Lady Popular gives you complete control of your own life as you battle it out in the fashion arena, decorate your apartment, juggle a boyfriend and more in the browser based game for young girls and boys. Available in either your browser (or one of the available mobile apps) you’ll be surprised by just how much depth ...[Read Review]
Poptropica is free online game designed for children and teenagers that offers a virtual world mixed with a number of role playing elements. The game is owned by Person PLC and was released in September 2007. Poptropica has quickly grown since it went live to over 550 million user accounts with the majority falling between the 6-15 year age group. Poptropica gameplay is focused around a number of different islands (over 30) where players can explore, complete quests, play games or communicate wi...[Read Review]
Second Life is a free to play online life simulation game designed to appeal to fans of the virtual world genre that want to go a step deeper with enhanced customisation and a real world inspired economy. Developed by Linden Labs Second Life has been online since 2003 for Windows and Mac with regular core releases occurring...[Read Review]
OurWorld (stylised as ourWorld) is a free to play virtual world where tweens and young teenagers can explore a virtual world, participate in online games and interact with other players in various in game locations while listening to a range of in built game soundtracks. Developed and maintained by FlowPlay the ourWorld can be played within a browser (Flash required) or through the official Android app, making it an accessible experience with no download required and perfect for low spec compute...[Read Review]
IMVU is a social focused experience that is available online for free through a downloadable client (Windows and Mac) with mobile apps (iOS and Android) also available. Some elements of the game such as browsing the available chat rooms and stores is available through your browser however the chat rooms require one of the a...[Read Review]
Animal Jam is a virtual world for children that incorporates real animal and plant facts into fun storylines that are supported by National Geographic educational content. Ideal for the curious child gamer Animal Jam also offers a range of social and game mechanics within its virtual world locations to encourage engagement with a child, tween and even teenager audience. Given the audience in mind Animal Jam avoids offering outside advertising in its game experience supporting itself through prem...[Read Review]
Bin Weevils is a 3D virtual game created for kids to explore. The game takes place within a dustbin that is full of NPCs and other players who control their own weevil. Bin Weevils has slowly grown from a popular cartoon series in 2003 to one of the most popular virtual worlds (launching in 2007). Bin Weevils lets players do all the things you would expect from a virtual world with a focus on chatting and playing games. In the game players explore the fantasy bin based game world where everyone ...[Read Review]
Woozworld mixes a virtual world with social networking like mechanics and has been online since 2009. Despite being online for more than a decade Woozworld has retained an audience of players in the tween to teenager demographic by continually attracting the next generation of social gamers to its website and more recently the mobile apps. The social networking features has also allowed the game to retain some older fans who leverage the social network to stay in touch with friends made through ...[Read Review]
Club Cooee is one of the more unique virtual chat rooms available and is a great experience for fans of titles that merge social virtual worlds with games, vast avatar customisation and 3D chat rooms (such as IMVU). The game is published by Cooee GmbH and has a consistent audience of players of several thousands across the mobile apps (iOS and Android) along with Windows and Mac downloadable client. Club Cooee has all the fun features of similar games and includes 3D chat rooms to meet like mind...[Read Review]
Growing their virtual offerings Linden Labs has taken the success from Second Life and moved it into a VR environment with Sansar. Still available to play through a desktop client for Windows Sansar remains accessible to players who haven’t opted to engage with virtual reality gaming yet. Ultimately the promise of San...[Read Review]
Habbo has a large user base and offers a visual social networking experience that you can access within your browser. Create your own unique avatar now and enter the Habbo Hotel to meet new people and potentially make lifelong friends. Habbo is over a decade old launching in 2000 which makes it one of the longest lasting games in the genre. The game focuses on providing a quality experience with chat, rooms, furniture, games and plenty of other community orientated features. After you setup your...[Read Review]
Gaia Online is a social MMO that started out as a forum based experience. In Gaia Online players can connect with other players, chat on the forums, play games and create their own avatar. Gaia Online launched in 2003 and has grown from a simple community to a forum based website mixed with a number of social games. With millions of users and several million unique visitors every month Gaia Online is a huge community experience. In Gaia Online you will create your own Gaian and customise this av...[Read Review]