What is a PBBG?
PBBG stands for persistent browser-based game. It describes an online game played through a web browser where your account, character, possessions and place in the world remain between sessions.
What does PBBG stand for?
PBBG means persistent browser-based game. Browser-based means the game runs through a website instead of requiring a conventional game client. Persistent means the shared world and your progress continue to exist after you log out.
How does a PBBG work?
Most PBBGs combine short repeatable actions with long-term development. Players may train statistics, commit crimes, complete jobs, trade with others, join organisations and compete for rankings. Resources often recover over time, making both brief check-ins and longer strategic sessions useful.
Why do people play them?
The attraction is accumulation and consequence. A decision made today can affect a character, gang or market position months later. Communities develop reputations, rivalries and histories that cannot be reproduced by a disposable single-player session.
A crime PBBG example
MafiaEmpire1955 is a crime-themed PBBG set in a stylised 1955 underworld. Players share one economy and compete through crimes, training, equipment, properties, gangs, markets, bounties, attacks, racing and live events.
Frequently asked questions
Are all PBBGs text based?
No. Many use text and interface-driven systems, but the defining features are browser access and persistent progress rather than a particular visual style.
Do PBBGs keep running while I am offline?
The world remains active and other players continue playing. Your own timed resources or processes may also recover or complete while you are away.
Do PBBGs require a download?
Usually not. They are designed to run directly in a standard browser.