Neopets
Shares rank 28 of 48 browser games by recommenders
Browser pet game that many people credit with their first HTML and programming, by building guild and pet pages. Critics note kids were scammed out of Neopoints.
Browser pet game that many people credit with their first HTML and programming, by building guild and pet pages. Critics note kids were scammed out of Neopoints.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Taught first HTML and programming
“Writing the HTML to spruce up the homepage of my Neopets guild was my first introduction to any website creation or programming.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)” “this is how i got my start in programming, eventually leading to working in finance and now in gamedev”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)” “Neopets was also my first introduction to any sort of programming.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)” - Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)”
Started careers in tech
“the confluence of Neopets, MySpace, Geocities/Tripod, Xanga, etc. that really formed the base for so much of my career”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)” “this is how i got my start in programming, eventually leading to working in finance and now in gamedev”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)” Creative fun building pages online
“it was such a fun way to be creative and build stuff online”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)” “the game/pets elements that make coding petpages fun”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Kids scammed out of Neopoints
“kids who back in the day got scammed out of their Neopoints”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Google will expand age checks on Android worldwide till the end of the year”
Other browser games people recommend
The four most recommended other browser games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyWind | 61 | 19 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
| Starfling | 59 | 17 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Starcraft: Ashfall | 46 | 12 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
| Half-Life 2 in a Browser | 42 | 11 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
| NeopetsThis page | 10 | 1 | 91% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“kids who back in the day got scammed out of their Neopoints”
“neopets was definitely a factor”
“It basically existed for brands to market to kids.”
“the game/pets elements that make coding petpages fun”
“this is how i got my start in programming, eventually leading to working in finance and now in gamedev”
“the confluence of Neopets, MySpace, Geocities/Tripod, Xanga, etc. that really formed the base for so much of my career”
“it was such a fun way to be creative and build stuff online”
“Neopets was also my first introduction to any sort of programming.”
“I learned to code from neopets.”
“Writing the HTML to spruce up the homepage of my Neopets guild was my first introduction to any website creation or programming.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.