If you are looking for a Backyard Monsters private server, this is one: an independent, free, beta edition that FB Games runs on a server of its own, with its own accounts, its own rules and its own support desk. It opens in your browser with no Flash, and it is not the official game. Below you will find how your account and progress work, the rules this server sets, what is still missing, and how support, donations and appeals work.
Here is the game: create a free account of your own, open your yard and see how this independent edition plays.
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.
Players use the phrase for a game that runs on its own server, independent of the company that made it. That is the case here: FB Games runs this edition of Backyard Monsters on a server of its own, separate from its other games, and it is not an official Kixeye site. Creating an account and playing is free.
The edition is in beta. FB Games says so on the game's page: some parts of the original game are not complete yet and you may run into bugs. Keep that in mind through the rest of this page.
You need an account of your own, and it is independent of the accounts for the other FB Games titles. Sign-up asks for a username, a password typed twice and, optionally, an email. There is no Facebook login, and the progress of the Facebook game is not imported: registering creates a new yard.
Your yard, resources and monsters are saved on the server and tied to your account, so you can continue from another browser by logging in with the same username. The game saves by itself every few seconds, so what you did in the last seconds before closing the tab may not be kept.
From your account you can see your active sessions, close all of them and change your password. There is also a limit on failed login attempts, and the site tells you to wait before trying again.
The rules belong to this edition and are not a copy of the original's. Prices, rewards and timings are set by the server and are the same for every player. The wild tribes' yards are generated by the server too: you attack them, and only them.
Other players appear on the map but are always protected, so combat between players is not available. Also not available today: the Inferno, outposts, alliances, mail, gifts between players and chat. If you arrive expecting the original's full feature list, you will find a smaller game in beta.
Expect bugs, and expect some screens to look unfinished: part of the quest, event and window art is replaced by neutral placeholders. If the game stops loading you will see a notice saying Oops, something broke! with a Reload button, and if the loader never arrives a message offers Retry.
No policy has been published on resets, wipes or the future of the beta, so this page promises nothing in either direction. The site does not have terms of service or a privacy page at the moment, and the game's website has no chat and no links to outside groups.
Support runs on tickets. Without an account the support page shows public help. With an account you get your ticket list, a New ticket button and each conversation. The categories are Game error, Account and access, Payments and donations, Suggestion, Sanction appeal and Other, plus one for reporting abuse. You can attach PNG, JPEG or WebP screenshots of up to 1 MB.
The team answers in the same thread, and a badge in the header tells you when there is a reply. There is no email notification, so keep an eye on the badge. You will never be asked for your password in a ticket. The FB Games ticket center also lists Backyard Monsters as a game you can choose.
Donating is voluntary, and nothing in the game depends on it. It is done through a ticket: you open a donation ticket, pay through PayPal and attach the screenshot of the payment, which is required. The team checks it and delivers the package by hand, usually within 24 hours. Packages and prices are confirmed inside the ticket, and the website shows no price table.
There is no purchase inside the game and no automatic delivery. Shiny and packages reach you only by playing or through that voluntary ticket. Anyone offering Shiny anywhere else is not connected to this project, and you should not send them your password.
The team can sanction accounts, and the ticket form has a category for reporting abuse, so you can flag a problem with another player.
If your account is suspended, you can appeal on the appeal page with the username and password of the suspended account. That opens an appeal ticket, which the team answers. For anything else, open a ticket from Support.
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.
Yes, in the sense that FB Games runs an independent Backyard Monsters edition on a server of its own, with its own accounts and rules. It opens in the browser with no Flash, it is in beta, and it is not the official game or a Kixeye site.
It is free to create an account and play on this Backyard Monsters server, and the email is optional. Progress from the Facebook game is not imported: registering creates a new yard for your account, and everyone begins with the tutorial. Donations are voluntary and nothing in the game depends on them.
No. The rules on this server belong to this edition and are not the original's. Prices, rewards and timings are set by the server and are the same for everyone, and you attack wild tribes only. Several features of the original are not available yet, so treat this as a smaller game in beta.
Not today. Other players appear on the Backyard Monsters map but are always protected, so combat between players is not available. You can attack the wild tribes, whose yards the server generates. Alliances, mail, gifts between players, outposts and the Inferno are not available either, and there is no chat.
Open a ticket from Support. You need to be logged in, and you choose a category such as Game error or Account and access. You can attach a screenshot of up to 1 MB. The Backyard Monsters team answers in the same thread, and a badge in the header tells you about replies, since no email is sent.
They are optional and go through a ticket. Open a donation ticket, pay with PayPal, attach the screenshot of the payment and wait for the team to check it and deliver the package by hand, usually within 24 hours. Backyard Monsters has no purchases inside the game, and packages and prices are confirmed inside the ticket.
You can appeal on the appeal page using the username and password of the suspended account. That opens an appeal ticket, and the Backyard Monsters team answers it. Do not send your password through a regular ticket, because the team will never ask for it there.
No policy has been published about resets, wipes or closing the Backyard Monsters beta, so we cannot promise or rule out anything. What we can say is that your yard is saved on the server with your account, and that the game is a beta where changes and bugs are possible.
Brand notice: Backyard Monsters is an original game by Kixeye. Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. PayPal is a trademark of its owner. 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.