You can open Backyard Monsters from the browser of an Android phone or an iPhone with the same free account you use on a computer, but the game was designed for a mouse and a large screen, and it has not been tested on real phones or tablets. There is no app and no APK. Below you will find what was checked, what was not, how the controls work and why a computer is still the better choice.
Here is the game: open it on a computer for the full experience, or try it from your phone's browser with the same free account.
Build your yard with buildings and towers, raise monsters with Goo and send them against the wild tribes on the map in this classic Facebook game.
In beta: some parts of the original game are not complete yet and you may run into bugs.
You can open it. The game loads in the browser, so you can visit backyardmonsters.fbgamesweb.com from a phone and log in with the same account you use on a computer. The website's pages fit small screens. The game itself, though, was built for a mouse and a big screen, and nobody has tested it thoroughly on phones yet.
That means we cannot promise it plays well on your phone, and we cannot tell you how comfortable it is with a finger. If you try it and something goes wrong, tell us in a ticket.
Only simulated phones. In Chrome set to a 390 by 844 phone screen, the game stage is scaled down to fit and nothing ends up outside the screen. A Safari-based test browser set up to simulate an iPhone 13 with touch input ran the sign-up, the tutorial up to building the Sniper Tower, saving and reloading, with zero errors.
What has not been checked: real Android phones, real iPhones or tablets, landscape orientation, sound and real-world performance on a phone. Treat everything about phones as unverified.
Everything in the game is done with the mouse. You click and drag to move around the yard, click on the grass to put down a building, and use the buttons at the bottom right: Buildings, Quests, Store and Map. In combat, a + button on the left adds monsters to the Flinger, and holding it down adds several at once.
Those are mouse actions. A drag to find space for a building and a press-and-hold to add several monsters are exactly the kinds of actions we have not verified on a touch screen, so do not count on them working smoothly.
The account menu has a Full screen option, but it only appears when your browser allows full screen, so it may be missing on your phone. Do not count on it.
The same menu has Report a problem and Support and tickets, which are the quickest ways to tell us what happens on your phone, and an option to reload the game if the error notice appears.
The first load is a big one. In a lab test on a computer, the first load of a new player pulled roughly 11 MB of game files, so open it on wifi if you are watching your mobile data. After that the browser keeps much of it and later visits are lighter. We have not measured data use over a whole play session.
The game runs at its own pace of 24 frames per second, and our speed measurements were taken on a computer in Chrome, not on a phone. Even on a computer, a slowed-down processor made combat stutter, and modest devices can run less smoothly.
Your yard lives on the server with your account, not on your phone, and the game saves by itself every few seconds. If the connection drops or the browser closes the tab, reopen the page and log in. What you did in the last few seconds before it closed may not have been kept.
You can start on the computer and carry on from the phone with the same username, or the other way round. Playing on one device at a time keeps things simple.
No. There is no app, no APK and no installer for Backyard Monsters. The only place is backyardmonsters.fbgamesweb.com, in a browser, with no Flash. An APK or a store app with a similar name from somewhere else is not this edition, so treat it with suspicion. Cheat tools and free-Shiny offers are fake.
The practical advice is to play on a computer, where the mouse controls were designed and tested, and to use your phone for a quick look if you like. Both use the same account, so you lose nothing by trying.
Three steps and you're in.
From this home page. Each game opens at its own address, with its own start screen.
A quick sign-up inside the game. Your progress is saved on the server, not in your browser.
You play in your browser, with no Flash and no downloads, on a computer and, depending on the game, on your phone too.
You can open Backyard Monsters in the browser of an Android phone and log in with your account, but the game was designed for a mouse and a large screen, and it has not been tested on real Android phones. There is no app or APK. A computer is the better choice.
You can open Backyard Monsters in the browser of an iPhone with your account. It has only been tested on a simulated iPhone 13, using a Safari-based test browser with touch input, and never on a real iPhone. There is no App Store app. The game is meant for a mouse and a big screen.
No. This edition of Backyard Monsters has no app, no APK and no installer. You play it in the browser at backyardmonsters.fbgamesweb.com, with no Flash. An APK offered under the Backyard Monsters name on another site is not this project, so do not install it.
You can open it in a tablet's browser, but it has not been tested on real tablets, just as with phones. Backyard Monsters was designed for a mouse and a large screen, and we have not verified touch controls such as dragging the yard or holding the + button.
Yes. Your Backyard Monsters yard is saved on the server with your account, so you can log in with the same username on a computer or a phone and find it as you left it. Playing on one device at a time keeps things simple.
Only simulations: Chrome set to a 390 by 844 phone screen, where the game scales to fit, and a Safari-based test browser simulating an iPhone 13 with touch input through sign-up, the tutorial up to the Sniper Tower, saving and reloading. Real phones, tablets, landscape mode and sound have not been verified.
The account menu offers Full screen only when your browser allows it, so on some phones the option may not appear. Backyard Monsters does not depend on it. If the game shows an error notice, use its Reload button or the menu option to reload the game.
In a lab test on a computer, the first load of Backyard Monsters for a new player came to about 11 MB, and later visits were lighter because the browser keeps part of the files. We have not measured data use over a full play session, so open it on wifi if your mobile data is limited.
Brand notice: Backyard Monsters is an original game by Kixeye. Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. Android, iPhone, App Store, Chrome and Safari are trademarks of their respective owners. FB Games is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kixeye, Facebook or Meta. This is a browser edition.
Creating an account takes a minute, and you play straight from your browser.