Solitaire
That’s right, you can play a full game of solitaire, right inside Google. You don’t need to click any links or download any apps. It is one of Google’s many Easter eggs, hiding there till you stumble upon it.
The single-player game works exactly like the classic Windows Solitaire game you’ve played on the computer. Match the cards in chronological order, alternating between reds and blacks. The end purpose is to to separate each suit.
Tic-Tac-Toe
As I searched to find when Google introduced Solitaire, the results showed Solitaire wasn’t the only one. Google also hid a Tic-Tac-Toe game in its search results.
You can play as the cross or the circle, but know that the cross gets the first turn. Google has different skill settings for the game, so you can start easy and advance to the “impossible” level.
Unlike Solitaire, Tic-Tac-Toe in real life has always been a game between two people. The Google version is no different. Play against a friend mode lets you dispense of pen and paper, playing Tic-Tac-Toe on your screen with someone next to you. And yes, like Solitaire, this one is flawless even on mobile screens.
By the way, if you’re at a party, the better way is to play Tic Tac Toe on a TV with Chromecast. Like a grand battle royale!
Pac-Man
Google has taken the classic Pac-Man game, but reinvented the maze with the Google letters. And in the process, it’s made Pac-Man more challenging than ever before.
Like always, the aim is to move your yellow Wakka-Wakka man around, eating all the dots. Avoid the four ghosts who are out to kill you. Eating a large dot turns the ghosts blue for a short time, at which point you can eat the ghosts too.
Because of the shape of the letters, the maze has some tricky corners. It is not as straightforward as the classic Pac-Man, so you’ll need to maneuver carefully. It’s probably best to play this on a computer keyboard with the arrow keys; it was difficult playing it on a phone by swiping for directional changes.
Snake
The Chinese New Year in 2013 was the Year of the Snake. To welcome it, Google developed a playable doodle of the classic Snake game, but with a few improvements.
Use the arrow keys to move the snake around, eating things in its path. But you need to pay attention to what you’re eating. Some food will make you grow longer; other food will make you move slower. But avoid objects like dynamite because… well, you know.
Google’s Snake isn’t playable on mobile screens, which is a huge disappointment. But it’s still a wonderful game, only made better with the background score inspired by traditional Chinese music.
Atari Breakout
Brick-breaker games will never go out of style. Heck, game developers are still reinventing the classic brick-breaker today. Google has quietly tipped its hat to the grand-daddy of these games, Atari’s Breakout.
Searching for it in Google Images will activate a neat animation. All the photos jumble up to form a line of bricks, and magically, a paddle and a ball appear at the bottom. Start breaking the bricks, using the paddle to keep the ball from falling off the screen.
Finish the game and Google will run a new search of a beautiful location, making bricks out of it. And then your next game starts, breaking those bricks of gorgeous places. More fun on the computer than a phone, but hey, it’s entertaining either way.
A Google a Day
Usually, trivia games and quizzes implore you not to search the question on Google. A Google a Day proudly lets you search, and makes the game about speed and your ability to use Google search wisely.
Every day, the site poses three trivia questions. The window is split into two halves. The question appears in the bottom half of the screen, with a Google search window in the top half. Once you see the question, use the top half to search for the answer using the right keywords. It’s all a way to improve your Google search skills.
A Google a Day gets tougher with every day of the week. The quiz on Monday is the easiest, and quizzes on Thursday and Friday take some serious Googling abilities to crack. It makes the perfect homepage for your browser, as you will learn something new every day.
Spooky Cat
It’s not unanimous, but most people recommend the Halloween 2016 Doodle, the Spooky Cat game. And I have to agree, it’s fantastic — especially on mobile.
Help Momo the cat defend the magical secrets of her school from a bunch of evil ghosts. Above each ghost is a shape. Draw the shape on your screen to kill the ghost. Do it fast, before the ghosts reach Momo and take one of her five lives.
Spooky Cat has only five levels, so you will finish the game soon. But it’s so well-made that you will want to keep playing it over and over. Lovely animations, great sound effects, and addictive gameplay — this one is a winner.
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