In the late 2000s, the internet was a fragmented archipelago of portals. Before the algorithmic tyranny of app stores and the walled garden of mobile gaming, sites like Armor Games stood as the gatekeepers of browser-based entertainment. Alongside Kongregate and Newgrounds, Armor Games represented the "silver age" of web gaming.
| Platform | Flash Preservation | New Games | Community | Mobile Experience | |----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------| | | Good (Legacy launcher) | Very few | Quiet | Poor | | Newgrounds | Excellent (Ruffle built-in) | Moderate (indie jams) | Active | Decent (portal) | | Kongregate | Poor (killed most Flash) | None (pivoted to crypto) | Dead | None (app gone) | | CrazyGames | Minimal | Many (HTML5/casual) | Low | Excellent (native app) |
: The company expanded into full-scale indie publishing. They now help developers bring expanded, polished versions of web hits to platforms like Steam , Nintendo Switch , and Mobile .
In the late 2000s, the internet was a fragmented archipelago of portals. Before the algorithmic tyranny of app stores and the walled garden of mobile gaming, sites like Armor Games stood as the gatekeepers of browser-based entertainment. Alongside Kongregate and Newgrounds, Armor Games represented the "silver age" of web gaming.
| Platform | Flash Preservation | New Games | Community | Mobile Experience | |----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------| | | Good (Legacy launcher) | Very few | Quiet | Poor | | Newgrounds | Excellent (Ruffle built-in) | Moderate (indie jams) | Active | Decent (portal) | | Kongregate | Poor (killed most Flash) | None (pivoted to crypto) | Dead | None (app gone) | | CrazyGames | Minimal | Many (HTML5/casual) | Low | Excellent (native app) | armorgames.com
: The company expanded into full-scale indie publishing. They now help developers bring expanded, polished versions of web hits to platforms like Steam , Nintendo Switch , and Mobile . In the late 2000s, the internet was a