About Arcadium

Arcadium is a browser game arcade: a catalogue of 140 HTML5 games that run in the page you are already on. Nothing is installed, nothing is downloaded and no account stands between a visitor and the first level. The catalogue covers 13 genres, from arcade and action to puzzle, casual, racing and strategy, and it is deliberately weighted towards short sessions — most games are built around levels that fit into a break.

The site publishes in 6 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Chinese. Each language is a full set of pages with its own URLs and hreflang annotations rather than a translation widget layered over English, which is why a search in Spanish or German can land on a page that is actually written in that language.

132 of the 140 games are licensed from partner studios and embedded with their permission. They are played through the studio's own player, which is how the developer keeps control of updates and how the session is attributed to them. The remaining 8 are our own builds, served from this domain.

Every game page states which of the two it is: the developer is named in the facts table, and the page's structured data marks the publisher separately from the author. We do not re-host partner games, we do not strip their branding, and we do not present a licensed game as an original.

A game is added when it runs cleanly in a browser at both phone and desktop sizes, has no install step, and fits one of the catalogue genres. Descriptions, control lists and strategy tips are written after playing the build, from what the game actually does rather than from a press release. Where a claim needs a number — a release date, a play count, a developer — the number is on the page.

Pages are dated. Each game page carries the date it was released and the date it was last revised, and the date is what changes when a description is corrected. We do not backdate revisions to look fresher than the page is.

Advertising. Arcadium runs Google AdSense alongside the ads the partner studios serve with their own games. There is no paywall, no subscription and no upsell — the ads are the entire business model, which is why the games can stay free.

The site does not sell placement, does not accept payment for a review, and does not rank games by who paid. Editor’s picks are chosen by the editorial team.

If a page states something wrong — a developer credited incorrectly, a broken game, a fact that has changed — email hello@arcadiumgames.com with the address and the correction. Corrections are applied to the page itself and its modified date is updated, so the fix is visible rather than silent.

The site is published by a small independent team. There is no parent company, no agency and no investor to disclose.