Content Standards

Last updated: May 2026

This page sets out the content standards that govern catalog inclusion at Game Hub Arena. It defines what kinds of games are eligible for the catalog, what kinds are excluded categorically, and the editorial principles at boundary cases. The standards are calibrated to maintain AdSense compliance, family-friendly defaults, and child-safety appropriate for a gaming portal whose audience includes minors.

1. What the catalog covers

Game Hub Arena catalogs:

HTML5 browser games — games built with HTML5 / JavaScript / WebGL that run directly in modern browsers without plugins, downloads, or installations.
Casual and hypercasual games — the genre that has dominated mobile gaming and ports well to browser HTML5.
Action and arcade games — twin-stick shooters, side-scrollers, classic arcade revivals, fast-reflex challenges.
Puzzle games — match-3, sliding tile, logic puzzles, sudoku, mahjong, jigsaw, classic block puzzles.
Sports and racing games — browser-based sports, racing, and athletic-themed casual gameplay.
Adventure and RPG-light games — story-driven games designed for casual browser play.
Simulation and strategy games — city-building, tower-defense, card-strategy, time-management.
2-player and couch-multiplayer games — split-keyboard / shared-screen multiplayer.
Educational games — math, vocabulary, geography, memory training, language learning.
Children-oriented games — age-appropriate content for ages 4-12.

2. What the catalog does NOT cover

Categorical exclusions:

Real-money gambling games

Casino games, slot games, poker for real money, sports-betting interfaces, and any games that simulate or facilitate real-money wagering are categorically excluded. The reasons:

Google AdSense's content-policy framework restricts gambling-content; running gambling games alongside AdSense advertising creates compliance risk.
The audience includes minors; gambling-game content for minors is a child-protection concern globally.
The family-friendly default cannot coexist with a gambling-game category.

Note: free social-casino games (slot-themed games with no real-money mechanic, where the player's "winnings" have no real-world value and no purchase mechanic exists) are still excluded from this catalog — the AdSense-policy framework treats the appearance of gambling content with similar scrutiny to actual gambling. Other portals carry such games; we choose not to.

Adult content

Sexual content, explicit imagery beyond mainstream-game-art conventions, dating-simulation with explicit content, hentai-styled games. Categorically excluded. The Site is not an adult publication and the audience demographic includes minors.

Content sexualizing minors

Zero tolerance, categorically excluded. Games that sexualize characters depicted as minors do not enter the catalog regardless of artistic style or claimed character age. Reports of any such content slipping through to abuse [at] gamehubarena [punto] fun — immediate removal and NCMEC reporting per Children's Privacy.

Malware-adjacent or scam-pattern games

Games or game-pages that:

Trigger unexpected downloads ("download this to play").
Display fake system warnings or phishing-pattern overlays.
Use deceptive UI patterns (fake "Play" buttons that are actually ads).
Redirect to scam landing pages.
Embed clickjacking elements.

Categorically excluded. Where source feeds include such games, the games are filtered out at import.

Content promoting real-world hatred

Games whose framing crosses into promotion of real-world hatred against protected groups (racist caricatures, antisemitic propaganda games, etc.) are excluded. Edge cases (a war-themed game with caricatures as historical context) are reviewed individually; promotional intent is the threshold.

Pirated commercial games

Unauthorized HTML5 ports of commercial titles (a "free version" of a Nintendo / Sega / Activision title that the company did not authorize) are not legitimate catalog candidates. Where such content reaches us through source feeds, it is removed; rights-holder takedowns are processed per DMCA.

Browser-resource-abusive games

Games that crash browsers, cryptocurrency-mine on user CPUs, or otherwise abuse browser resources beyond legitimate gameplay needs are excluded.

3. Content-rating requirements within the catalog

For included games, the content-rating framework on Content Ratings applies. Required for every catalog entry:

Content rating at one of the framework levels (All Ages / General / Teen / Older Teen / Adult-limited).
Genre tags from the catalog's controlled vocabulary.
Mature-theme flags where applicable (cartoon violence, weapons-themed gameplay, dark themes).

The default catalog presentation prioritizes lower-rated content (family-friendly homepage and category surfaces); higher-rated games are appropriately flagged.

4. Editorial framing standards for game pages

Game descriptions are descriptive, not promotional. A description tells you what the game is about and what kind of gameplay to expect.
Developer attribution is preserved. The developer / studio credit identifies who made the game.
Genre tagging is consistent. The catalog uses a controlled vocabulary so users can filter and discover.
Source-feed identification is internal (we know which feed a game came from for licensing-clarity purposes).
Game ratings are based on actual content review, not just the source feed's rating data.

5. AdSense-compliance considerations

The AdSense Compliance framework is on AdSense Compliance. The Content Standards page intersects AdSense compliance specifically through:

Categorical exclusion of gambling content (AdSense restricts gambling-publisher accounts).
Categorical exclusion of adult content (AdSense terminates adult-content accounts).
Categorical exclusion of malware-adjacent / scam-pattern games (AdSense is strict about user-safety violations).
Pre-publication content-quality review (AdSense's content-quality framework rewards original / curated content over auto-generated content at scale).

6. Boundary cases

Card / strategy games with chance mechanics that don't involve real money. Most card games (solitaire, mahjong) and strategy games (poker without real money) are catalog-eligible at appropriate ratings, even though they have chance mechanics.
"Slot-machine" themed casual games without real-money mechanics. Although technically not gambling, the themed appearance is too close to AdSense-restricted territory; we choose to exclude.
Mature-themed pixel-art games. Visual style is not a free pass for content; an 8-bit-styled game with explicit mature content is rated and treated as such.
Games with optional in-game purchase (microtransaction) mechanics. Where the game has an in-game purchase system that asks for real money, we evaluate whether the system is well-disclosed, age-gated where appropriate, and whether the gameplay outside purchases is meaningful. Where purchase systems are predatory or unclear, the game is excluded.
Older games with content that has not aged well. Catalog inclusion is reviewed; excluding entirely is the default for clearly-problematic older games.

7. Standards review

Standards are reviewed when:

AdSense's policy framework updates (gambling-content interpretation, adult-content boundaries, etc.).
The source-feed networks (CloudArcade, GameDistribution, etc.) update their feed contents in ways that affect what passes our filters.
Reader feedback identifies a gap or inconsistency.
Operational experience surfaces an ambiguity that should be resolved generally.

Updates are dated.