The 2000s was a wondeful era for flash games, and these were undeniably the best ones! For this list, we’ll be looking at all those indie games that took up so much of our time in the 2000s on the Flash browser, and cemented a place in gaming history.
00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 best flash games from the 2000s.
00:19For this list we'll be looking at all those independent indie games that took up so much of our time in the 2000s on the flash browser and cemented a palace in gaming history.
00:34Were you the kind of player who prefer the nostalgic retro style of flash over the new fangled consoles?
00:40Let us know in the comments down below.
00:4210. The Run Trilogy
01:00Setting the foundations for many mobile clones, namely the likes of Temple Run, was the Run Game Trilogy.
01:06Each one allowed players to control an alien, navigating their way through a series of increasingly difficult corridor courses.
01:13The goal is simple, don't fall through the holes into space, and maybe don't get distracted by the bouncy beat.
01:24It is easier said than done, as the alien gets progressively faster, the obstacles grow, and players get increasingly addicted.
01:32Just when you think you've achieved the world by completing Run Game, somebody suggest you try the sequels.
01:39Man.
01:479. Henry Stickmin
01:49No one can be quite as unlucky as poor kleptomaniac Henry Stickmin.
02:04Puffballs United's Henry Stickmin games are essentially a point and click adventure of quick time events which force a fast choice from players, and ones that usually have a pretty poor outcome for the main protagonist.
02:15Oh yeah, last night I kept facing the same day.
02:20There are a number of these multiple choice games that have emerged over the last 15 years, and are still available now on Steam, for all ages to appreciate.
02:30And it's hard not to see why, even if you fail your way through all the adventures, the consequences for poor Stickmin are hilarious.
02:38Number 8. Crush the Castle
02:53Since the onset of the 2010s, one game has allowed players worldwide to grab a heavy round object and fire it at an unstable looking structure.
03:02This game would give its players the feeling of real destructive power in the palm of their hands, and use physics and might at their disposal.
03:11The name of this truly awesome spectacle, no not Angry Birds, Crush the Castle.
03:16Known for its flinging game mechanic, Armored Games' 2009 Free Flash game put players in charge of a medieval catapult and told them to destroy the nearby castle with it.
03:36Less feathers, more devastation.
03:45Number 7. World's Hardest Game
03:48Because of this game, we honestly believe that there are people in this world who still have trouble sleeping, kept awake by nightmares of little square pixels being eaten by blocked dots.
03:58That is exactly the kind of psychological trauma that Armored Games inflicted upon their players in World's Hardest Game.
04:06Players control a small red brick that must get from the beginning of a stage to the end, picking up yellow discs on the way.
04:13While the faster black dots move in opposition, they are not the main obstacle here. You are.
04:18With infinite tries and only 30 levels, you may go in thinking you can beat this game, but more likely will rage quit and never look back.
04:29I get the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it.
04:32Number 6. Super Smash Flash
04:34No, your eyes are not deceiving you. That is Sonic the Hedgehog there, fighting Mario and Fox.
04:47But this isn't Super Smash Bros. Melee, this is Super Smash Flash.
04:54Originally little more than an experiment, developer Gregory McCloud, aka Cloud9, created a new platform game in the style of Sonic,
05:02using characters of his own design.
05:05Ready? Go!
05:11When the game started to progress into something more akin of the Smash Bros. franchise,
05:16McCloud went with it and developed his creation into more of a clone.
05:20Though over a decade and a half has passed since Newground's 15th most played game,
05:25McCloud Gaming is hoping to release a sequel that also acts as a reboot.
05:29Number 5. Bloons Tower Defense
05:36What we started playing as a tiny break between entries ended up being an hour long marathon of Bloons TD,
05:44or Bloons Tower Defense.
05:46And a tower defense game it truly is.
05:49A popular one at that, that just so happens to contain dart throwing monkeys that can be used to destroy super resilient balloons.
05:55There are five sequels and four spinoffs to this little gem.
06:01It also managed to transcend the screen and make it to multiple handheld platforms.
06:06Now, if you would excuse us, we've got a superhero monkey who shoots lasers out of his eyes to buy.
06:13Cha-ching!
06:14Number 4. Fancy Pants Adventures – World 2
06:17Armored Games had quite the run of Flash games, and few come more entertaining than this.
06:33A platformer in the style of the old school Mega Drive games, players assume control of Fancy Pants, a stick man with cool hair and striking shorts.
06:42In the sequel, Fancy Pants must retrieve a stolen ice cream for the sake of humanity, justice, and so that World 2 will have a significant plot line.
07:01The strength was in the game's simplicity, as players really could lose hours on a straightforward and challenging series of levels.
07:07Plus, did we mention the cool hair?
07:15Number 3. Meat Boy
07:25If there's one place that we really don't want to be, it is inside the heads of game designers Team Meat.
07:31They are phenomenal. They just happen to be masters when coming up with creative and crazy difficult ways to splatter us across an endless slew of levels.
07:47The release of Super Meat Boy inspired multiple games and elevated the genre as a whole.
07:52Earning so much goodwill, they were able to come back swinging in 2020 with Super Meat Boy Forever.
08:00But it's their prototype Flash game, simply titled Meat Boy, which really hooked players into the sliding grim world of the Little Red Slap.
08:09Greatness can start from the smallest things.
08:11Apparently, that includes a sentient splat of red meat.
08:24Number 2. Alien Hominid
08:26Another game that managed to break barriers and move from the Flash world to consoles, this side-scroller run-and-gun game, inspired by the likes of Metal Slug, has been around for two decades, has been featured on multiple platform generations and holds a special place for Flash connoisseurs.
08:51Not bad when you consider that it was made by two people with an active imagination.
09:02As of 2020, developers The Behemoth are looking to make one more game starring the lead Alien Hominid character.
09:09Though, are not making a reboot or sequel. Either way, we're game.
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09:37Number 1. Club Penguin
09:41For an entire generation, Club Penguin is a staple of their game in life, for better or for worse.
09:48Disney's MMO was essentially an online hub of chat rooms, with the added benefits of cartoon penguins and minigames.
09:55For the children playing, it created what was one of the first online communities, and it was huge.
10:02At its height, the MMO had over 200 million registered users.
10:07But, by 2015, its popularity was declining, and staff members began receiving layoffs.
10:13Ultimately, Club Penguin announced this continuation in 2017, and the closing images were historic.
10:19Players from past and present all converge for one more game, to savor the formative nostalgic days.
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