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Terms of Use
Last updated: August 2026
Welcome to Tickrates. By accessing or using our platform — including our website, APIs, or any related services — you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Use. Please read them carefully before continuing.
1 Acceptance of Terms
By accessing tickrates.com or any Tickrates service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Use, along with our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any part of these terms, you must not use the platform.
We reserve the right to update these terms at any time. Continued use of Tickrates after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms. We will indicate the "Last updated" date at the top of this page whenever changes are made.
2 Account Responsibilities
To access certain features of Tickrates, you must create an account. When registering, you agree to:
- Provide accurate, current, and complete information.
- Maintain the security of your password and promptly notify us of any unauthorised access.
- Be at least 13 years of age. If you are under 18, you confirm that you have parental or guardian consent.
- Not share your account credentials with others or allow any third party to use your account.
You are solely responsible for all activity that occurs under your account. Tickrates cannot be held liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your account credentials.
3 User Conduct & Content
Tickrates allows users to post reviews, ratings, lists, and comments. You are solely responsible for any content you submit. By posting content on Tickrates, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display and distribute that content within the platform.
When using Tickrates, you agree not to:
- Post content that is hateful, abusive, harassing, threatening, defamatory, or discriminatory.
- Spam the platform with duplicate reviews, fake ratings, or unsolicited promotional content.
- Impersonate another person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
- Upload or transmit viruses, malware, or any other harmful code.
- Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or otherwise exploit the platform beyond normal use.
We reserve the right — but not the obligation — to review, edit, or remove any content that violates these terms or that we find objectionable, at our sole discretion and without prior notice.
4 Third-Party Data & Trademarks
Game data, titles, artwork, cover images, and metadata displayed on Tickrates are sourced from the IGDB API (operated by Twitch Interactive, Inc.) and the Steam Web API (operated by Valve Corporation). All such content — including game names, logos, and imagery — remains the exclusive intellectual property of their respective rights holders.
Tickrates uses this data strictly for informational and non-commercial purposes, in accordance with the IGDB API Terms of Service and Steam API Terms of Use. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Twitch, Valve, or any game publisher or developer whose content appears on our platform.
Any game names, trademarks, service marks, or trade dress referenced on Tickrates are the property of their respective owners.
5 Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability
Tickrates is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis, without warranties of any kind — either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
We do not warrant that:
- The platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure at all times.
- The information or content provided is always accurate, complete, or up to date.
- Any defects or errors will be corrected.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Tickrates Limited shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including but not limited to loss of data, loss of profits, or service interruption — arising from your use of or inability to use the platform, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
6 Account Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or permanently terminate your account at our sole discretion, without prior notice, if we determine that you have violated these Terms of Use or engaged in behaviour that is harmful to other users, third parties, or the integrity of the platform.
You may also delete your own account at any time via the Settings page. Upon deletion, your personal data will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
7 Contact
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please reach out to us:
General & legal enquiries:
[email protected]