Template:Infobox game/Documentation

Example of a game infobox

Developers
	Developer
Windows	Developer 2
macOS (OS X)	Developer 3
Linux	Developer 4
Publishers
	Publisher
Europe	Publisher 2
Engines
	Engine
Release dates
DOS	June 12, 1996
Mac OS (Classic)	July 4, 1998
Windows	January 3, 2012
macOS (OS X)	March 21, 2013
Linux	Early access
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	83

Description

This template needs to be present on every game page on the wiki. It contains the basic information on who developed, ported and published the game, as well as what engine was used and when was it released on different operating systems. In addition, it can hold a cover or box image for the game, as well as information on the location of the game's page on several other websites.

Syntax

{{Infobox game
|cover        = 
|developers   = 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|}}
{{Infobox game/row/porter|}}
|publishers   = 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|}}
|engines      = 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|}}
|release dates= 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|}}
|reception    =
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic| | }}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic| | }}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB| | }}
|steam appid  = 
|steam appid side = 
|gogcom id    = 
|gogcom id side = 
|strategywiki = 
|wikipedia    = 
|winehq       = 
|license      = 
}}

Arguments

Parameter	Description
title	Optional. Add if game title is stylized in some way and therefore varies from page name.
cover	Only include this if a cover for this game is present on the wiki or on Wikimedia Commons. The contents of this line should be just the filename, excluding the namespace. Defines Property:Cover.
developers	All information included under this argument must be related to developers and porters of the particular game. Possible rows include: {{Infobox game/row/developer|1|2}} - This row defines Property:Developed by. The first argument should contain the name of the developer. The second, if necessary, a subtitle as to what the developer was responsible for. {{Infobox game/row/porter|1}} - This row defines a matching "Ported to (OS) by" property. The first argument is the name of the porter. The second argument is the operating system.
publishers	All information included under this argument must be related to publishers of the game. Possible rows include: {{Infobox game/row/publisher|1|2}} - This row defines Property:Published by. The first argument should contain the name of the publisher. The second, if necessary, a subtitle specifying the region or the OS the publisher was responsible for.
engines	All information included under this argument must be related to engines used in the game. Possible rows include: {{Infobox game/row/engine|1|2}} - This row defines Property:Uses engine. The first argument should contain the name of the engine used. The second, if necessary, what component it was responsible for. Never list the engine as Custom, Inhouse or similar. This provides no additional information to the user.
release dates	All information included under this argument must be related to release dates of the game. Possible rows include: {{Infobox game/row/date|1|2}} The first argument defines the OS the date is related to. Possible options include: DOS - defines Property:Release date DOS; Windows - defines Property:Release date Windows; OS X - defines Property:Release date OS X. Remember that OS X isn't the same thing as Mac OS! Linux - defines Property:Release date Linux Mac OS - defines Property:Release date Mac OS. Remember that Mac OS isn't the same thing as OS X! The second argument should specify the date the game was released on the system in question. The date must be in a valid format to be recognized ("21 February 2001", "February 21, 2001", "2001", "February 2001"), or a recognized special state such as "TBA", "EA", "Unknown", "Likely cancelled", or "Cancelled". See the Editing Guide for more information. Correctly using the property (that is, with the appropriate OS name) will result in the appropriate categories being automatically placed on the page. Regional release dates should never be listed. Only ever list the relevant OS release date, always choosing the earliest it was made available in any region on that specific platform. Similarly, release dates for digital distribution services should also be ignored.
reception	Average critical reception of the game, from a supported aggregator. Possible rows include: {{Infobox game/row/reception|1|2|3}} The first argument should contain the reviews aggregator service the row is for: Metacritic OpenCritic IGDB The second row should contain the unique identifier from the URL for the review aggregator page for the game: For Metacritic: nier-automata from https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/nier-automata For OpenCritic: 3540/nier-automata from https://opencritic.com/game/3540/nier-automata For IGDB: nier-automata from https://www.igdb.com/games/nier-automata The third argument should contain the averaged critical reception score from the aggregator: For Metacritic, use the Metascore. For OpenCritic, use the Top Critic Average score. For IDGB, use the critic ratings score. This is the smaller (in size of the element, not in units) score to the right. The larger score to the left is the average IGDB user rating and should not be used.
steam appid	The AppID of the game on Steam. This is used for the SteamDB and SteamCharts favicons. Defines Property:Steam AppID.
steam appid side	Additional AppIDs the game is available under on Steam. This takes a comma separated list for input. Defines Property:Steam AppID.
gogcom id	The ID of the game on GOG.com. Defines Property:GOGcom page.
gogcom id side	Additional IDs the game is available under on GOG.com. This takes a comma separated list for input. Defines Property:GOGcom page.
official site	Add the full URL of the official site from either the original developer or the current rights holder. Do not include store pages.
strategywiki	The name of the StrategyWiki page.
wikipedia	The name (not the full URL) of the Wikipedia page for the game. The Wikipedia favicon will appear when it's defined. Defines Property:Wikipedia.
winehq	The ID of the game on WineHQ.
license	License of the game from one of the following values: commercial former commercial freeware free-to-play shareware Defines Property:License.