Hi all, I know this question has probably been posted on the internet millions of times, yet I would like to receive some Lemmy-oriented answers. :) What are your favorite places, websites, or creators for discovering new games in your favorite genres?
Where do you find new games nowadays? (Both singleplayer + multiplayer)
Submitted 3 months ago by CallOfTheVoid@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Front page of GOG and Steam + the steam next fest when it is on
sp6@lemmy.world 3 months ago
One of my main tools has been SteamDB’s instant search - it’s basically a giant list of all steam games, sorted by review score, with a TON of different filters you can apply. Looking specifically for something released this year? You can filter for it. Looking specifically for a co-op action shooter, or a singleplayer 2d platformer? You can filter for those too. Wanting to exclude early access games or exclude games with a min/max number of reviews? You can do that too. Very handy tool
caut_R@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Very nice tip, thanks for that!
wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Steam’s storefront and various gaming communities on Lemmy.
thezeesystem@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Honestly even though I don’t do torrents. I found 1337x website to be helpful because it doesn’t really seem to be biased and no company will invest into making there product on top there.
teft@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Browsing the deals section of the playstation store or reading about them on lemmy.
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Steams discover queue + Splattercat on youtube for indie games.
BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 3 months ago
In posts like this or from friends😄
smeg@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I started a community for free games and now other people post free games there too and I’m accumulating new games to play faster than I can play them!
rozodru@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Honestly I just watch streamers like Cohhcarnage or Lirik as they pretty much only play new and indie games and they tend to give honest opinions on what they play. Literally just bought an indie game today after watching Lirik play it.
eRac@lemmings.world 3 months ago
simple@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Steam’s discovery queue is a great source for finding new games. It shows you a list of games based on the games you own and never repeats itself.
eezeebee@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Mine is pretty useless. I have 4 hours of playtime on CSGO from 10 years ago and it thinks I want more FPS.
Manually checking out the similar games section of the ones I do play has been a lot better personally.
Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The bulk of my finds come from chat either on Lemmy communities (!jrpg@lemmy.zip, !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works, or this one) or a couple Discord servers I’m on. Sometimes a game will catch my eye unexpectedly while I’m on OpenCritic looking up something else, too.
Otherwise it’s generally gaming news. I get that from also Lemmy/Discord, my RSS feed, or showcases. I always end up wishlisting half a dozen games during the summer showcases. My RSS feed right now is DualShockers, Eurogamer, Gematsu, PCGamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, Siliconera, and Denfaminicogamer (Japanese site). Always open to more suggestions for the feed; the problem is not everyone does RSS these days.
pezhore@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
I’ve been listening to the NoClip Crew cast podcast - they mostly talk about games they’ve been playing recently and after a few sessions you can really grok the types of games everyone on the pod enjoys. That mostly matches up with my play style, so it works nicely.
As an added bonus, they tend to highlight more independent/smaller game studios.
wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Statistically speaking most people can find new games in their library they bought and never touched for years. It’s a genius marketing strategy on steam’s part.