Play safe
Chat, spending and time in browser strategy games.
Strategy games are slow to judge from the first screen. These are the points to check, with the six games as examples.
Strangers in chat
Two of the six show public chat on the first screen: Territorial.io's lobby chat and Generals.io's Global and Chinese rooms. In webDiplomacy, Freeciv-web and Planets.nu, players write to each other because deals are part of the game. Lichess keeps chat behind an account, and its kid mode hides public chats.
The tools differ. Generals.io lets you mute rooms and block invites; Territorial.io relies on player reports and elected admins; webDiplomacy has moderators; Freeciv-web has game masters. We found no report button in Planets.nu.
Money: what each game sells
Nothing here sells paid random items. What is sold: a Patreon of $3 to $20 a month on Territorial.io, a $2 Supporter month on Generals.io, and Premium at $3.50 a month on Planets.nu, which is the only one that changes play. Lichess, webDiplomacy and Freeciv-web sell nothing.
Planets.nu's newer app, VGA Planets: Skyfire, is a separate product with in-app purchases from £0.89 to £44.49. It is not covered on this site.
Time: daily turns and quick matches
Daily-turn games ask for a little time every day for weeks. webDiplomacy tracks missed turns in a reliability rating, and Freeciv LongTurn players can lose their nation after two idle turns early on. Quick-match games ask for nothing between sessions, which makes them easier to stop.
Age rules
Lichess asks for 15 to register, or a parent's permission, and offers kid accounts through teachers. Freeciv-web's privacy policy sets 13. The others state no age; Territorial.io's and Planets.nu's apps carry PEGI 3, which rates the content, not the people in the chat.
Typing game addresses
Freeciv-web's old address, freecivweb.org, showed a slot-machine site on 23 October 2026. Use the buttons on our game pages, which go to the official sites with no referral codes, or type www.freecivweb.com in full.