To give an example of what I’m thinking of…Kingdom of Loathing, Lioden, Flight Rising.
What are some others? I’m sure there’s entire genres of browser-based games I’ve missed.
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Oh man, we used to occupy the computers in the school library playing achtung die kurve! Multiplayer snake, with powerups. Great times!
The modern online versions, Curve Fever and Curve Crash are still alive!
I uses to play a game called Red Crucible 2, a FPS that runs on the Unity Plugin. Game now moved to steam, but its practically a dead game now.
There’s:
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skribbl.io it’s a draw and guess game, kinda like charades.
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Transformice was also pretty fun. They have a steam version of the game now, I don’t know if they still have a browser port though.
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Oh boy, unfortunately most Flash games aren’t playable on the web yet, else I’d be name-dropping like 200 games.
Everyone has to play Sonny 2 at some point. It’s a genuine masterpiece of turn based RPGs despite being a 14 year old flash game. The atmosphere is amazing. The music is banging. The build variety is immense.
All the blue elephant games like This is the only level and Achievement Unlocked are also classics. Many of them don’t work on Ruffle yet though.
No-one has to die is a story-driven choose your own adventure that’s surprisingly good.
I could go on and on but for a start you should all try these!
You can use ruffle to play flash games. ActionScript 2 support is pretty good. ActionScript 3 is kinda hit or miss.
Yeah, the links I’ve posted are Ruffle-powered.
Fantastic Contraption. Pretty much dead now in a browser due to being based on flash but apparently they developed a version available on steam.
It’s been a long time but I used to play Realm of the Mad God pretty often. Looks like it’s no longer available to play in a browser though.
I used to love that game. last time I tried to play it was filled with bots, unfortunately.
And microtransactions, it’s on steam now.
Universal Paperclips: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/
It’s a semi-idle clicker game, ala Cookie Clicker, but a bit more interactive and very cool. There is a definitive end to it which is nice for this type of game.
Looks like someone else already got to this before I did, but +1 to trying it out.
Was a surprisingly fun way to tank my productivity on Monday.
Honestly, the fact that you mentioned it having a definite end was a huge factor in making me click on that link.
Oh yes. I’ve played quite a few idler-like games, and I hate ones that just go on forever, or for an excessively long time. A good idler, to me, has more mechanics than just spam clicking and incrementing numbers (even though it should incorporate these as core mechanics) and has something that sets it apart from the others, whether that be novel mechanics or some sort of story.
Universal Paperclips, epic game highly recommended but expect to lose hours of your time.
I second this suggestion, one of those games where the less you know about it the better
I sometimes think back to this game. I like that the theme it is going for is not always consistently the same. I don’t think any other idle clicker has actually given me things to think about like this one did.
why have you done this to me
Minor spoilers but… this is my favorite clicker game because it has an ending.
You can finish the game. And once you finish, you feel accomplished and never have to return (or you can replay if you feel like it I guess)
Oh, man. I haven’t heard of Kingdom of Loathing in for ever . I recall grinding the hell out of it back when, and getting all the way to the final stand-off with the big bad and… there was a placeholder. So, I messaged the dev and he all but told me to spend some time in the real world, the final boss wasn’t ready yet, wtf was I doing speedrunning? 🤪😅
Try out the new PC games for kingdom of loathing. There’s a fun western and a noir based one. Same humor and better gameplay
I’ll go for something more simple, but that you still can spend hours on.
Tetris. Jstris if you want a minimalistic version and Tetr.io if you want something more polished.
I also like to play minesweeper, minesweeper.online is the best one I’ve found. I especially like the no-guessing mode which makes the game a lot less frustrating.
In this vein, sudokuslam.com is cool too
Super auto pets
Quick plug for the Lemmy community for it, hopefully we can get some more people involved:
Is there also a browser based version? I’ve only seen/played it on steam/PC and mobile
Yep. Browser is also where you can play the beta patch when it’s going on and you can play as a guest.
Its like a csgo game but with low poly esthetics. It runs pretty well.
Great game.
There’s a browser based version of Oregon Trail I’ve played a fair amount of
the Vex series are pretty good parkour/platformers that even had their own level builder
red ball
one fun one was the helicopter one where you move blocks into positions that I forget the name of
I forget the exact name of the series, it’s Flight or I Can Fly or something like that. The one with the penguin where you upgrade your glider and try to destroy an iceberg
A pretty good one with a rocket you upgrade and eventually get to Mars that’s fun
Sorry I forget the names, it’s been a while. Most probably aren’t even playable anymore unfortunately
Paper.io is fantastic
QWOP 😀
