@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 **Free assets and tools for commercial games, with every licence read at its source.**
 
-[**Browse 420 sources**](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/)  ·  [Starter stacks](#starter-stacks)  ·  [Choose by job](#start-here)  ·  [Licences](#licences)  ·  [Contribute](#contributing)
+[**Browse 418 sources**](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/)  ·  [Starter stacks](#starter-stacks)  ·  [Choose by job](#start-here)  ·  [Licences](#licences)  ·  [Contribute](#contributing)
 
 [![Website](https://img.shields.io/website?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftmhsdigital.github.io%2FFree-Game-Dev-Assets%2F&up_message=live&down_message=down&label=website)](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/)
 [![Pages](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/TMHSDigital/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/pages.yml?label=pages)](https://github.com/TMHSDigital/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/actions/workflows/pages.yml)
-[![Sources](https://img.shields.io/badge/sources-420-informational)](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/)
+[![Sources](https://img.shields.io/badge/sources-418-informational)](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/)
 [![License: CC0-1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-CC0--1.0-lightgrey.svg)](LICENSE)
 <br />
 [![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/TMHSDigital/Free-Game-Dev-Assets)](https://github.com/TMHSDigital/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/stargazers)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ is a page on the site.
 
 ## Browse the catalog
 
-The [website](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/) searches all 420 entries
+The [website](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/) searches all 418 entries
 and filters them by category, commercial use, attribution, review status and 2D camera
 view. Press `/` to search. Filtered views and individual entries have their own URLs, so you can send
 someone exactly what you are looking at.
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ someone exactly what you are looking at.
 | **3D** | 77 | Models, scans, PBR textures and materials | [`catalog/3d/`](catalog/3d/) |
 | **Tools** | 121 | Editors, pipeline, TTS, Godot add-ons | [`catalog/tools/`](catalog/tools/) |
 | **2D** | 60 | Sprites, tilesets, UI and HUD, icons, palettes | [`catalog/2d/`](catalog/2d/) |
-| **Audio** | 38 | SFX, music, foley, impulse responses | [`catalog/audio/`](catalog/audio/) |
+| **Audio** | 36 | SFX, music, foley, impulse responses | [`catalog/audio/`](catalog/audio/) |
 | **Characters** | 30 | Rigged packs, generators, modular humanoids | [`catalog/characters/`](catalog/characters/) |
 | **Fonts** | 25 | OFL and commercial-ok typefaces, CJK | [`catalog/fonts/`](catalog/fonts/) |
 | **Environment** | 20 | HDRI, terrain DEMs, geodata | [`catalog/environment/`](catalog/environment/) |
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ One markdown file per source under a category folder. Copy [`TEMPLATE.md`](TEMPL
 | 3D | 77 | [`3d/`](3d/) | Models, scans, PBR textures |
 | Tools | 121 | [`tools/`](tools/) | Editors, pipeline, TTS, Godot add-ons |
 | 2D | 60 | [`2d/`](2d/) | Sprites, UI, icons, palettes |
-| Audio | 38 | [`audio/`](audio/) | SFX, music, foley, IRs |
+| Audio | 36 | [`audio/`](audio/) | SFX, music, foley, IRs |
 | Characters | 30 | [`characters/`](characters/) | Generators & modular humanoids |
 | Fonts | 25 | [`fonts/`](fonts/) | OFL / commercial-ok type |
 | Environment | 20 | [`environment/`](environment/) | HDRI, terrain, geodata |
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function headMetaHtml(site, stats, generatedAt, hasCard) {
     baseHeadHtml({ site, title: site.title, description: site.tagline, url: site.siteUrl, hasCard, root: "./", modules: PAGE_MODULES.home }),
     `<meta name="generator" content="site/build.mjs ${esc(generatedAt)}" />`,
     `<meta name="catalog:entries" content="${stats.total}" />`,
-    `<script type="application/ld+json">${scriptJson(homeJsonLd({ site, generatedAt, total: stats.total }))}</script>`,
+    `<script type="application/ld+json">${scriptJson(homeJsonLd({ site, generatedAt, total: stats.total - stats.deprecated }))}</script>`,
   ].join("\n    ");
 }
 
@@ -674,11 +674,12 @@ function main() {
     STARTER_ROWS: starterRowsHtml(featured),
     // Each category shows its first few entries; the category pages hold the rest.
     ENTRY_ROWS: groupedEntriesHtml(visible, config.categories, { root: "", repo: repoUrl, now }),
-    HERO_COUNT: String(stats.total),
+    // The headline counts what the catalog lists; deprecated entries are hidden by default.
+    HERO_COUNT: String(visible.length),
     FILMSTRIP: filmstripHtml(filmstripPick(visible, { count: 9, cardCategories }), { root: "" }),
     CATEGORY_CHIPS: categoryChipsHtml(visible, config.categories),
     GUIDE_ROWS: guideRowsHtml(config.guides, repoUrl),
-    CATALOG_BLURB: `${stats.total} sources &middot; ${stats.active} active &middot; ${stats.commercialOk} commercial-ok &middot; ${stats.commercialVaries} per-file &middot; ${stats.deprecated} deprecated`,
+    CATALOG_BLURB: `${visible.length} sources &middot; ${stats.active} active &middot; ${stats.commercialOk} commercial-ok &middot; ${stats.commercialVaries} per-file${stats.deprecated ? ` &middot; plus ${stats.deprecated} deprecated, hidden by default` : ""}`,
     RESULT_COUNT: `${visible.length} of ${stats.total} entries shown`,
     SPONSOR_BUTTON: sponsorButtonHtml(),
     PREVIEW_CREDIT: PREVIEW_CREDIT_LINE,
 
