The Best Google Doodle Games Ever

By Carlton Hui P5F

Google ramped up its doodle game in 2000, but a lot of the best ones have come since 2010. Take a look at my Top Ten.

10. Pac-Man 30th anniversary, May 21, 2010

Get frustrated hunting ghosts all over again in Google’s version of the classic arcade game Pac-Man.

9. Free Throw Contest, Aug. 8, 2012

It’s like a Pop-a-Shot for your keyboard, and it’s as close as you’ll probably get to being a basketball legend.

8. Slalom Canoe, Aug. 9, 2012

Navigate raging rapids, hit your checkpoints, and see how fast you can get through the canoe course.

7. Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, Nov. 23, 2013

You can choose to play as any Doctor as you try to avoid one of the Daleks.

6. 155th anniversary of the Pony Express, April 14, 2015

Delivering the mail on horseback has never been so much fun.

5. Eiji Tsuburaya’s 114th birthday, July 7, 2015

Create a monster movie in the vein of Godzilla creator Eiji Tsuburaya.

4. Wilbur Scoville’s 151st Birthday, January 22, 2016

Shoot the ice-cream to against those peppers.

3. Cat Wizard, Oct. 31, 2016

You can waste the better part of the day pretending to be the feline version of Harry Potter.

2. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 11, 2017

Google’s 2017 Valentine’s Day doodles started Feb. 11 and went until Feb. 14 and let you help the endangered Pangolin roll to get its mail.

1. Celebrating 50 years of Kids Coding, December 4, 2017

Let’s code.

You can search other games by searching Google Doodles.