# itch.io founder announces the 'return of Flash games' thanks to open source > Source: > Published: 2026-11-06 08:39:43+00:00 [After dealing with all the AI slop](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/game-store-itch-io-is-getting-flooded-with-ai-slop/), the founder of itch.io has announced that Flash games are set to make a fun return thanks to open source. How? They're now using [Ruffle](https://ruffle.rs/), a free and open source Flash Emulator that is made to run on all modern systems and browsers. It's a pretty amazing project for preservation. In a recent [Blog Post](https://ruffle.rs/blog/2026/11/04/stable-releases-and-everything-else), the Ruffle team noted some of the advancements made to the project. As for Flash games getting reimplemented on the itch.io store, the founder [said](https://itch.io/t/7319247/the-return-of-flash-games): We've got an update for fans of [Flash games](https://itch.io/games/flash)! We've re-implemented Flash support on itch.io using [Ruffle](https://ruffle.rs), an open source Flash emulator that runs entirely in your browser. Ruffle has been around for quite some time and compatibility is quite good from our testing. We've gotten a few requests over the years to add it to help make older games playable. The day has arrived! If you're a developer with an existing Flash project, there's nothing to do! The old swfobject embed has been replaced with an iframe embed that runs your .swf file with a recent build of Ruffle (nightly build from 2026-11-03 as of this post). This is available for both old and new .swf files, in case you've got a backlog of games you've been meaning to host. Games that use site-locks may need some additional hacks. If a game doesn't work, feel free to leave it in the comments here and we can investigate. I recommend [this game](https://arkeus.itch.io/antichromatic) (I made its title screen music like 13 years ago 😅) and browse all the Flash games here [https://itch.io/games/flash](https://itch.io/games/flash) There's currently 2,581 Flash games on the store. **Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:** **All posts need to** [follow our rules](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=rules). Please hit the Report Flag icon on any post that breaks the rules or contains illegal / harmful content. Readers can also[email us](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/email-us/)for any issues or concerns.