As Browsergames are computer games means that you can play together with or against other players on the internet. While such games previously consisted mostly of text adventures, and despite all after the procedure mailbox still ran offline, there are currently many genres can only be played online. The game "Ultima Online" in 1997 offered the first opportunity with thousands of other players to act. Nowadays it is even possible to gamble with tens of thousands of players across servers or clusters Parts. The most important representatives of Browsergames right now are games like World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, Rift, Aion, Quake, Track Mania, the Online pirate adventure Seafight and much more. In this case, the technology has changed fundamentally to the past. To play are often used so-called server all game information in a data tape to collect and thus save Peristenz. Are from client to server data sent here usually encrypted and can not be decoded often for terms prior to the game exploits or hacks to protect. Another special feature of Browsergames is that they are permanently supplied with updates to insert new content or to improve the game experience. It comes now and again to bugs (errors in the game) which in turn are fixed. Modern Browsergames to put the so-called on a subscription system in which the client must pay monthly to get access to the game. Is not there such a system of integrated producers, however, a cash shop is located in the Improvements or special items to buy for real money. The only successful game that got along completely with no subscription fee and cash shop items was previously Guild Wars. Browsergames can be divided into several subcategories according to judge the cost, technology or the present genre. The two most important are browser games and MMORPGs.

Browsergames without problems and can download a client software to be played directly from the browser. Previously it was mainly due to HTML-coded games which were based on text layers. The best-known representatives of such games is the popular space simulation "Ogame" in which one must take care of business and diplomacy of his planet. Another representative in the space shooter is Darkorbit. Meanwhile, browser games, however, can already be played in 3D. This is only a plug-in, which is based on Java or Flash for the browser needed. Representatives from this area, for example, Battlefield Heroes and Quake Live. MMORPGs require the installation of a client program which connects to when logging in to the game server, or based on smaller games on the peer-to-peer technology. The system of MMORPGs can be found now also increasingly used in role-plays in Offline.