diff --git a/backend/internal/adminconsole/render_test.go b/backend/internal/adminconsole/render_test.go
index b266e47..96955f5 100644
--- a/backend/internal/adminconsole/render_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/adminconsole/render_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func TestRendererRendersEveryPage(t *testing.T) {
 			FlagThreshold: 1000, FlagWindow: "10m0s",
 		}, "Recent episodes"},
 		{"games", GamesView{Items: []GameRow{{ID: "g1", Variant: "scrabble_en", Status: "active"}}, Status: "active", Pager: NewPager(1, 50, 1)}, "g1"},
+		{"games", GamesView{Items: []GameRow{{ID: "g-open", Variant: "scrabble_en", Status: "open"}}, Status: "open", Pager: NewPager(1, 50, 1)}, "?status=open"},
 		{"game_detail", GameDetailView{ID: "g1", Variant: "scrabble_en", Seats: []SeatRow{{Seat: 0, DisplayName: "Kaya"}}}, "Seats"},
 		{"complaints", ComplaintsView{Items: []ComplaintRow{{ID: "c1", Word: "qi", Status: "open"}}, Status: "open", Pager: NewPager(1, 50, 1)}, "qi"},
 		{"messages", MessagesView{Items: []MessageRow{{ID: "m1", SenderID: "a1", SenderName: "Kaya", Source: "telegram", Body: "good luck", GameID: "g1"}}, Pager: NewPager(1, 50, 1)}, "good luck"},
diff --git a/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/games.gohtml b/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/games.gohtml
index 2e21b88..4a958fd 100644
--- a/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/games.gohtml
+++ b/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/games.gohtml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {{with .Data}}
 <nav class="subnav">
 <a href="/_gm/games"{{if eq .Status ""}} class="active"{{end}}>all</a> ·
+<a href="/_gm/games?status=open"{{if eq .Status "open"}} class="active"{{end}}>open</a> ·
 <a href="/_gm/games?status=active"{{if eq .Status "active"}} class="active"{{end}}>active</a> ·
 <a href="/_gm/games?status=finished"{{if eq .Status "finished"}} class="active"{{end}}>finished</a>
 </nav>
diff --git a/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go b/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
index e98c3f1..fe63d53 100644
--- a/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
+++ b/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ func consolePage(c *gin.Context) int {
 // normalizeGameStatus keeps only a recognised game status filter, else "" (all).
 func normalizeGameStatus(s string) string {
 	switch s {
-	case game.StatusActive, game.StatusFinished:
+	case game.StatusActive, game.StatusFinished, game.StatusOpen:
 		return s
 	}
 	return ""