Playvale Games

Terms of Service

Playvale Games LLC · Effective 10 September 2026 · Last updated 10 September 2026

The short version

Not a substitute for the terms below, but here's the shape of it:

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Playvale Games LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Playvale," "we," "us"), governing your use of our games, applications, websites, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By downloading, installing, or using the Services, you accept these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Services.

Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference. See Section 12.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Services. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and anywhere else local law sets a higher minimum age for consent to data processing, you must be at least 16 unless local law provides otherwise.

Our games are designed for and marketed to adults. They are not intended for children, and we do not knowingly permit users below these ages.

You also represent that:

If we learn a user is under the applicable minimum age, we will close the account and delete associated data as described in the Privacy Policy.

3. Your account

3.1 Accounts are optional.

You can play every game, purchase premium, and use every premium feature without an account. A Playvale account exists only to back up your statistics, sync settings and in-progress games across devices, and use the friends features.

3.2 Your responsibilities.

If you create an account, you agree to:

3.3 No transfers.

Accounts are personal to you. You may not sell, buy, trade, gift, rent, share, or transfer an account, and you may not allow anyone else to play on your account. Accounts have no monetary value and are not your property.

3.4 Account security is shared work.

We protect accounts on our side as described in Section 9 and in the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for activity occurring under your credentials. If your account is compromised through no fault of your own, contact us — we will work with you in good faith to restore access and reverse damage where we reasonably can.

3.5 Display names.

Your display name is visible to other players. It must not:

We may change or reset a display name that violates this section, with or without notice.

4. License to use the Services

4.1 What you get.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the Services for your own personal, non-commercial entertainment.

4.2 What you don't get.

The Services are licensed, not sold. We reserve all rights not expressly granted. You do not acquire ownership of the Services, of any game, or of any content or item within them.

4.3 Restrictions.

You may not, and may not permit anyone else to:

5. Premium subscriptions and billing

5.1 What premium is.

A premium subscription removes advertising from the Services and includes lobby hosting and invites, friends chat, leaderboards, custom avatars and card backs, additional game rules and variations, and unlimited online play.

5.2 Billing is handled by the app stores.

Premium is sold and billed through Apple's App Store or Google Play, depending on where you obtained the app. We never receive your payment details. Your purchase is subject to that store's terms in addition to these Terms.

5.3 Automatic renewal.

Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period at the then-current price, and your payment method is charged, until you cancel. The price, billing period, and renewal terms are shown in the store's purchase flow before you buy.

5.4 How to cancel.

Cancel through your store account:

Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You keep premium until then. We cannot cancel a subscription for you — only the store can stop the billing. If you delete your Playvale account or uninstall the app without cancelling, you will continue to be charged.

5.5 Refunds.

Refunds are handled by Apple and Google under their own policies, not by us. We have no ability to issue a refund for a store-billed subscription. If you believe you were charged in error, contact the store directly. Where local consumer law grants you a refund or withdrawal right, that law applies regardless of this section.

5.6 Price changes.

We may change subscription pricing. Any change applies only to future billing periods, and we or the store will give you notice and an opportunity to cancel before it takes effect, as the store's rules and applicable law require.

5.7 Premium is per-platform.

Because entitlements are tied to your Apple or Google account rather than to an account with us, a subscription purchased on one platform does not carry over to the other. We say so plainly because it surprises people. Creating a Playvale account does not change it.

5.8 Free trials.

If we offer a free trial, it converts to a paid subscription automatically at the end of the trial unless you cancel before it ends. Cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends to avoid being charged.

5.9 What premium does not buy.

Premium removes ads and provides the features described. It does not buy an advantage in competitive play, preferential matchmaking, or any exemption from these Terms — including Sections 6, 7, 8, and 9. Paying customers are subject to the same enforcement as everyone else.

6. Fair play

Our games are only worth playing if the other player is playing honestly. This is the section we enforce most actively.

6.1 Prohibited conduct.

You may not:

6.2 One account per person.

You may hold one account. Additional accounts ("alts," "smurfs") used to manipulate rankings, evade enforcement, farm statistics against yourself, or gain any competitive advantage are prohibited, and we may act against all accounts we reasonably believe belong to you.

