Snowfight Online serves up the pure, cold-fingered joy of a winter brawl in action-game form: dodge, aim, and time your throw before the other side lands theirs first. The genre rewards quick reflexes and quicker reads, and a snowball fight is one of the most universally understood versions of that thrill.

The fun is in the scramble, the near-miss you duck by a hair and the perfect lob that finds its mark. It is free and runs in the browser with no download, so jumping into the fray takes seconds. If you want fast, low-stakes chaos with a frosty grin on it, this is an easy one to reach for, and there is more action games when you want to stay warmed up.