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How long does it take for a game to get a Related Games tab?

A topic by SuitedDevil created Jun 28, 2023 Views: 671 Replies: 5
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Heyo, my game came out in April & I upload a new build weekly for it since it's in Alpha - I noticed that it still doesn't have a Related Games tab. Does the tab appear after enough time has elapsed, impressions, or downloads, and how can I get one? Does uploading builds this frequently hurt my game's chances at getting a Related tab or being Recommended? The game's been out for about 2 months with just over 1k downloads so far, if that helps. It's been indexed and shows up in Search correctly afaik.

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I also want to know this

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I think you need a few reviews for the system to figure out which games are related.

Do y'all (open question to all, lol) know how many reviews that might be? I've got 27 and I'm not sure how many more I'd need :/

Giving this a bump cuz I haven't heard back from support & I'm still genuinely curious about how to get one of these!

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Coming up on month 3 now! I haven't been able to get a reply from Support, but I'll just use this thread to update you guys if/when a Related tab appears and the statistics as to how long it took/how many downloads/reviews etc until it appears, so at least it can helpful to folks in the future!

Currently: 2.5 months since game launch, 1.3k downloads, 310 collections, 31 reviews, no tab.

Investigation: Projects from other accounts that are up for 3-4 months with 5+ reviews have Related tabs; some projects with less than 5 reviews also have tabs.

 Hypothesis: Related tab appears after 3-4 months, so it's time-based. However, I've seen games that've been around 5+ months with no Related tab, these don't have reviews attached to them, though. If anyone has a game that has a related tab that was published less than 3 months ago, please let me know and I'll add it to my findings.

Thanks guys, hope this ends up being helpful to someone in the future!

EDIT: It happened!! Total stats: 85 days on itchio since launch, 1.4k downloads, 334 collections, 32 reviews! Tab acquired! :)

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