Privacy

Privacy.

No account, no ads, no tracking. Your games, your game files and your library stay on your computer.

This website

There are no analytics and no tracking cookies. Your browser keeps two small choices for you (whether you hid the banner, and the language you picked on the changelog); they never leave your device. The page's fonts load from Google Fonts.

Counting set-ups, only if you say yes

The first time you use it, Decomp Buddy asks whether it may count the games it sets up. If you say yes, then each time a new game from the catalog finishes setting up, the app sends the game's project link and title - for example "+1 for Ship of Harkinian". No name, no account, no ID for your computer, no list of your other games. Updates aren't counted. You can change your answer any time in Settings → Count My Set-Ups. To stop someone flooding the count, your internet address is scrambled (a salted one-way hash) and kept for at most an hour, then deleted.

Player reports, only when you send one

On a game's page you can say how it ran, optionally with a reason, or report a broken download. The app sends the game, your answer, the version you played and the kind of computer (for example "Steam Deck") - no name, no account, no text you typed. So you can change or take back your report, the app makes a random number for itself; only a scrambled form of it is stored, never linked to a person or an internet address. Only totals are shown.

Usage statistics, only if you tick the box

Settings → Share Anonymous Usage Stats is off unless you turn it on, and the app shows you exactly what it would send first. If it's on, once a week it sends its version, your kind of computer, your language, roughly how many games you have, and which features are switched on. No ID and no game names; each value just adds 1 to a weekly total.

Everything else the app sends

• The catalog. The game list and install steps are an ordinary download; nothing about you is recorded.
• Game downloads come from Decomp Buddy's own copy (files.decompbuddy.com), checked against the file that was scanned for malware. If our copy can't be reached, the game's own project is used instead, under its own privacy policy. Mods come straight from GameBanana or Thunderstore.
• App downloads are counted by file name and day - not who you are.
• Add A Game. The project's link and your note are sent so it can be reviewed. If you leave an email address, it's used once, to tell you whether the game was listed, and for nothing else.
• Your own AI key (optional) is encrypted on your computer and only ever sent to the AI provider you chose.

Donations

Payments are handled entirely by Stripe; we never see your card. Nothing about a donation is stored by Decomp Buddy - no name, no amount, no email address. The payment carries one word saying it came from this site.

Where it lives

The website, the counts and the game files are hosted on Cloudflare. Emails about a game you sent in are delivered by Resend. Payments are processed by Stripe. Nothing is sold, rented or shared with advertisers.

Questions

See Contact. Last updated November 14, 2026.