Armor Games Inc. 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 Irvine, California, the site was founded in 2004 by Daniel McNeely.

Armor Games primarily hosts curated HTML5/JavaScript 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.

History

Armor Games was founded by Daniel McNeely in 2004, and was originally branded as Games of Gondor. In October 2005, it rebranded to today's current name of Armor Games.

On March 3, 2019, Armor Games revealed that they had a data breach in 2019 and that the database was sold on the Dream Market.

In December 2020, nearing end-of-life of Adobe Flash, the site announced that it would be using the Ruffle emulator for its Flash content, although many Flash games remain inaccessible.

In August 2024, Armor Games laid off an unknown number of staff from its publishing team, Armor Games Studio.

Notable sponsored games

• Aether

• Coil

• Crush the Castle

• Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp

• Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive

• Fancy Pants Adventures

• GemCraft

• Kingdom Rush

• Shift

• Warfare 1917

• Waterworks!

• Fireboy and Watergirl

• Super Drift 3D

Armor Games Studios

Under the name Armor Games Studios, the company has developed and published indie games for Steam, mobile devices, and consoles.

Reception

PC Magazine 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".

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