Browser-based

Software theme

Played in a regular internet HTTP browser, via HTML, javascript and/or server-side processing. Usually requires account registration, but not always even that.

83
games
4
platforms

Alternate names: HTML
Name variations: HTML4, HTML5

Use only for browser-based server-side games, we have platforms and other tags for other cases.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_game#Server-side_games

For other games, you usually add Java tag or use Flash platform. There are however offline HTML5 games, and offline HTML4 gamebooks.

This is NOT for games that are implemented as plugins or similar for specific browsers.
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Child groups

Mozilla Prism, Google Native Client, HTML5

Games by year

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The first Browser-based video game was released in 1998.

Artix Entertainment, Ubisoft and Isotx published most of these games.

Platforms

Internet Only 74
Flash 5
Linux 3
Windows 1

Most common companies