6.3 Collusion in partnership and multiplayer games.

In games where you have a partner or where information is hidden from other players — Bridge in particular — you may not communicate information about your hand, or receive such information, through any channel outside the game's own mechanics. That includes phone calls, messaging apps, voice chat, screen sharing, sitting in the same room, playing multiple seats yourself, or any prearranged signalling system.

This is the most serious form of cheating in partnership card games, and we treat it that way. Accounts found colluding may be permanently terminated on the first offence.

6.4 How we detect.

We use automated detection, statistical analysis of play patterns, and player reports. We do not install kernel-level or system-wide anti-cheat software, and we do not monitor anything on your device outside our own games.

6.5 Enforcement is governed by Section 14.

7. Community conduct

7.1 Prohibited behavior.

In any part of the Services where you can be seen by or interact with others — display names, profiles, friend requests, chat, emotes, and messages — you may not:

7.2 This applies regardless of intent.

"It was a joke" and "they started it" are not defenses. If conduct would reasonably make someone not want to play, it's covered.

7.3 Reporting.

Report a player by emailing support@playvale.games. Reports are reviewed by a person. Include the display name and what happened; screenshots help.

7.4 Blocking.

You can block any player you can see — in a lobby, in a game, or on your friends list. Blocking hides their messages and friend requests from you, stops them seeing your profile, and stops automatic matchmaking from putting the two of you together. It does not wall you off entirely: a blocked player can still turn up in a lobby or game you join deliberately, if they are hosting it or you both used the same invite code. You never need a reason, and we do not tell the blocked player.

7.5 Severe violations.

Threats of violence, sexual content involving minors, and doxxing result in immediate permanent termination, and we report to law enforcement where required or where we believe someone is in danger.

7.6 False reports.

Deliberately filing false reports to harass another player is itself a violation of this section.

8. Gambling and wagering are prohibited

Because we make card games, we want this to be unambiguous in both directions.

8.1 We do not offer gambling.

The Services do not offer, host, facilitate, or support gambling of any kind. You cannot wager real money, you cannot win real money or anything of real-world value, and there is no cash-out of any kind.

8.2 You may not use the Services for gambling.

This is an absolute prohibition. You may not:

8.3 Enforcement.

Violating Section 8.2 results in immediate permanent termination, with no refund and no restoration, and we may report the conduct to the app stores and to law enforcement where appropriate. We do not issue warnings for this.

8.4 Virtual items have no value.

Any points, chips, scores, rankings, streaks, achievements, or other virtual items in the Services:

You have no ownership interest in them and no right to compensation if they change or disappear.

8.5 No purchase affects outcomes.

Premium does not change card shuffles, deals, odds, or game outcomes. Shuffles are randomized independently of whether you are a subscriber.

9. Security

9.1 Prohibited security conduct.

You may not:

9.2 Our commitments.

We describe our security practices in the Privacy Policy. If we discover a breach affecting your personal data, we'll notify affected users and regulators as required by law, and we'll describe what actually happened.

9.3 Responsible disclosure — safe harbor.

If you find a security vulnerability, we want to hear about it, and we will not pursue legal action against you for good-faith research that follows these rules:

We will acknowledge your report within 5 business days, keep you updated, and credit you if you'd like when the fix ships. We consider research conducted under this section authorized under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and comparable laws, and we won't report it to law enforcement.

10. User content and feedback

10.1 Your content.

"User Content" means anything you submit through the Services — your display name, profile information, chat messages, and anything you send us. You retain ownership of your User Content.

10.2 License to us.

You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and transmit your User Content solely to operate and provide the Services. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies in routine backups and anything we must retain by law.

10.3 Your responsibility.

You represent that you have the rights to your User Content and that it does not violate these Terms or anyone's rights.

10.4 We may remove content.

We may remove or modify User Content that violates these Terms, with or without notice.

10.5 Feedback.

If you send us suggestions, bug reports, or ideas, we may use them freely, without obligation, compensation, or attribution to you. This does not give us rights to anything else you own, and we won't claim you endorsed anything.

