FOR PRESS & CREATORS
Cite the score.
Show the evidence.
Everything on this page is free to use: the scores, the badges, and the data, with attribution. This page explains how to cite us, how to embed a scorecard badge in under a minute, and how to reach us before you publish.
What this is
One paragraph, safe to paraphrase or quote.
The Aftercare Index exists to make post-launch support a number studios cannot hide from. We audit what actually happens after a game ships (the patches, the communication, the follow-through) and publish the evidence behind every score, so players buy with their eyes open, and good support becomes a competitive advantage instead of a cost to cut. Every score is built from five categories worth 20 points each: patch speed, maintenance quality, communication, player responsiveness, and follow-through. We are independent, and no score is publisher-paid or publisher-reviewed before it goes live.
How to cite a score
One line, in this format, anywhere the score appears.
Aftercare Index score: 90/100 (A, Recovery)
The number is the score out of 100. The letter is the tier (S, A, B, C, D, F). The word is the Aftercare Pattern, which describes how support behaved over time: Recovery, Steady, Mixed, Decline, or Abandoned. In a sentence it reads: “Cyberpunk 2077 holds an Aftercare Index score of 90/100 (A, Recovery).” Link the citation to the game's scorecard when you can, so readers can check the evidence themselves. Full scoring rules live on our methodology page.
Embed a scorecard badge
Free for articles, reviews, and video descriptions. Attribution is the whole price.
The badge drops into an article as one self-contained HTML block, or into a video description and newsletter as a PNG with the scorecard link under it. Swap five values and it shows any game in the index. Keep the link back to the game's scorecard intact, do not alter the numbers, and the badge is yours to use. The embed kit, with the snippet, the PNG, and a short guide, travels with this page, and we will generate badge images for any game on request.
The index at a glance
The snapshot behind every citation.
Talk to us
Score checks before publication are welcome and encouraged.
Press and creator contact: contact@theaftercareindex.com
Write to us for a score check before you publish, badge images for a specific game, a data pull across the full index, or corrections. If we ever correct a score, the scorecard is updated and the correction is noted on it, so a citation linked to the scorecard always lands on the current figure.