I was looking for some new games to play, so in classic programmer fashion I spend waaaaaaay too long analyzing which are the most popular. It started by just hoarding links from this sub, blogs, etc. Then to make sure nothing was missed, I filtered and then went over ALL 2000 remaining .io sites in the top 1M visited sites by hand.

Some rules were needed to make a clear line what I consider an io game:

1. Has to have an .io TLD. Sorry slither :(

2. Should be playable right from the home page. No account or searching around.

3. No ripoffs like Geometry Dash or Subway Surfers clones and no old flash games.

4. No strong presence of crypto or nft.

5. Fake multiplayer. Lobbies with high amounts of bots but some human players don't count as it would be hard to draw a line between when it is considered "fake". Since it's hard and time consuming to find out for each game whether it has fake multiplayer, some might very well have slipped past me.

Now with a list of sites, I added Ahrefs organic traffic and SimilarWeb monthly visitors and smartly combined them for a final popularity score. Why am I like this T_T. Still the list is not bullet proof. I'm sure I missed some games, the traffic data are estimates and I'm pretty sure some games got some botting or something going on (looking at you deadshot >:(. 9M visitors, all from India? I call bs).

Edit: I played them all a bit more seriously now. Most are very fun but a few seem a little fishy. Or at least feel like they are not high quality enough to be at the top in the world. So go in with a bit of skepticism.

Either way, here it is. Hope you'll find some new gems too!

1. deadshot.io

2. skribbl.io

3. agar.io

4. bloxd.io

5. krunker.io

6. shellshock.io

7. openfront.io

8. smashkarts.io

9. gartic.io

10. diep.io

11. colonist.io

12. evowars.io

13. slowroads.io

14. tetr.io

15. survev.io

16. wormate.io

17. hexanaut.io

18. territorial.io

19. kirka.io

20. lolbeans.io

21. zombsroyale.io

22. richup.io

23. mope.io

24. evoworld.io

25. taming.io

26. arras.io

27. bonk.io

28. deeeep.io

29. venge.io

30. gulper.io

It goes to like 100 but gets less accurate further down...

P.s. If you're nerdy like me and want more data or the code, just leave a comment.

On February 13th 2023, survivio was wiped from the internet... Kongregate had discontinued the once thriving io game :( every once in a while i'd search for it and could only find super laggy copies with no players or knock offs that were just plain bad

Yesterday my friend showed me survev.io and it feels like I have a time machine

I'm officially addicted to surviv again and wanted to share it with anyone who was searching for it like me. It has 300-400 active players and I can see the community starting to come to life again which makes me super happy

Let me know what y'all think.

* multiplayer 1 vs 1 is in beta mode and im planning on making the whole game multiplayer ( you play against a local AI in the main arena for now)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mlthings.snakesltd&hl=en-US

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snakes-ltd/id1667935442

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638040/Snakes_LTD/

there also a VR version

https://www.meta.com/experiences/snakes-ltd/5712013818895184/?srsltid=AfmBOopUJBD4Ffa82tf80TEBxlRbFFl1CS9NIO2qygoixNQVcpNqn3zj

As the title says, games with similar mechanics, conquest or something similar

What is the best io game in your opinion? Explain why you think so and what makes it different from other io games? what are the pros and cons do you see? How do you feel about advertising in io games?

redcoats.io amazing its like mount blade warband napoleonic wars

I rewrote my pirate .io game’s rendering engine in 3D, feedback welcome

Hey everyone,

A couple of days ago I shared my pirate .io game, Plunder, and since then I’ve completely rewritten the rendering engine to use 3D instead of the old 2D setup.

The gameplay is still simple: sail around, collect loot, fight other ships, grow stronger, and try to survive. But the new 3D rendering should make the world feel a lot more alive and readable.

You can try it here: www.plunder.be

Thanks a lot!

When I search it up like usual and click the link, it redirects to the voodoo website now. Anyone know where it went?

had a random idea and built a prototype around it, you control a cell that produces a swarm of drones

your drones collect food, attack other players and steal their mass, the more mass you have the bigger your swarm gets. left click to control your swarm, right click to control drones that are carrying food (pretty useless currently, idea was that you can feed other players with it but idk)

might be fun might just trash it, suggestions appreciated especially if you think certain mechanics should change

nucly.io

EDIT: https://discord.gg/TqRXJJ3k9C