@@ -40,20 +40,31 @@ export function listEntryFiles(dir) {
   return out.sort();
 }
 
+/** True when an entry file's frontmatter says `status: deprecated`. */
+export function isDeprecated(text) {
+  const fm = String(text).match(/^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---/);
+  return Boolean(fm && /^status:\s*["']?deprecated["']?\s*(#.*)?$/m.test(fm[1]));
+}
+
 /**
  * Entry counts per category folder, from the same list build and validate
  * use, so a skipped folder (catalog/_scratch) never counts. `total` also
  * includes any entry file outside a category folder, as validate's does.
  */
 export function countEntriesByCategory(catalogDir) {
   const files = listEntryFiles(catalogDir);
+  let deprecated = 0;
   const counts = {};
   for (const d of fs.readdirSync(catalogDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
     if (d.isDirectory() && !d.name.startsWith(".") && !SKIP_DIRS.has(d.name)) counts[d.name] = 0;
   }
   for (const file of files) {
     const [first, ...rest] = path.relative(catalogDir, file).split(path.sep);
+    if (isDeprecated(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"))) {
+      deprecated += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
     if (rest.length && first in counts) counts[first] += 1;
   }
-  return { counts, total: files.length };
+  return { counts, total: files.length - deprecated, files: files.length, deprecated };
 }
@@ -1448,6 +1448,12 @@ eq("search: q from the URL is capped", readState(`?q=${"a".repeat(5000)}`, { q:
     eq("counts: per category, nested files included", Object.entries(counts).sort().map(([k, n]) => `${k}=${n}`).join(","), "2d=2,audio=1");
     eq("counts: total skips _scratch and hidden folders", total, 3);
     eq("counts: total matches the entry list build and validate use", total, listEntryFiles(root).length);
+    nodeFs.writeFileSync(nodePath.join(root, "audio/old.md"), "---\nid: old\nstatus: deprecated # moved\n---\n\nGone.\n");
+    nodeFs.writeFileSync(nodePath.join(root, "audio/body.md"), "---\nid: body\nstatus: active\n---\n\nstatus: deprecated\n");
+    const listed = countEntriesByCategory(root);
+    eq("counts: a deprecated entry is not listed", listed.counts.audio, 2);
+    eq("counts: total is listed entries only", listed.total, 4);
+    eq("counts: files and deprecated are reported", `${listed.files}/${listed.deprecated}`, "5/1");
   } finally {
     nodeFs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
  * Rewrites every place the repo restates the entry count, from the catalog
  * itself: the category tables in README.md and catalog/README.md, the README
  * badge, "Browse N sources", "searches all N entries", and
- * expectedEntryCount in site/config.json. Run after adding or removing
- * entries: node site/sync-counts.mjs. The validator (V6) checks the same
+ * expectedEntryCount in site/config.json. The README and table counts are
+ * of listed entries (deprecated ones are hidden on the site, so the numbers
+ * match its "All" chip); expectedEntryCount counts every file. Run after
+ * adding, removing or deprecating entries: node site/sync-counts.mjs. The validator (V6) checks the same
  * places, so it passes afterwards.
  */
 import fs from "node:fs";
@@ -27,10 +29,10 @@ function update(file, fn) {
   }
 }
 
-const { counts, total } = countEntriesByCategory(CATALOG);
+const { counts, total, files, deprecated } = countEntriesByCategory(CATALOG);
 
 update("README.md", (t) => syncReadme(t, counts, total));
 update("catalog/README.md", (t) => syncCatalogReadme(t, counts));
-update("site/config.json", (t) => syncConfig(t, total));
+update("site/config.json", (t) => syncConfig(t, files));
 
-console.log(`${total} entries: ${Object.entries(counts).map(([c, n]) => `${c} ${n}`).join(", ")}`);
+console.log(`${total} listed entries (${files} files, ${deprecated} deprecated): ${Object.entries(counts).map(([c, n]) => `${c} ${n}`).join(", ")}`);
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ function main() {
   const measured = {};
   for (const { meta } of records) {
     const cat = String(meta.category);
+    // The README counts match the site's "All" chip: deprecated entries are not listed.
+    if (meta.status === "deprecated") {
+      measured[cat] = measured[cat] || 0;
+      continue;
+    }
     measured[cat] = (measured[cat] || 0) + 1;
   }
   errors.push(