Flash Game Genres - The Most Popular Types of Browser Game

Browser games have exploded in popularity in recentevergreen genre which always attracts players. Again
years. Recently released statistics show that thesince there is little in the way of graphical overhead
number of daily players on some Facebook gamesthese games are ideal for Flash, and work extremely
were in the tens of millions of players, per day!well as browser based games.
However, not all games are equally popular and if youPuzzles
want to attract the largest possible number ofSince Tetris is one of the best selling games of all
players it pays to concentrate on the most populartime, it should come as no surprise that puzzle games
genres.are extremely popular online and attract huge
Word gamesnumbers of players. Again, with a few exceptions,
Word games have enjoyed a real boost in popularitythey tend not to be processor hungry and so are
recently. Particularly popular with female players, andwell suited to the Flash platform. While the term
the older generations, word games attract large"Puzzle game" can encompass a wide range of game
numbers of players and can be single or multi-player.styles, generally they are 2 dimensional, and relatively
Since word games, in general, tend to be relativelysimple both in terms of gameplay and development.
simple to develop and with low overheads in termsThere are countless other styles which are extremely
of performance they are ideally suited to the Flashpopular in the browser, from shooters to driving
platform.games, dress-up and make-up titles for young girls,
Card and Casinoand sports simulations to name but a few, but the
Texas Hold'em on Facebook regularly attracts 15three genres briefly outlined above are without doubt
million or more player per day! From Windowsamongst the most popular.
Solitaire to multi-player card games, this is an