"Algorithms are rewarding volume and familiarity over quality or originality. Taste-driven decisions – the kind that once gave unusual games a fighting chance – have been quietly replaced by metrics." Well hello, that's what GameCrawler is fighting!

The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them

Algorithms built to surface content are increasingly rewarding volume, familiarity, and short-term engagement over quality or originality

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My top 10 is definitely a weird mix of RPGs, citybuilders and MMOs. It also shows I'm an old millenial 😅 Anybody with a similar top 10 games? #ffx #frostpunk #dbd #t4c

Hey Bsky, I'm Dan! Long-time gamer and gamedev. Started my journey on the C64, from PacMan to Maniac Mansion. Now fan of any games with rewarding progression. Struggling a bit to find fellow curious and open-minded gamers around here. Help? 🎮👾🙏 #lfg #gamedev #promosky

#promosky Hi I'm Sam. I have cerebral palsy and play games by tapping buttons with my mouth. I Love to post what I'm currently playing & Boss fights. Huge fan of Soulsborne Rpgs-Jrpgs Stealth Simulator And Adventure games. 🩵 & 🔄 appreciated.

Nah, I'm in love. 😭 Mortal shell 2 is fire. The dungeon designs with pressure plates, fakes walls, magic mirrors are me. I'm literally a thief with a invisible backstab right now. These enemies are creepy The sound design crunchy. It's release dates abit bluegh I'll be on Mgs4 but, eventually.

Highly anticipated The Relic: First Guardian is bombing at launch and at 50$, players feel scammed. They mention clunky combat and menus, lifeless dialogues, weak optimization. They had 250k wishlists ahead of the launch, but will probably not convert much. Why do you think this keeps happening?

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July 16 has quite the release lineup! All different genres too: adventure, visual novel, action adventure, platformer, RPG, strategy. Personally very intrigued by Mermaid Mask (a fully voiced point'n'click murder mystery) and Moss (the cutest sword-wielding mouse in history).

LET'S PLAY A GAME! 🎮 Guess these 4 games from their micro-review. #guessthegame #videogames #trivia #gamereviews #letsplay #gamecrawler #gamechallenge #retrogaming

It's #WishlistWednesday!! 🎮 Here are just a few of the games on my wishlist for the coming weeks. Gamers: What are you most excited for? Devs: Share your game below! 👇

🎮 9 INDIE GAMES releasing this month, part 1 Hop on the webapp for even more games! 📱 #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev #gamerelease #gamediscovery #gamedev #gaming #solodev

🎮 It's finally #FollowFriday! ⭐ All are welcome: Indie devs, artists and designers. ▶️ Share your best asset: trailer, demo, store page, clip... Anything you're proud of! 🫶 Like, repost and follow fellow devs (I will!) #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #IndieArtists #gamerecs

what's bigger than 207? $900,000 RAISED FOR @doctorswithoutborders.org!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gdq.gg/live

I hope Nintendo is seeing the sales of Tomodachi Life and Rhythm Heaven and looking at their devs with a clearer direction of “make your games weirder with more little freaks”

Today's Game of the Day and poll on GameCrawler.app are all about AC: Black Flag Resynced. Have you played the original? Will you play the remake? The improved graphics are praised and it sits at a comfortable 84 on MetaCritic right now. #gamediscovery #assassinscreed #acblackflag #resynced #ubisoft

Before & After! Spent the day improving the layout for the most used page on GameCrawler.app, the Game Details screen. I focused on improving hierarchy, grounding elements, making the ratings more visible, adding tooltips, and more. Do you like the after (right) better? #ux #gamediscovery #divinity2

Poll #2 on GameCrawler.app: Which upcoming 2026 AAA game are you most hyped for? #gamingpoll #upcominggames #gta6 #gtaVI #controlresonant #phantomebladezero #thebloodofdawnwalker #wolverine

It may not seem like much to many of you but GameCrawler has reached its first 100 users in a few days since announcing it 🥳 (tho I've been working on it in the dark for a while now). The positive comments some of you wrote have been especially motivating. TY so much to all early adopters! 🙏

Don't like Steam Discovery Queue? Disappointed by AI recommendations? Tired of watching ads between reviews? Me too!! That's why I'm building GameCrawler.app and I've been at it for a few months now. Check it out and tell me what games you found! :) #discoveryqueue #indiegames

So I'm building a game discovery website called GameCrawler.app. It's now available both on mobile and desktop! I talk about the special features, the how's and the why's over on Reddit: tinyurl.com/gamecrawlerr... #gamediscovery #gamerecommendation #indiegames #whattoplay

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