Games like Paper.io: territory games worth trying

Paper.io made the loop-and-claim idea famous: leave your land, draw a trail, loop back to claim what’s inside, and don’t let anyone touch your trail. Plenty of games build on it. Here are four, and what each one does differently.

Paper.io 2

The best-known game in the genre, by Voodoo. It’s free on iOS and Android with ads and in-app purchases, including a No Ads purchase, and it can be played offline. Choose it if you want the original feel.

Splix.io

A browser game with large lobbies of live players and square blocks. You steer with the arrow keys, and there’s a spectator mode. Choose it if you want to play against a crowd of real people.

Hexanaut.io

A 3D browser game on hex tiles with live players, totems that grant effects, and PRO items like cannons and shields. Accounts save progress and cosmetics. Choose it for real-time multiplayer on hexes. See our HexCrest vs Hexanaut comparison.

HexCrest

Our game. The same loop-and-claim rule on hexagon islands, but your land builds a village as it grows: towers that shoot rival trails, windmills that earn coins, and a castle rivals can raze. Roads, forests and rivers change your route. There’s a Daily Island everyone shares, a 30-island Adventure, and a Kingdom to build. Your rivals are computer players, while leaderboards are against real people, with every score checked by replay. No ads, no account needed.

Honest trade-off: if live opponents are what you want most, Splix.io and Hexanaut.io have them. HexCrest is for players who like strategy and progression and want to play any time, without lag or waiting for a lobby.

Facts about other games come from their own pages, linked under Sources, and were checked on October 11, 2026.