How to open a .swf game file?

I have a .swf game with me. How do I play it?

• Though I am able to play the game from the website I downloaded it from, if I open the .swf file in the browser, I just get a grey colored screen.
• Opening the file in Adobe Flash Player 10 also gives me the same grey screen.
• I am able to open the file through GOM Player, there is some difference in the gameplay - for example the boundaries are not well defined - the jumps below the ground are not as good.

What is a good player to open a .swf game file?

Solution 1:

Adobe Flash Player will always be the best way. If it only shows a grey screen, there might be other things it relies on. Can you show the entire source of the tag you got it from? So the <embed> tag.

Solution 2:

Try Standalone Flash Player.

The most important feature of this software is that it can support both Flash in the SWF format and FLV format. Files in the SWF format, traditionally called "ShockWave Flash" movies, "Flash movies" or "Flash games", usually have a .swf file extension and may be an object of a web page, strictly "played" in this Standalone Flash Player.