What are the best browser-based multiplayer games?

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Best browser-based multiplayer games	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
95 Town of Salem	$4.99	Very Positive	-
93 Realm of the Mad God	Free	Mixed	Bullet Hell MMO
90 Freeciv [Free]	-	-	Turn-based Strategy
-- Slither.io	-	-	-
88 Pokemon Global Showdown	-	-	-

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Realm of the Mad God

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Fast-paced combat

With a spell and a weapon equipped you aim and shoot at enemies and dodge their incoming projectiles. Sounds simple, but it is not when you have over 100 different missiles coming at you. This is the essence of Realm of the Mad God (RotMG). You are supposed to evade enemy attacks and strike back yourself to countless numbers of enemies. Just as when you feel that you have beaten the last enemy, another one starts firing at you. All of this comes varied as different enemies, have different attack patterns, projectile speeds and intricacies to them. See More

Top Con

Pay-2-Win

The game uses "Coins" as a currency to purchase both cosmetic and fundamental items to the gameplay. Coins cannot be earned and are only obtained through real-world money. Although you can grind your way to all of the items without paying, it will be harder and will take longer than paying a few bucks for one of the best items in the game. This can be felt when you have to pay to not run out of vault space (permanent storage for your items) or have another character slot without sacrificing your initial character. Moreover, in the Nexus (game's town safe area) you can buy one of the strongest items in the game. A prime example of this would be maximizing pet skills which help you in combat. It takes months taking skills to the maximum level, if you are not willing to spend any money. On the other hand, if you pay a significant amount of money, it will take you less than a day. See More

KnowledgeableKhepri's Experience

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Steam Rating:Mixed

Genre:Bullet Hell MMO

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Easy to learn, hard to master

The game is built with 8-bit retro style in mind. Such design choices made the game feel and look simplistic, and not overwhelming right from the start. The game is simple to pick up with a helpful tutorial aiding you at the beginning of the game. A few minutes in you will find yourself accustomed to controls, interface and the abilities of your character. If you play for a while, you will encounter more dangerous enemies that will force you to flee and to face them once again until you are able to fight against them properly. See More

Top Con

Sometimes lags

There are various issues that can cause lag within the game. For some tips in dealing with it you can read here. See More

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Huge fights

Realm of the Mad God features massive fights that occur between players and Oryx's minions. Some of the most exciting and terrifying enemies are not beatable alone and it requires co-operation between the players. As a result, you will see yourself teaming up with other 85+ strangers and trying to beat the boss. See More

Top Con

Glitches back to the main screen

During massive brawls, where there are a lot of enemies and other players, the game starts lagging and glitching. Worst case scenario, the players are sent back to the login screens. See More

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Permadeath

Permadeath is what adds spice to this game that makes it what it is. If you die, you lose your beloved character and all the items you had with you. You start over again. This is what draws you in to play more as you want to get back where you were. See More

Top Con

Repetitive

In order to take your character's skills to the highest levels or obtain strongest items in the game, it will require grinding. Grinding means doing the same thing over and over again to gain something of value. This is where repetition comes in. Usually, this is felt when players are trying to make their characters strong enough to compete with end-game content (strongest bosses). This requires maximizing the skills and obtaining items which sometimes could take a while. For instance, the chances of getting one of the strongest bows in the game "Doom Bow" is 1%. See More

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Variety

The game offers multiple settings, hundreds of different items and monsters. Over a dozen of different classes with different powers, abilities, perks and playstyles are available to try out. See More

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Freeciv [Free]

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Excellent depth

In Freeciv you have to take into consideration terrain, resources, cities, economy, units, combat, diplomacy, governments, technology, wonders and many other things both for your and all competing civilizations. See More

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Genre:Turn-based Strategy

Co-Op:Yes (teams)

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Free, open-source & does not require a plugin

If your browser supports HTML5, just go to play.freeciv.org to start playing. See More

