Armor Games is an American video game publisher and free web gaming portal. The website hosts over a thousand HTML5 (and previously Flash) browser games. Based in

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, the site was founded in 2004 by Daniel McNeely. Armor Games primarily hosts curated HTML5/

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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 Ruffle emulator for its Flash content, although many Flash games remain inaccessible. On March 3, 2019, Armor Games revealed that they had a

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in 2019 and that the database was sold on the Dream Market.

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 in ...

'' * '' Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp'' * '' Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive'' * '' Fancy Pants Adventures'' * '' GemCraft'' * '' Kingdom Rush'' * '' Shift'' * '' Warfare 1917'' * '' Waterworks!''

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

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