How it works

Linking accounts

Steam accounts are linked by signing in to Steam. Xbox accounts are linked by signing in to Microsoft through OpenXBL.

Each Steam or Xbox account can belong to one profile.

What we read

Steam: games, playtime, achievements and store genres.
Xbox: games played, achievements and, when Xbox reports it, playtime.
Xbox games get their genres from Steam or RAWG.

Steam profiles need game details set to public.

Reports

A report is a dated snapshot that profiles and widgets use.

Levels

10 XP per hour played, plus 100 XP per game played for at least an hour. Up to level 100.

Bronze · Lv 1+Silver · Lv 5+Gold · Lv 10+Platinum · Lv 15+Diamond · Lv 25+Master · Lv 35+Grandmaster · Lv 50+Legend · Lv 75+

A level shows how much someone plays, not how good their reviews are.

Credibility (0–100)

How much a reviewer has played the game they're reviewing:

50%: hours in the game (100 hours is full marks)
30%: achievements unlocked in it
20%: hours in the same genres (1,000 hours is full marks)

Games without achievements use 70% hours and 30% genre. Hours on other platforms count. The score is locked when the review is published, and the page shows any time played since.

Limited under 20, Familiar 20+, Experienced 40+, Seasoned 60+, Expert 80+. Unverified means no playtime found.

Archetypes

Traits generate Archetypes based on hours played across genres alongside achievement tracking.

Perfectionist: Finishes games and clears the achievement list.
Specialist: Spends most of their time in a few favourite games.
Omnigamer: Plays lots of different games and genres.
Competitor: Mostly plays multiplayer and PvP.
Adventurer: Mostly plays RPGs and story-driven games.
Tactician: Mostly plays strategy and simulation games.
Hipster: Plays a lot of indie games.
Cozy Connoisseur: Mostly plays casual and cozy games.

Warning labels

Five patterns, each 0–100. The strongest one at 50 or more shows next to the reviewer's name, in widgets too. Rookie only shows if nothing else applies.

⚠ Window Shopper: Most games dropped before 5 hours, with at least 5 started.
⚠ Casual: Low total playtime. Fades out around 500 hours.
⚠ Backlog Hoarder: Most of a 10+ game library unplayed. Games with no playtime data don't count.
⚠ Retired Gamer: Nothing played in 3+ months. Full strength at 18 months.
⚠ One-Trick: Over half of 50+ hours in one game. Full strength at 90%.

Taste match

If you have a report too, reviewer pages show how closely your genre mix matches theirs.

Widgets: free and Pro

Every widget works on both plans. Free shows who the reviewer is and their credibility score. Pro adds the playtime and achievements behind it. Both carry the VerifiedGamers name and any warning label.

Sample reviewer and games, scored by the real formulas.