About

Who we are

Fair Play Games is a small, independent site. No investors, no advertising, no venture money, and no plans to change that. That independence is the whole point: the storefronts that sell you games, and the databases the industry runs on, can't tell you honestly what a game is worth, because they make their money when you spend yours.

Our founder is a first generation gamer who believes we need a voice. This site is that voice.

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Why we built this

Gamers are one of the biggest communities on the planet, and in our groups and forums we keep asking, “is this game worth it?” But worth what? 4.5 stars is a bit abstract. Yes, it’s a good game, but not at that price.

We ask you a slightly different question…

What was it actually worth to you?

Did you get your money's worth? A bargain, or were you left underwhelmed? Your answer is the one the next player needs before they spend.

The more of us who contribute, the clearer the worth becomes. And if enough of us say it, maybe we can influence the industry and make game pricing fairer.

How it works

1. Find a game you've played.
2. Say what you think it was worth.
3. Submit it, and let other players know.

Even better, sign in and build your library, sync it from Steam, or add your console collection yourself. No Steam account? Email sign-in works too.

Bookmark us for the next one. And if the site did its job, tell a friend. We don't advertise, so players telling players is the only way this grows.

Ghosts

A new library starts with a few faded games, picked at random from our library, so you can see what your library could look like. Nobody paid to be here, and nobody ever will. It would be really tempting for me to push games publishers have paid me to put in front of you, but I will never do that. They will always be random picks from the games we hold. That's my promise as the founder.

Played one? Add it and say what it was worth.

They fade as you add your own games, and Filters lets you keep them or switch them off.

Where the numbers come from

Where do our numbers come from?

You, and the rest of the community. Everyone gets one rating per game, per platform, because a game can be a gem on one and a mess on another. Fair Play does the maths and gives you back the community's figure. We don't weight it. What we do is let you filter it: by region, by platform, and by how each rating is backed, so you can look at the picture however you trust it.

Be the first. Why does the first rating on a game need a Fair Play Games account?

Honestly, we'd like the first voice on a game to come from someone invested in the site and in the idea of saying what games are actually worth. Sign in through Steam and you can sync your games library, purchases are verified and playtime is updated. For your Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and other platforms, you add them yourself, and we value your honesty. No Steam account? No problem, sign in by email and add your whole library yourself. Once a game has its first rating, anyone can add theirs, account or not. That's open season, so be the first.

Can I trust every rating equally?

Not every rating carries the same certainty, and we don't hide that. Each one shows how it's backed: ✓ Verified when we could confirm the purchase and playtime through Steam, ◆ Self-reported when a signed-in player told us themselves, and ○ Unverified when it was made without signing in. Every one of them counts, and every one of them is shown. We show you what's behind each rating, and let you filter it, so you can weigh the community's voice exactly how you trust it.

The same honesty applies to the overall figure: we only show the ratings breakdown once there are enough ratings to make it meaningful.

What information we hold about you

Not much, and never more than we need. We think that's how it should be.

• Sign in through Steam and we hold your Steam ID, your alias, your games, and your playtime. Your Steam password stays with Steam. We never see it.
• Sign in by email and we hold your email address, and only so we can send you a sign-in link. We don't use passwords anywhere on the site.
• Everything else is what you choose to add: your library, and what you've said each game was worth.

You can change or remove any of it whenever you like. For the full picture, what we store, why, and how to erase it, see our Privacy page.

The Pay button

You'll find one on any game you've said was worth more than you paid. When a developer joins Fair Play and switches payments on, their button turns gold, and if you want, you can pay them what you think their game was worth.

Until then, a click on a grey Pay button is a vote. We count who players want to pay, and that tells us which developers and studios to approach first. You're counted once per game.

Independence

We answer to you, the players, and no one else. No investors setting growth targets. No advertisers to keep happy. No publisher paying for a softer number. The figure you see is the figure the community gave.