Armor Games is an American video game publisher and free web gaming portal. The website hosts over a thousand

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(and previously

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) browser games. Based in

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, the site was founded in 2004 by Daniel McNeely. Armor Games primarily hosts curated

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games and MMOs, sometimes sponsoring their creation. Each game is uploaded and maintained by its original developer, and some include unlockable player achievements. Users can chat within the site and create online profiles. In December 2020, nearing end-of-life of Adobe Flash, the site announced that it will be using the

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emulator for its Flash content, although many Flash games remain inaccessible. On March 3, 2019, Armor Games revealed that they had a data breach in 2019 and that the database was sold on the

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Notable sponsored games

* '' Aether'' * '' Coil'' * ''

Crush the Castle ''Crush the Castle'' is a physical Flash game developed by Armor Games. The Flash version was released on April 28, 2009, and the iPhone and iPod Touch versions were released on January 19, 2010. Notable for its "flinging" game mechanic, which inf ...

'' * '' Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp'' * '' Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive'' * ''

Fancy Pants Adventures ''The Fancy Pants Adventures'' is a series of free side-scrolling game, side-scrolling Flash games created by American developer Brad Borne. Four worlds have been released so far. ''World 1'' was released on March 14, 2006 and ''World 2'' was rele ...

'' * ''

GemCraft ''GemCraft'' is a series of tower defense games created by Hungarian studio Game In A Bottle, in which magical gems are used as the primary means of offense and defense. The first game, titled ''GemCraft Chapter One: The Forgotten'' (also known si ...

'' * ''

Kingdom Rush ''Kingdom Rush'' is a tower defense game developed by Ironhide Game Studio and published by Armor Games. It was released on July 28, 2011 as a browser game, followed by ports for iOS in December 2011, Android on May 13, 2013, and Windows and m ...

'' * '' Shift'' * ''

Warfare 1917 ''Warfare 1917'' is a strategy Flash game set during World War I, developed by Australian programmer ConArtist and published by Armor Games. Gameplay In ''Warfare 1917'', the player orders soldiers to capture ground and trenches while fighting ...

'' * ''

Waterworks! ''Waterworks!'' is a card-based strategy video game developed by Mateusz Sokalszczuk (also known by his online name Scriptwelder) in co-operation with the University of Gdańsk and funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, ...

Armor Games Studios

Under the name Armor Games Studios, the company has begun to develop and publish indie games for Steam, mobile devices, and consoles.

Reception

'' PC Magazine'' listed it in 2007 as one of the Top 100 undiscovered websites. The American news station

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listed it as one of the 10 websites that they considered the best for finding "free online games".

References

External links

* * {{Armor Games, state=expanded Browser-based game websites Companies based in Irvine, California American gaming websites American companies established in 2004 Video game companies of the United States Video game publishers Mobile game companies Internet properties established in 2004 Video game companies established in 2004 2004 establishments in California Browser game developers