Literary interactive fiction in a Victorian London dragged beneath the earth.
Persistent browser-based games
Games that keep going after you close the tab.
Text MMOs, space empires, crime cities, football leagues and dragon lairs that run for years in a browser. 363 games listed, each with a description in our own words, links, and the date we last checked it.
- Listed
- 363
- Tags
- 24
- Genres
- 12
- Oldest
- 1996
By genre
All genres- RPGLevel a persistent character through quests, combat and loot.232 games
- StrategyBuild, expand and out-think other players on a shared map.78 games
- CrimeGangs, heists and turf in a city that keeps running without you.59 games
- IdleProgress keeps ticking while the tab is closed; others share the world.48 games
- Space strategyPlanets, fleets and alliances across a persistent galaxy.35 games
- Business simCompanies, markets and supply chains run by real players.19 games
- Nation simRun a country: economy, diplomacy, war and politics.14 games
- Sports managerManage a club through seasons against other human managers.11 games
- SurvivalScavenge, hold out and fight in a hostile persistent world.10 games
- Virtual petsCollect, raise and trade creatures with a player community.9 games
- MUDText-driven multiplayer worlds, now playable in a browser tab.8 games
- Interactive fictionStory-first worlds where choices and text do the work.1 game
Editor's picks
The games we would send a friend to first, picked by hand and not by payment.
The original online football manager, with a season rhythm set since 1997.
Stick-figure fantasy RPG that runs on puns, meat and a daily adventure budget.
The space empire classic: mines, fleets and raids across a persistent universe.
A text-based crime MMO where the city never sleeps and neither do your rivals.
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Isometric pirate MMORPG with turn-based blade duels across a 221-location island.
An anime-styled avatar hangout with forums, a player marketplace and mini-games since 2003.
Play a hobo who fights, begs, races shopping carts and trains rats in a free text RPG.
Text-based mafia game where families war over cities while you climb from petty crook to godfather.
Turn-based fantasy browser RPG with mounts, dragons and two warring factions.
How listings work
Visited, written up, dated.
Every entry is written in our own words from the game's own pages, help and community spaces. We record what it is, how it plays, what it costs and where to find its players. The check date is on every card. Games that shut down are marked closed and kept for the record. Sponsors are labelled and never change a fact table.
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