SERVER ROOM ARCADE

Free browser games for IT people. Grab tickets, race the SLA clock, fix the problem in a mini-game, and earn Tech$$$ on your way from Tier 1 to Principal.

▶ PLAY PACKET QUEST▶ PLAY UPTIME QUEST

THE GAMES

Packet Quest screenshot: Overworld
NETWORK ENGINEER

PACKET QUEST

You're a junior network engineer across hospital campuses, closets and data centers. Route patch cables, place access points, sort VLANs, hunt rogue APs and break broadcast storms before The Great Outage takes down 2,200 sites at once.

7 mini-games4 bosses~30-40 minKeyboard + mouse
▶ PLAY Packet QuestGUIDE for Packet Quest
Uptime Quest screenshot: Overworld
SYSTEM ENGINEER

UPTIME QUEST

Servers crash, disks fill and users forget their passwords. Patch on Tuesday, never change prod on Friday afternoon, keep the 'days since last outage' sign climbing, and restore the whole enterprise from The Blue Screen of Doom.

8 mini-games4 bosses + Read-Only Friday~30-40 minKeyboard + mouse
▶ PLAY Uptime QuestGUIDE for Uptime Quest
NEW · DAILY PUZZLE

SUBNETLE

One subnetting puzzle a day. Find the network, broadcast, first usable address and host count in six tries, then share your grid.

Subnetle #1 · 172.18.77.140/21
network     172.18.72.0    ✓
broadcast   172.18.79.255  ✓
▶ PLAY Subnetle
NEW · DAILY QUIZ

PORT GUESSER

Ten quick rounds: what runs on port 3389, and which port does LDAPS use? Keep your streak alive and learn the well-known ports along the way.

Port Guesser #1  8/10
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▶ PLAY Port Guesser

HOW TO PLAY

Packet Quest and Uptime Quest share the same loop. Nothing to install: click Play, then pick New Game. Progress saves automatically in your browser, so you can close the tab and pick Continue later.

  1. Take a ticketWalk to HQ and press E. Pick a ticket. Green, yellow and red set how much time you get and how much it pays.
  2. Get to the siteFollow the yellow arrow. The SLA timer (top right) is already running, and enemies on the map can steal time or Tech$$$.
  3. Fix itPress E at the site's door to start that ticket's mini-game. Each one explains its rules on the intro card.
  4. Get paidFinish fast for up to +50%. A blown SLA pays half. Failing costs one of your 3 lives and the ticket stays open.
  5. Level upSpend T$ at the Supply Depot. Cert scrolls unlock new ticket types. Lifetime earnings raise your rank, which opens new areas and bosses.

GAME GUIDES

Every mini-game, enemy, cert and boss, explained.

Packet Quest guide

7 mini-games from Cable Chaos to Spanning Tree Siege, 4 bosses and the CCNA to CCIE cert path.

Uptime Quest guide

8 mini-games from Disk Space Panic to Ransomware Siege, 4 bosses and Read-Only Friday.