How PickThe.Games compares
There are several tools for finding multiplayer and crossplay games. Here's how they compare, and why we built something different.
| Tool | Group voting | Crossplay | Video games | Discord | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PickThe.Games | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6,100+ |
| crossplaygames.com | No | Yes | Yes | No | 455 |
| crossplayable.games | No | Yes | Yes | No | ~300 |
| Co-Optimus | No | No | Yes | No | 5,000+ |
| GameNightPicks | Yes | No | No | No | Board games |
| game-finder.app | No | No | Yes | No | Varies |
PickThe.Games is the only tool that combines all four: group voting, crossplay compatibility checking, video game support, and Discord integration. Every other tool solves part of the problem.
Detailed comparisons
vs. crossplaygames.com
crossplaygames.com is a solid crossplay database with about 455 games. You pick two platforms and see what supports cross-platform play between them. It answers "what games have crossplay between X and Y?" well.
What it doesn't do: anything with groups. You can't invite your friends, see what platforms everyone has, or vote on games together. It's a reference tool, not a decision-making tool.
PickThe.Games has a larger database (6,100+ games), tracks the same crossplay data, and adds the group layer on top. If you just want to look up whether one game supports crossplay, either tool works. If you want to figure out what your group should play tonight, you need the voting and platform matching.
vs. Co-Optimus
Co-Optimus has been around for years and has a huge database of co-op games. You can filter by platform, player count, couch co-op support, and more. It's the go-to for finding co-op games.
The difference: Co-Optimus is a solo browsing experience. You search, you filter, you browse. There's no way to involve your group in the decision. It also doesn't track crossplay between platforms - it tells you a game is on PS5 and PC, but not whether those versions can play together.
PickThe.Games is more focused. Instead of browsing a database alone, your whole group swipes and the app finds the overlap. If you want a comprehensive co-op database to browse by yourself, Co-Optimus is great. If you want your group to decide together with crossplay factored in, that's what we do.
vs. GameNightPicks / BoardGame-Picker
These tools nailed the group voting concept for board games. GameNightPicks lets friends vote on tabletop game suggestions, BoardGame-Picker does turn-based selection. Both integrate with BoardGameGeek.
The gap: they're for board games, not video games. They don't need to worry about platforms or crossplay because everyone's sitting at the same table. PickThe.Games is essentially the video game version of this concept - group voting applied to a problem that's much harder when people are on different hardware.
vs. Discord game picker bots
There are a handful of Discord bots that pick random games from Steam libraries. The most notable one on top.gg finds shared Steam games between mentioned users and picks randomly.
These are limited to Steam only, pick randomly instead of by votes, and don't check crossplay. PickThe.Games has a full Discord bot with slash commands, an embedded activity for swiping inside Discord, and covers all four major platforms.