Web games, also known as browser games, are games played over the web. Not to be confused with Freeware Games, which are distributed for free and act like regular computer programs. Web games are played directly through the web browser, often (but not always) with the help of a plugin.
Individual Web Games
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4X Games
Action Games
- Games By 53xy83457
- Agar.io
- Amorphous+
- Arkandian Legends
- Armed With Wings
- Aqua Rhapsody
- Biters.io
- Boss Rush Apocalypse
- Brawlin' Sailor
- Candy Mountain Massacre ([adult swim] First-Person Shooter/Third-Person Shooter games)
- Commando 2 (Run-and-Gun similar to Metal Slug)
- Coinbox Hero
- DadGame
- Elfland Glider (Web VR)
- FacePunch.io
- Forbidden Arms
- Garden Gnome Carnage
- Get Off My Lawn
- Intrusion
- KoopaTV series
- Lesbian Spider Queens of Mars ([adult swim] games)
- Miami Shark
- Narwhale.io
- Pikes.io
- Road of the Dead
- ROM Check Fail
- Shooters.io
- Sky Serpents
- Slay.one
- Slither.io
- Smashers.io
- splix.io
- TagPro
- Viva Caligula ([adult swim] games)
- Whack Your...
- Wtf The Worst Game Ever
- Zlap.io
Action Adventure
- Alice In Spaceland Series
- Amea
- Cyborg
- Dungeon Blitz (also a MMORPG)
- Emogame
- Escape from Puppy Death Factory (also a Metroidvania)
- Evoland
- The Flowering Nose
- Kit and the Octopod
- Legend Of Kalevala (also a Metroidvania)
- The Legends Of Hiro
- Legends Of Kong
- Legos In Space
- No Time to Explain
- Phoenotopia
- Seedling
- Snailiad (also a Metroidvania)
Adventure Games
- Alice Is Dead (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- Ambridge Mansion (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- Arcane – Online Mystery Serial (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- Arrival In Hell (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- A Small Favor
- Backdoor
- Belial (Point-and-Click Game)
- Billy's Big Adventure (Choose Your Own Adventure)
- Choice of Games (Choose Your Own Adventure)
- Colour My Series
- Darkness (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- Daymare Town (Point-and-Click Game)
- The Dead Case (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- Deep Sleep Trilogy (Point-and-Click Game, horror)
- Detective Grimoire
- Die Anstalt
- Divine Intervention
- Don't Look Back (2014)
- Exmortis
- Fallen London
- Find the Cure!!
- Franks Adventure
- Five Minutes To Kill Yourself
- Gretel and Hansel (Point-and-Click Game)
- Hewitt (Point-and-Click Game)
- How to Raise a Dragon
- Jack French (Point-and-Click Game)
- Johnny Rocketfingers (Point-and-Click Game)
- Kingdom Hearts χ aka Kingdom Hearts χ [chi], prequel to the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
- Lakeview Cabin
- The Last Door (Point-and-Click Game)
- Looming
- Lost In Vegas
- Medieval Cop (Point-and-Click Game made using RPG Maker)
- Morningstar
- Myosotis (Point-and-Click Game)
- Mystery of Time and Space
- Nightmare Doors
- Peasant's Quest
- Reincarnation
- Rubber Dinghy
- The Sagittarian (Point-and-Click Game)
- Samorost
- The Room: The Game
- Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure
- Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project
- Story of the Blanks (horror fan-game of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Skrillex Quest
- Submachine
- Thy Dungeonman
- Til Cows Tear Us Apart
- Trapped Series (Point-and-Click Game with escape-the-room, puzzle and Jigsaw Puzzle Plot elements)
- The Trapped Trilogy (Adventure Game with animation and voice acting, distinct from the above series)
- Triachnid
- Trisphere
- The Several Journeys of Reemus
- The Splitting
- The Trader of Stories
- The Visitor
- Tube Adventures (Point-and-Click Game)
- Wasted Youth
- Which Way Adventure (Point-and-Click Game)
- Zero Summer
Card Games
Detective Games
Endless Running Games
Escape the Room
Fighting Games
Beat Em Up
Hidden Object Game
Idle Games
- Ad Venture Capitalist
- Anti-Idle: The Game
- Clicker Heroes
- Cookie Clicker
- Crusaders Of The Lost Idols
- Crush Crush
- A Dark Room
- Factory idle
- Idle Recruit
- Kittens Game
- Progress Quest
- Realm Grinder
- Sandcastle Builder
- Slurpy Derpy
- Squid Ink
- Swarm Simulator
- Tangerine Tycoon
- Time Clickers
- Trimps
- Universal Paperclips
- World Idle
- Zombidle
Launcher Games
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
Platforming Games
Ordinary Platformers
- A Koopa's Revenge
- Adventure Ponies
- The Bright in the Screen (horror)
- Cactus McCoy (also a BeatEmUp)
- The Caverns Of Hammerfest
- Clarence's Big Chance (also a borderline Metroidvania)
- Diamond Hollow II
- Dino Run
- Diseviled
- Elephant Quest
- The End
- Everybody Edits (has some sandbox elements)
- Exit Path
- Fancy Pants Adventures
- Fluunix
- Gun Bot
- Gyossait (horror)
- Heir
- Icycle
- Jiggly Zone (with Metroidvania elements)
- King's Ascent
- Level Up (also a Metroidvania)
- Meat Boy
- Mibibli's Quest (also a shooter)
- Mind Your Manors
- Mission In Snowdriftland
- Raze2 (has heavy 2d shooter elements).
