List of video game websites

This is a list of video gaming-related websites. A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device,[1] but it now implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images.

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Website Launch Defunct Owner/Publisher Language(s) Type of Site Alexa Rank
1up.com 2003 2013 Ziff Davis EN Magazine
4gamer.net 2000 Aetas Inc. JA Magazine
4players.de 2000 Computec Media GmbH DE Online game portal 24,520 (April 23, 2019)[2]
ABCya.com 2004 EN
Adultswim.com — Warner Bros. Entertainment EN Videos and games portal 11,130 (April 23, 2019)[3]
Adventure Gamers 1998 EN Magazine 135,697 (April 23, 2019)[4]
Allgame 1998 2014 All Media Network EN Database
Amazon Digital Game Store 2009 EN Digital distribution portal
Arkadium 2001 EN Interactive website content provider
Armor Games 2004 EN Online game portal 4,458 (April 23, 2019)[5]
Australian Gamer 2005 2012 EN Podcast, comic
Awomo DE Digital distribution portal
Beamdog 2010 EN Social network
B'sLOG.com Kadokawa Game Linkage JA News
Common Sense Media 2003 EN Nonprofit organization
Cool Math Games 1997 EN Online game portal
CrazyGames 2014 Raf Mertens multiple Browser-based gaming platform
Cutting Room Floor, The 2002 — EN Wiki, archive
Dengeki Online — Kadokawa Game Linkage JA News, information
Destructoid 2006 — Enthusiast Gaming EN Magazine, social network 16,946 (April 23, 2019)[6]
Desura 2010 Bad Juju Games EN Digital distribution portal
Direct2Drive 2004 AtGames EN Digital distribution portal 191,128 (April 23, 2019)[7]
DotEmu 2007 DotEmu SAS EN Digital distribution portal
Escapist, The 2005 — Enthusiast Gaming EN Magazine
Eurogamer 1999 — Gamer Network EN Magazine 1,988 (April 23, 2019)[8]
Famitsu.com Kadokawa Game Linkage JA News, information, archive
G2A G2A EN Digital storefront
Gamasutra 1997 — UBM TechWeb EN Magazine 16,566 (April 23, 2019)[9]
Game & Graphics 2010 Daruma Studio EN Blog
Game Informer 1996 — GameStop EN Magazine 9,959 (April 23, 2019)[10]
Gamer.ne.jp 2011 ixll Co., Ltd. JA News/Information
Game Revolution 1996 CraveOnline Media, LLC EN Magazine 7,941 (April 23, 2019)[11]
GameAgent 2008 Aspyr EN Digital distribution portal
GameFAQs 1995 — CBS Interactive EN Database, user content 51,604 (April 23, 2019)[12]
GameFly 2002 GameFly, Inc. EN Game rental & digital distribution portal
GameFront 1999 DBolical Pty, Ltd. EN Mod & patch digital distribution portal 53,437 (April 23, 2019)[13]
GameHouse 1991 GameHouse EN Casual game developer and distributor
Gameplanet 2000 Gameplanet Pty Ltd. EN Magazine
Gamepressure 2005 Webedia EN Magazine 5,723 (September 19, 2019)[14]
GameRankings 1999 — CBS Interactive EN Aggregator 36,545 (April 23, 2019)[15]
GamersGate 2006 Gamersgate AB EN Digital distribution portal
Games Domain 1994 2005 Yahoo! EN Magazine
Gamekult 2000 Neweb FR Magazine
GameSpot 1996 — CBS Interactive EN Magazine 336 (April 23, 2019)[16]
GameSpy 1996 2013 Ziff Davis EN Magazine
GamesRadar 2005 — Future plc EN Magazine 2,578 (April 23, 2019)[17]
Gamestar 1997 Webedia DE Magazine 7,454 (April 23, 2019)[18]
GameTrailers 2002 2016 Defy Media EN Video magazine
Gamezebo 2006 Gamezebo, Inc. EN Magazine 83,267 (April 23, 2019)[19]
GameZnFlix 2004 2008 EN Game rental
GameZombie 2007 EN Video magazine
Giant Bomb 2008 — CBS Interactive EN Magazine, wiki 4,555 (April 23, 2019)[20]
GOG.com 2008 — CD Projekt EN Digital distribution portal 2,070 (April 23, 2019)[21]
GotFrag 2002 ESEA League EN eSports news 781,841 (April 23, 2019)[22]
Green Man Gaming 2010 Green Man Gaming Limited. EN Online retailer & digital distribution portal
Humble Bundle 2010 — IGN EN Online retailer & digital distribution portal
IGN 1996 — Ziff Davis EN Magazine 361 (April 23, 2019)[23]
