How ranking works
Boards reward games people come back to, not the loudest launch.
Who counts as a player
A player is someone signed in who reaches move ten in a public game. Before move ten, a visit is just a look around.
- Each person counts once per game, however many saves they start.
- Your own plays never count toward your own games, and neither do test plays from the studio.
- Guests count once they make an account and keep their save.
Up to three points per player
+1
Reached move ten
They stayed long enough for the story to know them.
+1
Came back on a second day
They opened the same game again on another calendar day.
+1
Finished something
A full game day, an ending, or a Moment, start to finish.
A game's play score is the sum over its players. Ten players who all come back beat thirty who leave after a minute.
When boards publish
- Weekly boards cover Monday to Sunday and publish every Monday.
- Monthly boards cover the calendar month and publish on the 1st.
- Trending on Explore is a rolling seven days, refreshed through the day.
The boards
- Top Sim, Top Story, Top Moments: the highest play scores in each format. A format board appears once three of its games pass 10 players in the period.
- Dark horse: games in their days 2 to 30, so a new game can climb before the giants notice.
- Top in a world: one board for each world with five or more public games.
- Creators: top creators by play score across their games, the biggest risers, and new creators whose first game went public in the last 30 days.
What never counts
Gold spent, Legend Pass status, likes, comments, follows, shares and message counts. Money never buys a rank, and neither does noise.
Why a game isn't ranked
- It's private or link-only, or it was taken off Explore.
- It was removed after a report, or it's waiting on review.
- It's still in its first-day launch test.
- It had fewer than 10 players in the period.
- It's made by the Legend team. House games can trend, but they stay off creator boards.