The .games Domain: An Ending for Whole Catalogues
.games was recorded in the root zone on 24 May 2016, and the contracting party in the IANA entry today is Dog Beach, LLC. The zone was first delegated to United TLD Holdco Ltd. and passed to its present holder on 2 June 2021. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 91,138 registrations, of which 71,253 appear in the zone file.
The plural turns an address from one title into a collection: a publisher's catalogue, a board game series, a retailer or a community archive. Placed after a brand name it conveys breadth without a word of explanation. Try candidates with a .games domain search, and if a single production is the subject, compare the .game page.
.GAMES Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- Root zone record 24 May 2016
- Transfer to current holder 2 June 2021
- Registered names 91,138 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 71,253 names, about 78%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .games domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.games Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$18.75 / years -
Transfer
$33.79 / years -
Renewal
$36.39 / years -
Restore
$119.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.98
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.games Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .games address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete the domain is yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.games Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.games Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .games domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.games Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.games Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 1 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 1 days
- Payment Period 1 days
- Redemption Period 1 days
- Deletion Hold Period 1 days
- Renewal Time 1 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .games Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The plural sets an expectation of a collection or a shop rather than a single title.
A visitor arriving at a plural address expects several products, a list or categories; a one-title page fails that expectation and sends them straight back. The choice is therefore not a grammatical detail but a decision that shapes how the page is built.
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Yes. The ending is not limited to digital titles; it covers the whole idea of a game.
For board games, the product pages, the rulebooks and the expansions all sit under one roof. Making rulebooks downloadable cuts support enquiries noticeably. A plural ending after a publisher's name also signals from the outset that the catalogue is meant to grow.
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91,138 registrations against 10,004; the gap comes from the word's reach and from separate registry policies.
The plural covers far more uses — shops, communities, catalogues. And because the two endings belong to different contracting parties, their marketing and distribution took different paths. You can look at the singular form on the .game page.
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Of 91,138 registrations, 71,253 appear in the zone file — around 78%.
The zone is both large and genuinely used. For your search that means genre words and general terms are mostly gone, while roots combining a brand with a category remain findable. To try several candidates in one pass, use the bulk domain name search.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
For a game shop the thing to watch is the payment flow: if a certificate or a nameserver setting is left incomplete during the move, a warning appears at the basket step and sales stop. Afterwards, confirm the certificate is being served correctly from the SSL checker page.
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