In the past, many games were created with Adobe Flash, but they can no longer be played in the major browsers, such as Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox due to Adobe Flash being shut down on December 31, 2020. On the back end, numerous server technologies can be used. In addition, WebGL enables more sophisticated graphics. It is implemented with the standard web technologies of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly. The front end of a browser game is what runs in the user's browser. However, the browser version may have fewer features or inferior graphics compared to the others, which are usually native apps. For users, the advantage of the browser version is not having to install the game the browser automatically downloads the necessary content from the game's website. Some browser games are also available as mobile apps, PC games, or on consoles. Alternative names for the browser game genre reference their software platform used, with common examples being Flash games, and HTML5 games. They are mostly free-to-play and can be single-player or multiplayer. Video game played in a web browser The browser version of FreecivĪ browser game is a video game that is played via the internet using a web browser.
