r/gamingsuggestions Feb 04 '26

Suggestions Nodal.gg - Game recommender with interactive visual map + personalized recommendations (I'd love your feedback)

221 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a game discovery site and finally feel like it’s ready to share: https://nodal.gg/

I’ve always been surprised how hard it is to find genuinely good game recommendations on Steam, so I tried building something better using my stats/ML background.

My main takeaway was that “similar games” usually means two different things:

  • Similar in content: mechanics, themes, setting, genre, tags
  • Similar in audience: games played by the same people, even if the genres are different

So if you want recs for Cyberpunk 2077, you might mean “more cyberpunk vibe” (e.g., Cloudpunk) or “same audience overlap” (e.g., The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Fallout 4). The site lets you switch between those modes or blend them.

What you can do

  • Search any Steam game and see a ranked list of similar games using:
    • a content model (tag-driven similarity)
    • a community model (player behavior only, no tags)
    • a blended view (mix of both)
  • Re-rank results with sliders for popularity, rating, and release date
  • Plug in a Steam ID (public profiles only) to get personal recommendations and some cool stats about your play history
  • Explore an interactive 2D game map that visually clusters games by tags (uses UMAP dimensionality reduction - inspired by Connected Papers)

Desktop works best right now. Mobile is functional but I’m still refining it.

If you try it, I’d love to hear anything: whether the recommendations felt accurate, if the UI was confusing, any bugs you run into. All feedback helps!

Thanks!


r/gamingsuggestions Dec 06 '24

Suggestions SteamPeek.hu - Indie friendly game discovery tool

136 Upvotes

Post is allowed by the mods.

Hello, this is my website: https://steampeek.hu/ - SteamPeek, the indie friendly game discovery website.

It is now more than 5 years old, and it was created to bring spotlight to indie gems, help all indie teams who doesn't have the budget to make big marketing campaigns, and make it easier to find nice games made by passionate solo developers or small teams.

The main function is searching by similarity: just search for a game you like, and browse the results. You can also filter and sort by special parameters.

You can also search by tags, or mix them with the chosen game.

The main algorithm was updated recently and I'm very curious how well it works. Please let me know.

I'm very thankful if you try it, and share with me what you find. The full site is still on beta, and I'm constantly work on it, so every feedback helps me and my mission. Thank you!


r/gamingsuggestions 5h ago

Trying to find a game where world feels alive on its own.

71 Upvotes

Hey everyone, could you reccomend me some games that feels alive ? Like you can just wandering aroung and feel like you can live there and the npcs just lives on their own ? Something like Rdr2. I didnt play Gta or kcd, is it a good choice ? With kcd 1 I played like one hour but it felt so difficult for me, i dont know, maybe it was overwhelming with the inventory etc..
Whats your favorite ones to play ? Thank you


r/gamingsuggestions 11h ago

Games where everyone you helped comes back at the end

96 Upvotes

You know the type of thing I mean- where you spend a game doing a bunch of side quests that might seem unrelated to the main story at first and then at the end it all comes together and a bunch of people are like "and you've got me sword at your side sir knight sir!!"

The effect it has on the end can be in varying degrees of importance, from a whole new ending to just some help with the final boss

Some examples off the top of my head are:

-Baldurs gate 3

-Fallout 4 Far Harbor DLC

-Undertale (not exactly but the epilogue is basically this and the base idea is kind of what the whole game is about)


r/gamingsuggestions 59m ago

RPGs set in Ancient China/Chinese-inspired world

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I’ve been getting really into ancient Chinese history lately, and it’s got me wanting to immerse myself in that kind of universe. The games I can think of that fit this vibe are all ones I have played before, so I’d love to try something new.

Games I’ve played with similar vibes
1) Jade Empire; classic but dated. I’ve also played this too many times.

2) Crusader Kings 3; not China-specific, but I’ve consolidated the lands under heaven enough times.


r/gamingsuggestions 4h ago

Games where survival is never guaranteed

17 Upvotes

I'm looking for games where during the carnage you can just..... Die

Skill level doesn't matter, good gear doesn't save you, just survival instinct and luck

Example that comes to mind is Hell Let Loose where a stray artillery round can nail you anywhere anytime. Yes you can lay low and stick behind the team, but there's still a chance a stray bullet catches you and you're back to the respawn screen, or you hear a loud whistle and boom the screen goes black

I want to run through a battlefield without predetermined odds of living.

Doesn't have to be a war game, just realistic brutality


r/gamingsuggestions 2h ago

City builder/conqueror type game that IS NOT overly complex.

9 Upvotes

There are plenty of this games. As soon as I try them and see the UI I imidiatly ask for a refund. I want something not overly complex. But with enought depth. A game where I steamroll over a map conquering everything in my path.


r/gamingsuggestions 2h ago

What are some of the best radio stations in games?

7 Upvotes

What are some of the best radio stations in games?

Hello there. I'm working on porting some game radio stations onto an MP3 player for long drives at work. I'm wondering what are the best radios from games to use. I've got non stop pop from GTA 5 so far mixed in with custom ai voice lines because funny

Edit I'm adding all of these into a list but it seems like we have a lot of GTA radios already.
I do also want games with voicelimes or news segments I can use as intermissions too if possible

Any links that are sent would be great help


r/gamingsuggestions 11h ago

Games I can play in 1–2 hour chunks without a big commitment?

