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.