Verified Publisher Program • 100% Free Registration

For Game Publishers & Studios

Declare your game's official production specs so your benchmark reflects real engineering facts, not outside guesswork. Protect your technical investment and receive verified milestone certification seals throughout your game's lifecycle.

The Olympic Dive Sheet Principle: In Olympic diving, athletes submit a dive sheet declaring the technical difficulty of their routine before stepping onto the board. A triple-twisting somersault is evaluated on an entirely different scale than a basic dive, ensuring high technical ambition isn't penalized by minor execution slips. True Game Metrics brings this exact model to games: our 8 core engineering pillars measure architectural complexity (Degree of Difficulty) directly from verified production parameters, while players evaluate gameplay execution independently.

Why Leading Publishers Benchmark with TGM

The Legacy Review Problem The TGM Benchmark Solution The Publisher Advantage
The Scalar Score Trap Traditional reviews collapse years of complex engineering into a single subjective number, penalizing raw technical scope and ambition. Decoupled DD × sGE Model We evaluate architectural complexity (DD / 5.0) and gameplay execution (sGE / 30.0) independently, just like Olympic difficulty scoring. Protected Milestones Base internal production milestones and studio bonuses on reproducible, audited technical achievements rather than subjective opinions.
Launch-Day Review Brigades Temporary server congestion or social review-bomb raids tank public scores overnight, damaging brand equity and distorting business decisions. The 7-Judge Panel By trimming upper and lower extremes from verified player evaluations, the engine filters out bad-faith brigading and blind hype loops. Audit-Ready Market Data Present clean, empirical proof of core craft and player execution to investors, stakeholders, and platform partners.
Unquantified Production Bloat Massive open worlds and custom physics systems consume hundreds of thousands of hours without clear return on engineering investment. 8 Standardized Pillars Empirical tracking maps production parameters against historical comps across World Scale, Logic, Graphics, Audio, Network, and Innovation. Portfolio Optimization Pinpoint exactly where engineering effort translated into lasting benchmark performance across your entire release catalog.
  • 100% Free Game Registration Register upcoming releases or recent launches at no cost. Maintain official ownership of official title metadata.
  • Official Production Data Declare your game's technical specs directly, replacing provisional TGM estimates with official production data from your team.
  • Storefront Ready Assets Receive high-resolution vector and PNG certification marks formatted for digital storefronts, social campaigns, and PR announcements.

Lifecycle Milestone Certification Seals

We deliver official, high-resolution vector and PNG certification marks at key milestones across your game's lifecycle:

3.85 DD CERTIFIED

Degree of Difficulty Seal

Delivered at Registration

Locks your game's verified architectural complexity from primary-source design parameters before launch noise begins.

108.4 OFFICIAL TGM

Certified Benchmark Seal

Delivered at Consensus (≥ 100 sGE)

Once player consensus reaches 100+ verified evaluations, your official composite rating mark is unlocked with ribbon assets.

TOP 25 QUARTERLY

Category & Annual Honors

Delivered Quarterly & GOTY

Specialized seals for Top 25 category placements and #1 rankings for marketing collaterals and storefront editions.

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For publishing executives, release managers, and studio leadership registering titles and declaring official production parameters.