21 pages, 6 games
About Arcade Birch: a small guide to short games
Arcade Birch lists free arcade games that open in a browser tab and can be put down after 5 minutes. The first edition, dated 10 November 2026, covers 6 of them.
What the site covers
2 driving games, 1 pinball table and 3 retro games. Each has a fact card: who made it, since when, what one run looks like, which keys it uses, what it sells, which adverts sit around it, what age rule its host publishes and whether it keeps your score. The score table sets the same facts side by side.
Why 5 minutes
A browser game is what people open between 2 tasks. The games here are short by nature: a QWOP sprint usually ends in a fall within seconds, and the first rally stage has a target of 3:15. They are also quick to restart, and that is the catch. So the site carries a 5:00 clock in its header, and each card says plainly whether the game fits the break.
Who writes it
A small independent team, reachable at [email protected]. We have no link to Poki, CrazyGames or any of the game makers, and none of them saw these pages before publication. All 6 games were listed without payment.
What we did and what we did not do
On 10 November 2026 we opened every game in desktop Chromium and pressed its keys. In Rally Point 5 we held the up arrow and watched the dial climb to about 50. In Retro Highway we crashed 3 times, at 109, 78 and 77 metres. In QWOP we got 13.6 metres down the track. That proves the games run. It is not weeks of play, and we do not write as if it were.
The rest comes from reading: the game pages on Poki and CrazyGames, their terms and FAQ, store pages and Wikipedia. Every card ends with its list of sources.
What you will not find here
- Ratings out of 10 of our own, or a "best game" order.
- Affiliate links or codes in any address.
- Reviews, comments or player counts without a source.
- Screenshots or official artwork. The pictures are our own pixel drawings; the credits page says how they were made.
How to reach us
By email at [email protected]. The contact page says what is worth writing about.