KaiserGames

KaiserGames (styled KaiserGames, legally Kaisergames GmbH) was a German computer-games company headquartered in Cologne. It was founded in 2003 and built its business around operating online casual-games portals in several languages. Its best-known property was the German games site SpielAffe.de, which it ran alongside a family of localized "SpielAffe" portals aimed at children and designed to be child-friendly, carrying only non-violent, blood-free games. The company also operated other portals such as Games1, which included more conventional and violent titles, and Spielzwerg, a portal aimed at pre-school toddlers. At its peak KaiserGames ran as many as eleven games portals, including eight SpielAffe portals in other languages, plus a news portal. From 2008 the company also began developing its own games under the Kaisergames.de name. It was described in German coverage as one of the "big players" of the Flash-games industry and a market leader in the German Flash-games sector. Its reach was significant: SpielAffe.de ranked among Germany's 500 most-visited sites (and among the world's top 5,000) on Alexa, while its Turkish portal KralOyun was among the top 50 most popular websites in Turkey. KaiserGames also acted as an investor in the German start-up scene. In 2010 it invested in United Prototype Ventures and Fliplife, successor projects of Sevenload founders Ibrahim Evsan and Thomas Bachem and their partner Tobias Hartmann, and in 2012 it took over Fliplife GmbH entirely. Around 2012 the company removed all games in the "Super Mario" category from SpielAffe.de. In 2015 KaiserGames sold all of its websites to GIGA, although the GmbH itself was not deleted from the commercial register. Its managing director, Ilker Aydin, eventually renamed the company after himself in 2020 without changing its corporate purpose. Together with Famobi GmbH, in which Ilker Aydin is also a shareholder, the two companies today operate the Famobi games portal, which — unlike the former KaiserGames portals — is built on the HTML5 computer language rather than the Adobe Flash Player. As a games-portal operator, the KaiserGames brand itself is no longer active, and its former sites now redirect to other portals it once operated.

Kaisergames GmbH was established in 2003 in Cologne, Germany, as a company in the computer-games sector. Its core business was operating online games portals in several languages. The best known was the German site SpielAffe.de, which anchored a family of localized "SpielAffe" portals. These portals were explicitly aimed at children and were kept child-friendly, offering only games free of violence and blood. Beyond the SpielAffe family, the company ran other portals including Games1, which carried more conventional games as well as violent titles, and Spielzwerg, a games portal for pre-school toddlers. In total KaiserGames operated as many as eleven games portals, among them eight SpielAffe portals in other languages, plus a news portal. When a site went offline, visitors were redirected to another games portal formerly operated by KaiserGames. From 2008 the company expanded from portal operation into development, creating its own games under the Kaisergames.de name. By this period it was counted among the "big players" of the Flash-games industry and described as one of the market leaders of the German Flash-games sector. Its audience reach was substantial: SpielAffe.de achieved an Alexa ranking among Germany's 500 most-visited sites and among the world's top 5,000, while the Turkish portal KralOyun ranked among the top 50 most popular websites in Turkey. KaiserGames also became active as an investor. In 2010 it invested in United Prototype Ventures and Fliplife, the successor projects of Sevenload founders Ibrahim Evsan and Thomas Bachem and their partner Tobias Hartmann. In 2012 KaiserGames took over Fliplife GmbH completely. Around the same year, 2012, all games in the "Super Mario" category were removed from SpielAffe.de. In 2015 KaiserGames sold all of its websites to GIGA. The GmbH itself, however, was not deleted from the commercial register. Its managing director, Ilker Aydin, ultimately renamed the company after himself in 2020, without any change to the company's stated purpose. Together with Famobi GmbH — in which Ilker Aydin is likewise a shareholder — the two companies today operate the Famobi games portal of the same name. Unlike the former KaiserGames portals, Famobi is not built on the Adobe Flash Player but on the HTML5 computer language. The KaiserGames brand therefore no longer operates as an active games-portal business; its former properties redirect to other portals it once ran.

• 2020

  Managing director Ilker Aydin renames the company after himself, with no change of corporate purpose.

• 2015

  Sells all websites to GIGA; the GmbH is not deleted from the commercial register.

• 2012

  Takes over Fliplife GmbH completely; removes all "Super Mario" games from SpielAffe.de.

• 2010

  Invests in United Prototype Ventures and Fliplife.

• 2008

  Kaisergames.de begins developing its own games.

• 2003

  Kaisergames GmbH founded in Cologne, Germany.

Operator of multilingual, largely child-friendly casual browser-games portals; a leading player in the German Flash-games market.

• SpielAffe.de

  German child-friendly casual games portal; flagship property.

• SpielAffe portals (other languages)

  Eight localized SpielAffe portals in other languages.

• KralOyun

  Turkish games portal; ranked among Turkey's top 50 most popular websites.

• Games1

  Games portal with conventional and violent titles.

• Spielzwerg

  Games portal for pre-school toddlers.

• Self-developed games

  Own games developed under Kaisergames.de from 2008.

1. 1Kaisergames – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2Kaisergames – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Kaisergames official websitekaisergames.com
4. 4Famobi – HTML5 Games full-service agencyfamobi.com