- Perdition
- Persist
- Plazma Burst Series (has heavy 2d shooter elements).
- Remnants of Skystone (also an MMORPG and a Metroidvania)
- Robot Wants Series (also a Metroidvania)
- Rokko Chan
- Sint Nicolaas
- Stinkoman 20X6
- STREEMERZ
- Strike Force Heroes (has 2D Shooter Elements.)
- Summit
- Super Chick Sisters
- Super Mario 63
- Super Mario Bros. Crossover
- Tails' Nightmare (horror)
- Thing Thing
- This Is the Only Level (parody)
- Vector
- The Visit
- You Only Live Once (parody)
Puzzle Platformers
- Achievement Unlocked
- Closure
- The Company of Myself
- Continuity
- Depict1
- Enough Plumbers
- Fractured
- Frizzle Fraz
- I Don't Even Game
- The I of It
- Iridescent
- I Saw Her Standing There
- Karoshi
- K.O.L.M.
- Loved
- Night Lights
- Paul And Percy
- Pause Ahead
- Primary
- Prior
- [REVIVE]
- Sequester
- Shift
- Time Fcuk
- Tower Of Heaven
- You Have to Burn the Rope
- Verge
Exploration Platformers
Survival Horror Platformers
Puzzle Games
- 2048
- The 99 Rooms
- Alpha Bounce
- Ball Revamped
- Criminal Case
- Doodle God
- Factory Idle Missions
- Freecell
- Gardens of Time
- Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt
- Grow
- Guardian Rock
- Haunt The House
- Hoshi Saga
- Help The Hero
- Immortal Souls
- Lab of the Dead
- Mental Series
- no-one has to die.
- Notpron
- Planetarium
- Portal: The Flash Version
- Pretentious Game
- Puzzle Clubhouse
- Save Toshi (only the first 40 levels though)
- The Very Organized Thief
Quiz Games
Racing Games
Roguelikes
Role Playing Games
Action RPGs
- Adventure Kingdom
- Arcuz
- Ginormo Sword
- Monster Legends
- Super Press Space to Win Action RPG 2009 (parody)
- The Haunted Ruins
Eastern RPGs
- Crystal Story
- The Enchanted Cave and The Enchanted Cave 2
- Epic Battle Fantasy
- Fantasy Online (Affectionate Parody)
- Ge Ne Sis (also a Tactical RPG)
- Wings Of Genesis, its spinoff, which is actually a Horizontal Scrolling Shooter.
- Granblue Fantasy
- Linear RPG (parody)
- MARDEK
- Mega Man RPG Prototype
- Outernauts
- Parameters (Deconstruction Game)
- Pokémon Black and Blue (parody of Pokémon)
- TCT RPG (also known as The Color Tuesday)
- Turn Based Battle (parody)
Tactical RPGs
- Ge Ne Sis (also an Eastern RPG)
- Wings Of Genesis, its spinoff, which is actually a Horizontal Scrolling Shooter.
- Telepath RPG (also a Western RPG)
Western RPGs
- Arfenhouse
- AdventureQuest
- DragonFable, its prequel.
- MechQuest, DragonFable's prequel.
- WarpForce, expansion to AdventureQuest
- Book of Mages: The Dark Times
- Candy box!
