Browser Games Guides
Fourteen long-form guides covering evaluation, preservation, accessibility, parenting, and the economics of free browser games. Each guide is at least 1,500 words. Research cited where claims are made.
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How to Actually Evaluate a Browser Game Without Installing Anything
The promise of browser games is instant play. But 'instant' has become cover for a lot of games that want your email before you've...
The Honest Difference Between HTML5 and Flash-Era Games
A lot of the nostalgia for Flash games is real. A lot of it is also confused — people miss specific games, not the technology. The...
The Five .io Games Still Worth Your Fifteen Minutes
The .io genre peaked sometime around 2018. Server populations fragmented, clones diluted the market, and every interesting mechani...
How to Vet a Browser Game for a Nine-Year-Old
The hardest part of evaluating browser games for children is that the obvious signals are unreliable. Age ratings are rarely appli...
The Mobile Browser Game Trap: Monetisation Patterns to Watch For
Mobile browser games are the free version of mobile app games, which are themselves the free version of console games, which cost ...
How to Tell a Real Puzzle Game From an Ad-Laden Clone
Puzzle games are the most cloned genre in browser gaming. The mechanic of a successful puzzle game can be replicated in a weekend;...
Why Some Roguelikes Are Better in the Browser Than on Steam
The prevailing assumption is that the browser version of a game is the worse version. For most genres this is true. For a specific...
The Controller-on-Browser Setup That Actually Works
The Gamepad API has existed in browsers since 2013, which should mean that controller support in browser games is solved. It is no...
Accessibility Flags: The Five Features That Actually Matter in Browser Games
Browser games are theoretically well-positioned for accessibility — they run in the same environment as the web, which has decades...
How to Find Truly Offline Browser Games for Flights
The claim 'browser game' implies the game runs in a browser. It does not necessarily imply the game runs without internet. Most br...
The Five Tower Defence Games That Respect Your Time
Tower defence is a genre that pairs badly with energy systems and pay-walls. The mechanic is about preparation and resource manage...
The Cooperative Browser Game That Replaced Our Game Night
Game night moved online for a lot of people in 2020 and never fully moved back. The browser-based party games that filled the gap ...
How to Screen-Time Budget a Kid Without Being a Cop
Every approach to managing children's screen time that treats it as policing creates the forbidden-fruit problem — the thing you'r...
Browser Games That Actually Teach Something
Most 'educational' browser games are learning tools wearing game clothes. The games on this list are both things: genuinely fun to...