If your Internet connection is not always the best, or you’re preparing for a ride somewhere and you know you won’t have any WiFi, but would still love to relax a bit by playing a game, then these best offline games for Chromebook are for you.
Online games are particularly fun, but they’re not always feasible, especially if you’re traveling or you just don’t have a working Internet connection for one reason or another.
So, if you’re just starting out, and wondering if you can download games on Chromebook, then you should know the answer is “yes,” mostly thanks to the fact that pretty much anything you can do on Chrome, you can do on a Chromebook. Recently, some Chromebooks have received the capability to also install Android apps, including games, but we’re going to ignore those for this round because not all Chromebooks have support for the Play Store and we’re not recommending any of the roundabout ways of getting them installed either.
So if you’re looking for Chrome games that work offline, then this is the place to start. It includes some of the best Chromebook games of 2017, as well as some of the best Chromebook games of 2016, like Cut the Rope. Unfortunately, for those looking for Chromebook games like Minecraft, you’ll have to look at little deeper, because none qualified for our list. Worst case scenario, you can also play with the no-WiFi game dinosaur and see what score you get.
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You can also check out our 11 best offline apps for Chromebook and Chrome OS and see what you can find there to do while you’re offline.
That being said, in order to create our list today, we had to make sure we were only dealing with apps, and not webpages since those wouldn’t work without an Internet connection. Then, we wanted these apps to have at least 3 stars or more so we know they are loved by users. We took into consideration the number of stars they received, as well as the number of reviews they got, and the number of downloads, as well as just what percentage of people who downloaded the app bothered to leave a review. In the end, we tallied up the points and came up with the final results. Hopefully, you’ll be able to find one game to enjoy on our list today.
Without further ado, here are the 13 best offline games for Chromebook.
13. Desert Swarm
Score: 8
With 4.14 stars, Desert Swarm takes over the last spot on the list of best offline games for Chromebook. This is a rather new game, with just a few thousand players, but they all seem to enjoy the game. This is a game with a minimalistic aproach in design.
You play as a lone tank commander who has to protect the world from an alien invasion. It’s a modern arcade game that claims to be inspired by classics such as Pacman and Space Invaders. Looking at the design, that’s not hard to figure out.
There are seven different levels to play at this point, and the nice part about the game is that the levels change every time you play them. Each alien race comes with unique challenges, so enjoy your game.
12. Marbelous
Score: 10
Next up on our list of the best offline games for Chromebook we have Marbelous, a mini RPG. In the game you control a marble through a course that becomes more and more difficult as you progress through the levels.
Currently, there are some 30 levels and you’ll have to beat all of them to reach the last “boss level” before doing your victory dance. You can change the difficulty level on the go if you’re looking for more or less of a challenge.
11. Contranoid
Score: 10
If you’d like to try out chaotic game that’s a mix-up between Pong, Tetris and Arkanoid, then Contranoid is the game for you. You can choose to play it alone, or with another friend on the same device. That you need to do is control a slider and bounce around a ball, trying to win over as much space as possible in order to beat your opponent.
It’s a black and white game that brings up some cool background music and low FPS to mimic the old days of gaming. It barely takes up any harddrive space and it hasn’t been updated in a couple of years. Not like it’s ne cessary, of course, given the simplicity of the game.
A warning, though: if you have a quick temper, this may not be the best game for you as it can become frustrating quite fast.
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10. Happy Friday
Score: 10
With 3.7 stars, Happy Friday is a rather popular game, with over 240,000 downloads thus far, even though it hasn’t been out for a veyr long time. In the game you’ll follow Prim on an epic trip through colorful lands as he tries to recover some donuts a dragon stole from him. You’ll get to run around, roll, jump and smash various things in the environment.
It’s a very fun game, but it’s nothing you haven’t seen thus far if you’ve played a few games here and there. It is pleasant, however, and it will help you both relax and feel as if you’ve achieved something when you get to the end of it all.
9. Swoop
Score: 10
If you’ve enjoyed the titles on our list of the best offline games for Chromebook thus far, you’re certainly going to like this one too because it takes you up in the air.
Swoop is a game that has you controlling a colorful biplane, soaring above a beautiful island. The goal is to pick as many gems as you can in order to get a higher score; all before your fuel runs out and you have to land. You’ll get to use the space bar and mouse to control the plane, or you can use your fingers if the device has a touchscreen.
The game hasn’t been updated in a while, but it still performs great.
8. Tank Riders
Score: 14
Tank Riders is a game that’s been around for a few years, especially since it hasn’t received an update for the past four years. Regardless, Tank Riders still performs well.
As the name suggests, this is a 3D tank battle game with pretty cool graphics and fast-paced action. You’ll get not only to shoot things left and right, but also to explore the environment.
7. Free Rider HD Offline Editor
Score: 14
This next title on our list of the best offline games for Chromebook takes things a step further. Not only will you be able to play a cool game, but you’ll also get to draw it.
In short, you’ll get to fiddle around with numerous editor features, adding staight lines, and circles, and whatever else you think might be cool, and then you get to try the course out. This is all pretty cool, and with over 292,000 downloads and 4.33 stars, it’s clear many people agree.
6. Entanglement
Score: 15
Much as the name suggests, Entanglement is a puzzle game that has you trying to create as long a path as you possibly can by rotating hexagonal tiles etched with paths. You need to find a way to do this for as long as possible without running into a wall.
The game comes with a free trial, but if you want the full game you’ll need to shell out a few bucks.
5. 2048
Score: 16
If you lived through the 2048 craze from 2014, then you probably know what to expect from this game, which unsurprisingly also landed among the best offline games for Chromebook. You have to move the numbered tiles around, merging them until you reach 2048, although if you can go higher than this, more power to you. You need a lot of patience, a bit of luck and loads of strategy.
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4. Funky Karts
Score: 18
Up next is Funky Karts, a game that’s still very much getting attention from the developers, as it received its most recent update in early November.
The overall goal of the game is to save your missing frind. You do this by riding acute cart around, dodging obstacles, smashing robots, and collecting coins that will make it easier for you to buy new karts. When you find maps, you can unlock new characters. So far, tehre are 56 levels.
The game has been downloaded over half a million times and there are over 1,500 reviews, with the overall score being 4.47 stars.
3. Solitaire
Score: 21
If you have ever had a regular PC, it’s impossible you have never ever played Solitaire on it, as it comes as a default game on Windows. Now, with this cute app, it’s also possible to play Solitaire on your Chromebook. The cool part about this is that it’s not just the classic Solitaire you’re able to play, but also FreeCell, Spider Four Suits, Klondike, and more.
There are over 750,000 downloads and a total score of 4.55 stars from over 6,100 reviews.
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2. Cut the Rope
Score: 21
Cut the Rope is perhaps one of the most famous device apps and it’s particularly cool that you can also play it on your smartphone, not just your computer.
The purpose of the game is figuring out when and where to cut the rope on the dangling candy to make it reach the hungry little character that’s waiting for you to feed him. This game received multiple awards over the years, and the graphics will certainly entice you to play. It has over 1.2 million downloads on Chrome alone, and a score of 4.45 stars from over 5,300 reviewers.
1. Link All
Score: 24
Finally, at the top of our list of best offline games for Chromebook, we have Link All. This is a puzzle game that has an average score of 4.8 stars from over 3,700 reviews. The puzzle game challenges you to create a path vising all the nodes it indicates you need to reach. There are plenty of interesting elements in the game that will cure you of boredom, especially as each level becomes more challenging than the one before.
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That being said, these have been the 13 best offline games for Chromebook.
