r/gaming is a subreddit with 47.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses worst, frustrating, annoying, gaming, and games, 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
Pain & Anger
: "Do not buy this game. If you dont buy this game then you are helping to stop with the excessive monetisation on single player games."
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Could someone explain why Sony ditching discs is such a big deal?"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "I'm making a superhero game where you don't know your power until you use it. Need 100 people to break the first build."
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Steam sales reportedly topped $11 billion during H1 2026 due to shifting trends — staggering growth driven by influx of Chinese players and booming legacy catalogues"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "How would you spread games across consoles?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gaming
#1
Worst
10 posts
#2
Frustrating
9 posts
#3
Annoying
8 posts
#4
Gaming
5 posts
#5
Games
3 posts
#6
Game
2 posts
#7
Hate
1 post
#8
Tired
1 post
#9
New
1 post
#10
Mmorpg
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
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Yearly
+162k members(0.3%)
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Last updated: July 11, 2026