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Sites for game discovery? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zebus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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What do you guys use? I personally like Glitchwave for it's powerful chart building and the user reviews as a whole tend to align with my own.

Backloggd also pretty cool but a little more limited to use, and harder to dig up the old old stuff as its algorithms strongly favor newer.

Anyone else use these or have recommendations of their own?

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use a wide variety of stuff, for example:

  • Reddit and lemmy threads
  • Internet searches for "games like X"
  • indie "best of" lists online
  • friends and coworkers
  • YouTube reviews of bigger titles, esp. the comments where people compare to other games
  • bundle sales, like on Fanatical and Humble
  • look up other games from devs who made other games I like

I don't use Steam recommendations or any of those "tools" for finding new games. I just find I get better results from the above than from any recommendation engine.