Kongregate

Article summary

Kongregate is an American web gaming portal and video game publisher. Its website features over 124,000 online games and 30+ mobile games available to the public. The company also publishes games for PC, mobile, and home consoles. It was purchased by GameStop in 2010 before being acquired by Modern Times Group (MTG) in 2017. Kongregate was sold to game developer Monumental in 2024. The website's portfolio of games spans a wide range of genres. Kongregate is the home for several idle/clicker games, including Adventure Capitalist, Clicker Heroes, Crusaders of the Lost Idols, and Anti-Idle: The Game. On the web portal, users could upload Adobe Flash, HTML5/JavaScript, Shockwave, Java, and Unity games with integrated high scores and achievement badges. The portal was closed to new user submissions in 2020, though previously submitted games remain.

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1. release date: 2006-10-10 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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