Terms of Service

Last updated: August 11, 2026

Welcome to Skorven. By accessing or using our website at skorven.com ("the Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, please do not use the Site.

1. Use of the Site

Skorven provides free browser-based games for personal, non-commercial use. You may access and play games on our Site subject to these Terms. You agree not to:

• Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site, other accounts, or computer systems
• Interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers connected to the Site
• Use bots, scrapers, or automated tools to access the Site without our written permission
• Copy, distribute, or modify any part of the Site without our express written consent
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract source code from our games

2. Intellectual Property

Except where otherwise noted, the games, content, graphics, audio and code on the Site are original works created by Skorven, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, or commercially exploit that content without our prior written consent.

Some games on the Site belong to long-established puzzle genres — sudoku, minesweeper, nonograms, word searches, sliding-tile puzzles, flood-fill puzzles and similar traditional formats. We claim no ownership of those underlying game concepts or rules, only of our own implementations, artwork, level designs and presentation. Product names and trademarks referred to anywhere on the Site remain the property of their respective owners, and any such reference is descriptive only and does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by those owners.

3. User-Generated Content

If you submit any content to us (such as feedback, suggestions, or bug reports through our contact form), you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate that content into our products and services.

4. Accounts

Accounts are optional — every game on the Site is fully playable without one. If you choose to sign in, you do so with a Google account, and you are responsible for keeping access to that account secure. You agree that the display name and profile photo attached to it will be shown publicly alongside your entries on leaderboards and game ratings, and that you will not use a name or image that is offensive, impersonates someone else, or infringes anyone's rights.

You may delete your account at any time from your profile page, which permanently erases the data attached to it. We may remove leaderboard entries, ratings or accounts that we reasonably believe to be the product of cheating, automation, or abuse.

5. Game Progress and Data

When you are signed out, game progress is stored only in your browser's localStorage. We are not responsible for loss of that data through browser updates, cache clearing, private browsing, device changes, or any other circumstance. Signing in syncs progress to your account, but we still do not guarantee the preservation of game progress, scores or leaderboard standings, and we may reset a leaderboard where it has been corrupted or manipulated. How this data is handled is described in our Privacy Policy.

6. Advertisements

The Site does not currently display third-party advertising. If advertising is introduced in future, it will be subject to the advertising provider's own terms and privacy policies, we will update our Privacy Policy beforehand, and we will not be responsible for the content of third-party advertisements.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Site and all games are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. We make no guarantees regarding the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any content on the Site.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Skorven shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Site or games, including but not limited to loss of data, loss of profits, or interruption of service.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where the law does not allow it — including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any statutory rights you have as a consumer that cannot be waived.

9. Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk.

10. Age Requirements

Our Site is intended for users aged 13 and older. By using the Site, you confirm that you are at least 13 years of age. If you are under 18, or under the age of digital consent where you live, you should use the Site — and in particular create an account — only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

11. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.

12. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to the Site at our sole discretion, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties.

13. Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect our users to do the same. If you believe that material on the Site infringes a copyright you own or control, you may send a written notice to our designated agent at the address below.

Filing a notice

To be effective, your notice must include all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on their behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
• Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — a direct URL is best.
• Your name, address, telephone number and email address.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on their behalf.

Where to send a notice

• Email: [email protected]

We aim to acknowledge complete notices within five business days, and we will remove or disable access to material that is the subject of a valid notice.

Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that removal was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must identify the removed material and its previous location, include your contact details, and include a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, together with your consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court. We may restore the material if the original complainant does not file a court action within the period allowed by law.

Repeat infringers

We will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers. Submitting a knowingly false notice or counter-notice may expose you to liability for damages.

14. Disputes

If something goes wrong, write to us first. Almost anything can be sorted out by email, and we ask that you raise any dispute with us at the address below and give us a reasonable opportunity to resolve it before starting formal proceedings.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the place from which we operate the Site, and the courts there have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them. This does not remove any protection given to you by the mandatory consumer law of the country in which you live, or your right to bring a claim before your local courts where that law entitles you to do so.

15. General

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site.

16. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: skorven.com/contact