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Gaming

Reviews, databases, communities, and tools. Everything the serious gamer bookmarks.

Discovery & Reviews
  • IGDBโ€”Internet Games Database โ€” the IMDb of gaming. Comprehensive and clean.
  • HowLongToBeatโ€”Find out exactly how many hours any game takes to complete.Recommended
  • OpenCriticโ€”Aggregated game reviews across publications. Better than Metacritic for games.
  • Backloggdโ€”Letterboxd but for games. Track, rate, and discover your next play.Recommended
Free & Browser Games
  • itch.ioโ€”Indie game marketplace with thousands of free titles. Genuinely great games here.
  • Neal.funโ€”Collection of addictive, creative browser games and interactive experiments.
  • Kongregateโ€”Flash-era browser game archive. Thousands of free games, still running.
Strategy & Guides
  • IGN Wikisโ€”Detailed game wikis and walkthroughs. More curated than the average wiki.
  • Speedrun.comโ€”Leaderboards and guides for speedrunning every game imaginable. Surprisingly deep rabbit hole.Hidden Gem
  • Nexus Modsโ€”The internet's largest modding community. Transform almost any PC game.
Game Discovery
  • Steam Upcomingโ€”Filter upcoming Steam releases before they blow up. Great for early discovery.
  • RAWGโ€”The largest video game database with 500,000+ titles. Better filtering than anywhere else.Hidden Gem
  • GOGโ€”DRM-free games โ€” you actually own them. Great for classics and indie titles.
  • CheapSharkโ€”Tracks game sale prices across Steam, GOG, Epic, and more. Never overpay again.Hidden Gem
Community & Social
  • Giant Bombโ€”Gaming wiki and community run by passionate journalists. Deep, non-corporate coverage.Hidden Gem
  • Steam Curatorsโ€”Handpicked game recommendation lists from experts in every niche genre.Hidden Gem
  • TrueAchievementsโ€”Xbox achievement tracking with actual difficulty ratings โ€” not just completion.
Retro & Classics
  • My Abandonwareโ€”Download classic PC games legally โ€” thousands of titles from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.Hidden Gem
  • Flashpoint Archiveโ€”Preservation project saving thousands of Flash games before they disappeared.Hidden Gem
  • Internet Arcadeโ€”Play classic arcade games in the browser via the Internet Archive.Hidden Gem
Esports & Competitive
  • VLR.ggโ€”The best Valorant esports stats, match history, and news. Incredibly detailed.Hidden Gem
  • OP.GGโ€”Look up any League of Legends player's stats and champion performance.
  • HLTVโ€”The definitive CS2 statistics and esports news platform.
Game Design & Making
  • GameDesigning.orgโ€”Free tutorials for game design and development. Great starting point for beginners.Hidden Gem
  • Game Developerโ€”Industry news and deep-dive postmortems from professional game developers.Hidden Gem
  • Godotโ€”Free, open-source game engine with an active community. The indie dev choice.Hidden Gem
Stats & Tracking
  • PSN Trophy Leadersโ€”PlayStation trophy tracking with global leaderboards and rarity percentages.Hidden Gem
  • TrueTrophiesโ€”PlayStation equivalent of TrueAchievements. Difficulty-weighted trophy tracking.Hidden Gem
Game Discovery
  • SteamPeekโ€”Find hidden gem indie games on Steam based on games you already love.Hidden Gem
  • Steam250โ€”Community-ranked Steam games by quality score. Better than the official charts.Hidden Gem
  • Random Game Pickerโ€”Can't decide what to play? Spin the wheel on your Steam library.Hidden Gem
  • ProtonDBโ€”Check if any Windows game runs on Linux. Community-tested compatibility reports.Hidden Gem
  • PCGamingWikiโ€”Fix any PC game. Resolution hacks, FOV fixes, performance tweaks โ€” all crowdsourced.Hidden Gem
Gaming Culture
  • Polygonโ€”Games journalism with strong cultural criticism. Better writing than most outlets.
  • Eurogamerโ€”UK's best games publication. Essential Reading scores mark the genuine classics.
  • Destructoidโ€”Long-running games site with a strong community voice and indie coverage.
  • GamesIndustry.bizโ€”Business and industry news for the games sector. Understand the money behind games.Hidden Gem
Tabletop & Board Games
  • BoardGameGeekโ€”The definitive database for board games. Rankings, rules, reviews โ€” all crowdsourced.
  • Dice Towerโ€”Board game reviews, top 10 lists, and coverage from serious tabletop enthusiasts.Hidden Gem
  • Tabletopiaโ€”Play hundreds of board games online for free with friends.Hidden Gem