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hechelion1 year ago(+5)

I think there's a misunderstanding.

You can only see the reviews of your own games (that's what @No time to play refers).

@shadree I think he's asking about other people's games.

If I understood correctly, you cannot see the reviews of games that are not yours, you can only see the final value when you expand the "more information" option.
There are several posts that talk about the subject, and Itch's review system really doesn't work like it does in other places.

As to whether this value affects the visibility of the game, there is no official document that clarifies it (that I know of). @No time to play, I seem to remember you saying that value doesn't affect visibility.

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redonihunter1 year ago (1 edit)

I also do not remember reading a clarification.

Public reviews do appear in the feed though. But that is just that. A feed. You can feel the "pulse" of what is popular and maybe get suggestions for collections to look at. But those ratings/reviews are not searchable by game.

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No Time To Play1 year ago

That's right. You can only see ratings in your feed because they're left by people you follow. You can't otherwise read what other people said about someone else's game. The More Information box on each game page shows its overall star rating, but nothing else.

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redonihunter1 year ago (1 edit)

Uhm. Not exactly. It does not matter if you follow an account. That does not give you special access to their activites. You just have them filtered into my-feed and get a notification.

The setting in the account is, what matters.

( ) Make my public activity on itch.io visible to my followers and other users of the site

Reviews appear in the global feed https://itch.io/feed?filter=ratings

The wording of the setting is redundant. The latter category already includes the former. And the explanation below is not exhaustivly, so users with privacy concerns might be worried what else is considered "public activity".

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shadree1 year ago

I did mean other people's games.

That "more information" tip helps though.

> There are several posts that talk about the subject
I did search before posting this topic.

Thanks for your reply.

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