I am always looking for games that have yet to be included in speedrun's catalog, especially games I enjoy. However, I have some questions to the submission process as I have seen some inconsistant continuity with games that get approved or not.

So let's say 2 games are submitted for approval. Both games are very similar in gameplay, mechanics, objectives, just the same but different creators, characters, etc. And as they are reviewed, 1 get approved while the other gets rejected because of a reason that is present in the other.

My question in all this is why does a game get rejected for having the same "goals" as other games that get approved? Is it to limit games of that type? Is it based on popularity? Is the submitted video length or additional description to blame?

I am not trying to justify of getting my requests accepted(I'll definitely retry later when more stuff comes in at least 1 game) even if it sounds like it, I am genuinely curious on the process and I can better my submissions in the future

You'd better help your case by presenting the two games in question, instead of just saying they're "very similar".

I agree with komrade, we need to know what games you're talking about to give you a specific answer.

As for possible reasons why similar game submissions might get different answers, I can think of several:

• One game might have been added by a series moderator
• One game may have been added when the game request rules were different
• One of the games may have been requested by a trusted member of the site
• One of the games may have an already established community
• One of the games may be popular enough that staff were willing to add it despite it not meeting the requirements
• One of the games may have had a more thorough description in the submission

Speedrun.com's game request rules are infamously inconsistent and confusing.

The games in question: Flash Party(which i subbmited),Multiversus and Fray Makers(which are both in). All 3 are platform fighters, all have the same amount of modes you can do(like 1v1, tutorials, etc.), super basic "we just started" motif