The story is all in the name. Agar.io stems from the substance agar, which is a jelly-like substance obtained from algae that is used to culture bacteria. You are a single celled bacteria in a petri ...

Agar.io or Agario is a game in which you take charge of a tiny cell, eating small dots and other players that are smaller than you. Every time you eat a dot or another player you grow in size, making ...

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If you haven’t paid attention, there’s a surprisingly strong genre of browser-based games dubbed .io games. The name comes from the .io extension files, and one big hit is Miniclip’s Agar.io. Agar.io ...

I started playing an online game called agar.io a few weeks ago, and by now it’s swallowing up almost all my leisure time. I’ve stopped reading, watching movies — it’s weird! I probably have a few ...

What are the best io games? You might not be aware of the genre: accessible browser-based games that range from offline to MMO experiences. The best io games conjure ...

The Basics Behind .io Games .io games are simple yet highly engaging online multiplayer games that you can play directly in your web browser. There are hundreds of .io games, each offering a unique ...