Method: the 4 checks every game passed

Check 1: the game opens in a desktop browser

We load the game's page in Chromium on a desktop, in a window 1,280 pixels wide. The game has to start without a launcher, a download or an account. All 12 portal games loaded. For the ones we kept we then started a run, pressed the keys the page lists with a stopwatch running, and wrote down what each key did.

Check 2: the game sits on a large host under a named maker

We link only to Poki and to CrazyGames. Each is a large company with published terms and an age rule. Until 11 November Google's own Doodle pages counted as well; the PAC-MAN Doodle left that day, so all 6 games now sit on the same 2 portals. On the host's page the game must be credited to a maker. QWOP on Poki is credited to Bennett Foddy, its author.

Look-alikes are out. Pinball Arcade on CrazyGames is credited to "Sandy", and the name in its logo belongs to a commercial pinball product of another company, FarSight Studios. No source connects the two, so we left it out. For the same reason Super Star Car was dropped on 11 November 2026: in the pictures Poki shows while it loads, its cars wear the colours of real Formula 1 teams, with sponsor names such as Acronis and Esso, and no licence is stated anywhere.

Check 3: we read what the game sells

We note adverts, shops, video-advert buttons and paid random items. A prize machine or a paid loot box ends the check. Crossy Road failed here, by Poki's own description of its prize machine. Hill Climb Racing Lite has reward chests and a video button labelled REROLL.

None of the 6 listed games sells anything for money in the browser. 2 of them, Retro Highway and Pinball Mania, offer rewards for watching a video advert, and their cards name every such button. A flag is checked against the screen: CrazyGames marks Pinball Mania as having no in-game purchases, and we still opened its fail screen and its upgrade screen before writing that nothing is sold.

Check 4: we look for an age rule

We read the terms of the host and quote the age rule. For Poki that meant its website rules page as shown in Thailand: 16 and older, with a line saying the figure varies by location. CrazyGames puts the floor at 13 in its terms.

Where a game has store editions we add their UK ratings: Retro Highway is 9+ on the App Store and PEGI 3 on Xbox and Switch, and the iPhone edition of Super Fowlst is 9+. Games rated 18 or built around gambling are never listed.

How the length of a run was measured

Game	Our figure	Based on
Rally Point 5	Target of 3:15 for the first stage	Printed above the clock. Our stage was not finished.
Super Fowlst	Not timed	Our chicken survived the tutorial and the start of stage 1, about 7 minutes on 11 November.
Pinball Mania	About 30 s a round	Our 2 failed rounds of 3 balls.
QWOP	Seconds per fall; longest 84 to 90 s	Our stopwatch. The Guinness record for 100 metres is 51 seconds.
Retro Highway	5 to 20 s	Our 3 runs, each ended by a crash.
Breakoid	Under 35 s	Our level 1 attempt on 11 November: 5 of 9 blocks, then the ball got past the paddle.

Where our check stops

• It ran from an internet address in Thailand. Adverts differ by country, and so may Poki's age wording.
• It was done on a desktop. No game was tried on a phone.
• It lasted minutes per game. We confirmed that each one starts and responds; we finished no rally stage, reached no 100 metres in QWOP and met no boss in Super Fowlst.
• We pressed no button that offers a reward for watching an advert.