VibeGamer (vibegamer.io) is a free site for discovering browser games made with AI coding tools. This page explains, in plain terms, what information the site collects and what we do with it. Questions: info@vibegamer.io.
No accounts
There is no sign-up or sign-in on VibeGamer, and we never ask for your name or password. The only time we ask for an email address is if you choose to subscribe to the newsletter. Comments and game submissions are posted anonymously, under a shared guest name.
What we collect
Newsletter. If you subscribe, we store your email address, the site language you signed up in, the page the form was on and when you subscribed. We use it only to send the VibeGamer newsletter. Every email has an unsubscribe link; unsubscribing stops all emails right away, and we keep only a record that the address unsubscribed so it isn't emailed again. To have the address deleted entirely, email info@vibegamer.io. Analytics records that someone subscribed and from which page, never the address itself.
An anonymous browser ID. The first time you vote, open a game page or start a game, we set a cookie called vg_vid. It holds a random ID, not your name, and lasts one year. We use it to count one vote per browser and to avoid counting the same view or play twice.
Game activity. Linked to that ID, we store which game pages you viewed, when you clicked "Start Game", and how long you were away from our tab afterwards (that is how we estimate play time). These records feed the views, plays, average play time and Live Chart numbers shown on the site.
Votes. Which games you voted for, linked to the browser ID. Your browser also keeps a list of the games you voted for in its local storage (vg_liked), so the vote buttons show correctly.
Comments. The text you post, which is shown publicly on the game's page.
Game submissions. Everything you enter on the submit form: the game's name, link, description, your recommendation, tags, devices, languages, an optional social media post link, and the images and videos you upload. All of it is published on the site right away. If you add a link to a post on X, we copy that post's public text, author name, handle, profile picture and media so we can show it on the site.
Analytics. We use PostHog to understand how the site is used. It records pages visited, clicks and similar interactions, the referring page, browser and device type, approximate location derived from your IP address, and errors that happen in the page. PostHog stores its own identifier in a cookie or local storage. It also receives events from our server (for example "game submitted" or "game voted") linked to the same identifier. Analytics requests go through our own domain (/ingest) before reaching PostHog.
Server logs. Like any website, our hosting provider receives your IP address, browser user agent and the pages you request, and keeps logs of them for operating and securing the service.
What we don't do
We don't sell your information. We don't show ads, and we don't share data with advertisers. We don't use your information to build profiles for anyone else.
Services that handle the data
- Vercel hosts the site and runs its servers.
- Neon hosts our PostgreSQL database (votes, game activity, comments, submissions).
- Cloudflare runs our DNS and stores uploaded images and videos in R2, served publicly from cdn.vibegamer.io.
- PostHog provides analytics (its US cloud).
- X is contacted when a submission includes an X post link, to fetch that post's public data.
- IndexNow (used by search engines such as Bing) is told the address of newly submitted game pages.
These services are based in the United States, or process data there, so your information may be handled outside your country.
Games on other sites
The games listed on VibeGamer are made and hosted by other people. When you click "Start Game", the game opens on its own site in a new tab, and that site's own privacy practices apply. We don't control them and don't receive what you do there.
How long we keep it
We keep votes, game activity, comments and submissions for as long as the site runs, unless you ask us to remove them. Analytics are kept according to PostHog's retention settings. The vg_vid cookie expires after one year; you can delete it, and the local storage list, at any time in your browser settings.
Your choices
- Clear or block cookies and site data for vibegamer.io to reset your browser ID. Blocking analytics scripts in your browser also works.
- To have a comment or submission removed, or to ask what we hold about you, email info@vibegamer.io. Because there are no accounts, tell us which game page or comment you mean so we can find it. Depending on where you live, you may have legal rights to access, correct or delete your data; we will respond to such requests.
Children
VibeGamer is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you think a child has submitted something, email us and we will remove it.
Changes
If we change what we collect or how we use it, we will update this page and the date at the top.