I definitely see the similarity. That said, I never liked agar.io. Slither.io's ability for the smallest snake to kill the one at the top of the leaderboard makes for a more rewarding experience IMHO.
It's interesting how replacing a single component from otherwise the same concept makes for 2 games with completely different mechanics, strategies and kinaesthetics.
agreed. Deep and introspective analysis aside, it's agar.io with snakes.
the fact that a small, new snake can kill a massive server leading snake makes it very unlike agar.io
In agar.io you can shoot fungi at a big blob, which makes them explode into smaller blobs. You can potentially take down a much larger opponent that way.