Terms of Service

Last updated: August 14, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using GameHatch, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.

2. Description of Service

GameHatch is a community-driven platform for discovering, discussing, and launching new games. Users can submit games, vote on submissions, participate in forums, and interact with other community members.

3. User Accounts

When creating an account, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate, current, and complete information
  • Maintain and update your account information
  • Keep your account credentials secure
  • Accept responsibility for all activities under your account
  • Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use

4. User Conduct

You agree not to:

  • Submit content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, or defamatory
  • Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation
  • Upload viruses, malware, or other malicious code
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems
  • Interfere with or disrupt the service or servers
  • Use the service for commercial purposes without permission
  • Harass, bully, or intimidate other users
  • Submit spam, duplicate content, or irrelevant material

5. Content Submission

When submitting games or other content, you:

  • Retain ownership of your original content
  • Grant us a license to display and distribute your content on our platform
  • Ensure you have the right to submit the content
  • Are responsible for the accuracy and legality of your submissions
  • May not submit content that infringes on others' intellectual property rights

6. Intellectual Property

GameHatch and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by us and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.

7. Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the service, to understand our practices.

8. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms.

9. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall GameHatch, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the service.

10. Disclaimer

The service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. GameHatch makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property.

11. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which GameHatch operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

12. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect.

13. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at:

legal@gamehatch.dev