CrazyGames

CrazyGames is a gaming platform that is based in Belgium specializes in online games that can be played in the browser. The platform has about 7000 games available across a variety of genres and categories, ranging from action to puzzle and sports games, as well as solo or multiplayer games.[1] CrazyGames was founded by brothers Raf and Tomas Mertens in 2014 and it has headquarters in Leuven, Belgium.[2] Since then, it has grown into a company with 15 employees and offers games by more than 750 game developers.[3]

"Crazy Games" redirects here. For the Japanese game developer, see Climax Graphics.
Crazygames.com
Type of site
Gaming website
Available in
Founded2014
Country of originBelgium
OwnerRaf Mertens
Founder(s)
  • Raf Mertens
  • Tomas Mertens
URLcrazygames.com
Users17–34 million

The website focuses on games for children, teenagers, and adults. The platform has between 17 and 34 million visitors per month,[4] making it one of the ten largest free browser gaming platforms worldwide.[5] While the primary focus is on the English-speaking market,[6][7] the platform also offers quite a few localized versions (23 in total).[1] In 2018, CrazyGames.com was the fourth most blocked website in American schools.[8]

The platform allows game developers to publish and monetize HTML5 games that may or may not use the technology WebGL.[9][10]

History

The brothers Raf and Tomas Mertens founded CrazyGames in 2014 as a hobby project. In 2015, Tomas Mertens left the company to focus on other projects. In 2017, the company joined the incubator start it @KBC.[5] The website grew rapidly and reached the 5 million unique users mark.

In October 2018, a prototype developer platform was launched. With this, the company wanted to build a developer community and provide game developers with an initial audience for their games. With the platform, developers can upload their games themselves on CrazyGames.[11][10]

In November 2018, CrazyGames was nominated as one of the ten rising stars by Deloitte Belgium.[12] The Rising Star competition is part of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 competition, an annual selection of the 50 fastest growing and innovative technology companies.[13]

In 2019, CrazyGames ranked in position 7 of Deloitte's 2019 Fast 50 ranking with a growth rate of 1216.09%.[14] One year later, in 2020, the company moved up to position 4 with a growth rate of 1.667.75%.[15] They were also nominated and ranked in the Deloitte Fast 50 in 2021.[16]

CrazyGames is a partner  of Canadian video game development studio and game publisher Blue Wizard Digital, as Shell Shocker, Blue Wizard's most popular game, surpassed 35 million game plays on CrazyGames’ portals in August 2021.[17]

In 2022 CrazyGames started publishing on the App Store, with Capybara Clicker the most popular game, while CyberDino: T-Rex vs Robots and SpiderDoll: Web Shooter Swing got more than 100K downloads on the Google Play Store.  

In September 2022, Playable Factory, Turkish game company and one of the main worldwide creators of playable ads, also announced a partnership with CrazyGames.[18]

In February 2023,CrazyGames sponsored the Global Game Jam,[19] 40K people from more than 100 countries took part and developed more than 7600 games in a week.

At the beginning of 2023 CrazyGames took on board more employees, reaching the number of 18 members.[20] The company current rating is 4.7 with more than 800 reviews [21] on Trustpilot.

In March 2023, CrazyGames published a new game: Trivia Crack[22] and made it available, for the first time, to instant browser gamers worldwide. The game has more than 600 million downloads worldwide and more than 150 million active users annually, besides being available in more than 180 countries, ranking number 1 in trivia games in 125 of them.[23][24]

In May 2023, Kwalee partnered with CrazyGames to bring mobile titles to the web. As a result, 11 Kwalee titles are available on the CrazyGames web platform.[25]

At the same time, CrazyGames introduced an SDK guide tailored for Cocos Creator developers. This move signifies the platform's commitment to diversifying its game offerings and provides Cocos developers with additional support.[26]

Also, Words of Wonders was released on CrazyGames.

In June 2023, the puzzle game Sandtrix, a unique Tetris variant where the blocks are made out of sand, was released.[27]

In July, CrazyGames elevated Rafael Morgan to the position of VP of Marketing and Partnerships.[28]

In August, the platform was named the greatest collection of flash games by Wired.[29] Also, CrazyGames became the Gold Partner Sponsor of Js13kGames.[30]

In September, CrazyGames announced a partnership with Xsolla, a video game distributor, to integrate Xsolla‘s monetization and payment solutions.[31]

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