Frequently Asked Questions

We currently track five platforms: CrazyGames, Poki, Newgrounds, Kongregate, and YouTube Playables. Additional platforms including Y8, Armor Games, Coolmath Games, and more are on our roadmap.

Game metrics (plays, ratings, votes) are scraped daily. New game discovery runs weekly. All data is stored as timestamped snapshots so you can see historical trends over any time range.

All data is publicly scraped from platform pages — play counts, ratings, rankings, and metadata that anyone can see by visiting the site. We do not use private APIs, login-gated data, or personal user information. Every metric indicates its data source.

Scraped data reflects exactly what the platform displays publicly. Some platforms show rounded numbers (e.g., '10K+ plays'), which we note as estimates. We label all data with its source type: observed (directly scraped), estimated (interpolated), or archived (recovered from web archives).

We are building historical backfill using the Wayback Machine and web archives to recover game metrics from before our scrapers were running. This archived data is labeled separately from live-scraped data.

The breakout score is a 0-100 composite metric that identifies games experiencing rapid growth. It combines growth velocity (50%), acceleration (20%), momentum (20%), and freshness (10%). A high breakout score means a game is gaining traction fast.

Yes. StatKraken normalizes data across platforms into a canonical schema, so you can compare a CrazyGames title against a Poki title using the same metrics. Use the directory page with 'All Platforms' selected to browse cross-platform.

Every game has a detail page showing its full snapshot history — daily plays, ratings, votes, and derived metrics over 7, 30, and 90 day windows. Creator pages (coming soon) will aggregate all games by a single developer.

Yes. The StatKraken API provides read-only access to all platform data, rankings, trends, and game details. API documentation and access tiers are being finalized — contact us if you need early access.

We compute four ranking types: Top (highest total plays/views), Trending (fastest 7-day growth), New (recently discovered games), and Velocity (growth rate over 7 days). All ranking formulas are documented and transparent — these are heuristic rankings, not black-box algorithms.

We only scrape publicly accessible data while logged out, following established legal precedent (hiQ v. LinkedIn, Meta v. Bright Data). We respect robots.txt, rate-limit all requests, identify ourselves via User-Agent, and do not collect personal information. See our platform risk analysis in our documentation for per-platform details.

Developer game claiming with verification is on our roadmap. This will let you prove ownership of your games and access enhanced analytics. Contact us if you want early access to this feature.

We are finalizing pricing tiers. The core browsing experience will remain free. Premium tiers will offer advanced analytics, API access, alerts, and historical data exports. Contact us for early pricing discussions.

We love hearing what would make StatKraken more useful. Use the contact form to submit feature requests, or email us directly. We prioritize features based on user demand.