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24 Options Considered	Price	Steam Rating	Last Updated
93 Town of Salem	$4.99	Very Positive	May 20, 2018
89 Realm of the Mad God	Free	Very Positive	Apr 30, 2018
-- Freeciv [Free]	-	–	Mar 24, 2018
-- Tribal Wars	-	–	Jun 1, 2018
-- City of Steam: Arkadia	-	–	May 14, 2018

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

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A lot of renegades

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

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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. See More

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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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Huge fights

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

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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

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Permadeath

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

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Repetitive

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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

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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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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Freeciv [Free]

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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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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

Tribal Wars

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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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Mobile support

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

City of Steam: Arkadia

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2 PvP modes

City of Steam: Arkadia has two Player vs Player modes - Asynchronous and Wilderness. Wilderness mode offers PvP content in PvE areas by offering a choice of entering either a strictly PvE zone or a combination of the two. Asynchronous is instance based combat. See More

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Optional microclient

Instead of launching the game through a browser, an optional microclient can be downloaded and used. See More

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Steampunk setting

City of Steam: Arkadia is set in an industrialized, steam-powered world. See More

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Lots to do

As is with most MMOs, City of Steam: Arkadia has all kinds of different activities you can take part in - questing, PvP, dungeon running, crafting, tuning up your vehicle or leveling up your companions and much more. See More

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Various classes and races

City of Steam: Arkadia has 4 classes and 10 races to choose from. Classes include Arcanist, Gunner, Warder & Channeler and races include Heartlanders, Avens, Ostenians, Stoigmari, Draug, Riven, Goblins, Hobbes, Orcs & Dwarves. See More

Transformice

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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

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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

Pokemon Global Showdown

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Strategy

Multiplayer Pokemon is like chess for people with short attention spans. A successful prediction can mean the difference between losing or winning. See More

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Steep learning curve

Type advantages and disadvantages are incredibly important, as well as knowing the roles of different Pokemon on each team. It's a lot to get into for a newcomer. See More

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Fast gameplay

Even the longest battles take less than 15 minutes. See More

Agar.io

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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

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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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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

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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

Slither.io

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Simple to get into hard to master

Anyone can play but if you want to get far you have to spend a lot of time on it. See More

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

There is not a lot to do so this will not be for everyone. See More

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Short game

You can play for 5 min and then just quit. See More

The Settlers Online [F2P]

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Colorful design

The game has beautiful, colorful artwork and a clean interface. See More

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Good depth

As with most strategy games, you gather resources, build building, create armies, conquer new territories. Additionally, there are trading, combat and diplomacy systems, quests to complete, guilds to join and lots more to manage and perfect. See More

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Great community

The game has an active and friendly community. See More

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No plugin required

The game does not require anything to be downloaded on your computer. See More

ArcMaze

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Several character races

There are several character races: human, elf, dwarf, gnome. See More

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Huge fantasy world

It's nice to play the game for a long time and explore the world. See More

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Dungeon crawler

The dungeon crawler game is dark, mysterious and full of surprises. See More

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First person 3D game

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Multiplayer game

It is fun to play with other people and find friends. See More

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Browser-based

3D game without installing. See More

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Free-to-play

Travian

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Does not require the constant presence of a player

You can play and do something at the same time. See More

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2D

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Active community

There are around 22,000 active users (even late on a Sunday night there are 3000 players online). See More

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Adjustable gameplay

Depending on the server you choose to play on, you could choose an accelerated game speed, such as 2X or even 3X. See More

King of towers

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Loads slow

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

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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

The West

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Big community

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Many classes to choose from

You can be adventurer, dueler, worker or soldier. See More

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Helpful and friendly players

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Has too many quest telling the west

PONGIS

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Chi Land

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Free

Epic War Saga

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NIce graphics

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Easy to play

Monsiv

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Dead Frontier [F2P]

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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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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

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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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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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Stable

Works reliably and has almost no bugs. See More

TagPro

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Achievements (flair)

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Simple controls

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Neat Reddit community

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Easy to learn, hard to master, enjoyable throughout

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So many close calls and tricky boosts

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Many community maps

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Great competitive scene

ELTP (I play for Liverball), MLTP, OLTP... And the best thing is that it's not elitist like most esports. See More

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

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Ever since the Miniclip acquisition the game has become freemium

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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 Po...

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Realm of the Mad God

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awesome shit bruh

Fast-paced combat

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Dedicated player base

High learning curve

Fun bluffing based gameplay

The game keeps you playing, it's actually original

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