Project rules

A case is published only after community reviewers have examined the material by hand and a majority, with a quorum of 2 votes, agreed that the recording shows signs of cheating. A review runs for 24 hours, and reviewers cannot see each other’s votes until the result is settled.

A published case reflects the opinion of community reviewers, not an official decision by Valve. The platform publishes no real names, addresses, social media links or any details beyond the in-game name and the public Steam profile.

• One submission covers one player and one match.
• The moment in the recording is required: round, tick or time.
• A match code is preferable to a file — the reviewer can obtain the recording directly.
• No more than 5 reports per day from one account.
• A report about a player who already has an open case is not accepted.

• Submitting reports out of frustration after a loss, against a teammate for weak play, or on suspicion alone without a recording.
• Coordinating multiple submissions from several accounts belonging to one person. This is treated as abuse and works against the purpose of the review.
• Including judgements about the player in the description — both in the report here and in the text for Steam.
• Voting on your own report — this is prevented technically.

Persistently invalid submissions lead to restricted access to reporting.

If a case was opened about you by mistake, write to abuse@cheaterwatch.online and include a link to the case and to your Steam profile. The administration is required to consider the request and, if the decision was wrong, to close the case — it will disappear from the list of open cases.

A case also closes automatically when the Steam Web API records a ban. After that there is no need to send reports.