Back to Paint Pot Alley
Pigmund's other wall

Eight free games for drying time
between coats of paint

While each coat on the alley walls dries, Pigmund sits on the scaffold and plays one of the eight free browser games he keeps pinned to the bricks. There is a quiet medieval village, two dusty frontiers, a modern war you steer by hand, a football club, a racing team, an airline and a market of rival factories, and most of them keep turning over while the tab is shut.

8games on the drying wall
4that also have an official app
Freeto join, each one
My Little Farmies key art
Made by hand, like a mural

My Little Farmies

Medieval village and workshop sim · Farm, town & zoo

A medieval village that grows the way a mural does, one patient layer at a time. You sow the fields, keep the workshops humming and work each harvest up into finished goods for the townsfolk. Production chains, not battles, push the settlement forward, so nobody ever marches in to spoil what you have made.

Good for
Makers who would sooner craft than fight.
Typical session
A short tidy-up or a long evening
Where it runs
Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Cost
Free to play; optional in-game purchases.
Your first session
  1. Plant the nearest fields before building anything new.
  2. Leave at least one workshop busy when you log off.
  3. Follow one production chain right through to finished goods.
Play My Little Farmies freeOpens mylittlefarmies.upjers.com/en in a new tab

Seven more pinned along the bricks

Online Soccer Manager key artSport & management

Online Soccer Manager

Licensed-club football manager

A real licensed club is yours within minutes of arriving. You settle the formation and the tactics before every fixture, haggle on the transfer market, scout promising youngsters and go up against a league of managers who are real people at their own screens.

  • A few minutes either side of a fixture
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Fans keen to start a season this afternoon.

Your first session
  1. Take a club whose squad you already know.
  2. Set the tactics before each fixture.
  3. Scout first, then spend on transfers.
Play Online Soccer Manager freeOpens en.onlinesoccermanager.com
iGP Manager key artSport & management

iGP Manager

Motorsport team boss

Motorsport from the pit wall rather than the driving seat. You steer the car development, plan the race strategy and make the pit calls, then watch it play out in a 3D race against other managers in live multiplayer leagues.

  • A planning visit and a race day
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Managers who want engines instead of a ball.

Your first session
  1. Spend early on reliable car development.
  2. Plan the pit strategy before each race.
  3. Watch the 3D race to learn from your calls.
Play iGP Manager freeOpens igpmanager.com
War Commander key artStrategy & war

War Commander

Hands-on modern war builder

A modern-war base where you grab the controls the moment a raid begins. Rather than letting an attack settle itself, you steer single tanks and infantry squads through the fight, then head home to patch the walls and lay out new turret lines.

  • A raid or two per visit
  • Desktop browser
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Players who like steering the battle personally.

Your first session
  1. Lay out walls and turrets before attacking anyone.
  2. Steer one small squad at a time at first.
  3. Keep an eye on event blueprints.
Play War Commander freeOpens kixeye.com/game/warcommander/home
WildGuns key artStrategy & war

WildGuns

Three-nation frontier strategy

A land grab on dusty frontier ground that three nations all want. You side with one of them, each with strengths of its own, pitch a camp, haul in raw materials and push across the territory by building, trading or raiding.

  • Frequent short visits
  • Desktop browser
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Strategists who fancy a western backdrop.

Your first session
  1. Read the three nations before picking one.
  2. Keep the camp gathering raw materials.
  3. Try trading with neighbours before any raid.
Play WildGuns freeOpens gameforge.com/en-US/play/wildguns
The West key artRole-play & adventure

The West

Wild West role-playing game

A cowboy of your own, shaped slowly across a long frontier career. You choose a class, take jobs around the territory for skill points, kit your character out, settle things in duels and sign up with a fort that fights others for ground.

  • A handful of jobs at a time
  • Desktop browser
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Role-players who enjoy patient character growth.

Your first session
  1. Choose a class that fits how you like to play.
  2. Queue jobs to earn skill points.
  3. Join a fort once you feel settled.
Play The West freeOpens the-west.net
Airlines Manager: Tycoon key artBusiness & tycoon

Airlines Manager: Tycoon

Airline tycoon

Real-world airports dot a live map, and the airline strung between them is yours. You stretch routes from one to the next, fit each aircraft to the demand, pay for the fleet with bank loans and let research projects and cabin services decide what every route can charge.

  • Brief planning visits
  • Desktop browser; mobile app also available
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Planners who want a figure behind each decision.

