Rules

No review queue, no upvotes, no algorithm. Rank is what you pay, nothing else.

$5
to list a game
+$5
over #1 to take #1
+$1
over anyone else to pass them
7 days
each payment counts on the main board
Final
no refunds, except duplicate charges

The boards

One payment, three time windows.

  • Today covers the current UTC day and resets at midnight UTC.
  • Last 7 days counts each payment for exactly 7 days from when it was paid. This is the front page.
  • All-time adds up everything ever paid and never resets.
  • There's no weekly reset. A game only slips when older payments reach 7 days and nobody pays again.
  • Each closed day's #1 goes into the Daily #1 archive.

How ranking works

Money decides. Ties go to whoever paid first.

  • Whole US dollars, from $5 up to $99,999 per payment.
  • Paying less than you hoped still puts you on the board, at whatever rank the amount reaches.
  • Rank is set when payment is confirmed. If someone pays more while you're at checkout, you may land one place lower.

Raising and backing

Pay the difference, never the full amount again.

  • Open a game, enter a new total at least $1 above its current one, and pay only the difference.
  • Anyone can raise any game, so players can back the games they like.
  • Paying for a game only ever moves that game up. Nobody can take over another listing.

What you can list

Any game, on any store.

  • One listing per game: released, early access, a demo, or a wishlist or crowdfunding page. You must have made it or represent it.
  • Up to five links: Steam, Epic, itch.io, App Store, Google Play, Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox or your website. Discord only as an extra link.
  • We strip tracking you paste and add our own source tag, so our visits show up in your analytics.
  • Not allowed: adult content, real-money gambling, games that require buying crypto or NFTs, malware, copied games.

Fair play

Money ranks, but it can't buy everything.

  • Community picks can't be bought. We choose them, and players vote for their favorites each day.
  • Developers can verify a game with a short code on the store page or website. Verified games show a check mark.
  • Clicks count once per visitor, per game, per day. Bots are filtered out.

Paying

Stripe checkout. Final once paid.

  • Card details go to Stripe, never to Spawnrank. Tax is added where it applies.
  • A completed payment claims the rank and the listing goes live right away.
  • No refunds for being outranked, payments expiring, resets, low clicks or removal for breaking rules. Duplicate charges are refunded in full.