Top Games for May 2026

02/18/26

Player activity charts are now live on game listings.

• Added a new Average Players Online Per Day chart on game detail pages.
• The chart uses historical MSSP data so you can quickly see how player activity trends over time.

02/18/26

Search and discovery got a major upgrade.

• Rebuilt `/games` into a modern discovery experience with live filtering, infinite scroll, and load-more fallback.
• Added advanced facet filters (theme, type, RP status, player count, PK style, language, location, codebase, and game size) behind a compact Advanced Filters toggle.
• Added new sort and filter options focused on freshness and reliability, with improved URL state sharing for active search views.
• Added a Confirmed Online indicator to listing cards and watched-game cards when the latest connection attempt succeeded.

02/18/26

New watchlist and account management features are now live.

• Added a new Watch/Unwatch flow on game detail pages so players can track games they care about.
• Introduced a Watched Games section in My Account with quick actions for Details, Reviews, and Unwatch.
• Added watcher counts to listing details and My Games so game owners can see interest levels.
• Implemented login-aware watch actions: if you click Watch while logged out, you are sent to login, then returned to the listing and the watch action is completed automatically.

02/18/26

More UI and usability refinements are now live.

• Refreshed game cards and rankings views with cleaner card layouts, updated headings, and modernized pagination controls.
• Improved site chrome with a redesigned header/nav/search experience and an updated footer style.
• Redesigned key account-access pages (Sign Up, Log In, Forgot Password, and Reset Password) for clearer flow and consistency.
• Refreshed core information pages (Advertise, About, Contact, MSSP, Privacy) to match the newer site style.
• Redesigned the Add Game workflow with better sectioning, clearer required-field guidance, improved mobile validation feedback, and inline contextual Help buttons.
• Added cleaner user-review access with new pretty routes, a redesigned My Reviews page, and direct links from review/user/account touchpoints.
• Refreshed the My Account page with a modern tabbed layout, account stats, and quick links to My Games and My Reviews.
• Shipped review management tools so users can now edit or delete their own submitted reviews directly from My Reviews (admins can also moderate).
• Refreshed the remaining review/vote utility pages (Write Review, Vote, Vote Code, confirmation and reset email result pages) for a cleaner and more consistent experience.
• Applied a second-pass homepage polish with improved readability, stronger card hierarchy, better spacing, and cleaner recent listings/reviews presentation.

02/17/26

Quality-of-life and usability updates went live today.

• Launched a new ad management workflow so admins can create and manage banner ads from the site interface, including image upload, destination URL, expiration date, active status, and display weight.
• Improved ad click behavior: MudVerse links now open in the same window, while external links open in a new tab.
• Refreshed the homepage updates section into a compact, click-through carousel so recent changes are easier to browse without taking up extra page space.
• Fixed the review form character countdown so it updates correctly while typing and pasting.
• Updated the "Submit Review" link on game pages to use a relative path so it works correctly across environments.
• Cleaned up read-review display by removing outdated "member since" text and fixing the "I think this game is..." value to reflect the actual rating submitted with that review.
• Redesigned the read-review page into a cleaner card layout with better readability, clearer metadata hierarchy, and improved rating display.
• Redesigned the game listing details page with clearer section cards and improved mobile behavior.
• Redesigned the My Games page with a cleaner layout and improved mobile-friendly listing/action presentation.
• Redesigned the All Games page into a card layout with banners, quick actions, review links, and clearer listing metadata.

03/09/25

• Added additional harddrive space to prevent issues, as the MSSP crawler is racking up a few gigs of space.
• Investigated a few games that may have been botting, and requested they stop.

If I find a game botting or using proxies to pump up votes, I'm going to warn you and delete the votes. If it keeps happening, I will remove the game from the site. This is a hobby project, and I have no interest in creating increasingly difficult systems to prevent this. If you want more eyes on your game, ads on the site have stayed at $10/month since 2007 and they support a good cause.