Category
Gaming
Reviews, databases, communities, and tools. Everything the serious gamer bookmarks.
Discovery & Reviews
- IGDB—Internet Games Database — the IMDb of gaming. Comprehensive and clean.
- HowLongToBeat—Find out exactly how many hours any game takes to complete.Recommended
- OpenCritic—Aggregated game reviews across publications. Better than Metacritic for games.
- Backloggd—Letterboxd but for games. Track, rate, and discover your next play.Recommended
Free & Browser Games
- itch.io—Indie game marketplace with thousands of free titles. Genuinely great games here.
- Neal.fun—Collection of addictive, creative browser games and interactive experiments.
- Kongregate—Flash-era browser game archive. Thousands of free games, still running.
Strategy & Guides
- IGN Wikis—Detailed game wikis and walkthroughs. More curated than the average wiki.
- Speedrun.com—Leaderboards and guides for speedrunning every game imaginable. Surprisingly deep rabbit hole.Hidden Gem
- Nexus Mods—The internet's largest modding community. Transform almost any PC game.
Game Discovery
- Steam Upcoming—Filter upcoming Steam releases before they blow up. Great for early discovery.
- RAWG—The largest video game database with 500,000+ titles. Better filtering than anywhere else.Hidden Gem
- GOG—DRM-free games — you actually own them. Great for classics and indie titles.
- CheapShark—Tracks game sale prices across Steam, GOG, Epic, and more. Never overpay again.Hidden Gem
Community & Social
- Giant Bomb—Gaming wiki and community run by passionate journalists. Deep, non-corporate coverage.Hidden Gem
- Steam Curators—Handpicked game recommendation lists from experts in every niche genre.Hidden Gem
- TrueAchievements—Xbox achievement tracking with actual difficulty ratings — not just completion.
Retro & Classics
- My Abandonware—Download classic PC games legally — thousands of titles from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.Hidden Gem
- Flashpoint Archive—Preservation project saving thousands of Flash games before they disappeared.Hidden Gem
- Internet Arcade—Play classic arcade games in the browser via the Internet Archive.Hidden Gem
Esports & Competitive
Game Design & Making
- GameDesigning.org—Free tutorials for game design and development. Great starting point for beginners.Hidden Gem
- Game Developer—Industry news and deep-dive postmortems from professional game developers.Hidden Gem
- Godot—Free, open-source game engine with an active community. The indie dev choice.Hidden Gem
Stats & Tracking
- PSN Trophy Leaders—PlayStation trophy tracking with global leaderboards and rarity percentages.Hidden Gem
- TrueTrophies—PlayStation equivalent of TrueAchievements. Difficulty-weighted trophy tracking.Hidden Gem
Game Discovery
- SteamPeek—Find hidden gem indie games on Steam based on games you already love.Hidden Gem
- Steam250—Community-ranked Steam games by quality score. Better than the official charts.Hidden Gem
- Random Game Picker—Can't decide what to play? Spin the wheel on your Steam library.Hidden Gem
- ProtonDB—Check if any Windows game runs on Linux. Community-tested compatibility reports.Hidden Gem
- PCGamingWiki—Fix any PC game. Resolution hacks, FOV fixes, performance tweaks — all crowdsourced.Hidden Gem
Gaming Culture
- Polygon—Games journalism with strong cultural criticism. Better writing than most outlets.
- Eurogamer—UK's best games publication. Essential Reading scores mark the genuine classics.
- Destructoid—Long-running games site with a strong community voice and indie coverage.
- GamesIndustry.biz—Business and industry news for the games sector. Understand the money behind games.Hidden Gem
Tabletop & Board Games
- BoardGameGeek—The definitive database for board games. Rankings, rules, reviews — all crowdsourced.
- Dice Tower—Board game reviews, top 10 lists, and coverage from serious tabletop enthusiasts.Hidden Gem
- Tabletopia—Play hundreds of board games online for free with friends.Hidden Gem