Guides

A short history of multiplayer browser games: from text MUDs and Java applets to Flash, .io and WebGL

How multiplayer games moved into the browser: text strategy games in 1995, Java card rooms, the Flash golden age, Facebook farms, the .io boom of 2015–2016 and today's WebGL and WebAssembly games.

The Flash shutdown, and how Ruffle and Flashpoint keep browser games alive

What actually happened when Adobe Flash Player reached end of life on December 31, 2020, which games closed or moved, and how emulation (Ruffle) and archiving (Flashpoint) stepped in.

Multiplayer browser games to play with friends (private rooms, invite links, no installs)

Drawing games, word games, board games, shooters and party games that let you make a private room or share an invite link, with each game's own words on how it works.

The best .io games that are still online

From the originals (Agar.io, Slither.io, Diep.io) to shooters, survival builders and territory games: every .io game we track, grouped by type, with live status.

Classic browser MMOs and persistent games that are still running

Text RPGs, space empires, football managers and virtual pet sites from the 1990s and 2000s that are still answering, with launch years and sources.

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The graveyard: games that shut down

Dates and reasons for closures, with sources.

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Revived games

Fan servers, remakes and official comebacks.