I always wondered: what are all the games with io at the end? Is this some kind of platform or multiplayer indication? As of slither.io, agar.io and so on...
Im not sure why they use it as a game name but .io is a domain extension (like .com, .org etc) Most be a marketing thing
It is a TLD (Top Level Domain) for country code, which refers to Indian Ocean. And computer geeks use that as referring to I/O (Input/Output)
So I could use it for a Buildbox game as well? Or do people expect some slithery style mechanics and gameplay?
.io games is massive multiplayer games and very limited developer are making these types of games after slither.io some developer start making .io games on different ideas some of games are viral rest flop you can check here new io games http://iogames.org/ if you want to check
.io was also overused as ASO power-up. There was a time when .io games made peaks in downloads so lots of devs renamed their games by adding this ending and it worked very well. It must be a list of words with higher priority inside stores search engines. If you have access to that list you are in front of others.
Yeh, .io is now commonly used to refer to mass-online multiplayer/networking games, of sorts. The most recent example is Pixall.io by KetchApp where everyone contributes to the same game, in this instance, a canvas
IO games or .IO games are real-time multiplayer games, easily identified by the .io domain name (the top-level national domain of the British Indian Ocean Territory). Initially, these games were only developed for the webgame, but with a boom, game makers have put them on mobile platforms so that players can experience them anytime and anywhere. Game IO is entertaining, light and fun, but equally deep. Players need to have the tactics and patience to win online multiplayer battles and dominate the arena and rankings.
