Can I go bowling online for free?

Yes. The eight lanes in Virtua Cada are free to play, as a guest, in your browser.

Can I bowl online with friends?

Yes. Up to four bowl on a lane. Walk in together and take the same lane at its console.

Can I bowl on my own?

Yes — alone, or against the house.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. You swipe the ball down the lane with your finger on a phone, or with the mouse on a computer (A and D line you up too).

Do I need an account?

No. Walk in as a guest and bowl. A free account keeps your name and lets you talk to your lane.

The Grid › Free games › Bowling

The Grid · Virtua Cada, level 1

Bowling online, free

Eight ten-pin lanes on the first floor of Virtua Cada, the games house in the Grid — a free 3D city in your browser. Bowl alone, with up to three friends, or against the house.

Nothing to download and nothing to pay. It works on a computer and on a phone.

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Eight bowling lanes on Virtua Cada’s first floor in the Grid, the pins lit at the far end

8Lanes
Up to 4Bowlers a lane
Ten framesGame
FreePrice

How to play

Open the Grid in your browser — on a computer or a phone — and walk in as a guest. You arrive at Virtua Cada’s door in the Tech Park; the stairs are at the back of the lobby.
Go up to level 1. Every lane has its own sofa and a scoring console: press E at the console (tap on a phone) to take the lane.
Friends join the same lane, up to four; on your own, you can bowl against the house.
On your turn, drag sideways to line up, then swipe up to bowl. Curve the swipe to hook the ball into the pocket.
Wait for your turn on the lane’s sofa. The screen over each lane shows its scoreboard — and a short film for every strike, spare and gutter ball.

The game

Ten frames of ten-pin, scored the usual way: a strike scores ten plus your next two balls, a spare ten plus the next one, and the tenth frame gives a strike or a spare its extra balls.

When every lane is taken

When every one is taken, join the queue: when one frees up it is kept for you for 90 seconds. While nobody is waiting you can play again as often as you like; while people wait, a turn is one game.

Also in Virtua Cada

The games house has four floors: the Backlot and the Raceway on the ground floor, bowling on the first, pool and table tennis on the second, and fire bowls on the roof. See Virtua Cada.

Questions people ask

Can I go bowling online for free?: Yes. The eight lanes in Virtua Cada are free to play, as a guest, in your browser.
Can I bowl online with friends?: Yes. Up to four bowl on a lane. Walk in together and take the same lane at its console.
Can I bowl on my own?: Yes — alone, or against the house.
Does it work on a phone?: Yes. You swipe the ball down the lane with your finger on a phone, or with the mouse on a computer (A and D line you up too).
Do I need an account?: No. Walk in as a guest and bowl. A free account keeps your name and lets you talk to your lane.

It’s open now. Walk in as a guest — no download, no account.

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