Now that it’s June, the third annual IF Review-a-thon is just a month away!
When
July 1, 2026 to August 15, 2026
What
The IF Review-a-thon is a chance for authors of minimally-reviewed games to receive more feedback on their work. It’s not a comp itself, but it replicates the reviewing aspect of comps by encouraging simultaneous reviewing of the submitted games by anyone who wants to write about them. See the webpage for more details, and I’ll also go over the rules below. I’ll provide a list of the included games when the event opens.
How to submit games
Check the eligibility guidelines below, and then add them to the IFDB poll! Or if you don’t have an IFDB account, you can DM me and I’ll add the game(s) on your behalf. I plan to lock the poll, closing it to new entries, on June 28 so that I’ll have time to vet them before the event opens.
Game eligibility
Any game that has fewer than five reviews across this forum and IFDB is eligible. Individual authors can submit up to three games per year. Please do not submit games that include art, code, or writing produced by generative AI.
Finally, a note on Rate-a-thon
At the end of last year’s Review-a-thon, I mentioned the idea of running a Rate-a-thon event, meant to get newer games more IFDB ratings. I’d intended to run this around February/March of this year, but obviously that didn’t happen. I do still hope to run this event at some point, but I haven’t yet decided when.
Let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to seeing you at this year’s RaT!
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