IMDb 1990 — Amazon EN Database 50 (April 23, 2019)[24]
itch.io 2013 — Leaf Corcoran EN Digital distribution portal 2,033 (April 23, 2019)[25]
Jay Is Games 2003 Jay Bibby EN Magazine (casual games) 95,790 (April 23, 2019)[26]
Joystiq 2004 2015 AOL Inc. EN Magazine
Kongregate 2006 — GameStop EN Online game portal 1,968 (April 23, 2019)[27]
Kotaku 2004 — Gizmodo Media Group EN Blog 1,327 (April 23, 2019)[28]
Lik Sang 1998 2006 EN Online games & merchandise store
Metacritic 1999 — CBS Interactive EN Aggregator 1,362 (April 23, 2019)[29]
Miniclip 2001 Miniclip SA EN Online game portal 2,569 (April 23, 2019)[30]
MobyGames 1999 — Blue Flame Labs EN Database, user content 21,854 (April 23, 2019)[31]
Mud Connector, The 1995 Andrew Cowan EN Magazine (MUDs)
Newgrounds 1995 — Tom Fulp EN Online games & multimedia host 2,685 (April 23, 2019)[32]
Nexus Mods 2007 Robin Scott Mod community
NG-Gamer 2005 2014 Daan de Jong NL Magazine
Ninja Kiwi 2006 Ninja Kiwi EN Online game portal & developer 13,099 (April 23, 2019)[33]
NoFrag 2001 NoCorp FR Magazine (FPSs)
Origin 2011 — Electronic Arts EN Digital distribution portal
PC Games 1992 Computec Media GmbH DE Magazine 21,180 (April 23, 2019)[34]
Pelaajalehti.com 2002 H-Town Oy FI Magazine
Planet Half-Life 1999 2012 IGN EN Half-Life news
Polygon 2012 — Vox Media EN Magazine 1,136 (April 23, 2019)[35]
Rock Paper Shotgun 2007 — Gamer Network EN Blog 3,083 (April 23, 2019)[36]
Roll20 2012 — The Orr Group EN Virtual tabletop 2,433 (April 23, 2019)[37]
Sarcastic Gamer 2007 2015 EN Blog
ScrewAttack 2006 Fullscreen EN Video magazine
Shacknews 1996 Gamerhub EN Magazine 10,185 (April 23, 2019)[38]
Steam 2003 — Valve 28 languages[39] Digital distribution portal 185 (April 23, 2019) (Store)[40]
Twitch 2011 — Amazon 26 languages Video streaming 26 (April 23, 2019)[41]
UK Resistance 1996 2011 Gary Cutlack EN Magazine (Sega)
Video Games Chronicle 2019 1981 Media EN Magazine
Yahoo! Games 1998 2016 Yahoo! EN Online game portal
YouTube Gaming 2015 — Google EN Online video platform
Zapak 2006 Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group EN Online game portal 134,986 (April 23, 2019)[42]

See also

References
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  3. "Adultswim.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  4. "AdventureGamers.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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  22. "GotFrag.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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  27. "Kongregate.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  28. "Kotaku.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  29. "Metacritic.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  30. "Miniclip.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  31. "MobyGames.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  32. "Newgrounds.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  33. "NinjaKiwi.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  34. "PCGames.de Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  35. "Polygon.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  36. "RockPaperShotgun.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on September 4, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  37. "Roll20.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  38. "Shacknews.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  39. "Steam Translation Server". Steam. Valve. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  40. "Steampowered.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  41. "Twitch Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  42. "Zapak.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

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