# What is the best website for gamers?

> Store pages, mod libraries, wikis and review aggregators all compete for a spot in your bookmarks bar. Which tab stays open while you play?

*By YPB Team · Published November 12, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-website-for-gamers*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Steam** — score 1000/1000
   Valve's PC game store and community platform, launched in 2003.
2. **itch.io** — score 584/1000
   An open marketplace for independent games, launched by Leaf Corcoran in 2013.
3. **YouTube** — score 568/1000
   A video site where gamers watch let's plays, guides, reviews and trailers, founded in 2005.
4. **Kotaku** — score 568/1000
   A video game news and culture blog launched by Gawker Media in 2004.
5. **Metacritic** — score 515/1000
   A review aggregator launched in 2001 that combines critic reviews of games and other media into a single Metascore.
6. **GOG.com** — score 454/1000
   A DRM-free digital game store launched in 2008 as Good Old Games by CD Projekt, independent since 2025.
7. **Discord** — score 454/1000
   A voice and text chat service launched in 2015 for gaming communities, usable in a web browser as well as in its apps.
8. **PCGamingWiki** — score 454/1000
   A community wiki documenting fixes, settings and compatibility details for PC games, started in 2012.
9. **GameSpot** — score 303/1000
   A video game news, reviews and video site founded in 1996.
10. **Fandom** — score 303/1000
   A wiki host, founded as Wikicities in 2004 and later known as Wikia, that runs many of the biggest fan wikis for video games.
11. **Nexus Mods** — score 303/1000
   A hosting site for user-made PC game mods that grew out of Elder Scrolls modding fan sites in the early 2000s.
12. **Speedrun.com** — score 206/1000
   A site hosting leaderboards and timing rules for speedrunning communities, founded in 2014.
13. **Twitch** — score 206/1000
   The live-streaming site where players broadcast their games to viewers, launched in 2011 and owned by Amazon since 2014.
14. **IGN** — score 206/1000
   A games and entertainment news and reviews site, founded in 1996 as the Imagine Games Network.
15. **Reddit** — score 0/1000
   A discussion site founded in 2005 whose communities include r/gaming and subreddits for individual games.

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