CrazyGames

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CrazyGames
Type of site
Gaming website
Available in
  • Dutch
  • Spanish
  • Indonesian
  • French
  • English
Founded2014
Country of originBelgium
OwnerRaf Mertens
Founder(s)
  • Raf Mertens
  • Tomas Mertens
URLcrazygames.com
Users17–34 million

CrazyGames is a Belgian gaming platform that 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]

The website focuses on games for teenagers and adults. The platform has between 17 to 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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "CrazyGames - Free Online Games on CrazyGames.com". www.crazygames.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. ^ "CrazyGames LinkedIn". LinkedIn.
  3. ^ "CrazyGames". about.crazygames.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  4. ^ "crazygames.com Traffic Analytics & Market Share | Similarweb". Similarweb. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  5. ^ a b it @kbc, Start (2018-10-03). "CrazyGames launches new Developer Portal with revenue share options". Start it X. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. ^ Tendances, Trends (2018-12-18). "CrazyGames, les rois belges du jeu en ligne". Site-Trends-FR (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  7. ^ Evers, Freek (2018-10-05). "Leuvense start-up wil onafhankelijke game-ontwikkelaars een boost geven". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  8. ^ "The 2018 Benchmark Report: An Analysis of Emerging Trends In Student Chromebook Usage" (PDF). GoGuardian. 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Miller, George (2021-08-20). "Shell Shockers passes 35 million game plays on CrazyGames' web portals". European Gaming Industry News. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  10. ^ a b "Game distribution - Game development | MDN". developer.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  11. ^ "CrazyGames Developer Portal | Publish Unity and HTML5 web games and earn revenue". developer.crazygames.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  12. ^ "Fast 50 - Nominees". Deloitte Belgium. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  13. ^ "About | Technology Fast 50". Deloitte Belgium. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  14. ^ "2019 Fast 50 ranking and winners announced | Deloitte Belgium | Technology Fast 50". Deloitte Belgium. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  15. ^ "2020 Fast 50 ranking and winners announced | Deloitte Belgium | Technology Fast 50". Deloitte Belgium. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  16. ^ "2021 Fast 50 nominees announced | Deloitte Belgium | Technology Fast 50". Deloitte Belgium. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

External links

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