Your first session
  1. Open a few short routes before long-haul ones.
  2. Size each aircraft to the demand.
  3. Borrow carefully when growing the fleet.
Play Airlines Manager: Tycoon freeOpens airlines-manager.com
Kapilands key artBusiness & tycoon

Kapilands

Factory and market economy sim

A deep economy of factories and production chains, with a market that the players themselves run. You buy raw materials, turn them into goods and set prices against the firms of other players, so a tidy spreadsheet counts for far more here than flashy graphics.

  • A planning session now and then
  • Desktop browser
Best for & your first hour

Good for: Players who enjoy ledgers more than graphics.

Your first session
  1. Begin with one simple production chain.
  2. Watch rival prices before setting your own.
  3. Reinvest profits a step at a time.
Play Kapilands freeOpens kapilands.com

The whole drying wall side by side

Game on Pigmund’s wallSort, by PigmundBrush speedPainting alongside othersA sitting between coatsWhere it hangs
My Little FarmiesMedieval village and workshop simUnhurriedJust you and the townsfolkA short tidy-up or a long eveningDesktop browser; mobile app also available
Online Soccer ManagerLicensed-club football managerFixture by fixtureHuman rivals in every leagueA few minutes either side of a fixtureDesktop browser; mobile app also available
iGP ManagerMotorsport team bossBuilt around race daysLive leagues of rival team bossesA planning visit and a race dayDesktop browser; mobile app also available
War CommanderHands-on modern war builderShort, busy raidsRaids against other basesA raid or two per visitDesktop browser
WildGunsThree-nation frontier strategyEven real-time progressRival nations on contested groundFrequent short visitsDesktop browser
The WestWild West role-playing gameSlow, long character growthForts battling over groundA handful of jobs at a timeDesktop browser
Airlines Manager: TycoonAirline tycoonConsidered and numbers-ledPlayed against other airline bossesBrief planning visitsDesktop browser; mobile app also available
KapilandsFactory and market economy simPatient, ledger by ledgerOne market shared by rival firmsA planning session now and thenDesktop browser

All 8: free to start, with optional purchases sold inside the games.

01

Free from the first stroke

There is no fee to join any of the eight, and Pigmund has played each one for long stretches without paying; the village, the frontiers, the war, the two teams, the airline and the factories all arrive whole.

Somewhere in each game sits an optional shop of shortcuts and extras. Lots of seasoned players ignore it entirely, and most of these games let a household put spending limits on an account.

02

Starting a fresh canvas

Each button sends a fresh tab to the official site of that game's own studio, where registering costs nothing and an email address is usually all it wants.

A tutorial greets you in nearly every one. Follow it through to its last step, since it lays out the menus and the economy bit by bit, much like a base coat going on before the colour.

03

Between coats and long sittings

Several of the eight carry on after you close the tab: workshops produce, jobs complete, factories run and fixtures are played. A peek over breakfast and another after supper keeps everything ticking along.

Spend the quick visits collecting, queueing up orders and checking in with your league or fort. Keep the longer sittings for weighty choices, like a fresh route, a transfer bid or a raid across the map.

04

Keeping your login clean

Every login is tied to one studio, so keep it for that studio's own published web address and nowhere else. Pigmund mixes a different password for every game, much as he mixes a new colour for each wall, and he switches on the extra sign-in check whenever one exists.

Nobody who genuinely works for a studio will ask for your password. Offers of free premium currency for your login details are bait for the account itself, so leave it unanswered and report it.

Why these eight earned a patch of wall

  • All eight load straight into a browser on a desktop or laptop, so Pigmund's first go never waited on an installer.
  • None of them charges to sign up, and Pigmund has played all eight for weeks on end without spending a penny.
  • Most keep building, producing or racing once the tab is closed, which means even a glance between two coats moves things on.
  • Every studio here has kept its world going for years, which brings lively communities and a steady trickle of updates.

No. All eight open in a browser on a computer, and some of them have an official mobile app too if you prefer one.

Yes. Signing up is free across the whole wall, and you can carry on without spending; any in-game purchase is up to you.

No. Each comes from an independent studio that builds and looks after it, and each button on this wall opens the official home it came from.

No. Separate studios run them, so you sign up with each game on its own, and every sign-up is free.

My Little Farmies, Online Soccer Manager, iGP Manager and Airlines Manager: Tycoon each have an official app sitting alongside the browser version. War Commander, WildGuns, The West and Kapilands are browser games, so a computer is the comfortable choice for those.

Online Soccer Manager, where a fixture takes only minutes to set up, or My Little Farmies for a calm spell in the fields. Kapilands, Airlines Manager: Tycoon and WildGuns pay back longer planning.

In most of them, yes. Both team managers pit you against other managers, The West has forts, WildGuns has rival nations, War Commander has raids and Kapilands shares one market between player firms. My Little Farmies goes at your own pace.