Onion Ring. Your customers have been turned into gooey pizza monsters, and they need you and your kitchen equipment to save them. Grab your trusty paddle and pepper bombs and clear one of 12 stages containing pizza monsters! Drop by Big Pauly to stock up on pepper bombs in exchange of coins. Do you feel the Pizza Panic?Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack was developed in 2006 by Flipline Studios, an American game development team. Later, it was ported to HTML5 by AwayFL. Check out their other legendary games on Poki: Papa's Burgeria, Papa's Freezeria, Papa's Pizzeria, and Papa's Taco MiaThere are four main world, and they each consist of three stages. There are a total of 12 stages in the game: Multigrain fields, Pasta Jungle, Tomato Sauce City, and Mine Field.Sergeant Crushida Pepper, or Sarge, the main antagonist, and also the master of all of the enemies in the game.You can play Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack for free on Poki.Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack is only playable on your computer for now.

Office Manager

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Here you can play Office Manager. Office Manager is one of our selected Management Games.

Gold Digger FRVR

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Start mining and get tons of gold in the best free digging game ever! Can you become the speleology tycoon?

Semantle Junior

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Try to guess the secret word! Semantle Junior works just like Semantle, but with easier words. Each guess must be a word. Semantle will tell you how semantically similar it thinks your word is to the secret word. Unlike that other word game, it's not about the spelling; it's about the meaning. The similarity value comes from Word2vec. The highest possible similarity is 100 (indicating that the words are identical and you have won). The lowest in theory is -100, but in practice it's around -34. By "semantically similar", I mean, roughly "used in the context of similar words, in a database of news articles." Secret words may be any part of speech, but will always be single words. It's tempting to think only of nouns, since that is how normal semantic word-guessing games work. Don't get caught in the trap! Since our Word2vec data set contains some proper nouns, guesses are case-sensitive. But I removed all but lower-case words from the secret word set, and if your word matches the secret word but for case, you win anyway. So if you want to know if the word is more like nice or Nice, you can ask about both. The "Getting close" indicator tells you how close you are --if your word is one of the 1,000 nearest normal words to the target word, the rank will be given (1000 is the target word itself). If your word is not one of the nearest 1000, you're "cold". (By "normal" words", I mean non-capitalized words that appears in a very large English word list; there are lots of capitalized, misspelled, or obscure words that might be close but that won't get a ranking. Those get marked with "????"). You will need more than six guesses. You will probably need dozens of guesses. There's a new word every day, where a day starts at midnight UTC or 19:00 your time.

Wordle Time Traveler

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Come to Wordle Time Traveler to review vocabulary with a crossword puzzle with 6 attempts. Find and fill in the meaningful words in the remaining blanks. In Wordle Time Traveler, the player will have 6 attempts. Based on the letters below, fill in the meaningful words in the blanks. After you press the Enter button you will know if it is correct or not through the color green, yellow or gray. Green is correct, yellow is misplaced and gray is absent. It has the same gameplay as other Wordle games. Before pressing the Enter button you can correct the letter in the blank box you filled in before, but after pressing the button, you can only fill in the remaining cells. The game is very interesting and worth a try. This is a way for you to practice English and remember vocabulary longer.

Czech National Library

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Piece together Czech National Library puzzles with family and friends.

Palace Museum

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Solve Palace Museum puzzles with family and friends.

Summer Fashion Makeover

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Summer Fashion Makeover is a simulation game where you help one of your friends get ready for a fun day at the beach. Help her prepare by assisting with some clean-up using facial scrubs and beauty products, then choose from a wide collection of eyeliners, eyeshadows, foundations, lipsticks, and more! Make your friend look stylish on her special beach day. Once your friend is ready, show the world what a great stylist you are!Click or tap on an outfit or accessory to put it on. You must choose the items shown to you earlier in the game. If you can't remember which ones are correct, feel free to get a hint.Summer Fashion Makeover is created by Go Panda Games, an indie developer studio based in South Surabaya, Indonesia. They have many other cute games on Poki: TicToc Summer Fashion, Tictoc KPOP Fashion, Funny Puppy Emergency, Yummy Taco, Funny Cooking Camp, Funny Camping Day, Funny Travelling Airport, Funny Throat Surgery 2, Yummy Waffle Ice Cream, Cooking Korean Lesson, Funny Pet Haircut, Funny Puppy Dressup, Funny Kitty Dressup, Funny Nose Surgery, and Hipster vs RockersYou can play Summer Fashion Makeover for free on Poki.Summer Fashion Makeover can be played on your computer and mobile devices like phones and tablets.

