The Bored Button

Press a button. Get something to do. Repeat.

The Bored Button is a tiny Windows desktop app with one job: kill 5 minutes (or 50) when you can't decide what to do. There's a big red button in the top-right corner. Press it. A random activity loads. Repeat.

113 activities pulled from a shuffled bag — every press gives you something new, and nothing repeats until you've seen everything.

What's inside

🎮 Real games — 2048, Snake, Tetris, Wordle, Pinball, Bubble Shooter, Flappy, Frogger, Connect 4, Minesweeper, Sokoban, Tower of Hanoi, Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe, Air Hockey, Asteroids, Pong, Doodle Jump, Cave Flyer, Tank Lobber, and more.

🧠 Brain teasers — 15-puzzle, Lights Out, Sudoku, Mastermind, Schulte table, Stroop test, anagram hunt, memory numbers, hangman.

⚡ Reaction tests — aim trainer, reaction time, color reflex, Hexagon Dodge, bullet hell, slap-the-fly, click-in-order, reflex reverse.

🫧 Oddly satisfying toys — bubble wrap, falling sand, Newton's cradle, spirograph, water ripples, gravity wells, particle trails, aquarium, bouncing DVD logo, marble maze.

❓ Quizzes — trivia, movie emojis, flag quiz, world capitals, guess-the-year, emoji phrases.

🎲 Luck & chance — slot machine, roulette, Plinko, scratch cards, Press Your Luck, cup shuffle.

🎨 Creative prompts — color palette roll, three-word story, story starter, drawing prompt canvas.

🤷 Useless little tools — Magic 8 ball, roast generator, excuse maker, decide-for-me, weird-web rabbit hole.

Why?

Zero decisions, maximum distractions. The whole appeal is letting the button choose — instead of staring at your screen wondering what to play, you just press and go.

How to run

Unzip the portable build, double-click TheBoredButton.exe. No installer, no internet required, ~110 MB. Best scores save locally.