State of the Subreddit - May 2026
Hey! It’s time for another state of the subreddit post. We’re here to give a few updates on things we’re working on, talk about the subreddit, and just get feedback on how things can get better.
# **Rules update**
We’re in the middle of rewriting and updating [our rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/wiki/rules). If you’ve looked much at them you might notice they’re… rough which is something we’re working on fixing. A lot of these rules were made well over a decade ago and we’ve added and expanded on them over the years. Because of that there’s a lot of outdated stuff in there (we link to some subreddits that no longer exist and talk about things like “Meta Monday” threads that no longer happen) and there’s a fair amount of stuff repeated in multiple rules.
There’s still a lot of work left to do, but we’re trying to streamline everything. We’re trying to sort things together in a more logical way and generally just make everything easier to read. We’re also cutting down and condensing stuff so we don’t have a dozen different subrules for stuff. Things are still up in flux, but right now we’re planning on having three major groups of rules:
* Everything about what's in the article and if it's appropriate for the subreddit (like articles and videos) * Formatting of posts (like titles and linking to the original sources) * Discussions
This doesn't mean we're changing the direction or focus on the subreddit, and we're still going remove the same kind of stuff. We're just trying to simplify the rules so submitting a post doesn't feel like you're trying to solve an annoying puzzle. No hard timetable for when these changes will go into effect, but hopefully soon we’ll have another post formally announcing the rules and asking for feedback.
# **No more [player concurrents threads](https://i.imgur.com/EA8Cbxp.png)**
We’ve actually been doing this for a while already, but it’s worth formally announcing this. We’re going to remove threads that are solely focused on player counts or similar types of informal measurements. If there’s a bigger story about a game’s sales or userbase we will still allow it, but if the thread is just “hey X game came out here are the steam charts for it” we’re going to remove it. Also just to make it clear we still allow official sales numbers from developers/publishers and trusted sources like Circana.
# **Negativity**
In our last thread one of the most common complaints was about negativity on the subreddit. Now having negative opinions isn’t always a bad thing (in fact it can be important a lot of the time), but that doesn’t mean you can use personal attacks or other insults when talking with people on the subreddit. We’ve been trying to focus a little more on this lately, and while it might not be perfect, hopefully the subreddit will become better over time. If you would like to help improve the subreddit, please just report any rule 2 (**No personal attacks, witch-hunts, bigotry, or inflammatory language**) breaking comments instead of replying to them, even though it can be really tempting sometimes.
# **What questions/comments do you have**
We want to make these threads every month or two so we can give updates and also get feedback on the subreddit. Do you think we should change our review thread policy? Do you want to know what kinda stuff we consider an unsubstantiated rumor? For some ungodly reason do you want to know what games the mod team have been playing lately? Leave a comment in the thread and we'll listen and talk with you about it.