Chortle

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Chortle is a fun puzzle game where the player must correctly guess 4 5-letter words after 4 tries. Test your patience and test your thinking. In the spirit of encouraging musicians by Hamilton, Chortle was born to help him and his players review the vocabulary needed for new songs. Just type the letter in, then press Enter, the color of the cells will change to show how close you are to the word. Green indicates that the letter is in the correct position. Yellow indicates that the letter is present but in the wrong place. Gray indicates that the letter is not in the word. Please correct it on the next attempt.

Kawaii Dress-Up

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Kawaii Dress-Up is a cute dress-up game where you get to create and customize unlimited amounts of stylish characters. Launch the game and start wearing your favorite clothing. Customize all aspects of your character from skin, hair, facial features, clothes, and more! You also have many colors and patterns to choose from! Once you're happy with your creation, tap the button on the left to save it to your device. Go ahead and show us how creative you can be! Are you ready to be the mose famous fashionista in town?Click or tap on an item/color to equip or unequip it. Tap on the top-left button to randomize your character. Tap the the button below to save your creation.Kawaii Dress-Up is developed by ARF Games. They have other amazing games on Poki: Dungeons & Dress-Ups, Bearsus, and Stick FighterYou can play Kawaii Dress-Up for free on Poki.Kawaii Dress-Up is playable on your computer and mobile devices such as phones and tablets.

Eugene's Life

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Eugene's Life is a platform game created by Gametornado. Immerse yourself in a colorful plasticine world! You are a clay character who is tasked with saving the world. Inflate yourself, jump, squeeze and bounce to get through dangerous obstacles. Use your brain to solve simple yet challenging puzzles to get to the final flag. There are a variety of tools, machines, mechanisms, gear boxes, springs, levers and much more in this game. Are you ready for this epic elastic adventure?Move - A/D or Left/Right arrowsInflate - W or Upwards arrowDescent - S or Downwards arrowEugene's Life was created by Gametornado. Play their other legendary games on Poki: Short Life, Short Life 2, Short Ride, Rio Rex, Parkour Jump, Lucky Life, Death Chase, Bow Mania and Jelly Cat

Draw Parking

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Get ready for a creative puzzle adventure with Draw Parking! In this exciting online game, you'll use your imagination to draw paths and safely guide cars to their parking lot spots. From avoiding obstacles to solving tricky puzzles, Draw Parking combines creativity and precision for a fun and engaging experience. It's not just about parking—it's about mastering the art of drawing paths and tackling challenges like a pro!

Paper Block

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Paper Block offers a fun challenge as you need to put different shapes of blocks in the right place to solve puzzles! Exercise your spatial awareness to envision the perfect fit for each block, discovering surprising ways to form unique shapes. Feel stuck? Simply tap the hints button for help! With over 100 puzzles to conquer, can you crack them all and master the art of block puzzling?

Phrazle

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Test your thinking ability by guessing a multi-word phrase in Phrazle with 6 tries. The colors displayed will indicate its level of accuracy. Phrazle is a fun puzzle game with the wordle theme, where players will have to use their thinking and intelligence to find English phrases with appropriate meanings. After entering their prediction, players will know its accuracy through the color of the letters displayed. Here, 3 colors correspond to 3 levels of its accuracy, which are green, yellow, and gray. With green letters it means that the player has correctly filled in the letters in the crossword and they are in the correct position. With yellow letters, it appears in the word but is in the wrong place. With gray letters, they do not appear in the word. Please change the words accordingly to get the correct answer.

Hangman

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Hangman is the digital version of your favorite letter guessing game. Concentrate, get ready to think on your feet and enjoy this timeless classic!Try to guess the word or the phrase by choosing one letter at a time.Hangman was created by MarketJS. They are known for games like Ludo Hero and Math Trivia Live, both playable here on Poki!

The mission of camac

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Here you can play The mission of camac. The mission of camac is one of our selected Platform Games.

Twofer Goofers

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Twofer Goofers are pairs of rhyming words that form a nonsensical phrase. Use the clue to find the rhyme and solve the puzzle.

Crafters Inc: Tycoon Empire

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Here you can play Crafters Inc: Tycoon Empire. Crafters Inc: Tycoon Empire is one of our selected Clicker Games.

Guess Word

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In Guess Word, players will have 6 chances to find a 4-letter word. Pay attention to the color of the letter after each prediction. Guess Word is an addictive puzzle game in which players will have to use their entire vocabulary to find a mysterious 4-letter word. It's a basic English word but you won't have any clue on the first try. You can only randomly guess one meaningful word on the first try. But then, you will know whether it is accurate or not and how accurate it is in this game through the color of each crossword. The letters that turn green are the correct letters. The yellow text boxes are letters that appear in the word but are in a different position. The remaining letters are letters that do not appear in the word. Think carefully to come up with the correct answer in the least number of tries possible.