Information for Parents

Updated 2026-11-12

Who IO Games HQ is for

IO Games HQ is a general audience site. It is not aimed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone. The games we list are free browser .io games: snake and worm games, hole and eat-to-grow games, battle and shooter arenas, and obby and survival games. No account and no download is needed to play.

What we pick and what we leave out

Our editors choose each game by hand. A game must run in the provider’s browser player, fit the .io niche, and contain no adult or gambling content. Game page text is written from the developer’s own description and controls list, and every text passes our editorial checks before it goes live. We do not invent features, ratings or player numbers, and we do not show star ratings or play counts because we do not collect votes.

Ads come from the game provider

The site itself sets no cookies and shows no ads of its own. Games can show ads inside the player, and those ads come from the game provider, not from us. A game only loads after the visitor presses Play; before that, no third-party game or ad request is made. When Play is pressed, the player loads from GameDistribution or Y8 inside an iframe, and the provider and its ad partners receive the visitor’s IP address and browser data and may set cookies under their own policies.

What we do not collect

We have no user accounts, no comments, no chat, no newsletter and no forms that collect personal data. We do not sell or share personal data. The Save button under a game stores only the game’s name in the visitor’s own browser (localStorage); it never leaves the device and we cannot see it. The site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics, a cookieless page-view counter that records aggregate visits without cookies or cross-site tracking.

Tips for parents

Browser or device controls can limit ads and play time. Clearing site data in the browser deletes saved games. Each game page lists the game’s controls, so you can check them together. The games are third-party and may not be accessible.