Frequently asked questions
Roamly is a free browser-based multiplayer world where you walk a small pixel-art map and chat with whoever is nearby. There is no account, no email, and no download — you pick your birth year, the server hands you a nickname and an avatar, and you are in. Open to ages 16 and up.
Is Roamly free?
Yes, entirely. There is no paid tier, no free trial that expires, no in-app purchases and no credit card anywhere in the product. Nothing on Roamly is behind a payment.
Do I need an account to use Roamly?
No. Roamly asks for a birth year and nothing else — no email address, no password, no phone number, no social login. You are in the world about two seconds after you click Enter.
Do I have to download anything?
No. Roamly runs inside the browser you already have. It works on desktop and on phones, and there is no app to install and no plugin to enable.
How old do you have to be to use Roamly?
Sixteen. Roamly asks for your birth year before letting you in and turns away anyone under 16. There is no adult-only area and no age tier above 16 — the whole world is one place.
Can I choose my own username?
No, and that is deliberate. The server hands you a generated nickname in the shape blue_ninja_726, unique among everyone currently online, and releases it when you leave. Nobody picks a name, so nobody picks a name designed to upset someone.
Can I choose my avatar?
Not currently. Roamly assigns one at random from a pool of eight characters when you join. They differ in hair, palette and outfit so a group of players is easy to tell apart at a glance.
Is my chat saved anywhere?
No. Roamly holds a message in memory only long enough to deliver it to the people who should see it, then drops it. There is no chat history, no transcript to export, no log file on the server and no way for anyone — including us — to read what you said afterwards.
How does proximity chat work?
Roamly has two channels. Room goes to everyone in your instance of the world. Nearby goes only to players within six tiles of you, so walking away from a conversation genuinely leaves it. You switch between them with the tabs above the chat box.
How many people are in the world at once?
Up to 50 in any one instance. When an instance fills, Roamly spawns another copy of the same map rather than letting the world get crowded, so the place always stays walkable.
What is there to do in Roamly?
Walk around and talk to people. The map has six built landmarks that draw crowds — a Campfire, a Dance Floor, a Cliff Lookout, a Waterfall Lake, a Market Square and a Sea View — and each one has a different feel, from loud and social to quiet enough for one conversation.
Is Roamly a game?
Not really. There is no score, no levelling, no quests and nothing to win. It is closer to a place than a game — a small world you walk around in while talking to whoever is there.
What stops people from being awful?
Three things, all server-side. A word filter runs over nicknames and messages, a rate limit stops anyone flooding chat, and repeated abuse escalates to an automatic mute. You can also block any individual player yourself, which takes effect immediately.
Does Roamly have voice chat?
Not today. Roamly is text only. Voice is on the roadmap but is not built, and no microphone permission is requested anywhere in the product.
Does Roamly track me?
There are no advertising cookies, no fingerprinting, no third-party trackers and no behavioural profile. Because there is no account, there is also nothing to attach a profile to. What is collected and for how long is written out in the privacy policy.
Where does Roamly work?
Almost everywhere. A short list of countries is blocked for sanctions reasons, and a few more cannot be served for payment-processing reasons that do not apply to the free world. Everywhere else, it just loads.