Games the whole family can play
Every game in our catalogue is a classic card, board or puzzle game: no violence, no time pressure, no story to follow and nothing to keep up with. The 37 games carry the lowest age ratings the stores award, they ask for no account, and they contain no chat. This page sets out exactly what that means, and what it does not.
What the age ratings actually say
Age ratings are not our claim: they are assigned by the ratings bodies through the stores, from a questionnaire about the content of each game. Our games carry the lowest rating available in every region where one is issued.
- PEGI 3 in Europe — suitable for all age groups.
- USK: All ages in Germany.
- Everyone in the United States, through the IARC rating system used by Google Play.
- 4+ on the App Store, with no content advisories on any of our games.
The store listings also declare no interactive elements: no user interaction, no data sharing and no digital purchases. Those are the same declarations the ratings bodies use, and they are visible on every listing.
What is not in these games
The list is short, and it is worth being exact about it, because it is what makes a classic card game a reasonable thing to hand to anyone.
- No account, ever. Nothing to sign up for, no email, no profile, no password to remember or lose.
- No chat and no messaging. The games declare no user interaction, so there is no one to talk to and no one who can get in touch.
- No purchases inside the games. The store listings declare no digital purchases, and nothing is locked behind a payment.
- No timer you cannot turn off, no daily streak to protect, no notification pressing you to come back.
Advertising, plainly
Our games are free because they are ad-supported, through Google AdMob. We would rather say so on this page than let you find out on your own, because a page about family suitability that hides its advertising is not worth reading.
The ads take the form of a banner outside the play area: no advertisement interrupts a hand, and no feature requires watching one. Where the law requires it, in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, a consent message appears the first time a game is launched, and that choice can be changed at any time from the game settings. Ads are loaded from the network, so they simply do not appear when the device is offline. What is processed when an advertisement is shown, and the choices available, are set out in full in our privacy policy.
Why classic games suit everyone
The rules of Solitaire, Backgammon or Sudoku have not changed in decades, which is precisely their strength: they can be learned in a minute and played for years, by someone who has never held a phone and by someone who plays every day. There is no progression system to fall behind in, no meta to follow and no penalty for putting the game down for six months.
That also makes them forgiving. Undo works throughout, a deal can be abandoned without consequence, and no one is waiting on the other side of the screen for your move. For a player with less steady hands or less patience for small text, the games use large touch targets and readable cards rather than dense interfaces.
They work without a connection
Once installed, every game runs entirely on the device. That matters here for two reasons: a game that needs no connection can be played on a plane or in a car without a data plan, and a game that sends nothing to a server has nothing to send about the person playing it.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to play?
No. None of the games ask for an account, an email address or a profile. You install a game and it opens straight into play, which also means there is no sign-up form to fill in on anyone's behalf.
Are there in-app purchases?
The store listings declare no digital purchases, and nothing in the games is locked behind a payment. The games are free and supported by advertising instead.
Can players chat or contact each other?
No. The listings declare no user interaction: there is no chat, no messaging and no profile to find. Games such as Backgammon or Belote are played against computer opponents running on the device, not against people over a network.
What age ratings do the games carry?
PEGI 3 in Europe, USK: All ages in Germany, Everyone in the United States and 4+ on the App Store, with no content advisories. These are the lowest ratings issued in each region.
What data do the games collect?
No account is required, so nothing is collected to create one, and no data is needed to play. Advertising is served by Google AdMob, and what that involves — along with the consent message shown where the law requires it — is described in our privacy policy.