Apply to be a CriticDB Outlet

CriticDB's mission is to collect reviews and previews from around the web, highlighting games across AAA, AA, and Indies to help gamers discover new titles.

We plan to ingest more Outlets over time, and you're welcome to apply to be included, but please read the criteria below before applying.

CriticDB Outlet Criteria / Requirements

Here's what we'll be looking for:

Strong Publishing Standards

  • We expect there to be a robust Ethics/Editorial Policy, as well as a review policy. We'll review your content beyond reviews as well, ensuring that every outlet we include has good standards beyond just reviews.
  • Any history of repeat plagiarism will immediately disqualify an Outlet or Creator. We don't tolerate that, at all.
  • Any use of AI for Reviews will disqualify an outlet from being considered.

Consistent Reviews

We want to make sure we aggregate as many reviews as possible, so ideally your outlet has published 10 reviews per month averaged over the last 12 months.

Social Presence

While social presence isn't a clear indication of "trustworthiness" we'll assess the size and use of your social platforms to help us make decisions.

Web Traffic / Views

Using tools like SISTRIX, SimilarWeb, and more – we'll assess the size of your outlet. We don't have a specific number, however:

  • Web Publishers – around/above 100,000 and 300,000 is a good guide.
  • YouTube/Creators - around/above 10,000 and 30,000 subscribers as a minimum.

These are not hard rules, if we encounter smaller outlets/Creators doing great work, we'll work on aggregating them too. See "The Criteria seem high" in our FAQ for more details.