How Small Indie Games Can Reach Thousands of Players Through PickThe.Games

October 24, 2026by PickThe.Games

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The discovery problem every indie dev knows

You shipped your game. It's on Steam. Maybe it's on consoles too. You have a store page with screenshots and a trailer. And now you're competing with thousands of other games for attention from individual shoppers who scroll past your title in half a second.

The store page model works for big publishers with marketing budgets. For indie devs, it's a grind. You're trying to get one person at a time to click, read, and buy.

But what if the decision wasn't made by one person?

How PickThe.Games changes the math

PickThe.Games is a free tool where gaming groups decide what to play together. Groups of 3, 4, 5, sometimes more people swipe through games, and the tool finds what the group agrees on. It checks platforms, crossplay compatibility, and player count automatically.

When your game is in the database, it doesn't get shown to one person browsing alone. It gets shown to entire groups who are actively looking for their next game. A single "yes" swipe from a group member puts your game in front of everyone in that group's results.

Think about what that means for sales. One person discovering your game on a store page might buy it. One group discovering it on PickThe.Games could mean 3, 4, or 5 copies sold at once, because the whole group agreed to play it together.

What gets shown about your game

Every game listing on PickThe.Games includes:

Platform availability. PC, PS5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2. Groups filter by what they own.
Crossplay status. Tracked per platform pair. If your game supports PC-to-PS5 crossplay but not PC-to-Switch, that distinction is shown.
Player count. How many people can play online together.
Genre and tags. So your game surfaces in the right categories when groups filter.
Rating. Based on aggregated review data.
Screenshots and trailers. Visual info players see when swiping.

This data matters because groups don't just want to know if a game is good. They want to know if it works for their specific setup.

How to get your game listed

Our database pulls from IGDB, which covers most released games automatically. If your game is on IGDB and has platform and multiplayer mode data filled in, there's a good chance it's already on PickThe.Games.

If your game isn't listed, or if the crossplay data is wrong or missing, get in touch with us. We manually verify crossplay status for games where the automated data isn't accurate. Correct crossplay data means your game shows up for the right groups instead of getting filtered out.

The SEO angle for your game

PickThe.Games has a Domain Authority of 39 according to Ahrefs. Every game in our database gets its own indexed page with structured data, screenshots, and platform info. That's a real backlink opportunity for your game's online presence.

We also accept guest posts from game developers and studios on our blog. If your game fits our audience, which is multiplayer and co-op focused groups, a post about your game on our blog is a genuine way to build visibility. Relevant, on-topic content only. We're not a link farm, and Google knows the difference.

Interested? Reach out and we can talk about what makes sense for your title.

Who uses PickThe.Games

The site gets organic traffic from gamers searching for things like "what should we play tonight," "multiplayer game finder," and "crossplay games PC PS5." These are people with intent. They're not browsing aimlessly. They have a group, they have platforms, and they want to play something tonight.

That's the audience your game lands in front of when it's in the database.

Get started

Check if your game is already listed by searching on PickThe.Games. If the data looks right, you're already in rotation. If something's off, or if your game is missing entirely, contact us and we'll sort it out.

Your game deserves to be found by the groups who would actually play it.