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 Lady Popular holds behind it’s basic presentation and interface which hide a wealth of fun and gameplay. Players start out their Lady Popular journey by creating an in g...[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 aforementioned clients. The game launched back in 2004 and has grown rapidly in that time to tens of million registered accounts and millions of items in its virtual catalogue ...[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]
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 on 6 monthly cycle. With the added possibility of turning your game time into real world dollars Second Life has been able to maintain a thriving community of nearly a millio...[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 that encourage you to create your own adventure. Originally a browser exclusive title released in 2007 Poptropica has since released an iOS and Android app which offer the same gameplay and rebranded as Poptropica Worlds. Poptropica has quickly grown since it went live to over 550 million user accounts with the majority falling between the 6-15 year age grou...[Read Review]
Smeet is a great social experience that offers you a platform to meet and chat with other social orientated gamers with a release in Germany in 2007 before expanding to other regions and multiple languages. While originally launched as a browser based game with the retirement of Adobe Flash Smeet has since transitioned to a Windows and Mac client with a similarly themed mobile version. The core experience of Smeet is similar to other games in the genre combining features that casual gamers will ...[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]
Stardoll is a free website that lets players dress up dolls and play various games designed for a young female audience while participating in a broader community of fashion and design focused players. With millions of registered accounts the game is easily one of the most popular in the genre that has continued to evolve with the times to maintain this top spot. This has seen Stardoll expand from its 2004 release from a simple paper doll dress up concept to be one of the leaders in the genre wi...[Read Review]
Explore the Habbo Hotel and meet other players in Habbo which offers a visual social networking experience within your browser or mobile phone. Online since 2000 Habbo has accumulated millions of dedicated and social players over the decades alongside regular events and content expansions to keep the world of Habbo fresh. Create your own unique avatar and enter the Habbo Hotel to meet new people, play games, dress up and potentially make lifelong friends. Since its 2000 initial launch Habbo had ...[Read Review]
Gaia Online is a blend of social and gaming MMO experience with its origins related to an anime based forum that has since grown to be deeper offering. In the current website iteration of Gaia Online players can connect with others, chat on the forums, play games and create their own avatar while collecting fashionable items. Launching in 2003 Gaia Online has had a long evolution to reach this point and while it has grown from a simple community forum this has not seen Gaia Online lack in popula...[Read Review]
Offering a large social community within a mobile app Avakin Life offers you the ability to start your own new virtual life within your iOS or Android device. Customise your own avatar and an apartment while hanging out with countless people in the unique virtual social locations. Avakin Life captures an ideal blend of customisation, house building and social elements which in turn has captivated millions of players across both app stores. Starting with the creation of your avatar players have a...[Read Review]