A 2D virtual world with a pulse
Step through the door: a living pixel world of strange places, familiar faces and things worth finding. Choose who you become, talk to real people, make a home and leave your mark on the world.
A room, mid-conversation
The internet used to feel like somewhere
Before every online space became a feed, there were places you could enter. You knew the regulars. You had a favourite corner. A conversation could begin because someone wore a peculiar head or put a mysterious object on the floor.
Habitat 2D brings that feeling into a new world. It is not a museum and it is not a remake. The world is alive, growing and waiting for its first stories.
Arrive as a ghost. Become somebody.
Everyone begins as a presence in the world. Find a body, choose a head, recolour your look and register the name people will remember. Your avatar is not a profile picture tucked beside a message. It stands in the room with everyone else.
create your avatar →
Three bodies, many heads
Talk where things happen
Conversation belongs to the room. Everything said appears in the log above the scene, coloured by kind so that speech, arrivals, information and trouble are told apart at a glance. React with moods and gestures, send a private message to a friend, or simply sit and watch the world go by.
The world gives every conversation a setting and every meeting a chance to become a memory.
A pocket-sized world of objects
Carry items in your hand or pocket. Give something away. Store your finds in a chest. Buy scenery, discover unusual objects and hand them to other residents.
In Habitat 2D, possessions are visible parts of the world, not numbers buried in a menu.
Make a place worth returning to
Rent a turf of your own, from a single room to a larger apartment. Paint the walls, arrange the furniture and invite people in. Your home can be a quiet retreat, a collection, a club, a shopfront or the beginning of something nobody has thought of yet.
see homes and decorating →
Somebody lives here
Join live bingo, take a seat at the card table or turn up for community events. The point is not an endless progression bar. It is the suspense, the banter and the people who were there when it happened.
No headset. No giant download. Just enter.
Habitat 2D is a modern browser-based virtual world with the deliberate simplicity of pixel art. Open the door and see who is around.
Free to join while we are in beta. Thirteen and over. Read the getting started guide →
Questions before you enter
What is Habitat 2D?
Habitat 2D is a persistent online 2D virtual world. You explore as an avatar, chat with other residents, collect items, use tokens, play live games and rent a home of your own.
Do I need a VR headset?
No. Habitat 2D is a pixel world designed for an ordinary screen, mouse and keyboard.
Do I need to install anything?
No separate game client is required. Habitat 2D runs in a modern web browser.
Can I customise my avatar?
Yes. Choose a body and head, recolour details such as skin, hair and clothing, and change your look with items found in the world.
What can I do in the world?
Explore, meet people, chat, collect and give away objects, earn and spend tokens, decorate a turf and join games and events.