Reviews from people who finish the game

Slot Three (sample) is a small, reader-funded games site. Four reviewers, one news editor and a lot of save files.

A games site for people with limited evenings

Most of our readers play a few hours a week. They want to know if a game respects that time before they spend money on it (sample).

So every review shows how long we played and how far we got. If a game takes 60 hours to get good, we say so. If it is over in six and worth every minute, we say that too.

The team

What each of us is playing this week, with the hours on the save (sample).

Mara Lindgren

Features editor (sample)

Now playing: Moth and Meridian, 31 h

Dev Okonkwo

Reviews editor (sample)

Now playing: Lanternwake, 14 h

Ana Prado

Strategy and sims (sample)

Now playing: Ninefold Crown, 64 h

Kit Hallam

Platformers and indies (sample)

Now playing: Glimmerstep, 9 h

Jun Watanabe

Racing and sport (sample)

Now playing: Rustbelt Rally 2, 23 h

Sol Rivera

News editor (sample)

Now playing: Whatever the patch notes say

How we are paid

Readers ask, so here it is. These are the only ways money reaches Slot Three (sample).

Reader memberships

From $4 a month, no adverts for members

61%

Display adverts

Sold by us, never inside a review

33%

Events and talks

Panels at local game nights

Paid reviews and affiliate links

None

Share of income last year (sample). Example prices.

Write to the newsroom

Tips, corrections, questions for the reviewers or a code for your game: one form, read by an editor.