K-12 Online Learning Resources for Students and Parents: Games and Fun for Teens

What if Tetris used realistic physics? Would it be possible to stack them very high? Find out for yourself with this game.

A wonderful homage to the 8-bit NES era.

Emulated games from the DOS and early Windows era from The Internet Archives.

Emulated older console games from the Internet Archives.

Like Kongregate, this site hosts a large variety of games, and lets users rate those they play.

An interesting brain-teaser that gives you ten mouse cursors, each with a finite lifespan, and keeps track of what the previous cursors have already done.

A fun little time-waster that lets players set up turrets and other defenses to protect their work space from little "creeps."

Try to outrun extinction as a dinosaur. Fast-paced, and reminiscent of one of the old Sonic games.

Solve puzzles by making impromptu machines that use realistic physics. A very thought-provoking game.

One of the weirdest things you will ever encounter, and a tribute to the Apple IIe era.

Own and customize your own football team, sign players, and compete against other teams from around the world in this browser-based simulation.

The 30th anniversary edition of the classic text adventure, now free online.

Breed and train your own horses and dogs and compete in events in this unique MMO. An excellent recommendation for girls. A children's version is also available.

A collection of interactive fiction games (e.g. Zork) that can be played in a browser.

A browser-based game reminiscent of Civilization, with a focus on resource management.

A selection of well-crafted text adventures

Emulated old arcade games from the Internet Archives.

If you like jigsaw puzzles, this is the site to visit. The program slices up a picture into pieces, and lets you put it together. You can even upload your own photos to be made into puzzles.

A hilarious browser-based RPG with stick-figure art, and such character classes as Pastamancer and Seal Clubber.

This site hosts a large collection of Flash games of varying quality and of various genres. Users can rate games, and contests are available, as are leaderboards for those wanting to track their scores in comparison to others.

This construction game, called "Lego for computers," can be used in a variety of ways.

A nation-builder, this one set in a fantasy medieval world. Explore the world, amass resources, and war with your neighbors in real-time to acquire land and honor.

Start with your own planet and create an interplanetary empire by exploring and collecting resources.

Free online jigsaw puzzles, beautiful pictures.

This pirate MMORG comes in two flavors -- free adventures with no download, or a more complex game with download and micropayments for added content.

Basically an online Renaissance Faire, this game does its best to replicate life in early modern Europe. Be a peasant, a lord, a politician, or an innkeeper, and everything in between.

A long-established, but still popular free fantasy MMORPG. A good starting point for people interested in the genre.

You can enjoy sudoku puzzle game online.

A browser-based RPG with ASCII graphics that rewards exploration.

Test your typing speed and race against other people at the same time!

Survive a zombie swarm for as long as you can with the help of other players in this browser-based MMO, or try to hunt down the survivors as a zombie.

Create and manage your own utopia and see how well it fares on the world stage.

Relive the halcyon days of the Apple II with this browser-based repository of games like Sherwood Forest and Oregon Trail. It may be necessary to download a plug-in for your browser to make it work, however.