Facebook is highly ambitious about its Messenger platform, and to ensure users spend more time on Messenger, it has launched a new Instant Games feature. It’s an HTML5-based gaming platform that lets you play games right inside the Messenger app, and in the Facebook News Feed on mobile and web. Users can asynchronously compete in the games instead of playing at the same time, making it convenient to try your luck to beat the opponent’s high score anytime you want.

Earlier this year, Facebook had also launched a simple basketball game that allowed users to shoot a basketball emoji to a friend, who could then play the game by tapping on it. For the new venture, Facebook has partnered with some of the best publishers to get games on its platform. Currently, there are 17 games from developers such as Konami, Taito, Bandai Namco and Zynga among others. Instant Games is launched in 30 countries, but at the time of filing this story the rollout didn’t seem to have reached India, yet.