Questions and picks
Browser games to play with friends
Updated 2026-10-11
To play a multiplayer browser game with friends, pick one with a private room, a party code or an invite link. Seven such games: skribbl.io, Gartic Phone, Codenames, Lichess, Agar.io, Shell Shockers and Minecraft Classic. One of you creates the game and sends the link or code, and the others open it.
Which multiplayer browser games can you play with friends?
| game | what you play | how you join together |
|---|---|---|
| skribbl.io | one player draws a word, the others guess it | press “Create Private Room” and send the invite link. A private room holds up to 20 players |
| Gartic Phone | the telephone game with drawings: one player writes a sentence, the next draws it, the next writes what they see | create a room and invite friends with a link. It runs on its website, on a computer, tablet or phone |
| Codenames | two teams guess words from their spymaster’s one-word clues | enter a nickname, start a game and share the room URL |
| Lichess | chess | the “Challenge a friend” button on the home page. The site is free and has no ads, and you can play anonymously |
| Agar.io | cells eat each other on a shared map | Party mode: one player creates a party, the others join with its code |
| Shell Shockers | a first-person shooter where every player is an egg | create a private game and share its link or code |
| Minecraft Classic | building with blocks in the browser | the host gets a link and can invite up to 9 friends. It needs a keyboard |
Which multiplayer io games have private rooms?
skribbl.io has private rooms, Agar.io has Party mode, and Shell Shockers has private games. Among PvP io games with teams, ZombsRoyale.io has Duo and Squad modes.
What do you need to join the same game?
- The link or the code. One player creates the game and sends the invitation to the rest.
- A voice call. The Codenames site says it outright: connect with your friends through your favorite audio or video chat.
- The right device. Minecraft Classic needs a keyboard.
Are there Telegram games to play with friends?
Yes. Telegram bots can offer HTML5 games to play solo or against each other in group and one-on-one chats. The message with the game shows the high scores for that chat.
How do you play Crybble Wars with a friend?
Crybble Wars is an io game for the web and Telegram, played online in a shared arena. There is one map for everyone: your entry does not split players into rooms. A match starts at a random point on the map, and players show on the mini-map as colored dots.
You can feed a teammate by shooting mass; every shot makes your own bubble smaller. A free match is a place to start together: it costs no money.
For the long run there are guilds: a team of up to 32 players with a shared treasury in CBW. Creating a guild and joining one are free, and you invite a friend with the guild’s link or code. A raid is not a team fight: it is a one-on-one fight against another guild’s Guardian, and the loot goes to the shared treasury.
Crybble Wars in brief
- It runs on a phone or a computer, with nothing to download: “What is Crybble Wars”.
- The entry is free or 1, 30, 100 CBW, and there is one map for everyone: “The map and your entry”.
- On a phone a joystick steers the bubble, on a computer the mouse does: “Controls”.
- You find a guild by name or number, and joining is free: “Guilds”.
- Your invitation link is in the “Friends” section; the invitation itself pays nothing: “Referrals”.