Refresh required
Publish Your Game
PlayPointGames can host HTML5 games and share revenue with approved publishers whose games pass our verification process.
Publishing model
If you are looking for publishing your HTML5 based game on PlayPointGames, please read the following guidelines. We are offering a revenue share model based on the popularity of your game. To avoid possible abuse, we are not revealing the exact parameters for determining the popularity.
To get your game published, it must go through our verification process. This service is free if you are submitting only one game at a time. Verification may take up to 60 days depending on the current situation in the verification queue and game type. Simple games requiring no access to external URLs may take considerably less time.
Rules and requirements
General rules
- We do not guarantee that your game will pass the verification process and we may reject a game based on our sole discretion.
- We may remove any game at any time from our service based on our sole discretion.
- The verification process may take up to 60 days.
- If you want to submit another game while you have at least one active verification case, we deduct a fee of 300 points from your PPG account.
- You can also voluntarily pay the 300 point fee to accelerate the verification process for a guaranteed reply in 20 days. Paying the fee does not affect the criteria for accepting the game.
- You may not imply that you work with PlayPointGames.com or its staff, or that you have an affiliation or association with us.
- Please do not approach us with game ideas or support requests regarding game design. While we probably could help, we simply lack the resources for it.
- Our Terms of Use apply to game publishers.
Payouts and revenue share
- You can estimate your revenue based on the popularity of your game when you are logged in and statistics are available.
- Your share is 80%, and we take 20% to cover upkeep, maintenance, and advertising.
- The accumulated revenue is transferred to your PlayPointGames account monthly after we have verified that your game has been played by genuine players.
- The cut-off date for calculating revenue is the end of a calendar month.
- If we discover that any game session is fraudulent, we reserve the right to freeze your account for inspection.
Fair play
If we determine that you have generated fraudulent traffic, used bots, acted in bad faith, or caused financial harm to PlayPointGames.com knowingly or unknowingly, we reserve the right to remove your account and confiscate all accumulated PPG points.
Technical requirements
The game must fulfil the following requirements when applicable:
- Attach a handler to
Window.blurand respond by pausing the game. - Attach a handler to
Window.DOMContentLoadedso game startup waits until the HTML content is loaded. - Attach a handler to
Window.clickand preferably ask for user interaction before attempting to play videos or sounds. - Currently accepted file types are html, js, json, hjson, css, png, jpg, webp, avif, mp3, and wav. Games referencing other file formats may be rejected.
- Recommended resolution is 1152 x 648 pixels. The window will automatically switch to portrait mode on mobile and landscape on desktop.
- Use minimized or compressed game asset files to conserve bandwidth and load faster.
- Do not compress, minimize, obfuscate, or encode the JavaScript and HTML files.
- Do not link to external URLs in your game code or try to access third-party services. We would like to host all required game files.
Guidelines
Following these guidelines can improve your chances of getting your game verified and keeping revenue share payouts running smoothly.
- Use only original or properly licensed third-party material when creating your game and assets.
- Do not suggest, promote, or encourage illegal activities of any kind.
- Avoid excessive violence, strong language, and controversial themes, including direct or indirect political or religious statements.
- Make a game which stands out from existing games. If it resembles an existing game, use a different graphics style or twist in game mechanics.
- The player should be able to complete the game within one hour, or the game should be split into levels that can be completed in about 5-10 minutes.
- Try to fit all your game content in 10MB or less.
- Consider making your game playable on mobile and adaptable to different screen sizes.