Whatever you think about Google, the search engine demon from long ago does have a sense of humour and good taste in design. Google has accumulated an incredible collection of hidden games throughout the years, many of which were initially released in conjunction with anniversaries but are still playable today. All of Google’s platforms, including Google Search, Assistant, and the Google Android app, have hidden games and Easter eggs. Wherever it can locate them, Google has compiled the greatest hidden games into one list.

In honour of its 19th birthday, Google released a Doodle two years ago that inspired some of its previous Easter egg games and quizzes. You may spin by Googling for “Google birthday surprise spinner.”

Play Snake

A “Play Snake” card appears at the top of search results for the terms “snake,” “play snake,” “snake game,” and “snake video game.” The game will start when you click “Play,” allowing players to move the snake across the screen to devour an apple. It has a resemblance to the 1998 game of the same name that was made for Nokia phones.

Play Atari Breakout in Google Images

Want to put an end to boredom? You’ve finally arrived at the correct location, though. Start the game by searching for “Atari Breakout” on Google Images. Anyone who likes “oldies but goldies” style video games will find this easy to play, and it will bring back some fond memories. To destroy every picture, you may use your mouse or the arrow keys on your computer to move around the paddle.

Quick, Draw!

Playing a Pictionary-style game with a synthetic AI seems a little gloomy, but it doesn’t take away from its interesting nature. With Google Draw, you get 20 seconds to sketch a certain thing, such as a hockey puck, snowflake, or bee, and the AI will keep speculating as to what you’re creating.

Soccer

A friendly game of football is always a good idea, and nothing is more lazy and informal than this Doodle from 2012. It was created back in 2012. All you have to do is control a goalie as an AI player fires shots in your goal’s direction. With the mouse, you may move left and right inside the goal. To make those aerial shots, click to leap. You may spend seconds to hours (but, more realistically, minutes) idling away in this entertaining clicker with a football theme since there are endless pictures available to you.

Marshmallow Land

Google joined in on the action back when Flappy Bird was still a big deal, launching their version of the game with attractive Google visuals and a more polished appearance. The game is still there, hidden in the system, but it is no longer playable through the default Android UI of Android Nougat. You must install Nova Launcher and set it as your default home screen launcher to unlock it. After that, press and hold a vacant area on your home screen, choose Widgets, and then press and hold the Activities symbol until it shows up.

Basketball Game

Let’s face it, most of us have been Googling for a while, so you might recall this little buried treasure from 2012. Launched in honour of the 2012 Summer Olympics, this straightforward basketball game features players shooting baskets from a variety of distances. To enhance the force of your throw, simply hold down the mouse button; the secret is to locate the sweet spot where the ball will fall through the hoop. As the game goes on, you’ll have to throw from farther and farther away to score as many points as you can in the allotted time.

Magic Cat Academy

This charmingly hand-drawn, entertaining Google game about a spell-casting cat warding off an infinite swarm of incorporeal ghosties transports us back to Halloween 2016. The gameplay of Magic Cat Academy is rather basic: you stand amid several levels and draw lines to expel ghosts by matching the symbols over their heads. The action starts up rapidly, and you’ll soon find yourself caught up in a never-ending torrent of ethereal devastation. In addition to regaining health by swiping a heart-shaped icon anywhere on the screen, there are five levels altogether. Wishing you luck!

Great Ghoul Duel

Although Google has a vast library of games, none of them offer a fully immersive online multiplayer experience as of now. Great Ghoul Duel is similar to an overactive Pacman game in that you and your allies go through eerie graveyards, libraries, and other settings while gathering little fires to bring back to your base. Whichever squad has the most flames wins! The added benefit is that gathering flames gives your ghost a tail, which the other team may glide into, seize, and return to their base. You can invite your loved ones to participate in games that you organise.

Garden Gnomes

Google released a Doodle featuring garden gnomes on June 10, 2018, in observance of Garden Day in Germany. By clicking this Doodle, you will launch gnomes as far as you can using a trebuchet-like device in this cleverly engaging game. Although that sounds a little harsh, it’s similar to Angry Birds, and you never heard them complain.

Solitaire

You may play patience on Google, did you know that? You can play the popular card-matching game, which many of you will have played on your first computer, right from Google Search. Simply enter “solitaire” into Google Search and press the Enter key. You are playing the same old game that you have always played: stacking cards with alternating colours and in declining order. It also has a beautiful aesthetic with a hint of Google’s design flair.

Flight Simulator

Even after all these years, Google Earth is still sort of amazing since it allows you to travel quickly throughout the globe and magnify almost anything, wherever in the world. Even better, Google Earth comes with an integrated flight simulator that allows you to take genuine airline trips across the globe. If you own a joystick, you may even select between flying an F-16 or SR22 jet while playing. We also recommend turning on 3D buildings so you can see places like San Francisco (shown) in all of their 3D grandeur, despite their murky texture. On your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer, download and install Google Earth. Then, from the menu, select “Tools -> Enter Flight.”

