Poki vs CrazyGames: Two Rating Scales
What this page helps you decide: whether a cross-platform rating comparison is valid before you use it to choose a browser game.
The raw ratings on Poki and CrazyGames do not share a unit. Every captured Poki listing uses a five-point bestRating, while every captured CrazyGames listing uses ten. A Poki 4.4 and a CrazyGames 9.1 therefore cannot be ordered by their displayed numbers. Normalizing both to percentages fixes only the arithmetic: 4.4/5 becomes 88% and 9.1/10 becomes 91%. It does not prove that the portals ask the same people the same question or moderate votes the same way. Across the complete 57-game tracked sample, Poki spans 74% to 90% after normalization and CrazyGames spans 81% to 95%. Those ranges overlap heavily. The honest use of the numbers is within-platform context with the scale and denominator attached, not a single cross-platform leaderboard.
What normalization solves
Dividing ratingValue by bestRating puts both displays on a zero-to-one arithmetic range. It prevents the obvious error of treating 9.1 as automatically more than 4.4. It also makes within-page charts readable. That is all it solves. It does not align voter expectations, the wording of the rating prompt, repeat-vote controls, audience age, traffic sources, or the age of each listing. Those unknowns are why this site labels normalized values as translation only.
What the captured sample shows
The 57 records contain 47 CrazyGames listings and 10 Poki listings, gathered from the project's browser-game radar rather than a census of either portal. CrazyGames normalized scores run from 81% to 95%; Poki runs from 74% to 90%. The overlap means a portal label alone does not dictate a score. The unequal sample sizes also mean this dataset should describe what was tracked, not pronounce a universal platform winner.
A safer browser game comparison
First shortlist by the kind of play and the devices you actually use. Then inspect scores within the same portal, keeping vote count visible. If two finalists live on different portals, treat their normalized ratings as coarse corroboration and open a gameplay reference for each. Because every tracked title is free to access in a browser, a short trial is cheaper and more reliable than manufacturing precision from incompatible scales.
Step-by-Step
- Read bestRating before ratingValue.
- Normalize only to translate units, never to erase the portal label.
- Keep ratingCount next to every score.
- Compare within one portal before attempting a cross-portal interpretation.
- Use device, genre, recency, and gameplay evidence as separate decision axes.
- Recheck the live listing because aggregate ratings move.
Data Tables
| Game | Portal | Raw | Normalized | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level Devil | Poki | 4.42/5 | 88.4% | 4,005,116 |
| 67 Game | Poki | 3.7/5 | 74% | 133,743 |
| Cat Simulator | Poki | 4.38/5 | 87.6% | 80,670 |
| Dino Simulator | Poki | 4.33/5 | 86.6% | 35,343 |
| Scary Teacher Hide & Seek Games | Poki | 4.26/5 | 85.2% | 9,405 |
| Paint to Hide! | CrazyGames | 9.1/10 | 91% | 20,113 |
| Keyboard Obby | CrazyGames | 8.9/10 | 89% | 4,181 |
| Helicopter Flight Simulator | CrazyGames | 9.3/10 | 93% | 2,373 |
| Airplane Manager | CrazyGames | 9.3/10 | 93% | 1,627 |
| Idle Bank Simulator Money Game | CrazyGames | 9.2/10 | 92% | 985 |
Tips & Notes
- A percentage conversion is arithmetic, not calibration.
- The tracked ranges overlap: Poki 74-90%, CrazyGames 81-95%.
- A ranking that hides the denominator is weaker than the source data.
FAQ
Is 4.4/5 better than 9.1/10?
Not from the raw numbers. They normalize to 88% and 91%, but the platforms and voter populations still differ.
Can I rank all 57 after normalization?
You can calculate the percentages, but a precise cross-platform ranking would overstate comparability.
What should stay beside every score?
The portal, the bestRating scale, ratingCount, and verification date.
Sources
- Official Level Devil on Poki (official listing) — Source for the title, developer when published, release and update dates, device support, description, and 4.42/5 rating from 4,005,116 votes. Read 2026-08-28.
- Official Paint to Hide! on CrazyGames (official listing) — Source for the title, developer when published, release and update dates, device support, description, and 9.1/10 rating from 20,113 votes. Read 2026-08-28.
- Community Level Devil walkthrough on Poki by DIAZ GAMER — Linked only as a visual gameplay reference. It is not the source for ratings, dates, developer attribution, or device support.