Guide
Free Solana games in your browser
Most Solana games ask you to connect a wallet and buy tokens before you play. Garden Dice flips that order: try a free demo roll in your browser first — no wallet, no SOL — then pay from 0.001 SOL only if you want an official on-chain result. It is entertainment, not a casino.
What counts as a free Solana game?
On Solana, “free” usually means one of three things:
- Free demo, pay to continue — try the mechanics in-browser, then micropay in SOL (Garden Dice uses this model).
- Free-to-play with tokens — you still need a wallet and often an NFT or SPL token to start.
- Testnet games — free fake SOL, but not the same as mainnet wallet-native play.
Garden Dice is built for curious Solana users who want to feel a wallet-native interaction without committing SOL upfront. See the wallet-native games hub for how browser play compares to app-store games. The demo uses the same commit-reveal fairness model as paid rolls — read the provably fair explainer if you want the cryptography details.
Try Garden Dice — free demo roll
Use the demo panel above or open the Garden Dice product page or a beat roll of 4 challenge. Click Free demo roll, watch the commit hash appear, then roll. No Phantom, no seed phrase, no SOL.
When you are ready for an on-chain result, connect a wallet or scan a Solana Pay QR and send 0.001 to 0.01 SOL. New to wallets? Start the wallet tutorial path.
Beat-my-roll challenges (free to try)
After any roll you can share a challenge link like
/c/4/ — friends land on a page with a rich preview, try their own
free demo, then pay if they want to beat your number.
See the challenge links guide
for how sharing works.
Stuck at payment?
If your wallet says insufficient SOL even though your balance looks fine, part of it may be rent-locked in empty token accounts from spam airdrops — only spendable SOL counts for payments.
- Reclaim Solana rent — close empty token accounts and recover about 0.002 SOL each.
- Solana wallet cleanup — hide spam tokens, reclaim rent, and check spendable balance.
- Solana insufficient SOL — compare Phantom, Solflare, and Backpack balance fixes.
- Solana transaction failed — wrong network, cancelled approval, or detection lag.
- Solana Pay not working — QR scan, wrong amount, or paid-but-not-detected on mobile.
Full beginner path: wallet tutorial or how to play Solana dice.
FAQ
Do I need a wallet for the free demo?
No. The demo roll works entirely in your browser. A wallet is only required when you choose to pay for an official on-chain roll.
How much SOL does a paid roll cost?
From 0.001 SOL (about one million lamports) up to 0.01 SOL — you pick the amount. Plus a small network fee (about 0.000005 SOL). See Solana transaction fees.
Is this gambling?
No cash payouts. You pay for a verifiable on-chain roll and bragging rights — pay-per-roll entertainment, not a casino.
I have SOL but payment says insufficient — why?
Your total balance can include SOL locked as rent in empty token accounts. Close them to reclaim about 0.002 SOL each — wallet cleanup or rent reclaim.
More ways to play
- On-chain Solana games — mainnet play, micropayments, and verifiable rolls
- Best Solana wallets for browser games — compare Phantom, Solflare, and Backpack
- Play Solana games with Phantom
- Play Solana games with Solflare
- Play Solana games with Backpack
- Set up Backpack wallet for Solana
- Connect Backpack to a Solana site
- Send SOL with Backpack
- Solana games hub
- How to play Solana dice — step-by-step
- Solana Pay QR micropayments
- Press kit — share Garden Dice