| Browser games have exploded in popularity in recent | | | | evergreen genre which always attracts players. Again |
| years. Recently released statistics show that the | | | | since there is little in the way of graphical overhead |
| number of daily players on some Facebook games | | | | these 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 you | | | | Puzzles |
| want to attract the largest possible number of | | | | Since Tetris is one of the best selling games of all |
| players it pays to concentrate on the most popular | | | | time, it should come as no surprise that puzzle games |
| genres. | | | | are extremely popular online and attract huge |
| Word games | | | | numbers of players. Again, with a few exceptions, |
| Word games have enjoyed a real boost in popularity | | | | they tend not to be processor hungry and so are |
| recently. Particularly popular with female players, and | | | | well 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 relatively | | | | simple both in terms of gameplay and development. |
| simple to develop and with low overheads in terms | | | | There are countless other styles which are extremely |
| of performance they are ideally suited to the Flash | | | | popular in the browser, from shooters to driving |
| platform. | | | | games, dress-up and make-up titles for young girls, |
| Card and Casino | | | | and sports simulations to name but a few, but the |
| Texas Hold'em on Facebook regularly attracts 15 | | | | three genres briefly outlined above are without doubt |
| million or more player per day! From Windows | | | | amongst the most popular. |
| Solitaire to multi-player card games, this is an | | | | |