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Intelligent AI

Even on lowest difficulty, Artificial Intelligence of Freeciv will give you a run for your money. See More

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Observe public games

You can observe public games currently being played and even take control of an AI civilization to jump into the fight. See More

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Tribal Wars

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Mobile support

In addition to being able to play in a browser, there are apps for iOS and Android. See More

Top Con

Pay to win

This game used to be great but now it's a cash sink. See More

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Time management and diplomacy based gameplay

Tribal Wars requires making long-term decisions and choosing allies carefully. Decisions made will often show results many days later and to conquer the world you'll need to make smart allegiances to create powerful tribes. See More

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Longstanding, active community

Tribal Wars started back in 2003 as one of the first free-to-play games, yet still has an active and very vocal community that inhabit over 50 servers. See More

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Transformice

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The shaman is the only part of the game which makes gameplay worthwile, but it is restricted to only one person out of dozens per match.

It seems like all the fun in the game comes from being a shaman, but it is locked to a single person per match in a room of several dozens people, because all the matches in the game are about gathering cheese, which grants you scores, in which the game compares your scores whit the other players on the same room as you so the first person who has most scores becomes the shaman, and once you become a shaman your score is reset so you have to do it all again to become the shaman. Gathering cheese isn't as fun and as rewarding as being a shaman, where the real "joy" is, since it is the most difficult and valuable part of the game. Every feature of the game, such as upgrades, goes fowards in valorizing being a shaman but doens't let you be a shaman all the time, which makes the game a boring experience all the time you aren't really a shaman. See More

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Pure, hilarious chaos

It's a mob simulator, where every mouse only looks out for themselves. There's no time for a coordinated approach, even worse - getting to the cheese often involves doing so at the expense of others. See More

Vel's Experience

I couldn't stand playing this game, due to how boring and unintuitive it is. See More

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Horribly boring gameplay

The gameplay is not even addicting, it has a crappy music, it is limiting, and have nothing that really takes your attention at at all. You just go, catch cheese, and ocasionally be a shaman that does some good stuff. Most of the time you just stand up wanting to be a shaman, instead of having the actual fun, which is being the shaman. Plus the game is so horribly boring i can't even measure. It's awfull... See More

Top Pro

Lots of puzzles

There is a huge number of puzzles to play through with the same, simple goal in each of them - get the cheese to the hole. There's even an achievement for completing over 1000 different maps. See More

Top Con

Difficult to understand and to master, which leads to frustation

The game is all about placing objects to help other mice to get cheese, but even so, it is completely physics based on all senses, and even throguh general physics have some logic that is easy to understand, in this game it is difficult to utilize right the physics, because you constantily have to deal whit mice that scrambles the physics all the time, such as creating a bubble to go up and then the mice goes and screw everything up from the buddle direction and so on. The implementation of the mice in this physics game gameplay make it difficult for playing, and this can result in frustration on how hard the game can be. See More

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Bloons TD 5

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Great depth and variety

There's a great variation in towers, their stats and upgrade trees, as well as enemy types (bloons) and levels you have your battles in. See More

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Clean graphics

The gameplay in previous games (TD4 and lower) was a bit laggy at times, luckily TD5 has cleaned up the graphics to make them a bit more simple while also allowing for new designs that differentiate things in the game in order to make it easier to tell what is going on. The cleaned up graphics also allow for smother gameplay due to them using less resources, meaning no more laggy gameplay. See More

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Co-op mode

Unlocked at rank 10, two players can work together to beat a game, with a set map and difficulty, of Bloons. In co-op mode players can transfer money between them opening up new possibilities of gameplay. See More

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Everybody Edits

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Design your own levels live

As the name of the game implies you are given the possibility of editing. You can start with something already made and make it your own or build something from scratch. And you can do it all in real time, while you and others are running around in the game. See More

Top Con

Very few players

Everybody Edits is dying. See More

DependableGbadu's Experience

FUCK YES, I started playing in 2017 on holy shit its good. Only downside is trolls and I forgot my password See More