11. Our intellectual property

11.1 Ownership.

The Services — including all software, source code, game design, rules implementations, artwork, animation, models, textures, audio, music, sound effects, text, user interfaces, layouts, and the selection and arrangement of all of it — are owned by Playvale Games LLC or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.

11.2 Trademarks.

"Playvale," "Playvale Games," our logos, and our game titles are trademarks of Playvale Games LLC. You may not use them without our written permission, except to refer to the Services accurately and descriptively.

11.3 Classic games are not ours — our implementations are.

Solitaire, Bridge, Cribbage, and the other traditional card games we offer are part of the public domain, and their rules belong to everyone. We claim no ownership of the games themselves. What we own is our expression of them: our code, art, interface, animation, audio, and the specific way we've built and presented each game.

11.4 Third-party materials.

The Services include third-party software and assets used under license. Applicable notices and license terms are available at Settings → Third Party Notices in the app. Those terms govern that material and, where they conflict with these Terms as to that material, they control.

11.5 Copyright complaints.

If you believe material in the Services infringes your copyright, contact support@playvale.games with: identification of the work; identification of the material and where it is; your contact details; a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you are authorized to act; and your signature. We will respond appropriately, which may include removing material and terminating repeat infringers.

12. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect, why, and what control you have. It is part of these Terms.

In summary: no account is required to play; we don't sell information about you as a product; free online play is supported by personalized advertising that you can switch off for free without subscribing; and premium removes advertising entirely. The Privacy Policy governs in the event of any conflict with this summary.

13. Availability, changes, and discontinuation

13.1 We may change the Services.

We may add, modify, or remove features. We'll give notice of material changes that meaningfully reduce what you get, where practical.

13.2 Availability.

We don't guarantee the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free. Online features depend on networks and third-party providers we don't control. Offline games remain playable without a connection.

13.3 If we discontinue a game or the Services.

We will give at least 30 days' notice in the app and, where we have your email, by email. We will:

13.4 Offline play after shutdown.

We will make reasonable efforts to leave offline single-player games playable on already-installed devices after online services end. We can't guarantee it — app stores, operating system updates, and device changes are outside our control.

14. Suspension, restriction, and termination

14.1 By you.

Stop using the Services at any time. Delete your account in Settings → Account → Delete Account. Cancel your subscription at the store separately — deleting your account does not stop billing.

14.2 Our enforcement rights.

We may, at any time and at our sole discretion, with or without notice and with or without cause, take any of the following actions with respect to your account or your access to the Services:

14.3 We may act without notifying you.

Some enforcement is deliberately not announced, because telling someone exactly what was detected and what was done teaches them how to evade it next time. We are not obligated to notify you that an action under Section 14.2 has been taken, to identify which action was taken, or to explain the basis for it, and the absence of a notice does not mean no action has been taken.

We'd rather state this openly than bury it. It exists so that we can protect honest players from cheaters, harassers, and abusive accounts without handing those accounts a manual for getting around us.

14.4 Grounds.

We generally act under Section 14.2 in response to a breach of these Terms — particularly Sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 — a legal requirement, or conduct we reasonably believe risks harm to other users, to third parties, or to us. We reserve the right to act without cause, and nothing in this section obligates us to establish a breach before acting.

14.5 Appeals.

If you believe an enforcement action was wrong, email support@playvale.games within 30 days. A human will review it. We'll tell you the outcome. We will not always be able to explain the basis or the evidence, for the reasons in Section 14.3, and we'd rather say that than pretend otherwise.

14.6 No refund on termination for cause.

If we suspend or terminate your account for a breach of these Terms, you are not entitled to a refund of any subscription period, and any remaining subscription time is forfeited. Termination of your account does not cancel your subscription — you must cancel at the store to stop future billing.

14.7 Effect of termination.

On termination, your license under Section 4 ends and you must stop using the Services. Sections 3.3, 8.4, 10.5, 11, 14.6, 14.7, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 21 survive.

