The days of Interactive Buddy and Happy Wheels might be long behind us, but free-to-play browser games are still as popular as ever, especially as an influx of new games from talented creators has refreshed the endless pool of available titles.
Although there won’t ever be another Fireboy & Watergirl or Bloxorz, the last decade has hailed a few memorable arrivals in the world of browser games, such as the Agar.io, Wordle, and even Townscaper. One of the earliest renditions of a browser game dates back to the mid-’90s with Earth 2025, followed by the emergence of Flash (then known as FutureSplash) in 1996.