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Side Tracks · editorial · 8 picks · checked November 2026
This siding of Iron Vesper has nothing to do with bolts. It is a short, opinionated guide to ordinary games that run in a browser tab: a calm drive, a little town that builds itself, picture logic puzzles, map quizzes, trivia, sudoku and two games for friends. We play them, write about them honestly, say where to stop, and link to the makers' own sites.
Nothing here is embedded, sold or sponsored, and we are paid by nobody. Every picture on Side Tracks was drawn for us; none is a game's own artwork.
Line the eight picks up the way that suits tonight. Nothing is hidden; only the order changes.
In shelf order, as we would hand them to a friend.
Give us the time you start and the time screens go off. We lay out a short timetable of games with a platform break between them, ending half an hour before screens off. Nothing is saved.
| From | To | Game | Stop when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:30 | 19:45 | Seterra | A finished quiz is a clean end. |
| 19:45 | 19:55 | Platform break | Stand up, water, look out of a window. |
| 19:55 | 20:10 | Nonograms | A finished grid is a natural end. |
Then wind down: last game ends 30 minutes before screens off.
ST-01
A calm, endless drive through countryside, coast and mountains that the game builds as you go. Free in the browser, with no adverts and no account.
ST-02
Click on the sea and colourful houses, arches and little bridges appear and fit themselves together. A free early web build of a much-loved town builder; no goal, no account.
ST-03
Picture logic puzzles from 5 × 5 to 25 × 25. The numbers beside each row and column say which cells to fill; solve them all and a little image appears. Free with adverts.
ST-04
Top-down football with simple physics: you are a circle, the ball is a circle, and kicking is one key. Free in the browser; make a private room and send friends the link.
ST-05
Everyone gets the same start and end article on Wikipedia and races to connect them using only the links on each page. Free with adverts; private groups for friends.
ST-06
More than four hundred map quizzes: countries, capitals, rivers, flags and regions. Click the place the quiz names, or type it. Free with adverts; an account only saves results.
ST-07
Trivia quizzes on almost anything, written by the community: name every element, every capital, every planet. Free with adverts; an account is optional.
ST-08
Classic sudoku at six levels and killer sudoku, with notes, undo and hints that explain themselves. Free, but with frequent adverts; no account needed.
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