About us
ABOUT US
-
Help Accessing The Site
To play the games simply visit our homepage at www.crazygames.com ...you can use just about any device with an up-to-date browser.
Users experiencing trouble accessing the crazygames.com domain (perhaps because access is restricted by an internet service provider or proxy) might try visiting https://crazy--games.com/ instead.
Should you experience any issues playing the games, first check that you are using an up-to-date browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Some older devices (such as earlier iPhones and iPads) aren't able to run the latest browsers that can display the newer WebP image format, and users of these devices may find some game pictures missing, and that some games don't work.
crazygames will run best on newer computers and mobile devices, especially those with widescreen, high resolution displays. Because there is such a variety of computers and devices out there, users may notice significant differences in content and experience on crazygames depending on how they access the site. You can at any time access the full games list of all of our games, but please be aware that some may not function properly on your machine.
About crazygames
Since 2006 the crazygames website has offered lots of great online games for users to play for free. crazygames is different from many other games sites. We only provide family friendly games that are fun and of a high quality. We show VERY few ads. In fact, we’ll NEVER interrupt your game with an advert - that would be rude. :) We’ll never nag you to pay for anything. Users who would prefer not to see even a single advert may visit our dedicated schools website at https://crazy--games.com/.
We’re delighted that over the years the crazygames brand has become trusted by children, parents, teachers and schools worldwide. Users of any age and in any country can be sure that they will only ever find wholesome content on the site, and that’s a big reason why we’ve grown and become popular. We’re eternally grateful for the support we’ve been given, and we endeavour never to break the trust our valued users have shown in us. In short, we love you all!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Why has my favourite game disappeared?
Sometimes a game will have to be removed because it stops working. This can happen when the technology used to run a game changes, but the game itself stays the same. We try really hard to keep as many of the games working as we can. Other times, to make room for new games, we have to remove older ones if we find that they are less popular. It's often possible to find these games on other sites, so just search a bit and you'll likely succeed.
What age is crazygames appropriate for?
crazygames is a general audience website, which means it's not directed at any particular group or age range. While there are no games that are strongly violent or whose themes are suitable only for adults, some games may not be suitable for younger children, and we suggest that these users are observed by a responsible adult while using the site. We do operate a games website which is directed specifically at minors, and that is https://crazy--games.com/.
What happened to the old crazygames?
Most of the early web games ran really well on a technology called Adobe Flash. There was a problem when smartphones and tablets started to appear from around 2007 onwards, as these devices could not run Flash well, or at all. Sadly, for this and other reasons, Flash was more or less fully disabled worldwide at the end of 2020. As both the original crazygames menu and all the games ran on Flash, these no longer ran in most browsers. We worked hard to make a new menu that would work well on all devices, and to source new games made with the up to date HTML5 technology. Happily, lately it has also been possible to emulate some of the older Flash games, and if you look carefully, you will find some on the new crazygames menu. You can also have look at our reborn Flash menu at www.crazygamesclassic.com. By no means do all the old games run, but rest assured we're always working on it!
How did crazygames start?
We identified a need! While volunteering in schools, we saw that the kids were having real trouble on the computers finding games to play without being constantly tricked by bogus links to non-existent games, or bothered by endless and sometimes unsafe ads. We knew we could do better. In November 2006 we launched the first version of crazygames in beta, and saw it grow really well the following year just by word of mouth - among both kids and adults. The rest, as they say, is history.
Why are there so many fake crazygames sites out there?
Like many others in the games industry, we have developed a reputation for providing quality, safe games under a unique name users can trust. As so often happens in commerce, bad actors have exploited this trust and have established fake sites which they monetize via adverts. The fake sites and the ad networks can make large profits from tricking users this way, hence the number of bogus sites.
Can I make videos of crazygames games?
Yes! We love to see fans recording their gameplay on crazygames. If you upload a video to social media, please make sure that your channel's name and identity is your own, and that you provide a link to the game so that others can easily play it too. For free open-source software to record your gameplay, simply search for Open Broadcaster Software 'OBS'.
crazygames Fakes & Forgeries
We made up the nice and short word ‘crazygames’ 20 years ago, and we straight away registered the crazygames.com domain name so that it could become a new place for online games. In the early days of the web, anyone, rich or poor, could choose more or less any name they wanted so long as it was a 'made up' word such as Google, Etsy, Habbo, Reddit, Netflix, Spotify and Youtube. Such words, even in the ‘.com’ namespace were typically freely available and could be registered, as we did with crazygames, for only a few dollars. We were hopeful and excited that crazygames would be an easy word for users to remember and type whenever they wanted to play great online games. When we first got some games up and running in late 2006 we were delighted because we could see that users seemed to like what we were doing and the site grew well. We imagined that users would simply type ‘crazygames.com’ into their browser address bar and visit our site that way. Instead, we found that a lot of users went through a gatekeeper / middle man, and typed ‘crazygames’ or ‘crazygames games’ into a search engine and visited us from there. This has been a problem (for us, and many other businesses) as the genuine site doesn’t always appear at the top of the search results, with many bogus sites appearing within the list. This can be very confusing for users.
There are many good and trusted brands in the world. Unfortunately, some brands like Nike, Gucci and Chanel are very widely ripped off by those who wish to profit from the reputation they have worked hard to build. Like ourselves, nearly all the big brands have registered their names as trademarks in many different countries around the world - that's why you often see the Registered Trademark ® symbol which shows that a brand is legally recognised as special and unique. However, with so many fakes out there it can be confusing. A customer who buys shoes from a Nike store, or a can of Coke from a supermarket can be pretty sure they’re getting the real thing. It’s not so easy on the web.
Online, the practical legal protection for a mark is limited, and sadly there are a lot of bad actors who have set up counterfeit crazygames games websites and apps. These offer poor quality and sometimes unsafe games featuring countless dodgy ads in an attempt to profit from our hard work and investment. These sites achieve success by appearing in search listings and by tricking genuine users into visiting them. The number of trademark-infringing ‘crazygames’ domain names registered now runs into many hundreds or more likely thousands, and in practical terms it is simply impossible to keep track of them all. If other webmasters wish to set up games sites, we support them 100%, but they should come up with their own names, not deliberately confuse gamers by using ours. So, while we and our lawyers work to catch, stop, and prosecute the bad guys (over the years we have closed down or stopped ads from running on dozens of fake sites and apps) you can educate and amuse yourself by looking at some of the more blatant rip-offs in our rogues gallery...
