diff --git a/app/controllers/Lobby.scala b/app/controllers/Lobby.scala
index ab201377c1..1baa0b15e9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Lobby.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Lobby.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object Lobby extends LilaController {
     Env.current.preloader(
       posts = Env.forum.recent(ctx.me, Env.team.cached.teamIds),
       tours = Env.tournament promotable true,
-      simuls = Env.simul allCreated true
+      simuls = Env.simul allCreatedFeaturable true
     ) map (html.lobby.home.apply _).tupled map { template =>
         // the session cookie is required for anon lobby filter storage
         ctx.req.session.data.contains(LilaCookie.sessionId).fold(
diff --git a/modules/simul/src/main/Env.scala b/modules/simul/src/main/Env.scala
index 2ae5c1c71b..1ecfa48ff1 100644
--- a/modules/simul/src/main/Env.scala
+++ b/modules/simul/src/main/Env.scala
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ final class Env(
 
   val allCreated = lila.memo.AsyncCache.single(repo.allCreated, timeToLive = CreatedCacheTtl)
 
+  val allCreatedFeaturable = lila.memo.AsyncCache.single(repo.allCreatedFeaturable, timeToLive = CreatedCacheTtl)
+
   def version(tourId: String): Fu[Int] =
     socketHub ? Ask(tourId, GetVersion) mapTo manifest[Int]
 
diff --git a/modules/simul/src/main/SimulRepo.scala b/modules/simul/src/main/SimulRepo.scala
index 7478a8f573..7177719e7d 100644
--- a/modules/simul/src/main/SimulRepo.scala
+++ b/modules/simul/src/main/SimulRepo.scala
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ private[simul] final class SimulRepo(simulColl: Coll) {
     createdSelect
   ).sort(createdSort).cursor[Simul].collect[List]()
 
+  def allCreatedFeaturable: Fu[List[Simul]] = simulColl.find(
+    createdSelect ++ BSONDocument(
+      "hostRating" -> BSONDocument("$gte" -> 1700)
+    )
+  ).sort(createdSort).cursor[Simul].collect[List]()
+
   def allStarted: Fu[List[Simul]] = simulColl.find(
     startedSelect
   ).sort(createdSort).cursor[Simul].collect[List]()