Poptropica has given us a lot of adventures to go on over the years, since the game first began in 2007. To celebrate the game’s legacy, in this post we’re going to go on a tour of its island eras! 🏝️
This Poptropica Island Eras Tour, as some of you may have swiftly guessed, is inspired by another iconic Eras Tour — the 2023 concert tour of pop queen Taylor Swift, whose music career has also spanned a similar timeframe as Poptropica over the years. An enchanting connection! ✨
Speaking of Taylor, let’s kick this off with one of her hits! The PHB came out with “Backspace”, a parody on “Blank Space”, back in 2021 to petition for the return of old islands that have disappeared from the game since the end of Flash in 2020. Enjoy:
And now, let’s meet the Poptropica Island Eras…
The Classics (2007–2013)
Welcome to the beginning! The Classics are the earliest islands to have popped onto the map. These OG islands from 2007–2013 came with small screens and almost no sound. They were built with AS2, a Flash-based programming language, and are now only playable via Flashpoint.
- 🐷 Early Poptropica Island
- 🦈 Shark Tooth Island
- 🕰 Time Tangled Island
- 🥕 24 Carrot Island
- 💥 Super Power Island
- 🕵️♀️ Spy Island
- 🦁 Nabooti Island
- 💩 Big Nate Island
- ⚔️ Astro-Knights Island
- 🔍 Counterfeit Island
- 📺 Reality TV Island
- ⚡️ Mythology Island
- ☠️ Skullduggery Island
- ⚙️ Steamworks Island
- 🎃 Great Pumpkin Island
- 🐲 Cryptids Island
- 🤠 Wild West Island (with 🐎 Round’Em Up)
- ☃️ Wimpy Wonderland Island (with 🧙♂️ Twisted Wizard)
- 🐉 Red Dragon Island (with 🤼♂️ Prepare for Impact!)
- 🔬 Shrink Ray Island (with 🎈Shrink Shot)
- 🚂 Mystery Train Island (with 🚃 D.C. Diner)
- 🤖 Game Show Island (with 💸 Money Ladder)
- 👻 Ghost Story Island (with 🥅 Spook Central)
- 🚢 S.O.S. Island
- 🦇 Vampire’s Curse Island
- 🌳 Twisted Thicket Island
- 🤽♂️ Poptropolis Games Island
- ⛱ Wimpy Boardwalk Island
- 🌚 Lunar Colony Island
- 😈 Super Villain Island
- 🍫 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island
- 🔦 Zomberry Island
- 🛍 Night Watch Island
- 🎬 Back Lot Island
Bonus Tracks — these mini-quests from the Classics era were not quite islands, and a couple were released on consoles besides the computer.
- 🏚 Haunted House
- 🃏 Dr. Hare’s Secret Lab
- 🐽 Don’t be an Energy Hog
- ⚔️ Legendary Swords
- ⛈ Blimp Adventure
- 🐀 Poptropica Adventures for Nintendo DS
- 🌴 Forgotten Islands for 3DS or iOS
Episodic (2014–2015)
After years of solid standalone stories, Poptropica decided to shake things up by introducing episodic islands, breaking up an island’s story into a series of episodes. This Episodic era only lasted a couple years from 2014-2015, but brought shorter but more frequent releases.
Flashier (2013–2016)
Starting from 2013 and encompassing the Episodic era, Poptropica used a newer (but now still outdated) Flash technology, AS3. These Flashier islands came with more sound and bigger screens. These adventures can be found in AS3 Flashpoint as well as Poptropica’s paid Steam bundle.
- 👃 Virus Hunter Island (with 👾 Nano-Combat Training)
- 🖥 Mocktropica Island
- 🎡 Monster Carnival Island
- 🌭 Galactic Hot Dogs Island
- 🗺 Mystery of the Map Island (with 💥 Graphic Novels)
- 🌍 Poptropica Realms
- 🏡 Home Island
- 👖 Timmy Failure Island
- 👮♀️ Escape From Pelican Rock Island
- 🐵 Monkey Wrench Island
Worlds (2017–2018)
With the looming demise of Flash, Poptropica Worlds was introduced as a new platform for the game’s future development. From 2017–2018, Worlds brought a handful of 3D adventures. Sadly, it remained inactive until it was quietly discontinued in 2022, and is no longer playable.
- 💎 Crisis Caverns Island
- 🥕 24 Carrot Island (Poptropica Worlds Version)
- 🐰 Dr. Hare’s Revenge
- ⛵ Greek Sea Odyssey Island
Haxe (2019–2023)
While Worlds went dormant, Poptropica continued updating its original platform. In 2020, Poptropica rolled out Haxe to replace the Flash build. This current era is characterized by islands that are shorter and simpler than in years past, along with a curious trend towards Roblox.
- 🏡 Home Island (with More Makeovers)
- 🐰 Hoptropica
- 🥇 Snagglemast Island
- 🦛 Reality TV: Wild Safari Island
- ✈️ Airways/Paradise Island
- ⚡️ Mythology Island (Haxe Simplified Version)
- 🎁 The Grapple-Gift
- ⚔︎ Legendary Swords: Match 3
- 🐻 Lost Cubs
- 🦄 Amelia’s MiniQuest
- 🏴☠️ The Baron’s Crusade
- 🧚♂️ Fairy Tale Island (with 👑 Rumpel’s Challenge)
- 🍭 Candy Crazed
- 🤪 Goofball Island (with 🐝 Blitz on the Fritz)
- 🪲 Jade Scarab Island
- 🦄 Unicorn Frenzy (Roblox)
- 🧟 Zomberry: Humans vs Zombies (Roblox)
- 👶 Poptropica Junior (Separate Website)
- 🫐 Zomberry Hero
Like Taylor reclaiming her music by re-recording her previous songs, Poptropica has also since re-released some of their old islands after they were lost to Flash. The Flashier era and a few of the Classics are recovered on Steam, but we can only hope that more adventures join them someday. Until then, we also have the unofficial Flashpoint.
Anyway, that’s a wrap for the Poptropica Island Eras Tour! We hope you enjoyed this journey through Pop’s many storytelling eras of 16 years and counting. Share your favorite era with us in the comments! ✏️
Poptropica, it was enchanting to meet you.
~ 🩵 the PHB