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Delightfully cruel

Levels can be changed on the fly in the most frustrating ways possible (disappearing floors, changed goals, altered layouts, etc) while you alongside other people are trying to reach the end. See More

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Requires flash

Needs Flash in your browser. See More

Taco Bell's Experience

Have been playing this game for quite the while and still love it. Lots of customization to let you build music levels, technical levels, story levels, auto levels, zombies levels, art levels. The only limit is your imagination and time See More

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Very challenging

They frustrate you, but if you can handle it, you are rewarded. See More

DecisiveHecate's Experience

Had a hard Time with Trial and Terror but still a good game. See More

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In-game chat

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Agar.io

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Players can customize their cell

For those that register for the game they can customize their cell in order to have specific words or even use pictures. This allows one to stand out in the game and other players may take notice if you are often playing. See More

Top Con

Experienced players will overpower you

There are no tiers. Experienced players will literally eat you up eventually. Players who pay also get some advantages, although you can play for free and win.... if you are good enough. Still lots of fun! See More

Great Hero J's Experience

Ever since the Miniclip acquisition the game has become freemium See More

Top Pro

Deep gameplay

While looking overly simplistic there is a good bit of strategy to the game as players can split their cell in order to confuse or surprise attack foes as well as spit out excess cells in order to change ones size. See More

Top Con

Random respawns can lead to instant death

The game often sees players respawn right next to a large enemy which leads to them instantly dying, this can be frustrating when it happens a lot to a player. See More

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Fun and addictive

The mechanics of navigating the screen area aren't all that easy to understand, so it's as much about figuring out the limitations of the board as it is about running away from the big guy. See More

Top Con

Frustrating gameplay

It can be frustrating when you get really big and get eaten by someone either when they pop you with a virus or are just even bigger than you are. See More

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Dead Frontier [F2P]

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Jump in and play multiplayer

All players can be in the same world. Just set your 'instance' to a player and you can form a multiplayer group without a queue. Hunt zombie bosses, finish missions, loot, or just kill hordes on the fly. See More

Top Con

Difficult if you don't know what you're doing

This game has RPG stat elements via leveling up. Your play style and how much you're planning to play this game dictates your stats. If you mess up your stats in the beginning, you'll have a much harder time down the line. Try googling "The Ultimate Dead Frontier Guide" online for a general idea of how to build your character. See More

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PvP

You can fight other players in an arena or boast your true player killing skills in the Inner City itself. See More

Top Con

Lag (on occasion)

Can lead to unfortunate circumstances like disconnection from multiplayer to single player mode during heated situations, enemies may not register hits, etc. This is especially dangerous when you're looting inside buildings in closed spaces. See More

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Survive the Post-Apocalyptic horror your way

You are left to survive in a world taken over by the living dead. With a plethora of weapons, armor, and skills, take to the streets of the undead nightmare with your own choice of fighting whether it be rifles, machine guns, or even a nice, sharp object. Player run economies allow you to trade for the weapons/armor, medical items, and food you'll need. Of course, you could just loot your food, meds, (and if you're lucky) weapons/armor. See More

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Stable

Works reliably and has almost no bugs. See More

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Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

King of towers

Top Con

Loads slow

PONGIS

Top Pro

Fun

Super fun to play. See More

ProudLemminkainen's Experience

Your Pongi will follow you wherever you tap on the screen. Double tapping will make your Pongi run faster. You can also swipe to move – your Pongi will go wherever you place your finger on the screen. You can pick to play with a team of your choice. Pick any English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, or Portuguese team. You can also choose one of 25 country teams and play your own little World Cup. With every match you play you earn Pongicoins that you can use to play with higher ranking teams. You earn 1 Pongicoin for each goal you score. You get 3 Pongicoins for match victories, 1 Pongicoin for draws, and 1 additional Pongicoin for each completed match. See More

