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Welcome to Copper Owl Arcade, a small arcade of original games built from scratch. Break cogs, keep watch over a clock tower, race a spark through a maze or stack a copper tower as high as you dare. Every game opens instantly on your phone, tablet or computer.

  • Always free
  • No account
  • Touch, mouse & keyboard
  • Best scores saved on your device

Pick a cabinet

Gear Bounce

ARCADE · 3–8 min

Knock a bolt off your wrench and smash five workshop layouts full of spinning cogs.

Night Shift

REACTION · 45 sec

Owls peek out of a clock tower at night. Tap them fast, leave the bats, beat the 45-second clock.

Spark Maze

MAZE · 2–10 min

Steer a spark round a fresh copper maze, collect every bolt and beat the clock.

Rivet Drop

TIMING · 1–5 min

Drop swinging copper girders onto your tower. Overhangs get cut off, clean hits get riveted.

How our arcade works

Original games

All four games, and every pixel in them, were made for Copper Owl Arcade. Nothing is borrowed from other arcades.

Short and sweet

Rounds last from under a minute to a few minutes, so a game fits into a tea break.

Nothing to win or buy

No prizes, no betting, no paywalls. If optional extras ever arrive, you will see the price before you pay.

Light on data

No sign-up and no trackers. Pages are small and load quickly, even on mobile data.