Free Online Ball Games

Balls bounce, roll, swing and fly across this category, which gathers sports titles, rolling puzzles, bounce challenges and physics toys. You can find volleyball, basketball and free-kick football next to games where you guide a sphere through a maze or cut a rope to drop it in the right place. Head Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Jumping Ball HD are among the examples, and the list runs to well over a thousand games.

Two broad groups emerge. Sports games usually follow familiar rules, with a score and an opponent, and are easy to understand if you have played the real thing. Physics and rolling games give you a ball and a puzzle, such as getting to the exit without falling off the edge. Tags like 3d, 2d and arcade show how they look, and puzzle shows where the thinking games sit.

Picking a game

For competition, try the volleyball and football titles. For calm, pick a rolling or maze game, where you have time to plan. For a quick burst, the bounce and jump games usually end within seconds of a mistake. Keyboard controls suit the sports titles, while swiping suits most of the rolling ones on a phone. Whatever you choose, a couple of rounds will tell you how the ball behaves.

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