This Cookies Policy explains how AncientGames uses cookies and similar storage technologies, what each category is for, and how to control them. Read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They allow the site to remember information about your visit (preferences, session state, where you came from) so that subsequent pages load correctly and the experience is consistent. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and tracking pixels — this policy uses the word “cookies” for all of them collectively.
2. Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly necessary
These cookies are required to operate AncientGames and cannot be switched off. They manage session state (so the site remembers you between pages), security tokens that prevent cross-site request forgery, and your cookie-preference choice itself. We do not need consent for these because they are essential to a service you have actively requested.
Analytics
Analytics cookies count how many people visit AncientGames, which pages they read, and how long they spend on each. The data is aggregated; we do not use it to identify individual visitors. Provider: typically Google Analytics or a privacy-preserving equivalent. You can opt out via the cookie banner or by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Affiliate attribution
When you click a “Visit Brand” link from one of our reviews or rankings, an attribution cookie may be set so that the partner operator can credit AncientGames as the publisher that sent you. These cookies do not contain personally identifying information; they only carry the publisher and campaign identifier. You can decline them through the cookie banner — note that the link itself will still work, but we will not receive attribution credit.
Functional
If you change a site setting (dark/light mode, locale switch, language), a functional cookie remembers your choice on subsequent visits. Lifetime: typically 12 months.
3. Cookies Set by Partner Operators
When you click through to a partner operator’s site, that operator may set its own cookies in your browser as soon as their domain loads. Those are governed by the operator’s own cookies policy, not by AncientGames. We have no visibility into or control over operator cookies; review the relevant operator’s privacy and cookies notice on its own site.
4. How Long Cookies Last
Cookie lifetimes vary by purpose:
- Session cookies — deleted automatically when you close your browser.
- Strictly necessary persistent cookies — up to 12 months (your cookie-preference choice; security tokens last days).
- Analytics cookies — typically 13–26 months, depending on provider.
- Affiliate attribution cookies — typically 30–90 days from your click, depending on the operator’s affiliate-network terms.
- Functional preference cookies — up to 12 months.
5. How to Control Cookies
On AncientGames
The cookie banner on your first visit lets you accept, reject, or selectively allow categories. You can change your choice any time by clicking “Cookie preferences” in the site footer.
In your browser
All modern browsers let you view, delete and block cookies through their settings. Look for the privacy or security section:
Blocking all cookies will prevent strictly-necessary cookies from operating, which means AncientGames may not function correctly for you.
Industry opt-outs
To opt out of behavioural advertising cookies more broadly, see the Your Online Choices tool (EU/UK) or the DAA WebChoices tool (US). For Canadian residents, see the AdChoices Canada opt-out.
6. Do Not Track
Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” signal. There is currently no industry consensus on how publishers should interpret this signal; AncientGames treats it as a non-binding preference and applies it where it does not conflict with strictly necessary processing.
7. Changes
This policy may change as our cookie stack evolves. Material changes will be reflected in the “last updated” date below and surfaced on the site for a reasonable period.
8. Contact
Questions about this cookies policy can be sent via the contact form on this site.
Last updated: May 2026.