Submission rules

Anyone can submit a game without an account. An editor reviews every submission before it appears. These are the rules they apply.

What can be listed

• A real, playable game with an official link: the developer's or publisher's own website, or the game's page in a store.
• Browser games, mobile apps, desktop and console games are all welcome. Games made with or without AI are treated alike.
• Demos and games in early access are fine when the page says so.

What is not listed

• Re-uploads, mirrors, cracked or modified copies, and pages that are not the game's official source.
• Links that mainly exist to collect clicks: aggregators, link shorteners, pages wrapped in someone else's advertising.
• Malware, deceptive downloads, gambling for real money, and content that is illegal or unsafe to list.
• Sexual content, and anything else not suited to a catalogue used by children from the age of 8.
• Trailers, announcements and store wish-list pages without a playable game.

One game, one page

A game gets a single page even when it has a website, mobile apps and several store pages: those become launch options on the same page. An ordinary update does not make a new page. Sequels and substantially different games get their own.

The same link, or the same store identifier on a platform, cannot be listed twice, pending submissions included. Advertising parameters are removed from links; parameters that select the page or the game are kept. A link that was declined or removed does not come back automatically.

Facts, not guesses

• Fill in what you know and leave the rest at “Not specified”.
• Tick a platform only if you have seen the game work there. An Android app does not show that a game runs in a mobile browser.
• Don't invent a version number. If you don't know it, leave it empty.
• An age label is recorded only with its source. From a submitter that means the developer's own statement.
• Advertising, purchases, registration and price on external sites are stated separately. HeapPlay's promise of free play without registration covers only games marked “Play here”.

After you submit

• You get a private link showing the status. Through it you can ask for a change or for removal.
• An editor may edit the details, approve the game, or decline it with a reason.
• Submitting a game does not make you the manager of its page. HeapPlay reading a page's details does not establish who may manage it. Developers verify their connection separately; see for developers.

Limits

To keep the queue workable, one network can send up to 8 submissions an hour and 25 a day, and up to 6 reports an hour.

Removal

If you own a game and want its page changed or removed, use “Report a problem with this page” on that page, or the contact page. The owner decides removal requests personally.