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Free browser games with no ads or downloads
Free browser games with no ads or downloads: play Melee, Landlord, Acres, and Synth in a tab right now. See what free access means at Toxic Games.
Balancing a game economy before players arrive
Learn how to balance a game economy before players arrive: script choices, compare repeatable runs, and tune Landlord’s costs and progression.
Browser game save data: what gets stored
Browser game save data can live in cookies, browser storage, or an account. See what survives a cleanup and how Toxic Games saves ongoing progress.
Why farming games need a seeded RNG
A farming game's weather must stay surprising without changing when you log in. A seed makes each game day repeatable instead of saving a weather history.
How idle games run while the tab is closed
Idle and management games do not keep ticking after you close the tab. They do arithmetic when you come back. Here is how that works, and where it breaks.
One account for Landlord and Acres
Landlord and Acres now share one sign-in. Their saves came with them, and the shared account supports passkeys.
There are screenshots now
The game pages said "Screenshot coming soon" for long enough. They now show the actual games, captured on a Raspberry Pi with no graphics card.