WittyEnyo's Experience

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Town of Salem

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Fun bluffing based gameplay

The main aspect of the game is that you never know if anyone is lying to you at any particular time. This also goes for the player as well, as you can lie to anyone anytime. Which makes for quite the guessing game that asks of the player to use their deduction skills. When doing this with large groups and especially groups of friends this can make for a fun time trying to figure out who is doing what in the game. See More

Top Con

Gamethrowing

Sometimes, players act against their goals to win. For example, a member of the Mafia may end up purposefully revealing the whole Mafia. At that point the game is practically over. Luckily, you can report people who are gamethrowing within the game itself. See More

Vali Barna's Experience

If you want to feel relaxed for just 3 minutes,then play this game.Go ahead. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Dedicated player base

Tons of people are playing Town of Salem and its different game modes, so you won't have a problem finding people to play with. See More

Top Con

A lot of renegades

There are players that like going on their own and killing innocent people without any clue or strategy. See More

MeticulousShullat's Experience

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The game keeps you playing, it's actually original

You can't find a game where you are this involved with other players anywhere else on the internet. See More

Top Con

Uses Adobe Flash

Most browsers are starting to deprecate Flash as a plugin, (unless you have a browser like Google Chrome, which uses its own fork of Flash) you won't be able to play this game without having to purchase it on Steam. See More

Top Pro

Diverse gameplay

There are so many different game modes and roles to add. See More

Top Con

High learning curve

It may be best to read up on this game and familiarize oneself to the rules and mechanics as well as common abbreviations. One particular aspect to learn about would be the 29 different roles found in the game, as you may be any one of them at the beginning of a game. See More

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The 3 must play gamesWhy?

My Recommendation for Town of Salem

My Recommendation for Town of Salem

Fun bluffing based gameplay

Gamethrowing

Dedicated player base

A lot of renegades

The game keeps you playing, it's actually original

Uses Adobe Flash

Diverse gameplay

High learning curve

My Recommendation for Realm of the Mad God

My Recommendation for Realm of the Mad God

Fast-paced combat

Pay-2-Win

Easy to learn, hard to master

Sometimes lags

Huge fights

Glitches back to the main screen

Permadeath

Repetitive

Variety

My Recommendation for Freeciv [Free]

My Recommendation for Freeciv [Free]

Excellent depth

Free, open-source & does not require a plugin

Intelligent AI

Observe public games

33 Other Games Considered

My Recommendation for Slither.io

My Recommendation for Slither.io

Simple to get into hard to master

Not a lot to do other than eat, eat, eat

Short game

My Recommendation for Pokemon Global Showdown

My Recommendation for Pokemon Global Showdown

Fast gameplay

Not Casual friendly online

Strategy

Steep learning curve

My Recommendation for Tribal Wars

My Recommendation for Tribal Wars

Mobile support

Pay to win

Time management and diplomacy based gameplay

Longstanding, active community

My Recommendation for Candy Crush Saga

My Recommendation for Candy Crush Saga

Easy to play

Gets boring after a while

My Recommendation for Transformice

My Recommendation for Transformice

The shaman is the only part of the game which makes gameplay worthwile, but it is restricted to only one person out of dozens per match.

Pure, hilarious chaos

Horribly boring gameplay

Lots of puzzles

Difficult to understand and to master, which leads to frustation

My Recommendation for Bloons TD 5

My Recommendation for Bloons TD 5

Great depth and variety

Clean graphics

Co-op mode

My Recommendation for The Settlers Online [F2P]

My Recommendation for The Settlers Online [F2P]

Not truly F2P

Colorful design

Good depth

Great community

No plugin required

My Recommendation for The West

My Recommendation for The West

Not enough West action

Big community

Many classes to choose from

Helpful and friendly players

Has too many quest telling the west

My Recommendation for Everybody Edits

My Recommendation for Everybody Edits

Design your own levels live

Very few players