Play indie browser games. Hire gaming creators.

Bounty Board combines a free browser game Arcade with a gaming creator marketplace. Players discover indie games right in the browser with no downloads, gaming creators find paid campaigns, and indie, AA, and growing studios turn playable interest into creator work. Most campaigns pay cash, and some include game keys or other rewards.

• Players: free browser games in the Arcade, with a daily pick, high scores, and 1v1 challenges.
• Creators: paid campaigns and competitions from game studios, paid through Stripe.
• Studios: campaigns for creator content, playtests, and competitions, paid in cash, game keys, or both.
• Game developers: publish HTML5 and WebGL games to the Arcade, with the Arcade SDK, analytics, and an ad revenue share.

Every campaign is one game, one brief, a close date, and a way to earn. The studio picks one of three kinds:

• Content: creators post about the game. The studio pays a set price per approved piece, or a rate per 1,000 views up to a cap per post, with views measured automatically on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and TikTok.
• Playtest: testers play for a set time and answer the studio’s questions. Each accepted report pays a flat fee, or testers get the game instead of cash.
• Competition: entrants compete for the top score, the fastest time, or the most views on their posts, and the top finishers win from the prize pool.
• Rewards can be cash, game keys, or both. Every campaign is funded up front through Stripe when it is published, and any unused budget is refunded to the studio with its share of the platform fee, less Stripe’s processing fee on the refund, when the campaign closes. A campaign that pays no cash (game keys only, or a free playtest) is funded by its $29 listing fee and holds no other money.

Yes. Competitions rank entries on a leaderboard, for example the fastest speedrun time or the highest score on your game, or the most views on creators’ posts about it, measured automatically on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and TikTok. The top finishers win from the prize pool when the ranking closes. Score competitions can be open to gamers as well as creators. Competition budgets are funded up front, and any unused budget is refunded to the studio when the competition closes, less Stripe’s processing fee on the refund.

Every campaign is funded up front through Stripe when you post it: the studio pays the budget plus a 10% platform fee, and the funds are held by Bounty Board. Creators are paid from that budget as work is accepted, and each creator receives their reward minus their own 10%, so a $100 task charges the studio $110 and pays the creator $90. Any unused budget is refunded to the studio with its share of the platform fee, less Stripe’s processing fee on the refund, when the campaign closes. A campaign that pays creators no cash (game keys only, or a free playtest) posts for a $29 listing fee, which is not refunded; cash campaigns have no listing fee. There is no subscription and no credits to buy. Bounty Board runs promotions that lower the fee for limited periods.

Payment is sent to your Stripe account when the studio approves your work. Stripe then holds the payout for 7 days so any disputes can be resolved before funds reach your account. Creators receive the listed reward minus the 10% creator platform fee. Campaigns pay in these ways:

• Per approved piece: the price the studio set.
• Per view: a rate per 1,000 views, measured automatically on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and TikTok, up to a cap per post.
• Competitions: prizes for the top finishers when the ranking closes.
• Game keys: delivered to your campaign chat when your application is approved.

Players can try your game in one click, with no download. You keep ownership of your game, and publishing is free.

• The Arcade SDK adds leaderboards, cloud saves, multiplayer rooms, and rewarded ads with a few lines of code. It is optional.
• Studio analytics show plays, players, and page traffic for each game, next to its campaigns.
• Eligible Arcade studios keep 90% of finalized ad revenue attributed to their game, settled monthly via Stripe once the $50 minimum is reached. Terms apply.

They are connected but independent. A studio can run creator campaigns for a game that is also playable in the Arcade, and creators can play a campaign game in the browser before applying. Publishing a game in the Arcade does not create a campaign by itself, and a campaign does not require an Arcade build.

Yes. Every game in the Arcade is free and runs right in your browser, with no downloads and no installs. Games work on desktop, and most also work on mobile and tablet browsers.

• Play the daily pick, chase high scores on the leaderboards, or challenge a friend to a 1v1.