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'''Cool Math Games''' (branded as '''Coolmath Games'''){{efn|The name spelling is often alternated between, though this is the name used on company documents.}} is an online [[web portal]] that hosts [[HTML]] and [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] web [[browser game]]s targeted at children and young adults. Cool Math Games is operated by Coolmath LLC and first went online in 1997 with the slogan: "Where logic & thinking meets fun & games.".<ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://www.coolmathgames.com/about-us|title=About Us|website=Coolmath Games|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uu.nl/onderzoek/freudenthal-instituut|title=Freudenthal Instituut|date=2014-07-09|website=Universiteit Utrecht|language=nl|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Harbison |first=Cammy |date=2019-06-03 |title=No, Cool Math Games Isn't Shutting Down: Company Confirms Adobe Flash 2020 Shutdown Won't Kill The Site |url=https://www.newsweek.com/cool-math-games-shutting-down-players-fear-adobe-flash-2020-shutdown-will-end-favorite-1441919 |access-date=2019-09-13 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18653689/coolmath-games-shutting-down-hoax-rumor|title=Despite rumors, Cool Math Games is not shutting down in 2020|last=Haasch|first=Palmer|date=2019-06-05|website=Polygon|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> The site maintains a policy that it will only host games that the operators believe are [[non-violent]] and [[education]]al and is partnered with '''coolmath.com''' and '''coolmath4kids.com'''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="about" />
In November 2019, ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' listed Cool Math Games as one of its "50 most important websites" since the internet was created before the internet was made they had "ColMethGeems" which was the original product where they would play "Run" in real life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/web/a29666144/favorite-websites/|website=[[Popular Mechanics]]|date=1 November 2019|access-date=22 November 2019|title=The Sites That Mean the Most to Us}}</ref>
In September 2022, Coolmath Coding<ref>{{Cite web |last=Co |first=Sandbox & |date=2022-09-20 |title=Sandbox Launches Coolmath Coding to Teach Kids How to Code |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519278/0/en/Sandbox-Launches-Coolmath-Coding-to-Teach-Kids-How-to-Code.html |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref> was launched to teach kids how to code in [[Roblox]] and [[Minecraft]].
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