CrackWatch

Browse the web for your favorite games and always know if they are cracked or not!

CrackWatch Extension - Monitor Game Cracks & Compare Prices

CrackWatch is a Chrome extension that interfaces with the CrackWatch website to provide updates on newly cracked video games. It offers quick access to a list of latest cracked games when browsing. Also, it aids in comparing video game prices across different websites like Youtube, Steam, Twitch, Amazon, etc. Future developments could display the crack status directly on these sites. Note that CrackWatch is a news reporting site that only provides legal and public information.

Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 42,384+
Rating: 3.93
(57)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2020-12-23)
Creation date: 2019-02-05
Permissions:
  • https://api.crackwatch.com/*
  • https://www.instant-gaming.com/*
Size: 604.16K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Useful for tracking game cracks
  • Some users found it good
  • Some users found it helpful and amazing
Cons
  • The extension no longer works
  • It's slow to load
  • Displays too many in-app ads
  • Changes prices on Steam and Amazon
  • Considered as malware/adware
  • Fills websites with its own ads
Most mentioned
  • Shutdown of the service
  • Ads including Instant Gaming ads
  • Very slow
User reviews
crackwatch website not working anymore
by Syntox, 2021-05-19

no longer works :(
by Peter Yim, 2021-05-19

It shut down temporarily, but when it was still up, it was pretty good, but the Instant Gaming ads are because that's their only revenue of money for their servers.
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Extension safety

Risk impact

CrackWatch requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of CrackWatch. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • Critical This extension is not longer available in the store
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