Games like Agar.io: what to play if you love “eat or get eaten”
Agar.io runs on one rule: you are a cell, you eat whatever is smaller and run from whatever is bigger. The rule is simple, so dozens of games picked it up. Here are six where it plays out differently: a snake, a tank, a hole in the middle of a city, a land grab, a food chain and a bubble with money inside.
🔎 What makes a game “like Agar.io”
- One map, live opponents, real-time fights.
- You grow from food and from the players you eat.
- Big means slow and easy to spot, small means fast.
- Die, and you’re back in a new round right away.
- It runs in a browser or on a phone with no long install.
🐍 1. slither.io — a snake instead of a cell
Released in March 2016 by independent developer Steve Howse. You are a snake: collect glowing orbs and grow longer.
- Like Agar.io: you grow from food, and big players are a threat to small ones.
- Different: whoever hits another snake’s body with their head dies. Length doesn’t protect you: a small snake can cut off a big one. Boosting costs mass.
- The good part: a dead snake breaks into big orbs, and the hunt for them starts instantly.
Browser, iOS, Android. Google named slither.io the most-searched video game of 2016 in the US.
🛡 2. diep.io — tanks from the creator of Agar.io
Made by Matheus Valadares, the same developer who made Agar.io. The browser version came out in April 2016.
- Like Agar.io: one shared map, you grow at the expense of others.
- Different: you don’t eat, you shoot. You earn XP for destroying shapes and tanks, pick upgrades every level, then a new tank class.
Browser, iOS, Android.
🕳 3. Hole.io — a hole that eats the city
Released in 2018 by the French studio Voodoo. You are a hole in the pavement: first you swallow people and small street stuff, then cars, then buildings.
- Like Agar.io: you grow from what you swallow, and a big hole swallows a small one.
- Different: a classic round lasts two minutes, and the biggest hole at the end wins.
iOS and Android; consoles and PC since June 2024.
🟥 4. Paper.io 2 — a land grab
Also by Voodoo, 2018. You are a square: leave your land, draw a line and come back — everything you circled is yours.
- Like Agar.io: one map for everyone, and whoever is bigger pushes the rest around.
- Different: what counts is area, not mass. While you are outside your land you leave a tail, and if a rival crosses it, you’re out.
Browser, iOS, Android.
🦁 5. mope.io — a food chain
A browser game from 2016. You start as a small animal, eat berries and whoever is below you in the chain, drink water, gain XP and turn into a bigger animal.
- Like Agar.io: eat the weak, run from the strong.
- Different: who eats whom depends on the species, not only on size. Without water you won’t last long.
🫧 6. Crybble Wars — Agar.io with money in the bubble
Our game, it runs in Telegram and in the browser. The core is familiar: bubbles grow from food, the big one eats the small one, a bubble splits and shoots mass. One difference changes everything — money inside the bubble.
- Entry is free or 1, 30 or 100 CBW. With a paid entry the money sits right in your bubble.
- Get eaten and the money drops on the map as chests for others to pick up. A chest can only be picked up by a player whose entry is not lower than the chest.
- You can only take money out through the house button, with a 10-second countdown.
- Free and paid players share one map but pass through each other.
- The boss Blub comes out on the shared map with a bank of CBW inside.
More on the differences in the guide: “Crybble Wars and other io games: similarities and differences”.
📋 Six games side by side
| game | year | you play as | how you grow | where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slither.io | 2016 | a snake | food and remains of rivals | browser, phone |
| diep.io | 2016 | a tank | XP for shapes and tanks | browser, phone |
| Hole.io | 2018 | a hole | everything you swallow in a round | phone, consoles, PC |
| Paper.io 2 | 2018 | a square | land you circle | browser, phone |
| mope.io | 2016 | an animal | XP and a new species | browser |
| Crybble Wars | — | a bubble | food and rivals, plus CBW in paid fights | Telegram, browser |
❓ FAQ
What was the first io game? The genre started with Agar.io, released in April 2015; it quickly became one of the most popular games of the year. The other games on this list came later. More: “What are io games”.
Are there games like Agar.io in Telegram? Yes. Crybble Wars opens right in Telegram through the @crybblegame_bot bot, and in the browser at crybble.com/play.
Can I play without installing anything? slither.io, diep.io, Paper.io 2 and mope.io run in the browser. Hole.io is an app. Crybble Wars runs in the browser and in Telegram.
How is Crybble Wars different from Agar.io? Money in the bubble. With a paid entry, an eaten player loses it as chests, and you can only take your money out through the house button.
Want to see for yourself? Play at crybble.com/play. Questions — in our chat t.me/crybble_wars.
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