Back in 2005, we launched Webkinz as one of the first fully featured Flash web sites. Flash wasn’t just an animated element, or a game embedded in the page, it WAS the game. We had created a virtual world for you and your pet to immerse into… in a browser.
For 15 years players went daily to webkinz.com to hit that big “Log In” button to join their pets in having hours of fun.
With the discontinuing of Flash at the end of 2020, Webkinz World’s days as a browser destination also came to an end. Our developers were able to keep Webkinz World alive with the fully featured Webkinz application on PC and Mac, and the mobile versions on iOS and Android, but internally we always had the idea that one day we could return to browsers like Chrome and Safari and have our game playable anywhere, on any device.
Today, on the 20th Anniversary of our launch, we are proud to announce that Webkinz Classic will be returning to browsers later this year.
We have had one goal with this project – get everything working, particularly those features that mobile players currently don’t have access to, like challenges, the Curio Shop, trading, and the Employment Office. And of course, we had to get all the games running – from our earliest games like Pumpkin Patch Protector, to favorites like Cash Cow and Jumbleberry Fields.
And like the downloadable app and the mobile app, all this works with your existing data. Playing in a browser will just be another way to play!
Here is your first look at the game in action (the URL has been intentionally hidden):
Employment Office – PC, Chrome
Arcade – PC, Chrome
Curio Shop – iPad, Safari (we will be addressing the scaling issues)
Now while we’ve come a very long way, we still have a lot of work to do. We are still working on features and once those are complete, we will have a long bug testing and fixing phase. We are aiming for an early Q4 release for everyone to enjoy.
We are also discussing beta events where players will be able to try out what we have (knowing that there will be bugs). We will provide more details on these in the coming months.
Finally, and I’m sure that this will be music to many players ears, our overall goal is to get Webkinz Classic to a point where we can begin developing all new features and finally fix features that have been missing for too long.
We appreciate every fan who has enjoyed our plush and our virtual world over the past 20 years and this project is just one of the many steps that we will be taking to ensure that the next 20 years provides even more joy and fun to all our players, new and old alike.
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Just one thing…if you bring back the ability to visit other players’ houses, please don’t make it like in Next where people can just go to your house…I don’t like people coming to my house uninvited. I don’t like that in Next and I didn’t like it in Amazing World. Thanks! :D
ahhhh!!!! this is so exciting!! thank you for putting so much work into classic. your hard work does not go unnoticed and it is so appreciated!! i cannot wait to hear more !
OMG I am almost crying at this news! Soooo happy! Does this mean things that have been broken for a decade, like all my Deluxe rides, and my Webkinz Day Year 5 fireworks machine, will be working again? Tears of joy! There’s a reason I’ve been playing this game for 17 years, and that is the joy I get from decorating my house. What a thrill it will be to have all my pixels working again like they’re supposed to! :D
Great news!
This is SO exciting! I am crying happy tears. Thank you so much for all of the wonderful memories the past 20 years. I am immensely grateful. Logging into Webkinz brings me joy every single day and I can’t imagine my life without it. <3 :)
Happy Happy Happy! Wonderful news for Webkinz day!!!
Thank you so much to the people responsible for keeping Webkinz classic alive and well for all these years! I am so grateful to you for not only keeping it running, but putting all the care and effort into making it an active community.
What a wonderful surprise to share on Webkinz Day!
Thank you so much for this wonderful newz! Classic means so much to me and has gotten me through some rough times, so I am beyond happy for this great surprise. Wonderful that Classic will be around for years to come but also that it will be on the browser–I’ve missed that so much.
Happy Webkinz day! This is awesome but my question is can we access daily activities? Or is this strictly the three places mentioned curio Shop, arcade and employment office????
This applies to everything that is currently in the desktop app.
Thank you Sally! This truly is exciting news and all of us players appreciate your efforts to continue to bring joy to our lives!