T-Rex Run

Google is aware that individuals can go insane when they don’t have access to the Internet. Fortunately, Google created this endearing and engaging game in an attempt to prevent aggressive outbursts. Among the more popular hidden games on Google Chrome. Turn off the Wi-Fi on your device or open Chrome when you don’t have access to the Internet to begin playing. Press the Spacebar (or touch it if you’re on a tablet or phone) when you get the “Unable to connect to the Internet” screen with the previously described T-Rex. Prepare yourself, because this game is going to be surprisingly simple. To leap, simply press the space bar repeatedly.

Roll a Die

Google created this one specifically for all of the gamblers out there. To get the big G to roll a die for you, one out of every six, all you have to do is search for “roll a die” or “roll dice.”

With the addition of multi-sided dice, Google has now enhanced its “roll a die” function, one of its most enduring Easter eggs. You can roll as many dice as you like in the updated version. Make your selections and roll each one. Users may now roll 2, 4, 12, and 25-sided dice at once instead of just one six-sided die as they could in the past.

Tic Tac Toe or Terni Lapilli

You may find a game to play with a buddy or on the internet by searching for “tic tac toe” or even “terni lapilli” on Google. It doesn’t matter if you name it Terni Lapilli, as the ancient Romans used to call it. We suggest the impossible difficulty for a challenge.

Spinner & Fidget Spinner

If you type the term “spinner” into the Google homepage search bar, an interactive spinning wheel will come up. Additionally, you will be able to select numbers between 2 and 20.  You may switch the spinner’s kind between number and fidget in the upper right corner. You may see the number spinner by default. You may switch it to the fidget spinner if you’d like. Fans of fidget spinners among us? Then you’re in for a surprise from Google. If you search for “fidget spinner,” you may find the item immediately. The toy will be available for you to spin through the browser. You may spin it in any direction or faster as many times as you’d like.

Play Dreidel

In reference to games and easter eggs, you might enjoy typing “play dreidel” into the search box. If you don’t know, a dreidel is a Jewish take on the teetotum, a gambling toy that is popular throughout Europe. The Hebrew alphabet’s letters ÷† (Nun), ◊í (Gimel), ◊î (He), and ◊© (Shin) are displayed on either side of the dreidel and when combined they spell “◊†◊° ◊í◊ì◊ï◊ú ◊î◊ô◊î ◊©◊ù‎” (Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, which means “a great miracle happened there”). The fact that it is currently a Google game is fantastic.

Zerg Rush

Look up “zerg rush” and defend the SERP results by fighting! A “Zerg rush” is a strategy that involves assembling a low-level or ill-equipped group against an opposing group in the hopes that overwhelming numbers will destroy the enemy, as anybody who has ever played Starcraft will know. An army of Os will be used in a reduced version of a Zerg push when the search is conducted. The Os will accumulate into the letter “GG” after the game is over, and as any gamer knows, that stands for “good game.”

PacMan

Are you prepared for more Easter egg games on Google? To play the game, search for “pac-man” and use the arrow keys.

Carmen Sandiego Google Earth

Enter “Carmen Sandiego” into Google Earth and search for it. If you enjoy animation, you may play the game and solve the clues to follow Carmen Sandiego across the world.

Minesweeper

If you search for the name of the game on Google, the Minesweeper game will appear in search results, much like the Windows game that no one understood how to play.

Click anywhere on the board to begin playing Minesweeper. Click one more square after that. As soon as you see numbers, you should understand that they represent the number of mines that have touched that area. To indicate the locations of suspected explosives, right-click the squares there.

Conway’s Game of Life

This is just another fantastic Google Search Easter Egg. If you just Google “Conway’s Game of Life,” you’ll see several small blue boxes that move around the screen in different ways. Wikipedia describes The Game of Life as a cellular automaton that was developed in 1970 by British mathematician John Horton Conway. Since the “game”‘s development is predicted by its initial condition, it is a zero-player game, requiring no extra input. The Game of Life can be started by creating a configuration and seeing how it evolves, or, for more seasoned “players,” it can be played by creating patterns with specific attributes.

Conclusion

Easter eggs and hidden games may be found in Google Assistant, Google Search, and the Google Android app. Previous Easter egg-themed activities and quizzes were inspired by Google’s 19th birthday Doodle. Hip Hop history, Halloween games, Arpeggios, Clara Rockman’s theremin, Pony Express, exploring the Galapagos Islands, animal noises, Fischinger compositions, and cricket are some of the games that are included in this list. Play like Beethoven and use Google to find hidden games.