{"id":14353,"date":"2026-09-24T10:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playgama.com\/blog\/?p=14353"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:27:50","slug":"game-widget-for-a-website-how-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playgama.com\/blog\/business-faqs\/game-widget-for-a-website-how-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Game widget for a website: how does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A game widget is a snippet of code that loads a hosted catalog of playable HTML5 games onto your page. The games run on the provider’s servers, so you don’t host or build anything. You earn a share of ad and purchase revenue the games generate on your site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fact<\/th>\nValue<\/th>\nSource<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
What runs the games<\/td>\nprovider’s hosted servers<\/td>\nplaygama.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What site owner adds<\/td>\none line of code<\/td>\nplaygama.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What decides earnings<\/td>\nhow much audience plays<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A game widget is a small embed – usually one line of code – that loads a catalog of ready-made HTML5 games onto your page as an iframe or script tag. You don’t host the games, patch them, or write any game logic; the provider’s servers run everything and your site just displays it. This makes it a way to add a games section to a non-gaming site without engineering work.<\/p>\n

Playgama Partners<\/a> provides 3,000+ games available to partner sites via widget and API with up to 50% of ad and in-game purchase revenue.<\/p>\n

What decides whether it earns anything?<\/h2>\n

The widget itself doesn’t generate revenue – your audience playing the games does. If visitors click through and play, ads shown inside the games (and any in-game purchases) generate revenue that gets split between you and the provider. A widget buried below the fold on a low-traffic page will earn little regardless of catalog size; placement and audience fit matter more than the number of games offered.<\/p>\n

Other places package game catalogs for embedding or hosting, including GameDistribution<\/a>, GamePix, Famobi, GameMonetize, and playgama.com (upload via developer.playgama.com, test and feedback within 24 hours, published on playgama.com and distributed to partner portals, non-exclusive). Setup and features differ, so compare options before choosing one.<\/p>\n

This is different from running your own ad code on a site: a widget brings the games and their monetization pre-built, while your existing ad setup monetizes your existing content and traffic separately.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/h2>\n