Player Edition
Your kid in one of our sports games, with their pet on the sideline.Your kid in one of our sports games: their look, name and number, their team colors, friends on the roster and the family pet on the sideline.
See Player EditionGames that star your kid.
Paper Kid Games is a studio that builds custom browser games for kids: your kid is the player, your dog is on the sideline, and the rules are the ones they play on Saturday.
Just looking? Play a free game.
Coach, teacher or camp director? Plan your team's game.
Our first build: Ziggy Games, a whole arcade our founder, Ray Miles, made for his son. Read the story Drawn live by our game engine. Click or tap to change the player.
Giving a game this holiday season? Start now. A Player Edition takes one to two weeks from our call.
How gifts workFour ways to get a game
Every project starts from games that already work, so your money goes into the parts that make it yours. Every player is drawn as a paper kid, the flat cartoon style all our games use, and no photo of a child ever goes in a game. A Player Edition also makes a gift, with a reveal card to wrap.
Team Edition
Your whole roster in one game, in your colors and your format.Your whole roster in Soccer Kids, Hockey Kids or Pickle Kids, in your colors and your format, with one link for every family.
See Team EditionCustom Sport
A sport we haven't built yet, for one kid or a whole team.A sport we haven't built yet, for one kid or a whole team, made from the same engine that runs our games, with Learn mode lessons for your rules.
See Custom SportArcade World
A whole hub of games around one kid, like Ziggy Games.A whole hub of games around one kid, like Ziggy Games: their dog, their park and their favorite game, all in one place.
See Arcade WorldWatch a match, then play it
Four sports games from the studio, recorded straight from the screen. Each one teaches how its sport really works, and each one is free to play in your browser.
Soccer Kids
Four on four at the park, Blue against Red.
4games your kid can play free right now, in any browser
3levels in every game, starting with an Easy one a new player can win, and Soccer Kids adds Learn mode
1 to 2weeks from our first call to a Player Edition with your kid in it
0ads, apps to install or in-app purchases
Why build a game around one kid?
Because kids care about what is theirs. Put a kid on the field inside the game and the rules of that field start to matter to them. That's the bet behind every game we make.
How custom games workIt's their game
Seeing their own hair, number and dog on the screen turns a game into their game. Kids spot every detail, the right ones and the wrong ones.
Screen time you can say yes to
No ads, no in-app purchases, no chat and no account to make. Just a game about the sport your kid plays on Saturday.
Rules stick when you play them
Learn mode doesn't explain a throw-in with a diagram. It shows your kid where to stand, waits until they get there, and lets them take it.
Made for the screens you have
Every game runs in the browser on an iPad, a phone or a laptop, with touch controls built for small hands.
Featured project
Ziggy Games: a custom arcade built for one kid
Our first custom build was an arcade our founder, Ray Miles, made for his son Ziggy. His pug is his rival in the Sports Arena, his team's pennant hangs over the high scores, and a secret code makes it snow inside.
From the build log
Ray Miles, our founder and Ziggy's dad, play-tested every build. Three of his notes, and what changed for the kid holding the controller.
Pickle Kids
A brand-new player can win on Easy, with a computer teammate at their side
14 of 14test games won on Easy by a bot that plays like a new player.
“One player and a computer teammate vs two computers.”
Soccer Kids
Restarts come quickly, so nobody stands around waiting for the throw-in
1.8 sfrom whistle to throw-in, down from 4 to 5 seconds in the first build.
“Still too long.”
Hockey Kids
Control lands on the player your kid needs, almost every time
93%of the time, control is on the player nearest the puck. It was 80% in the first build.
“Switch faster to the kid near the puck.”
Questions?
The FAQ answers what parents ask first: what a game costs, how long it takes, ads and your kid's data. The field notes cover how we make games for kids.
Draft your player
It takes about two minutes. Design your kid as a paper kid, pick their sport and what the game should teach, and see the game plan we would build for them.