Terms of Service

1. Who can use Hiscore

You can use Hiscore without an account; then everything stays on your device. To create an account you must be at least 13 years old. If you are under 13, please don't create an account. You can still keep a private hiscore on your device. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you should have a parent or guardian's permission to use Hiscore.

2. Your account

You sign in with a one-time link sent to your email; there is no password. Keep your inbox secure: anyone who can open the link can sign in as you. You are responsible for what happens under your account. Tell us if you think someone else has access to it. Choose a handle and display name that are not offensive, not someone else's name and not an attempt to impersonate Hiscore or its team. We may refuse or change names that break this rule.

3. What is public

• Profiles are public by default. Your handle, display name, archetype, Top 4, Top 10, and the games you log with their ratings, hot takes and reviews can be seen by anyone with your profile link, even without an account. People who follow you also see them in their feed.
• Teens start private. If you tell us you are 13 to 17, your profile starts as private: only you see your ratings, reviews and Top 10. You can switch to public in Settings; the app will warn you first.
• Private profile. Turn on "Private profile" in Settings and only you see your ratings, reviews and Top 10. Your ratings still count, anonymously, toward each game's crowd average.
• Never shown to others: your email address and your Up Next list.
• Recommendations can only be sent between people who follow each other. A recommendation (and its short note) is seen by the sender and the recipient only.

4. What you may post

You own what you write. By posting it on a public profile, you let us store it and show it to other people as part of Hiscore. Don't post, and don't use your handle, display name, notes or reviews for:

• Harassment or bullying, threats, or targeting a person or group.
• Hate speech, or attacks on people for who they are.
• Sexual content, or anything sexual involving minors (we report that to the authorities).
• Personal information about yourself or anyone else, such as addresses, phone numbers, passwords or private messages.
• Spam, scams, advertising or repeated unwanted messages.
• Illegal content, or content that encourages self-harm, or that infringes someone else's rights.

Opinions about games are welcome, including harsh ones. Be critical of games, not cruel to people. Please mark reviews with spoilers.

5. Reporting, blocking and removal

• Report. Use the "⋯" menu on a profile, or "Report" under a review or hot take, and pick a reason. We review reports. You can also write to us (see Contact below).
• Block. Choose "Block" in the "⋯" menu on someone's profile. A blocked person can't follow you or send you recommendations, and you won't see them in your feed, Crew or search. You can unblock people in Settings.
• Our actions. We may remove content, hide a profile, or suspend or delete an account that breaks these terms or that we think puts others at risk, with or without notice. We may also change or stop Hiscore, or remove features, at any time.

6. Deleting your account

You can export your data and delete your account any time in Settings, then Account. Deleting removes your profile, ratings, reviews, Top 10, Up Next, follows and recommendations from our database. It can't be undone. See the Privacy Policy for details.

7. Game data and cover credits

Game information comes from IGDB and Wikidata (CC0). Cover images are loaded from IGDB's servers. Game names, cover art and logos belong to their owners. Hiscore is independent and is not affiliated with any game publisher or platform holder.

8. No warranty

Hiscore is provided "as is" and "as available", while it is in early access. We don't promise that it will always work, be free of errors, or keep your data forever. Crowd averages and taste matches are for fun. Please keep your own copy of anything important (you can export your data in Settings).

9. Limit of our responsibility

To the extent the law allows, Hiscore and the people behind it are not responsible for indirect or consequential losses, for content posted by other users, or for losses caused by things outside our control. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have by law that can't be limited, or responsibility for things the law doesn't allow us to limit.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If the change matters, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using Hiscore after that, you accept the new terms. If you don't agree, you can delete your account.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [governing law].

12. Contact