What are the best browser-based multiplayer games?

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Best browser-based multiplayer games	Price	Steam Rating	Last Updated
93 Town of Salem	$4.99	Very Positive	Aug 15, 2018
90 Realm of the Mad God	Free	Mostly Positive	Aug 13, 2018
-- Freeciv [Free]	-	–	Aug 16, 2018
-- Tribal Wars	-	–	Jul 3, 2018
-- Pokemon Global Showdown	-	–	Jul 17, 2018

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Realm of the Mad God

Top Pro

Fast-paced combat

With a spell and a weapon equipped you aim and shoot at enemies and dodge their incoming projectiles. See More

Top Con

Turned pay-2-win after Kabam acquisition

Vaults (permanent storage) and character slots are locked through coins. Coins cannot be earned and are only obtained through real-world money. This game is difficult without storage space to save items looted which requires players to create and manage other accounts known as 'mules'. See More

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KnowledgeableKhepri

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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Top Pro

Huge fights

Realm of the Mad God can support up to 85 players on screen at the same time. See More

Top Con

Glitches back to the Nexus often

When confronted with a large number of enemies, the game will send me back to the nexus, not giving me a death message or anything. I can play for 45 minutes or longer, going in a single direction, and this happens. See More

Top Pro

Permadeath

If you die, you start over from the beginning. See More

Top Con

Repetitive

Top Pro

Variety

Multiple settings, hundreds of different items and monsters, 13 different classes, that need to be unlocked, with different powers, abilities, perks and playstyles. 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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Freeciv [Free]

Top Pro

Free, open-source & does not require a plugin

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

Top Pro

Intelligent AI

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

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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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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

Top Con

Pay to win

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

Top Pro

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

Top Pro

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

Top Pro

Mobile support

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

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Agar.io

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

Top Pro

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

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Great Hero J

Ever since the Miniclip acquisition the game has become freemium 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

Top Pro

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 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

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Candy Crush Saga

King of towers

Top Con

Loads slow

PONGIS

Experience

ProudLemminkainen

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

Dead Frontier [F2P]

Top Pro

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

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

Top Pro

Stable

Works reliably and has almost no bugs. 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

Top Pro

PvP

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

Top Pro

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

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Colorify

Top Pro

Simple browser game

Easy to learn, no installation required. See More

Epic War Saga

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Easy to play

Top Pro

NIce graphics

Chi Land

Top Pro

Free

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