Achaea
Online 路 486ms 路 achaea.com 路 1997
Roleplay-focused, text-based MUD from Iron Realms Entertainment.
#mud #text #rpg
Collection
Browser games older than 20 years that are still online
Each launch year below comes from a cited source (the game's own site, Wikipedia or Wikidata) shown on its game page. Sorted oldest first.
21 games 路 21 online at the last sweep
Hattrick
Online 路 82ms 路 hattrick.org 路 1997
Massively multiplayer football (soccer) management sim with league pyramids in 140+ countries.
#sports #management #mmo
Utopia
Online 路 1035ms 路 utopia-game.com 路 1998
Fantasy kingdom-management strategy game with text-based graphics, running since the 90s.
#strategy #text #mmo
Neopets
Online 路 745ms 路 neopets.com 路 1999
The legendary virtual pet site: adopt Neopets, explore Neopia, play games and trade with other players.
#virtual pet #social #community
Planetarion
Online 路 343ms 路 planetarion.com 路 2000
Space strategy MMO: mine your planet's asteroids, build a fleet and attack other players' planets.
#strategy #space #mmo
PlayOK
Online 路 774ms 路 playok.com 路 2001
Classic board and card games (chess, checkers, backgammon, card games and more) played in real time against live opponents. Also known as Kurnik.
#board #cards #chess
NationStates
Online 路 121ms 路 nationstates.net 路 2002
Multiplayer government simulation created by Max Barry, based loosely on his novel Jennifer Government.
#simulation #politics #text
OGame
Online 路 1256ms 路 ogame.gameforge.com 路 2002
Space-themed browser strategy MMO from Gameforge, one of the longest-running browser games.
#strategy #space #mmo
Gaia Online
Online 路 492ms 路 gaiaonline.com 路 2003
Anime-themed online hangout mixing forums, avatars, a virtual world and games.
#social #virtual world #community
Kingdom of Loathing
Online 路 1009ms 路 kingdomofloathing.com 路 2003
A free, comical browser-based multiplayer RPG, still getting small updates two decades on.
#rpg #text #comedy
Kings of Chaos
Online 路 112ms 路 kingsofchaos.com 路 2003
Text-based strategy: build your army, conquer your enemies, become a King of Chaos.
#strategy #text #persistent
Omerta
Online 路 84ms 路 barafranca.com 路 2003
Text-based gangster MMORPG: work your way up 1930s organized crime.
#rpg #text #crime
Popmundo
Online 路 1217ms 路 popmundo.com 路 2003
Online RPG and community where you chase fame in a virtual music industry, played in real time.
#rpg #text #music
Tribal Wars
Online 路 761ms 路 tribalwars.net 路 2003
Medieval real-time strategy MMO: grow a village, conquer others and coordinate with your tribe.
#strategy #mmo #persistent
Pardus
Online 路 639ms 路 pardus.at 路 2004
Graphical browser MMORPG in space with a player-driven economy across hundreds of sectors.
#space #mmo #trading
Subeta
Online 路 120ms 路 subeta.net 路 2004
Virtual pet site: adopt pets, dress them up, explore shops and quests; the community has been around since 2004.
#virtual pet #community #collecting
Travian: Legends
Online 路 1044ms 路 travian.com 路 2004
Persistent real-time strategy set in classical antiquity; build villages and fight other players.
#strategy #mmo #persistent
Lexulous
Online 路 76ms 路 lexulous.com 路 2005
Online crossword-style word game played against friends or random opponents.
#word #board #turn based
Online Go Server (OGS)
Online 路 63ms 路 online-go.com 路 2005
Community-supported Go server: free, friendly and easy to use, with live and correspondence games.
#board #go #1v1
Cyber Nations
Online 路 276ms 路 cybernations.net 路 2006
Free online nation simulation: build and defend your nation while dealing with other players.
#simulation #politics #strategy
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (WebTiles)
Online 路 447ms 路 crawl.develz.org 路 2006
Open-source roguelike whose public online servers let you play in a web browser with graphical tiles (WebTiles), with shared high scores and recorded games.
#roguelike #open source #high scores