- Castle Age
- Dragon Age Journeys
- Dragon Tavern
- Dream World
- Ghost Tales
- Gravity Falls: PinesQuest 2Dimensions
- Improbable Island
- Knights Of The Crystal
- A Knight's Quest for Milk
- Lost Frontier
- Mafia Wars
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance
- Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics, its spinoff (also a Tactical RPG)
- NeoQuest
- Poptropica
- RuneScape
- Sinjid
- Sonny
- Sryth (a text RPG)
- Stick RPG
- Superhero City
- Telepath RPG (also a Tactical RPG)
- Twilight Heroes
- U Realms Live
- Vulpin Adventure
- War Metal
Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs
- AdventureQuest Worlds
- AdventureQuest3D
- Alteil
- Aola Star
- Aoqi Legend
- Bit Heroes
- Cantr II
- Club Penguin
- Dark Orbit
- Dawn of the Dragons
- Dead Frontier
- Dealt in Lead
- Doom Forge
- Drakensang Online
- Dungeon Blitz (also an Action-Adventure game)
- Evony
- Faery Tale Online
- Forum Warz
- Fusionfall
- Gaia Online
- Game of Thrones: Ascent
- Habbo
- Kingdom of Loathing
- Legacy of a Thousand Suns
- Mabinogi
- MMO Asteroids
- Moshi Monsters
- Muelsfell Rise Of The Golems
- Nexus War
- The Overseer Project
- Pardus
- Realm of the Mad God
- Remnants of Skystone (also a Platformer and a Metroidvania)
- Shintolin
- Skyrates
- Star Pirates
- Torn City
- Urban Dead
- Urban Rivals
- World Of Dungeons
Rhythm Games
Simulation Games
- Amateur Surgeon (Meat Grinder Surgery)
- Avatar High (life sim)
- Big Al Game (life sim)
- Cafe Rouge (dating sim/visual novel)
- Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals (cooking)
- Cyber Nations (nation sim)
- Death Row (prison sim)
- The Hook Up (dating sim)
- NationStates (nation sim)
- Fisher-Diver (fishing sim)
- Globetrotter XL (general knowledge game)
- Memory Days (Dating Sim)
- Millsberry (life sim)
- Monster Breeder
- My Pet Protector (Raising Sim)
- Namco High (Dating Sim)
- Politics And War (nation sim)
- Relive Your Life (life sim)
- The Wild Thornberrys: Australia Wildlife Rescue (raising sim)
Shooting Games
First-Person Shooters
Horizontal Side-Scrolling Shooters
- Parasite Strike
- Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar
- RPG Shooter: Starwish (has heavy RPG Elements)
- Wings Of Genesis (has heavy RPG Elements)
- The Last Night
Shoot 'Em Up
- Area Flat series
- Bubble Tanks
- Bullet Heaven (A spinoff of Epic Battle Fantasy.)
- Bloons Super Monkey
- Cube Colossus
- Enigmata
- Epic Boss Fighter
- Figure Of Eight
- Frantic Frigates
- Wings.io
- Neverending Light (horror)
- The Peacekeeper
- Raiders Took My Dog
- The Tank Builder
- Ultimate Crab Battle
- Upgrade Complete
Third-Person Shooters
Vertical Scrolling Shooters
Sports Games
Strategy Games
Turn-based
- Go Cross Campus
- Graphwar
- Kantai Collection
- Mud And Blood
- Picture Wars
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Rebuild
- Relic Of War
- Steambirds
- Touken Ranbu
Real Time
- Armor Blitz
- Castle Quest 2
- Celestus
- Hexagor.io
- I Am an Insane Rogue A.I.
- Illyriad
- Imperium Nova
- Infectonator!
- The Kings League
- Pandemic
- Mud 'n' Blood 2
- Paladog
- Stick War
- Takeover
- Town of Salem
- Warfare 1917
- Warfare 1944
Time Management Games
General
- Café World
- CityVille
- FarmVille
- FrontierVille
- MouseHunt
- Oiligarchy
- Papa Louie Arcade
- PetVille
- Zoo World
Digital Pet Games
Tower Defense
Virtual World Games
- Video Game/Fantage
- Mole's World
Multiple
- Abobo's Big Adventure (Beat 'em Up, Platformer, Action-Adventure, Action and a Sports Game)
- Big Fat Awesome House Party (MMO-like, sim and minigame based)
- bit Dungeon (Roguelike/Action RPG)
- Black Market. Part SimulationGame, part resource management, part RPG.
