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Geoplanetical.com sources and fact-checking
Last checked: 2026-11-03
Grades
| Grade | Rule | How the page sounds |
|---|---|---|
| A | Two independent sources agree, or a first-party document matches an independent data site. | Stated, with links and the check date. |
| B | Only the developer has said it. | “According to the official page” in the same paragraph. |
| C | Sources disagree. | Both figures, labeled. No average. |
| D | Nothing public. | Blank, with the reason. |
What we will use
- Steam store pages, Steam News, and the appdetails API.
- polytale.games, including the wiki and the roadmap.
- SteamDB, gg.deals, Metacritic, CYRI, ProtonDB’s public summary.
- Reddit threads, Steam discussions, YouTube titles, descriptions, and what is said on screen.
- The Discord invite API for a member count, when it answers.
What we will not do
- Invent a tax rate, a tier list, a pronunciation, or a Mac ship year.
- Link or describe pirate installers.
- Copy the wiki’s 65 guides or paste its long command essays. The command table is a paraphrase plus a link.
- Copy or hotlink the studio’s images or Steam screenshots. Site diagrams are original SVG editorial illustrations, not game captures. YouTube videos use click-to-load embeds with locally cached video thumbnails.
A correction reaches us at [email protected]. The changed page gets a new checked date.
Do you verify numbers inside the game client?
No. Pages are checked against public web pages, videos, and posts. A missing in-game number is left blank. It is not a task for the reader or for us to “just launch the game.”
Does the studio site plus the Steam page count as two sources?
No. Both are written by the developer. An independently produced player report or data record can be a second source. A different website repeating the same Steam copy is not independent confirmation of the underlying claim.