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I play a lot of games and sold some in the past, but I’ve never heard the term. What is an IO game?

• 542458 3y ago
  I believe it refers to casual multiplayer browser-based games.
• xmprt 3y ago
  IO game is a catch all term for these types of mechanically simple, multiplayer, web-based games . The name comes from the fact that many of these games are hosted on .io domains. Well known examples are agar.io and slither.io.
  • echelon 3y ago
    And the biggest platform for them all, itch.io.
    • kroltan 3y ago
      Itch is not exactly a platform for IO games, sure you can put them there, but it hosts a lot of other stuff such as experimental and "extremely indie" games, software tools... It is a platform, storefront and community for things game developers make. IO games on the other hand are usually characterised by being (sometimes only allegedly) multiplayer web browser games with super minimal friction, just open a page and play. Put differently, I wouldn't call a supermarket a toothpaste store even though that is indeed an item supermarkets sell.
    • riidom 3y ago
      Maybe this was meant as joke, but this isn't true at all.