Lighting the diyas…

Virtual Diwali

A free 3D Diwali game you play online, right in your browser. Walk through an old mohalla down to the river ghat, light 108 diyas, burst crackers with zero smoke and send a lantern into a sky that everyone playing shares.

Drone and laser shows go up over the river every few minutes, and lighting all 108 diyas starts the finale. No download, no login, and it works on most phones.

How it works, and questions

How to play

  • On a phone: left thumb to walk, right thumb to look around, and the big button lights a diya or a cracker. It plays best with the phone sideways.
  • On a computer: WASD to walk, the mouse to look, E or a click to light, Shift to run.

What's in it

Light one diya and its whole row lights up. At 27, 54 and 81 diyas the neighbours celebrate and leave you a gift. Sixteen boxes of crackers are hidden in the lanes: phuljhadi, anar, chakri, rockets, mirchi bombs, sutli bombs and ladis. Find all sixteen and every cracker is unlimited.

After the first night there's more at home: an Akhand Jyoti in your mandir that a spoon of ghee a day keeps burning (brass at 7 days, silver at 21, gold at 108), and a garden on your roof with genda, aparajita, mogra, gudhal, tulsi and lotus that grows while you're away. Sell the flowers at the phool mandi on the ghat for new seeds. A treasure is hidden in the mohalla every day, and there's a sticker book to fill.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. No login, no ads, nothing to buy. Your progress stays on your phone or computer.

Do I need to download anything?

No. It runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox, about 3 MB to start. You can add it to your home screen like an app.

Can I play in Hindi?

Yes. Tap हिंदी में खेलें on the start screen.

Can I play with friends?

Everyone playing shares one sky of lanterns. You can send a Diwali wish with a name written in sparklers, and friends can add ghee to your jyoti from your link.