Editorial Policy

This page explains how the games and writing on H5 Game Arena come to be here, so you can decide how much weight to give them. If anything below doesn't match what you see on the site, please tell us.

How games are chosen

We keep the catalogue small on purpose: there are currently 32 games. A game goes on the site only after it has been opened and tested, and only with a guide written from that test. We keep out demos of templates or engine assets, builds dominated by purchase offers or advertising from the original app, games that demand personal details before play, gambling or real-money mechanics, commercial songs, likenesses of real people, games aimed at children, and horror. We also removed close copies of well-known commercial games. Our Updates page records what changed and why.

How games are tested

Each game is loaded fresh, taken through its opening screens and, where possible, into its first level at desktop size, then loaded again in a phone-sized window to check how it fits. The steps are described in How We Test a Browser Game.

These tests have limits, and we would rather say so. They were run in a browser with automation tools, which cannot perform some gestures, so some games were not played all the way through. No game has yet been tried on a physical phone. Each game page has a “How We Tested It” section stating what was and wasn't checked for that game. Where a guide couldn't confirm something, it says so instead of guessing.

How guides and articles are written

Every guide starts from notes taken during that game's test: what was on screen, which controls responded and how the opening levels went. Articles use those same notes and figures we measured ourselves, such as the size of every game. We don't copy text from game publishers or other sites. AI writing tools are used in drafting from those notes.

Dates on articles are the real publication dates. When we substantially revise an article, we keep the original date and show the date of the update beside it.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it and, where it matters, say so on the Updates page. We have already done this: we corrected articles that overstated browser-game safety and our own wording about how games were tested. To report a mistake, email [email protected] with the page and what looks wrong.

Advertising and independence

The site is free and is funded by advertising through Google AdSense. Ads are chosen by Google, not by us, and nobody pays to have a game listed or to influence what a guide or verdict says. We are not affiliated with the studios that made the games unless a page says otherwise. See our Privacy Policy for how advertising and cookies work here.

Game rights

Games, characters and artwork belong to their creators. If you hold the rights to a game on this site and would like it credited differently or removed, our DMCA page explains how to reach us, and we will act on valid requests.