15. Disclaimers

15.1 As is.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Services are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

15.2 No guarantees.

We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; that defects will be corrected; or that the Services are free of harmful components.

15.3 Other players.

We are not responsible for the conduct of other users, online or offline. We enforce Sections 6, 7, and 8, but we cannot prevent all misconduct, and we do not screen or verify users.

15.4 Your legal rights.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits any consumer rights you have under the law of your country that cannot be limited by agreement — including, in the EEA and UK, statutory rights regarding conformity of digital content.

16. Limitation of liability

16.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Playvale and its members, officers, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Services, whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, or any other theory, even if advised of the possibility.

16.2 Cap. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Services will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US $100.

16.3 Exceptions.

Nothing in this section excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for fraudulent misrepresentation. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

16.4 Basis of the bargain.

These limitations are a fundamental part of the agreement between us and reflect the allocation of risk in a service offered free or at low subscription cost.

17. Indemnification

17.1 You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Playvale Games LLC and its members, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any third-party claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:

17.2 Scope.

This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim arises from our own negligence or willful misconduct, and it applies only to claims brought by someone other than you.

17.3 Process.

We will notify you of any claim we seek indemnification for, and you may control the defense with counsel reasonably acceptable to us — except that you may not settle any claim in a way that imposes an obligation on us or admits fault on our behalf without our written consent. We may participate in the defense at our own expense.

17.4 Consumer law.

Where applicable consumer protection law limits or prohibits an indemnity of this kind, this section applies only to the extent permitted.

18. Disputes and governing law

18.1 Talk to us first.

Before filing anything, email legal@playvale.games describing the dispute and what you want. We'll try to resolve it within 60 days. Most problems end here.

18.2 Small claims.

Either of us may bring a claim in small claims court, and we'd encourage it for small disputes — it's faster and cheaper than anything else.

18.3 Courts.

Otherwise, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Blanco County, Texas, and we each consent to that jurisdiction and venue. If you are a consumer, this does not deprive you of the right to bring proceedings in your country of residence where local law gives you that right.

18.4 Governing law.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, except that if you are a consumer resident in the EEA, the UK, or another jurisdiction whose law gives you the protection of mandatory local rules, those rules continue to apply to you.

18.5 Time limit.

To the extent permitted by law, any claim arising out of the Services must be brought within one year after it arises, or it is permanently barred.

19. Apple and Google

19.1 These Terms are between you and us, not with Apple or Google.

Apple and Google are not responsible for the Services or their content.

19.2 No obligation to support.

Apple and Google have no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the Services.

19.3 Warranty.

In the event of any failure of the app to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the app.

19.4 Claims.

Apple and Google are not responsible for addressing claims relating to the Services, including product liability claims, claims that the Services fail to conform to legal requirements, and claims under consumer protection or similar legislation.

19.5 Intellectual property claims.

If a third party claims the Services infringe their intellectual property rights, we — not Apple or Google — are responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.

19.6 Third-party beneficiary.

Apple and its subsidiaries, and Google and its affiliates, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

19.7 Compliance.

You represent that you are not located in an embargoed country and are not on any U.S. Government restricted-party list, and that you will comply with all applicable third-party terms when using the Services.

20. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. If a change is material, we will notify you in the app and update the "last updated" date at the top, at least 30 days before it takes effect, unless a shorter period is required by law or necessary for security.

Your continued use after a change takes effect means you accept it. If you don't accept, stop using the Services and cancel any subscription at the store. If you would like a copy of an earlier version, email legal@playvale.games and we will send it to you.

21. General

21.1 Entire agreement.

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Services.

21.2 Severability.

If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest remains in effect.

21.3 No waiver.

Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.

21.4 Assignment.

You may not assign these Terms. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, on notice to you.

21.5 Force majeure.

Neither party is liable for failure to perform due to causes beyond reasonable control.

21.6 Notices.

We may give notice through the Services, or by email if you've given us one. Notices to us go to legal@playvale.games.

21.7 No third-party beneficiaries, except as stated in Section 19.

21.8 Headings are for convenience and do not affect interpretation.

22. Contact

We're a small studio. A real person reads these.