diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 846de7171..5addf176a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Play projects kept in subdirectories are recognized, so each one's `conf/routes` is read. A repository with no Play build at its root, like playframework's samples, went from no routes to over 130.
 - Rails routes are now read with their nesting: `namespace` and `scope` add their path and controller module, nested `resources` sit under their parent's `:id`, and `member` / `collection` blocks add their actions. A namespaced route now links to its own module's controller. Routes in a Rails engine's `config/routes.rb` are found too: solidus went from no routes to over 600, and mastodon's route-to-action links nearly tripled.
 - Flask routes registered with `add_url_rule(…)` are now found and linked to their view function or class-based view. So are routes registered through a project's own helper that passes a list of paths and a `view_func=`. flaskbb, which registers every view that way, went from no routes to over 100.
 - In Lua and Luau, a call through a standard or host library table (`string`, `table`, `io`, `vim`, `ngx`, busted's `assert`…) or a string method like `line:find(…)` no longer lands on the one project method with the same name. Functions the project itself defines on those tables still link. On kong, the specs' `assert.truthy(…)` and `assert.falsy(…)` used to land on a condition helper over 1,700 times; on telescope, `line:find(…)` on the picker's `find`.
diff --git a/__tests__/play-nested-projects.test.ts b/__tests__/play-nested-projects.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..688c6c8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/play-nested-projects.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * A repository of Play projects — playframework/play-samples keeps each one's
+ * `conf/routes` in its own directory, with no build at the root — still reads
+ * as Play: it had no routes at all.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, afterAll, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { CodeGraph } from '../src';
+
+let root = '';
+let cg: CodeGraph;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cg-play-nested-'));
+  const files: Record<string, string> = {
+    'play-java-hello/conf/routes': `GET     /                controllers.HomeController.index()
+GET     /count           controllers.CountController.count()
+`,
+    'play-java-hello/app/controllers/HomeController.java': `package controllers;
+public class HomeController {
+    public Result index() { return null; }
+}
+`,
+    'play-java-hello/app/controllers/CountController.java': `package controllers;
+public class CountController {
+    public Result count() { return null; }
+}
+`,
+  };
+  for (const [rel, content] of Object.entries(files)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(path.join(root, rel)), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, rel), content);
+  }
+  cg = await CodeGraph.init(root, { index: true });
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  cg?.close();
+  if (root) fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+describe('Play projects in subdirectories', () => {
+  it('have their routes, linked to the actions', () => {
+    const routes = cg.getNodesByKind('route');
+    expect(routes.map((r) => r.name).sort()).toEqual(['GET /', 'GET /count']);
+    const count = routes.find((r) => r.name === 'GET /count')!;
+    const target = cg.getOutgoingEdges(count.id).map((e) => cg.getNode(e.target)!.qualifiedName);
+    expect(target.some((t) => t.endsWith('CountController::count'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/resolution/frameworks/play.ts b/src/resolution/frameworks/play.ts
index bc27baf14..a10a88c92 100644
--- a/src/resolution/frameworks/play.ts
+++ b/src/resolution/frameworks/play.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ export const playResolver: FrameworkResolver = {
     if (buildSbt && /playframework|"play"|sbt-plugin|PlayScala|PlayJava/i.test(buildSbt)) return true;
     if (context.fileExists('conf/routes')) return true;
     if (context.fileExists('conf/application.conf')) return true;
-    return false;
+    // A repository of Play projects (playframework/play-samples) keeps each
+    // one's `conf/routes` in its own directory.
+    return context.getAllFiles().some((f) => isPlayRoutesFile(f));
   },
 
   // The handler is `Controller.method` (a class-qualified action), which names no