Editing Browser game (section)

==Original or popularised genres==
Several game genres were either first developed as, or popularised by, browser titles. These include:

* '''[[Dress-up#Adobe Flash|Dress-up game]]''' - popularised via Flash games of the late 2000s.
* '''[[Endless runner]]''' - Some games as early as the 1980s had elements of this genre, but it was popularised by the browser game ''[[Canabalt]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Parkin |first=Simon |date=June 7, 2013 |title=Don't Stop: The Game That Conquered Smartphones |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/06/the-revival-of-a-long-lost-gaming-genre.html |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |accessdate=July 17, 2013 |archive-date=June 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612233033/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/06/the-revival-of-a-long-lost-gaming-genre.html |url-status=live }}<</ref>
* '''.io game''' - A genre of free, [[Multiplayer video game|online multiplayer]] that gained popularity with the success of ''[[Agar.io]]'' in 2015.<ref name="PCGamesN-IO">{{cite web |last1=Vaz |first1=Christian |title=The best io games 2024 |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/best-io-games |website=[[PCGamesN]] |publisher=Network N |access-date=28 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020192215/https://www.pcgamesn.com/best-io-games |archive-date=20 October 2023 |date=21 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The games are usually characterized by simple graphics and gameplay in a free for all multiplayer arena. The term ".io" comes from the .[[.io|io domain]], which was originally assigned to the [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]<ref>{{Citation |title=IDN Code Points Policy for the .IO Top Level Domain |url=http://www.nic.io/IO-IDN-Policy.pdf |access-date=2005-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218074147/http://www.nic.io/IO-IDN-Policy.pdf |archive-date=2005-12-18 |url-status=dead |publisher=NIC.IO}}</ref> but became popular for game developers due to its short and memorable nature.
* '''[[Social network game]]''' - Games that rely on social media networking. This originated in the late 2000s and led to break-out hits like ''[[FarmVille]]'' and ''[[Mafia Wars]]''.
* '''[[Tower defense]]''' - Some elements of this genre had been present as early as ''[[Rampart (video game)|Rampart]]'' (1990), but it was popularised by Flash based titles from the late 2000s. In particular, the ''[[Warcraft III]]'' mod ''Element TD'' was [[Flash Element TD|adapted for Flash in January 2007]], and led to a wave of interest in the medium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tower Defense: Bringing the genre back - PALGN Video Game Feature - PAL Gaming Network |url=http://palgn.com.au/11898/tower-defense-bringing-the-genre-back/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203062250/http://palgn.com.au/11898/tower-defense-bringing-the-genre-back/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-03 |date=3 February 2014}}</ref>