What is Backyard Monsters?
It is a Kixeye strategy game (2010): you build a yard, produce resources, raise monsters and attack wild tribes. This website offers an independent browser edition.
Play Backyard Monsters online: build your yard and defend it
Build your yard, raise monsters with your resources and attack the wild tribes on the map. Backyard Monsters is back in the browser, no Flash and nothing to install.
- Free
- In the browser, no Flash
- Attack wild tribes
Your yard, inside
Hover or tap a building to see what it does and its real numbers.
What is Backyard Monsters?
Backyard Monsters is a strategy game released by Kixeye in 2010: you build a yard with buildings, walls and towers, produce resources, raise monsters and send them against other yards to take their loot.
This is an independent browser edition: it runs without Flash, with its own accounts and your yard saved on the server. It is a free beta; the original game belongs to Kixeye.
Start in three steps
Create your account
Pick a username and a password. The email is optional.
Follow the tutorial
The game itself guides you: place your first buildings, produce resources and raise your first monster.
Attack and grow
Open the map, pick a wild tribe and send your monsters to take its loot.
How it plays
Real screenshots of the game, taken on this very server.
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Build your yard
Open Buildings and choose between resource producers, special buildings, defenses and decorations. Every building takes time to build and can be upgraded.
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Raise monsters
In the Hatchery you choose which monster to raise and spend Goo. Finished monsters move into your monster housing.
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Attack the tribes
With the Flinger you throw your monsters into the enemy yard: they destroy defenses and buildings and you take the loot.
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Explore the map
The Map Room opens the world map. Every wild tribe has its level, its distance and its defenses; pick one you can beat.
The monsters
Fifteen of the game's monsters, with the real numbers from its configuration (health, damage and speed at the first level).
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Pokey
- Health
- 200
- Damage
- 60
- Speed
- 1.2 kph
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Octo-ooze
- Health
- 1,000
- Damage
- 15
- Speed
- 1.4 kph
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Bolt
- Health
- 150
- Damage
- 15
- Speed
- 2.5 kph
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Fink
- Health
- 200
- Damage
- 300
- Speed
- 1.3 kph
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Eye-ra
- Health
- 600
- Damage
- 4,000
- Speed
- 2 kph
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Ichi
- Health
- 2,000
- Damage
- 50
- Speed
- 1.2 kph
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Bandito
- Health
- 500
- Damage
- 200
- Speed
- 1 kph
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Fang
- Health
- 400
- Damage
- 600
- Speed
- 1.1 kph
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Brain
- Health
- 600
- Damage
- 100
- Speed
- 2 kph
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Crabatron
- Health
- 4,000
- Damage
- 100
- Speed
- 1 kph
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Project X
- Health
- 800
- Damage
- 1,200
- Speed
- 0.9 kph
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D.A.V.E.
- Health
- 8,000
- Damage
- 1,500
- Speed
- 0.8 kph
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Wormzer
- Health
- 600
- Damage
- 300
- Speed
- 3 kph
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Teratorn
- Health
- 1,600
- Damage
- 300
- Speed
- 2.5 kph
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Zafreeti
- Health
- 8,000
- Heals
- 400
- Speed
- 0.75 kph
The full guide lists every monster and building with its numbers.
Our own server
This server decides prices, rewards and timers: the client only asks. That way every player's progress is what the server says, not what a browser tab claims.
Passwords are stored with scrypt, failed attempts are rate limited and you can close all your sessions from your account. If something goes wrong, open a ticket in Support.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need Flash or to install anything?
No. The game runs in the browser, with no Flash and nothing to install.
Is it free?
Yes, playing is free. We are in beta: there may be bugs and changes.
Is this the original Kixeye game?
No. Backyard Monsters is a Kixeye game; this is an independent browser edition, not officially affiliated with Kixeye. The art and names belong to their owners.
Is my progress saved?
Yes. Your yard, your resources and your monsters are saved on the server with your account, and you can log in from any browser.
Can I play on my phone?
The website adapts to small screens, but the game was designed for a mouse and a big screen: on phones it has not been thoroughly tested.
What works today and what is missing?
Today you can follow the tutorial, build and upgrade buildings, produce resources, raise monsters and attack the tribes on the map. The Inferno, outposts, alliances, mail and gifts have not been tested yet.
How do I get help?
Log in and open a ticket in Support: the team answers in the same ticket.
Guides and more information
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