r/gaming is a subreddit with 47.3M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses worst, frustrating, annoying, gaming, and game, and they frequently recommend/review games, mobile games, and steam games.
The Number One Gaming forum on the Internet.
Popular Themes in r/gaming
#1
Solution Requests
: "[deal] Mario Kart 8 hits a record low of $17.47 for digital code at Walmart"
5 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "If you could patch a game to fix one bug or glitch, which one would it be?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Rant: Don’t announce a game unless you have gameplay to show for it"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "After more than 10 years as indie game devs, my dream has been to grow our own family game dev studio. My wife and I, along with our 6 kids, have been working on Alchemic Beasts, a game inspired by Jade Cacoon, and Rimworld, for the last 2 years, and we just relaunched our Kickstarter campaign!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gaming
#1
Worst
10 posts
#2
Frustrating
9 posts
#3
Annoying
8 posts
#4
Gaming
5 posts
#5
Game
4 posts
#6
Games
3 posts
#7
Warcraft
: "The WoW 'Classic+' rumors were true: World of Warcraft: Forever promises to be another timeline's version of the MMO"
2 posts
#8
Feet Paradise
2 posts
#9
Dawnwalker
2 posts
#10
Hate
1 post
Products Discussed in r/gaming
Games
373 reviews
#1
FromSoftware
4.7★ from 11 reviews
#2
Subnautica
5.0★ from 6 reviews
#3
Nintendo
4.7★ from 6 reviews
Mobile Games
265 reviews
#1
Old School Runescape
4.5★ from 10 reviews
#2
Slice and Dice
4.3★ from 9 reviews
#3
Balatro
4.4★ from 9 reviews
Steam Games
253 reviews
#1
Steam
4.5★ from 40 reviews
#2
Pummel Party
4.6★ from 8 reviews
#3
Age of Empires II
4.9★ from 7 reviews
Flair Used in r/gaming
#1
Weekly Friends Thread
: "Making Friends Monday! Share your game tags here!"
1 post
#2
Weekly Simple Questions Thread
: "Simple Questions Sunday!"
1 post
Member Growth in r/gaming
Yearly
+249k members(0.5%)
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Last updated: September 16, 2026