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How to download and run a flash game on your PC

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Using Google Chrome

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Step 1
You need to open and download the flash game in Google Chrome. Go to the site with the game and wait a bit until the download is complete. It is necessary to fully download the game and comfortable gameplay without bugs and crashes. You have to allow the work of the Flash player to continue the game. In the end, the game will prompt you to click on a specific button or perform another action to start the gameplay.

Step 2
Click on the upper right button with three vertical dots to open a new menu.

Step 3
Select “More tools” in this pop-out menu to continue.

Step 4
Then you need to choose & click on the “developer tools” button. It can help you to run the dev tools window in Google Chrome.

Step 5
To view individual parts of the page, you need to click on the cursor icon. It is simple and does not require additional action.

Step 6
Next, you need to click on your game. Try to get to the center of the screen. You will see the data in the developer window immediately after clicking. Click precisely in the center so as not to make a mistake in the additional elements of the page.

Step 7
You need to find the “SWF” link. It is located in a new pop-out window. This link directly refers to the selected Google Chrome game.

Step 8
You need to open this link in a new tab to initiate an automatic download. To do this, use the right mouse button, trackpad, or other data input device.

Step 9
You can find the downloaded file in the “Downloads” folder or another directory of your choice. During the download, Google Chrome may notify you of file suspiciousness or suggest additional actions.

Step 10
Now you can open the SWF file with the game. You also have to download SWF File Player for using SWF files, because the browser and operating systems do not support this extension out of the box.

Using Firefox

Step 1
First of all, you need to open Firefox and find there the flash game that you want to download. Click on it and wait until it is fully loaded on the start screen.

Step 2
Click the upper-right button to open drop-down menu.

Step 3
Here you need to choose the Web Developer button.

Step 4
Click Page Source to open the Flash game’s code.

Step 5
Open the “Find” menu by pressing Ctrl+F on your PS, or Com+F on Apple device. Thus, you can open a text box.

Step 6
Enter the “SWF” to find any links.

Step 7
Now you need to search for the URL will have “.swf”. Scroll to find what you need.

Step 8
Open the file link in a new tab and click on the “Open in New Tab” button.

Step 9
Wait until the download is complete.

Step 10
Open the SWF file. You will need an SWF reader for this option.

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