GANDER Games

About this collection

Every game here runs on GANDER, the engine we build in house for the web. They share an engine, not a genre: a frog hopping across roads and rivers, a rally hatchback on a mountain stage, a six-legged walking rig in the desert, a marine clearing a derelict freighter, a salvage tug around a ringed gas giant and a scrapyard crane with a wrecking ball.

They are for anyone who wants a real game in a browser tab with nothing to install. Open one, play a run, try the next.

How to play

Pick a game from the row above to see what it is, then press Play now. Every game runs in the browser, with nothing to download or install.

About GANDER

GANDER is the engine we build and use ourselves, made for the web first. Every game on this page is made with it, from the 2D pixel art of Topple Yard to the 3D rig of Dustwalker, so trying them is also a way to see what the engine can do.

Pick a game above to watch its trailer and play it here.

Game 1 of 6

RogueFrog

Hop a frog across seven ponds of traffic, logs and crocodiles.

Hop a brave little frog across roaring roads, drifting logs, diving turtles and snapping crocodiles, eating flies as you go. Pick a perk after every pond, dodge the heron's shadow and survive all seven ponds to face the Heron King.

Game 2 of 6

Ridgeline Rally

A stubby rally hatchback, a mountain and the clock.

Throw an overpowered rally hatchback down gravel hairpins through the pines, a dry riverbed and a flat-out run along the ridge. Chase your own ghost and the online leaderboards.

Game 3 of 6

Dustwalker

Crew a six-legged walking rig across the wasteland.

Hold the deck of a colossal walking rig against killer robots, alien swarms and desert beasts, man its guns and haul salvage aboard to upgrade it on the way to extraction. Play solo with AI crew or online co-op for up to four.

Game 4 of 6

Boarding Party

One marine, one drifting freighter, deck by deck to the bridge.

Cut into a drifting freighter and fight deck by deck through rogue security androids, with real weapon handling, a zero-g breach and ragdoll physics. A holographic captain guides you to the bridge to shut the ship AI down.

Game 5 of 6

Orbital Salvage

Fly a salvage tug through a debris field and bring the haul home.

Blast rogue mining drones around a ringed gas giant and haul glowing salvage back to your mothership. Refit between waves and take down two colossal bosses.

Game 6 of 6

Topple Yard

Swing a wrecking ball on a real chain and tip the barrels into the smelter.

Run a scrapyard crane and topple towers of crates, tyres, fridges and car wrecks so the glowing barrels fall into the smelter. Twelve levels across three yards, with three stars for beating par.