Free browser games inspired by the news

bumshi turns the stories everyone is talking about into short games you can play in your browser, on a computer or a phone, with nothing to install and no sign-up. When a story breaks, we pick the dilemma at its heart and make it playable while it's still news. Every game links the reporting it's based on, and the people and companies inside the games are fictional. More about bumshi

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  • Rocket Roadster Space. Drive up the famous curved ramp upside down, fire the thrusters at the top and fly a flying sports car for 60 seconds through rings, fireballs and fire-breathing dragons. Then stick the landing.
  • SIR: Door to Door India. Be the Booth Level Officer in a 3D Indian village during SIR: knock, sit down, ask questions, check the papers and decide who stays on the voter roll. Ten houses, ten minutes, a hundred cases.
  • Gigawatt Money. An isometric neon puzzle game about AI data centers and the grid: place GPU racks, route power and cooling, and keep up as demand doubles without blacking out the neighbourhood.
  • AQI 999 India. Fly a cleaning drone over a stylised Delhi in smog season: suck up the smog, put out the stubble fires and ride the wind until the haze lifts and the city is sunlit again.
  • Gali Glow India. A pixel-art Diwali adventure: the power is out across the colony and you relight it one diya at a time. Light opens the way, the neighbours need favours and the cat keeps knocking diyas over.
  • Swing State World. Run a Senate campaign in a made-up swing state: train canvassers, charter rally buses, run ad vans and send pollsters into the fog against an AI rival, then watch results night paint the map.
  • Ghost Gig Pop culture. A Halloween rhythm game: you're the ghost in a haunted mansion's house band. Five original spooky-funk tracks, a new instrument in every room, and trick-or-treaters to scare with your streaks.
  • Garba Nights India. Run a Navratri garba ground for nine nights, from the 6 pm sunset to the midnight cut-off: the gate, the band, real garba songs, contests, and you in the circle.
  • Hormuz Standoff World. A 3D naval standoff told from three decks: a merchant captain, a US destroyer and an Iranian fast boat. Warn, bluff, intercept missiles and keep it from becoming a war.
  • Monza GP Sport. Knockout qualifying, then race 19 AI cars at the Temple of Speed. DRS, ERS, tyre wear, pit stops and live commentary.
  • Dish Pending India. Play Eon Husk chasing a licence, or the government holding the file. A story that remembers your choices: deals, promises and court cases come back to bite.

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