Privacy

Updated on 4 November 2026.

Grimlane is made by PM Games. This page says what the game and the website grimlane.pmgames.studio learn about you, why, and how to turn it off. Send questions and deletion requests to hoogvard@gmail.com.

Run statistics

After every run the game sends a short summary to the site. The summary is also sent when you quit a run in the middle of a fight. It contains:

• the game version and platform (Windows or Android);
• the level, solo or co-op, how the run ended, the wave you reached, how long it lasted and how many points you scored;
• your deck and the grimoire signs you learned;
• the towers and buildings on the field at the end: their level, damage, kills and gold earned;
• how many times each card was played during the run;
• which monsters reached the end of the road and on which wave, and how many lives were left at the end;
• how many times you paid to change your hand, and how much gold was earned, spent and held on every fifth wave;
• which boss rewards you were offered and which one you picked.

To count distinct players, the game makes up a random number on first launch. The site stores a hash of that number instead of the number itself, so the statistics can't show who played and can't be linked to the leaderboard. The summary has no name, address, computer details or files.

We use these statistics to decide which towers and levels to adjust in the next update. You can turn them off in the game settings, on the GAME tab, with the "Send statistics" checkbox.

Records

Only endless mode has records. When a run ends, the game sends the site your name, wave, points, time, deck, game version and a replay of the run. The replay is the list of your moves, which lets a moderator review the record. In co-op it also includes your partner's name. The site keeps the replay only for a player's best result.

If you haven't set a name yet, the game first only asks what place the result would take and saves nothing. It asks for a name if the result makes the table, and without a name the result isn't saved. If a name is already set in the settings or on the network screen, the record is sent right away.

A player on the site is a random number and a key from the game's settings file. The site stores the key only as a hash, so nobody can take someone else's place in the table.

Co-op

In co-op the games connect through our server. It sees both players' IP addresses during the run and passes moves and names between them. It doesn't record the addresses. If you open a room for everyone, other players see your name in the room list.

Website

When you publish a deck or a guide, the site shows the author name you gave and the text itself. All of this appears only after a moderator checks it.

When it starts, the game asks the site for the latest version number so it can tell you about an update.

The site has no ads, visitor counters or third-party scripts. Cookies are set only for moderators when they sign in, on the beta page, and when you pick a language at the top of the site, so that the site remembers it. Like any other web server, ours logs the IP address, time, page address and browser name, including for requests from the game. The log is used to deal with errors and attacks and is kept for 30 days.

What we don't do

The game doesn't read your files, contacts or computer details. We don't sell data or pass it to other companies. Purchases and launches on Steam are handled by Valve under its privacy policy. When the game runs with Steam, your achievements, game stats and endless mode records also go to your Steam profile.

How to delete your data

Statistics and records are kept while the game's site runs. To delete your records or statistics, write to hoogvard@gmail.com. For records, your name in the table is enough. For statistics, send the id line from the [online] section of the file %LOCALAPPDATA%\Grimlane\settings.ini (%LOCALAPPDATA%\TD\settings.ini in older versions): without it we can't find your runs.