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?
Steams discover queue + Splattercat on youtube for indie games.
Nowadays? If you want to get a game in my face, it has to be via word of mouth or be blown in by the winds of Steam.
I took a look through my game library and these are the broad categories of how a game ended up there.
- Friends (though I tend to be the recommender for my friends)
- Path of Exile, Cobalt Core
- I liked the demo at Steam Next Fest
- Moonlight Pulse, Laika: Aged Through Blood, Cassette Beasts
- Announcement through a game I already like
- Jackbox series, Slayers X, Vertigo 2
- YouTube channels
- Game Maker’s Toolkit: Neon White, Toodee and Topdee, Assault Android Cactus
- From other channels, but I don’t remember which: Gunfire Reborn, A Short Hike, Bug Fables
- Sheer luck
- I found Corn Kidz 64 from a tile at the bottom of a Steam store page, before it was released
- I found Hypnospace Outlaw from Steam’s discovery queue…
- …and following through the music credits got me to Queenjazz’s Bandcamp site, where I found an OST for a different game, Grapple Dog!
- Friends (though I tend to be the recommender for my friends)
Word of mouth. YouTube. Pretty much anything that isn’t an actual ad because the only games that I usually see ads for are games I do not give a shit about.
Gamescom, then I bookmark the trailer of games I’m interested at with their release date. A few months later I can just open the bookmarks and know what is releasing this month. Whenever I find out a game is delayed, I edit the bookmark with the new date. It’s very easy to keep track of new releases that way.
I do it this way, because I’ve had quite a few good games that I completely missed because of not checking the news in that week.
Steam frontpage, twitch streamers I watch and sometimes word of mouth.
For multiplayer, look at Steam charts for most active players. Any of the top 20+ games are probably worth playing, even if old.
I recently got into The Division 2 and that’s YEARS old. There isn’t much multiplayer until you reach endgame (very quick for essentially an MMO) but then there’s a decent community still.
Honest truth? I have enough games to play, so I only really look into the few that are able to break through the noise. If a streamer/content creator I like isn’t interested in a game, it’s probably just not worth my time vs something I’m already playing.
I bought V Rising because I literally watched an ad video for it, and it worked on me. I’m not proud, but it is kinda fun.
I look at sales. steamdb, isthereanydeal etc. And if something stands out, I look for details.
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
Just think of all the poor indie games filtered from my findings because of my “Exclude: Roguelike” filter.
Who cares? I exclude genres I don’t like too. Play the games you like. I’m sure those poor indie games will do just fine despite a guy on Lemmy saying he excludes them.
Very nice pointer, thanks for that!
