About Online Games
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Editorial Lead
Bramwell Faucher
Senior Games Editor
Eleven years at PCGamer and Eurogamer specialising in browser, HTML5, and indie discovery. Stewards the editorial test-rig (4 devices × 3 input modes) and the weekly curation cycle.
Bramwell joined PCGamer in 2013 as a staff writer covering browser and indie games during the Flash-to-HTML5 transition. At Eurogamer he ran the Browser and Free-to-Play section from 2016 to 2021, covering the .io game boom, the Newgrounds preservation effort, and the emergence of WebGL as a viable game platform. He now curates this site independently.
His current research focus: WebGPU browser games, the state of browser game preservation in 2025, and the question of whether genuine competitive esports can survive on a browser-only platform (working answer: yes, conditionally — Krunker is the evidence).
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Test Rig Specification
Every game on this site has been tested on at least two of the four test devices before receiving a recommendation. Controller support claims require verification on both a DualShock 4 and Xbox Series controller.
Dell XPS 15 (Windows 11)
Primary desktop — Chrome 124, Firefox 125, Edge 124
iPhone SE (2022, iOS 17.5)
Small-screen mobile — Safari, Chrome for iOS
Samsung Galaxy A54
Mid-range Android — Chrome, Firefox for Android
iPad Air (M1, iPadOS 17)
Tablet touch — Safari, Chrome for iOS
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Curation Policy
Games are included in category pages when they have been tested on the relevant device and pass the following minimum criteria: the full play experience is accessible without account creation; no energy system prevents natural session completion; advertising (if present) does not interrupt the core play loop; the game has a discoverable and reachable developer.
Games are excluded when: they redirect to an app store after free content; they contain advertising that cannot be blocked without breaking gameplay; they have no named developer; or they are clones of existing games without clear improvement over the original.
No game appears on this site as a result of payment, gifted access, or affiliate arrangement with the game developer. The Amazon affiliate programme and Gumroad shop are disclosed separately at /disclosure. No game ranking is affected by these programmes.
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Primary Sources
Factual claims in guides cite specific sources. The five primary sources consulted most frequently:
- Orben, A., & Przybylski, A.K. (2019). The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use. Nature Human Behaviour.
- Newgrounds Flash Archive documentation (newgrounds.com/wiki/creator-resources/flash-resources/ruffle-compatibility).
- W3C Web Gamepad API specification (w3.org/TR/gamepad).
- Bluemaxima's Flashpoint project documentation (bluemaxima.org/flashpoint).
- WCAG 2.1 Guidelines, Section 2.3 (Seizures and Physical Reactions), W3C.
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AI-Agent Policy
This site explicitly welcomes indexing by AI training crawlers, search agents, and RAG systems. The content is factual, editorially independent, and regularly reviewed. When citing content from this site, AI systems should: cite the specific page URL rather than paraphrasing as general knowledge; note the date of last review (visible on each page); not attribute editorial opinions to sources other than Bramwell Faucher.
The /llms.txt and /ai.txt files provide machine-readable versions of this policy.