- Bloons Monkey City (Part Tower Defense, part Simulator Game)
- The Breach (Platform Game / sidescrolling Third-Person Shooter, with RPG Elements, and a Survival Horror feeling)
- Cactus McCoy (Beat 'Em Up/Platformer)
- Deadly 30 (RPG, survival game, Tower Defense and a Shoot 'em Up)
- Deeeep.io (Multiplayer, eco-system simulation)
- Devast.io (multiplayer, survival game, RPG elements)
- Dikembe Mutombo's 4½ Weeks to Save the World (part Shoot 'em Up, part platformer)
- Escape from the Spirit World (puzzle/narrative)
- FlyOrDie.io (Multiplayer, flight, eco-system simulation)
- :game:
- Henry Stickmin Series
- Karnage.io (Multiplayer, Top-down shooter)
- Kings And Legends (MMORPG/CCG)
- Krunker.io (Multiplayer First-Person Shooter)
- Lucky Tower
- Legacy Of Heroes (MMORPG/CCG)
- Mario Mario Ace Attorney
- Mega Mash
- Monster Arena (WesternRPG/SimulationGame)
- MooMoo.io (multiplayer, survival game)
- Mope.io (Multiplayer, eco-system simulation)
- The Last Stand (RPG, survival game, and a Shoot 'em Up)
- Pico (The various flash games across Newgrounds starring the Series Mascot cover a wide spectrum of genres.)
- Ravenwood Fair
- Realm of the Mad God: (Roguelike/Bullet Hell/MMORPG)
- Riddle School (Puzzle/Adventure)
- Rock Band World: Rhythm Game (companion app to one, at least)/genre-defying
- Starve.io (multiplayer, survival game, RPG elements)
- Survivor: Fire (Action/Escape the Room/Simulation)
- Time Clickers: Idle Game / First-Person Shooter
- Tyrant: ({MMORPG/CCG)
- Valthirian Arc 1 (Action RPG/Time Management)
- Valthirian Arc 2 (Action RPG/School Simulation)
- Vertix.io (Multiplayer, Top-down shooter)
- Webkinz
- World Builder (Puzzle/Adventure/Strategy)
- Xolga And Mr Toko (Puzzle/Adventure)
Genre-Defying
- Akinator
- An Other A Game For Social Change
- Mush The Dawn
- Babies Dream Of Dead Worlds
- Battle Master
- Battle Stations
- But That Was Yesterday
- Can Your Pet?
- Cold And Flu Invasion
- Covetous
- Demon Thesis (Half webcomic, half Final Fantasy Tactics style game where 4 modern day college students suddenly find themselves gifted with magic powers thanks to an Eldritch Abomination and fighting off hordes of monsters)
- Die2Nite
- Don't Shit Your Pants
- Don't Wet Your Pants
- Doodle God
- Drawful
- ERepublik
- Every Day The Same Dream
- KRFS
- The Exhausting Adventures Of Gentle Sod
- The Game
- Gobtron
- Happy Wheels
- Hatfall
- Icarus Needs
- Immor Tall
- The Impossible Quiz
- Kongai
- The Majesty of Colors
- Motherload
- Nickelodeon Clickamajigs
- One Chance
- Oppressive Games
- Osada
- poupéegirl
- Pumkin Land
- Say When!!
- Sonic Inflation Adventure
- Steamshovel Harry
- Today I Die
- Transformice
- Warbears
- War of Omens
- We Become What We Behold
- The Wiki Game
- xkcd Hoverboard
- Zap Dramatic
Web Game Developers
- Armor Games: along with hosting a number of games, they also produce many popular ones, including Crush the Castle, Achievement Unlocked .
- io games
- Berzerk Studio
- Big Block Games
- Bigpoint: Developer of Dark Orbit, Drakensang Online and Battlestar Galactica Online. Known for pushing the technological boundaries (especially in graphics as of late) of browser-based games.
- Bonte Games
- Con Artist Games
- Fig Hunter - The website of Pseudolonewolf, the creator of the MARDEK series and Clarence's Big Chance.
- Minoto
- Molleindustria
- Nerdook - notably a fellow troper.
- Orisinal
- Nitrome
- Square Enix (Chocobo's Crystal Tower and Knights Of The Crystal)
- Undefined
- Zeebarf - creator of the Adventures of Reemus, A Small Favor and A Vistor series.
- Zynga, Inc.
Gaming Sites
- Adventure Games Live
- Armor Games
- Run 3
- Spiderman Games
- Soccer Games
- FunOrb - Defunct as of August 7th, 2018.
- Homestar Runner - A site famous for its web toons but also contains a number of popular games.
- Kongregate - Home to an active community of developers and the gamers who provide feedback (and occasionally donations) to their works. A large part of the site is the social networking aspect of flash gaming, increased by meta-game achievements the developers and site mods help create. Recently made part of the Gamestop network.
- Miniclip
- Neopets
- Newgrounds - Known for its flash games, but also known for flash movies. Along with Kongregate, one of the leaders in web-gaming developer sites that include social review and meta-game rewards for players.
- NMcCoy.net
- NotDoppler
- Scrabble Games
- Pogo.com
- Puppet Nightmares
- Puzzle Clubhouse - A series of crowd-designed "game episodes" that each combine an animated story and a short, quirky game.
