The first .io game was Agar.io. It was developed by Matheus Valadares in 2024 and gained significant popularity through the 🧲 internet forum 4chan. The game revolves around cells that grow by eating agar and consuming other players. A few months 🧲 after its release, the game was acquired by Miniclip, and a new game genre started to emerge based around the 🧲 humble .io domain extension. |