Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2026-08-02

BreakArcade sets no cookies of its own

The site is a set of static pages served from a CDN. There is no login, no shopping basket, no analytics script and no tracking pixel of ours, so browsing the catalogue - reading a game page, opening a category - sets nothing on your device. You can verify this in your browser's developer tools before pressing Play on anything.

Pressing Play is the moment that changes

Game pages do not load the game until you click. That is partly a performance decision and partly a privacy one: until you press Play, your browser has not contacted the game host at all. Once you do, the game loads in an iframe from a third-party platform and that platform can set cookies and use local storage. Nothing on this page controls what it stores.

What the games and their ads typically store

• Game progress. Most titles keep your saves, unlocks and high scores in your browser's local storage. This stays on your device. Clearing site data for the game host wipes your progress.
• Advertising. Ads shown inside games may use cookies to limit how often you see the same ad and to select what is shown. The advertising partners authorised for this domain are listed in our ads.txt file.
• Platform operation. The game host may set cookies to count plays and detect abuse, which is how the developer gets paid.

Controlling all of this

Because none of it is first-party, standard browser controls work cleanly here. Blocking third-party cookies stops most ad-related storage while leaving the games playable. A content blocker or privacy extension works normally, since there is no first-party script of ours for it to work around. The trade-off worth knowing: clearing site data also erases game saves, and some games will not run with storage fully disabled.

Why there is no cookie banner

A consent banner would be misleading here, because we have nothing to ask consent for and no ability to switch off what the game platform does inside its own iframe. Documenting it plainly seemed more useful than a dialog that implies more control than exists. Not pressing Play is the reliable way to avoid third-party storage entirely.

Questions

Email [email protected]. Related reading: the privacy policy and the terms of service.