Over the past few months, a select group of people have been able to play games on YouTube and now the feature has been rolled out to everyone, but trust me, they're not worth it.
Called 'Playables', YouTube has today released 75 titles according to its blog post announcement, all of which can be played for free on the mobile app or on your desktop. Plus, when you exit them, if you ever decide to return, your progress will have been saved so you can pick up where you left off.
I've been trying out some of the playables for research (and definitely not as a way to avoid work) but found that none of them were all that fun. They're silly ways to spend about 10 minutes if you're desperately bored, but if you're on YouTube, there are literally millions of more entertaining ways to spend your time on the social media platform (like my recent obsession Jet Delay: The Game, or watching The TechRadar Podcast)
It's true that Cut The Rope is a charming trip down memory lane with a classic smartphone app, but many other games are those meaningless “puzzle” games you see on TikToks or YouTube Shorts. After a minute, they lose all appeal.
It's certainly nothing like the quality of Netflix's game catalogue, although I assume you're paying for those titles as part of a subscription so you should expect them to be of higher quality.
This is how you can find YouTube games
If you're still interested in finding the new YouTube games, here's how to do it.
On desktop, head to the YouTube home page and scroll through the menu on the left side of the screen until you find the Explore section. At the bottom of this submenu you should see 'Playables', click on it and you will have found the games you are looking for.
On the mobile app, you'll also tap the compass symbol in the top right corner of the home page. From here, tap on the playables at the bottom of the menu and you'll find them.
On either platform, you'll first be taken to the home menu, which shows you a few games, but clicking “browse” will show you everything YouTube has to offer.
