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Poki
By Poki B.V.. Visit Poki
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
A very popular free browser games site from the Netherlands with thousands of games from outside developers: runners like Subway Surfers, .io battle games, driving, puzzles, dress-up and shooting games. It plays instantly with no download. Poki's terms say the main site is for ages 16 and up; for younger kids it runs a separate Poki Kids site with a small curated set of simple games, no ads, no login and no chat.
Our take: Children should use Poki Kids, not Poki.com, which its own terms reserve for ages 16 and up.
Checked in a browser
A browser check on 2026-10-25: what loads, the ads and trackers we saw, and what a child meets first. Not a hands-on test.
| Child safety: 3 out of 5 | No ads on the home page itself, but the first screen offers online .io multiplayer games and titles like Theft City and Steal a Brainrot, and Poki's own terms put the main site at 16+. |
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| Data: 2 out of 5 | No ad slots loaded, but a Google Ads tag (ad.doubleclick.net, googleads.g.doubleclick.net, _gcl_au cookie) and a script from bzr.openai.com set cookies alongside Google Tag Manager; these ad trackers fired but no ad was shown on the page. (Aligned with the other checks: a Google Ads tag loading counts as an ad network present, even with no ad shown.) |
| Ease: 4 out of 5 | Big, colorful game tiles grouped in rows (.io, Educational, Beauty, Car games) with a simple top bar. |
| Cost honesty: 5 out of 5 | Free; no upgrade or price shown. |
What we found
- 9 third-party hosts on 6 sites; 14 cookies, 2 of them set by doubleclick.net and openai.com.
- 0 ad frames on the home page (ads inside games were not tested; the check clicked nothing).
- The first rows mix educational games with .io multiplayer games (MineFun.io, Monkey Tag IO, Hole.io) and beauty and dress-up games.
- Links out to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
From the test: Easy to browse and no ads on the front page, but it is a general game portal (16+ by its own terms) with online multiplayer games mixed in among the learning ones.
| Ages it suits | 16+ (main site); under 16 on Poki Kids |
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| What its terms say about age | Poki.com is for visitors 16 and older; if you are under 16 it is not meant for you and you should use the separate Poki Kids website. (terms) |
| Price | Free. Free (Oct 2026), paid for by ads on the main site. |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | Yes |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI. |
What's good
- Free and instant in any browser
- Separate ad-free Poki Kids site for under-16s
- Poki blocks game developers from adding their own tracking and outside links
Watch for
- Main site is 16+ and full of ads
- Includes shooting and fighting games
- Many quick, sticky games built to keep kids playing
Data and privacy
On Poki.com, advertising partners use data to show contextual and personalized ads, including ads on other websites; game developers may use cookies. Poki Kids says it uses no tracking cookies, has no third-party ads and asks for no personal data. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No study; it is an entertainment site, not a learning product.
In the Big Index
- On the list Top 50 free game sites for kids (2026)
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Where these facts come from
- https://poki.com/
- https://poki.com/en/c/terms-of-use
- https://poki.com/en/c/privacy-statement
- https://kids.poki.com/
- https://kids.poki.com/parents
- https://kids.poki.com/privacy-statement-parents
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