Gaming Discovery & Resources — Clean List
How to Find Games

Rules

  1. Try to aim for 300 games max, 100 minimum
  2. Human Curation is easier than using databases
  3. To avoid endless optimization, don't play anything that doesnt spark any joy.

Backloggd list
(GalaxyOfSin): https://bckl.gg/n9V Games Genres list

(Scor) https://bckl.gg/h0VH All Webbrowsergames

CritPoints ongoing list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YaiBoh-EH5-NffXdpye5ZhlLXgj3D5DhbO3TKPObaBo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.8cuu303qn7xd

Backlogged Users
(Sin's old games catalogue) https://backloggd.com/u/Synergy/

Random mulit-console games starter list:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nnEn01JHtEKTcWZ-1MlynDGsX4TNphugBESWEY0BFkY/edit?tab=t.0

Best Games of All Time_Shared
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wbSbkI17A3kFZe50IHy9435MLEGsm0T3/edit?gid=361665074#gid=361665074

Atari Home Consoles - Best of
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xpKQIiRee-Kr_BOwM4rKKKUHO2a3gDIuCHmzp2QMJOc/edit?gid=2029453137#gid=2029453137

Nintendo Home Consoles - Best of
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f_xtOy_Ksv9Q_Rp99eoR6y5ku7HesM9o2dC0n_5VNZ0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

mobile games docx
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/3/d/1bf0OxtVxrboZqyEh01AxJYUUqHm8tEfh-Lx-SugcrzY/htmlview?utm

Indie-Studio & Publisher databases
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IS9pZV9CFTIbKzVidmBDNdv0Y6AiIDXSCemkg8X8qDg/edit?usp=sharing

HG101's Top 47,858 Games of All Time
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/tmA5F_QiM7zVTvKVSdvS3wA/htmlview?pli=1&utm_source

Free games for the broke
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xI5NIYodtNjS_28Nt9sja5mAG1hlH4U5YMcH7XXZ_HA/edit?gid=0#gid=0

YouTube Creators (Discovery / Reviews / Skill Play)
GamerAlexVideos
TheElectricUnderground
Cvit
One Credit Classics
BigDan Gaming
gellot
ShmupJunkie
RetroTech
Resonant
Arcadehunters
1 Credit Only
Drae
splattercatgaming
Smraedis Arcade Superplays
Classic Game Room
Get Indie Gaming
shadowofamantv
RetroRGB
Shmuptopia — Meet The Player
Cinemassacre
Combat Overview
Retro Gaming Lore
Avoiding The Puddle
Arcade Heroes
Sajam
Top Hat Gaming Man
FightinCowboy
Shirrako
WoolieVersus
Maximilian Dood
Mortismal Gaming
SomeOrdinaryGamers

Servers / Communities
Electric Mastery
Backloggd
https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=game
IsThereAnyDeal
Mobygames (obscure games chat)
r/steam
Hardcore Gaming 101
CritPoints
Chem’s Abandonware Game Emporium
ResetEra

Forums
https://videogamegeek.com/
https://www.joyfreak.com/
Shmups Forum
https://cdromance.org/
https://www.retrogameboards.com
HowLongToBeat
Hardcore Gaming 101
https://www.prototopia.net/forums/rare-obscure-gaming.12/
NeoGAF
Mobygames
https://vgcollect.com/forum/
https://forum.level1techs.com/ (not gaming focused)
ResetEra (don't go here)
NESDev/SMSpower/AtariAge: 4 homebrew stuff

Patreons
Boghog
The Electric Underground
Top Hat Gaming Man
Cvit

Wikis
PCGamingWiki
StrategyWiki

Websites
https://www.co-optimus.com/
https://www.grouvee.com/
https://exputer.com/video-game-recommendations/
https://www.ludocene.com/
https://www.50gameslike.com/
https://bitscale.ai/directory/gameopedia
https://culture.vg/
https://glitchwave.com/
HardcoreGaming101.net
Backloggd (follow specialist)
loaded.com
https://www.aurcade.com/games/
https://www.speedrun.com/
LimitedRunGames
https://www.smspower.org/
https://steampeek.hu/
IndieDB.com

Japanese Marketplaces
https://www.dlsite.com/home/?locale=en_US
https://booth.pm/en/browse/Computer%20Games

Other Ways to Find Games
Steam Curators
Steam Groups
Steam Tags/Steamlabs
GOG Tags
twitter/X
Early Access/Patreon Projects
Reddit genre searches; type missing genres in general gaming reddit communities
Typing game genres in youtube
Epic Games Store Free Games – Weekly rotations often highlight hidden AA titles.

Subreddits (Gaming)
r/4Xgaming
r/adventuregames
r/ARPG
r/arcade
r/BaseBuildingGames
r/BeatEmUps
r/BulletHellMonday
r/castlevania
r/CharacterActionGames
r/DungeonCrawler
r/ElectricUnderground
r/emulation
r/Fighters
r/finalboss
r/gamedesign
r/Gaming4Gamers
r/gamingsuggestions
r/gamernews
r/GameDeals
r/GamePhysics
r/gog
r/GrandStrategy
r/HackAndSlash
r/Indiefightinggames
r/indiegames
r/IndieGaming
r/JRPG
r/MAME
r/metroidbrainia
r/metroidvania
r/mmo
r/MMORPG
r/moba
r/openworldgames
r/patientgamers
r/PhysicsBasedGaming
r/pinball
r/platformer
r/racinggames
r/RealTimeStrategy
r/rhythmgames
r/roguelikes
r/roguelites
r/stealthgames
r/Stepmania
r/StrategyRpg
r/SurvivalGaming
r/survivalhorror
r/TowerDefense
r/truegaming
r/TurnBasedTactical
r/tycoon
r/VRGaming
r/wargame
r/WebGames
r/StopGaming

APIs / Data Sources
TheGamesDB
GameTDB (older project)
Giant Bomb
IGDB
MobyGames (mobyscore is a good filter for older stuff)
RAWG
Steamdb
ScreenScraper.fr
itch.io API — account/key-based; good for your own library/jams.
Game Jolt API — public; mostly game-services, limited catalog search.
GameBanana API — public JSON; great for mods/fangames scraping.
mod.io API — full REST for mods across many games; well-documented.
ModDB API — exists but limited/keyed; coverage overlaps IndieDB.
Free-To-Play Games Database
NEXARDA API
OpenCritic API

Storefronts
Nintendo eShop
PlayStation Store
Steam Store
Xbox / Microsoft Store
Epic Games Store

Additional Discovery:
Steam family share
https://tastedive.com/games
Game Cons
https://www.reddit.com/r/g4tv/comments/1fodkjz/my_list_of_g4techtv_spiritual_successors_that_is/
https://exputer.com/video-game-recommendations/
https://www.uvlist.net/

Apps & Archives
Internet Archive
Flashpoint
https://www.unseen64.net/
https://hiddenpalace.org/
https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor
LaunchBox
Playnite

AI
https://www.yeschat.ai/gpts-9t557b1A2S9-Game-Suggester
Video game recommender Custom GPT bot (might be outdated)
Custom LLMs on datasets
Grok

Don't be weird and not follow someone if you lurk through their content. That view count shows me how many ppl lurk, if the view count dwarfs my follower count I'm disabling this note. If you have a problem with that you know where the X button is. -Sin

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Pub: 24 Oct 2025 05:44 UTC

Edit: 08 Dec 2025 08:51 UTC

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