Free games for teens

Lantern Path Games has 66 free browser games, and 11 are rated Teen: survival, tactics and shooter games that go beyond the kids page. The site also has long roguelites, adventure games and score chasers worth a look. No download, no account, no chat, no ads.

Rated Teen (11 games)

These are kept off the kids and teens page.

• Bin Night: Top down ricochet battles between wheelie bins with cannons, with fences for cover. (about 5 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Breach: Turn based squad tactics: clear a building room by room, but every shot makes noise that wakes it up. (about 10 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Bunker: Dig a shelter shaft, staff the rooms and keep the power and food running, one week at a time. (about 12 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Chip Run: Vertical shooter where you fly a delivery drone and the horn fires by itself, so it is all about where you fly. (about 4 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Deadline Night: Wave survival roguelite with upgrades, unlocks and evolutions. (about 10 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Enclave: Turn based city survival with no clock: give each survivor a job every morning and hold the fence at night. (about 8 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Last Light: Base survival campaign: scavenge by day, defend by night and take back a dark city street by street. (about 15 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Overland: Drive a convoy of survivors along a branching route map over six legs, managing fuel, food and crew. (about 12 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Pack Wars: Pack an adventurer's backpack with items that power each other, then watch the pack fight on its own. (about 6 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Redoubt: Siege with a countdown: twenty days to give every survivor a job and hold the wall. (about 5 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Turf: Turn based tactics on a grid, where two tradie crews fight over one suburb. (about 8 minutes a round, rated Teen)

The hardest games

Difficulty 4 out of 5 in the games' own details.

• On Hold: Turn based roguelike set inside a phone menu, where every floor is another list of options. (about 4 minutes a round)
• Wayfarer: Large action adventure with a story, quests, magic and exploration in a kingdom at war. (about 10 minutes a round)

Deep and long, with progress that saves

• Wayfarer: Large action adventure with a story, quests, magic and exploration in a kingdom at war. (about 10 minutes a round)
• Palimpsest: Time loop action roguelite: the route you took becomes an echo that fights beside you. (about 4 minutes a round)
• Fridge Knights: Top down shooter roguelite with sixty cartoon weapons, a dodge roll and a boss on every shelf of a giant fridge. (about 15 minutes a round)
• Harrow: Turn based fantasy party game in five chapters, where every enemy shows its next move a turn ahead. (about 10 minutes a round)
• Pack Wars: Pack an adventurer's backpack with items that power each other, then watch the pack fight on its own. (about 6 minutes a round, rated Teen)
• Deadline Night: Wave survival roguelite with upgrades, unlocks and evolutions. (about 10 minutes a round, rated Teen)

Score chasers to beat your friends at

Finish a round, then use Challenge a friend on the results card to send your score as a link. More on playing with friends.

• Toolbox Ruler: Swipe through flying toolbox gear for combo multipliers. (about 1 minute a round)
• Mall Riot: Crowd runner: fire a mob of shoppers through the gates that multiply it, across two hundred levels. (about 1 minute a round)
• Sausage Dogs: Snake style arena: be a sausage dog, eat to grow longer and trip the other dogs. (about 90 seconds a round)
• Swoop: Survive magpie season on a bike: you only steer, because every deterrent fires itself. (about 2 minutes a round)
• Toy Tank Takedown: Toy tank battles where ping pong balls bounce off the walls, so bank shots win, across a hundred missions. (about 90 seconds a round)
• Turf Clash: Draw a trail out of your turf and loop back to claim the floor, against bots, without crossing your own trail. (about 3 minutes a round)
• Hard Rubbish: One tap stacking: swing junk over a pile and let go at the right moment before the pile tips. (about 20 seconds a round)
• Pancake Tower: One tap stacking: land each swinging pancake on the stack and see how tall it gets. (about 90 seconds a round)

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Questions

What does the Teen rating mean here?

Games rated Everyone have no blood, no weapons pointed at people and no scares. 11 games are rated Teen and are kept off the kids page. Their tags include survival, zombies, tactics and shooters. Each game page lists what the game involves.

Are the games free, and do I need an account?

All 66 games are free, run in the browser and need no download, account or sign-up. There is no chat.

Which games are the hardest?

6 games have the top difficulty rating on the site, 4 out of 5: Breach, Last Light, On Hold, Redoubt, Turf, Wayfarer.

Do these work on a phone?

Every game page lists touch controls as well as keyboard controls, but some games suit a keyboard better. Check the controls on the game page.

Updated 10 October 2026. The game list on this page is built from the games on the site that day.