Yes, Wild Ones can still be played. The original Facebook game by Playdom closed in August 2013, but Wild Ones Rebirth, an independent fan edition, opens in your browser today: it is free, it is in beta, it needs no Flash and nothing to install, and it uses an account of your own on its site instead of Facebook. Progress from the old game is not imported, so everyone starts from scratch. This page explains what Wild Ones was, what happened to it, how this edition works and how it differs from the other games that share the name.
Here is the game: open it in your browser, create a free account of your own, finish the short tutorial and fire your first shot.
Pick a pet, aim and fire in turns on destructible maps against other players or bots. It plays in the browser and your progress is saved to your account.
In beta: parts of the game may still be missing and errors may appear.
Wild Ones was a game by Playdom that you played inside Facebook. It launched in late 2009 and closed in August 2013. Each player controlled an armed pet and took turns to walk, jump, aim and fire at the others across a landscape that could be blown apart, with the wind pushing every shot off course. If you have played Worms or one of the old tank artillery games, the idea will sound familiar. Here the fighters were dogs, pandas and other cartoon animals, and a match ended when only one of them was left standing.
It was also a game about progress. You gained levels, unlocked new weapons, maps and pets, and bought accessories to dress up your animal.
Playdom closed the game in August 2013. An online game lives on its servers: accounts, shops and matches are stored there, so once the servers went dark the game stopped working for everybody, however many copies of its files were still around. We have no official explanation to give for the closure, and it is wise to be careful with the speculation you will find in comment sections.
A second blow came later. At the end of 2020 Adobe ended support for Flash, the plug-in the original game needed, and browsers stopped running it. Since then, fan copies that still depend on Flash can no longer be opened in a current browser. Over the years people have also shared server code, test servers and other revival attempts. Many of them no longer work, and some of the web addresses once used to promote them now belong to someone else. That is why a search for Wild Ones can lead to dead pages, files you should not download and other games that happen to have the same name.
Yes. Wild Ones Rebirth is a free edition of the game for the browser. You open it, create an account with a username and a password (an email address is optional) and play. There is no guest mode and no Facebook login, and your progress is saved on the server. The game is in beta, which means it is still being polished and some things can change.
What it is not is an official release. It is an independent, non-profit preservation project run by fans, with its own server and its own accounts. Your old Facebook character and progress cannot be imported, and this is not the original game unchanged: a few maps and one pet were added from later versions of the game, and some artwork was recreated. Nothing here asks for your Facebook password or any link to your Facebook account.
Each match has two to six players, and everyone controls one pet with one life. You take turns to walk, jump, aim with the mouse, hold the button to charge power and let go to fire, while the wind, which is drawn again every turn, pushes the shot sideways. Every explosion digs a crater in the ground, and after a set time the water begins to rise and hurts any pet caught below the surface. The last pet standing wins.
The game has 12 maps that unlock as you level up, a free Missile with unlimited ammo and 39 more weapons in the shop that you pay for with coins or treats. You can train against bots in practice mode, jump into a quick match, or create a private room for your friends. The details are in our guides to how to play Wild Ones, Wild Ones weapons and Wild Ones maps.
This edition was formerly called “Wild Ones Latin”. In English the word “Latin” is easily read as the ancient language rather than as a region, so on this page and across our guides we use the name Wild Ones Rebirth. If you have seen the older name somewhere, it refers to the same project.
Wild Ones itself is simply the name of the original game. We use it to describe where this edition comes from, not to suggest any link with the people who made it.
Several unrelated games share the name Wild Ones. There are apps with that name, or with extra words added to it, on Google Play, on Steam and in the App Store, all made by other companies, and there are other fan projects that also call themselves Wild Ones. The edition described here is none of them. It is not an app, it has no store page and it is based on the old Playdom game from Facebook.
We do not judge those other games; they are simply different, with their own accounts, rules and support. If you are not sure which one you were looking for, our pages on Wild Ones for mobile and on Wild Ones downloads explain how to tell them apart.
The game itself is in Spanish today, with some English left over, for example the names of the maps. The site's pages are in Spanish and English, while registration, login and support are in Spanish only. Our guides give you the English names together with the Spanish words you will see on screen, so you can find your way around.
From here, read how to play Wild Ones for controls, turns and wind, and the page on Wild Ones without Flash for browser questions. The Wild Ones private server page explains what fan projects exist and how to spot a safe one, and there are also pages on mobile, downloads, games like Wild Ones, weapons and maps. If you enjoy classic Facebook games, the FB Games home page has more, also playable in the browser.
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. The original Facebook game closed in August 2013, but Wild Ones Rebirth, an independent edition, can be played today in your browser. It is free and in beta, needs no Flash or download, and works with an account of your own.
On the Wild Ones Rebirth site, wildones.fbgamesweb.com, or through the Wild Ones Rebirth card on the FB Games home page. Open it in your browser, create an account and complete the short tutorial.
No. You register with a username and a password on the game's own site, so you never use or share your Facebook account. Facebook is simply where the original game was published.
No. Those are other games made by other companies that happen to share the name. Wild Ones Rebirth is not an app and is not sold in any store: it is a browser edition based on the old Playdom game from Facebook.
Yes. Wild Ones Latin is the former name of this edition, which is now called Wild Ones Rebirth. In English, “Latin” is easily read as the language rather than as a region, so we now use Rebirth everywhere. The game and the project are the same under the new name.
Playdom launched it in late 2009 and closed it in August 2013. Later, the end of Flash in 2020 also stopped any copy that depended on it from opening. We have no official explanation for the closure, so we do not repeat guesses.
No. Accounts on Wild Ones Rebirth are new and independent, and progress from the Facebook game is not imported. You create a new character with the tutorial, then unlock maps, weapons and pets as you level up.
Yes. Playing is free and nothing is mandatory to pay. Coins come from matches and daily bonuses, and treats, the premium currency, mainly from level-up bonuses.
It is neither official nor an unchanged copy. It is an independent preservation project made by fans, not affiliated with Playdom, Facebook or Meta, with its own server and some recreated content.
The game is in Spanish today, with some texts in English, such as the names of the maps. The site's pages are in Spanish and English, while registration, login and support are in Spanish only.
It is a browser game made for computers. It has touch buttons for walking and jumping, but they have only been tested in a simulated phone view, not on real phones, so a computer is the safe choice. There is no app and no APK.
Brand notice: Wild Ones is an original game by Playdom, and Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. FB Games is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Playdom, Facebook or Meta. This is a browser edition made by fans. Other games called Wild Ones, and their names, belong to their respective owners.
Creating an account takes a minute, and you play straight from your browser.