Armchair Sports

Straightforward pool on a proper physics table, against an opponent who punishes a lazy break immediately.

Miniclip's pool game, still the default way to lose imaginary money to a stranger in another country at half past two.

One-button basketball in which the players, the ball and the court are all changed at random between points, deliberately.

Run a basketball franchise through thirty simulated seasons in an afternoon: drafts, trades, contracts and ageing, all free.

Two-on-two street basketball stripped back to dunking, blocking and a shot meter you will consistently misjudge.

The official fantasy football game: free, enormous, and the reason several million people care deeply about a Wolves fixture.

Drive a golf ball absurd distances, upgrade the swing, repeat until the ball is leaving the atmosphere entirely.

Football management one week at a time since 1997, with a transfer market and an economy run entirely by other managers.

One golf hole a day, built to look trivial and then take nine attempts, with a score everybody can compare.

Proper miniature golf courses with believable putting physics and no time pressure applied at any point.

Penalty shootouts through a whole tournament, against a keeper who reads your run-up better than you would like.

Pixel American football hiding a full franchise manager behind six-second passing plays. Has ruined more workdays than it should have.

Two-legged football played with a single key, in which the physics engine scores most of the actual goals.

Fast three-a-side football with sliding tackles and a World Cup bracket you can win inside a tea break.

Ask a sports question in plain English and get the actual numbers back with a chart. Ends pub arguments in about four seconds.

Crazy golf on a floating landscape that unfolds into a new course between shots. Worth playing for the transitions alone.

The same deep management sim rebuilt for American football, baseball and hockey, all free and all running in the browser.