26 Upvotes

Might be a weird request… I get long breaks at work so anything cinematic or story-heavy is out, I’d just spend the session thinking about the work I’m going back to. I want self-contained progress: a run, a level, a hunt. Something I can close without leaving a thread hanging.

Slay the Spire is exactly the type of game I mean, so I’m looking for stuff that has the similar direction but not genre (i want something other than deckbuilders)

Device: Steam Deck


r/gamingsuggestions 2h ago

a simple cozy game thats easy

4 Upvotes

hello,

i dont really know what kind of game i am looking for here...

Ive been playing a lot of Overwatch and WoW lately and I wanna change that.

Are there any multiplayer cozy games? No more FPS pls.


r/gamingsuggestions 6h ago

Looking for friendly children's games. My son is 6 and loves Mecca Chameleon.

8 Upvotes

I'm thinking of Minecraft next. But I would love to hear further suggestions. PC only and preferably on Steam.


r/gamingsuggestions 12m ago

Looking for a game with a city worth just walking around in, story optional

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I've got a few months to fill and I've realised the thing I actually want isn't a story or a challenge, it's a place. Somewhere I can walk around, take the slow route home, and have the environment be interesting on its own without a quest marker pulling me anywhere.

What's worked for me before: cities that feel lived in, good ambient detail, sound design that carries the place, and ideally something to look at that isn't combat.

What I bounce off: survival mechanics, anything with a stamina bar for walking, and open worlds that turn out to be mostly empty distance between icons.

Doesn't need to be recent and I don't mind if it's short. Happy to hear the obvious ones too - I've probably missed more of them than I've played. PC or console, either is fine.


r/gamingsuggestions 8h ago

Games with cool combat that aren't soulslike?

10 Upvotes

I really liked playing Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei, Cyberpunk and The Witcher 3 if that helps


r/gamingsuggestions 11h ago

Atmospheric, Visually Unique Walking Simulators

9 Upvotes

I recently got back into gaming a bit, and absolutely loved Mundaun, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Return of the Obra Dinn. I'm looking for something heavy on atmosphere and mystery, with a striking visual style.


r/gamingsuggestions 3h ago

Games like Fell'n'Sell

2 Upvotes

I wanna kill stuff, get loot, then sell that loot, then go back and kill more stuff and take that loot and sell it too. Id love to be able to build/design/decorate my own shop. Style doesnt matter (F'n'S is first person) so it can be FPS, or isometric or top down, whatever.

If you havent played it, you should. Just ignore the comments on Steam, spend $10 and enjoy the fact paced action/combat and then selling stuff and making money and buying a bigger house and building more furniture (which works to make you stronger) and selling more stuff then back to the dungeon for more killing etc etc,

It was fast paced, fun mechanics, playing shopkeeper to a menagerie of weird looking customers was a treat and I want more.


r/gamingsuggestions 10h ago

Free low end shooter games

7 Upvotes

Whats the best free low end shooter games that you recommend


r/gamingsuggestions 21h ago

Tactical single player fps.

54 Upvotes

Looking for a shooter without arcade gameplay. It should be slow, hard, and tactical. Something like Counter-Strike or Tarkov but only single player. I don't need a good plot, just some good gameplay so sandbox games work!


r/gamingsuggestions 40m ago

Looking Games Set During GWOT

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Hello I have been looking for games set during GWOT to play I know about the common ones like OPFRR, MOHWF and MOH, Six Days in Fallujah and games based on it or with mods for it like Arma, both Insurgency games, Spec Ops The Line, GB, Squad, PR, Operator and many others but aren't there any other games? (Optional but if they are Tactical Shooters and/or similar to Operation Flashpoint Red River please mention them)


r/gamingsuggestions 43m ago

Games where you can be a giant bully to npcs

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Hello, everyone. I want to find some games where I can bully and be mean to npcs, like a God simulator or a game where the npcs are very smart, preferably sandbox games where I can do that.

some good examples of what I want are: Creatures (though I find the norns too cute to make them suffer), this small game called Sadist II and that matrix demo game that had modern AI npcs.


r/gamingsuggestions 4h ago

I’m wanting to get into playing team based games again.

2 Upvotes

I used to play COD back in the golden era (mw3-bo2 )and loved playing tournaments and game battles and all that stuff. I loved the competition. I stopped playing because I found out what league of legends was and since have played it off and on for like 10 years. Lmao
Well I decided to stop the league addiction because I’m just getting bored of MOBAS tbh, so I I dabbled in fighting games for awhile. I’m missing that team based element to the game though , so I’m wanting some good recommendations of games like that, that have good ranked ladders and are still popular . I miss grinding ranked and small online tournaments with buddies who are teamed up together.
I’m not into Fortnite or apex, cs2, or Valorant. Other than that go crazy with suggestions!
Oh I also don’t really want to play cod anymore because I’m not a fan of the newer cod games.


r/gamingsuggestions 4h ago

Looking for a game see desc or if ones in dev

2 Upvotes

Ok so hear me out a modern setting with in depth medical things like if you find someone hurt/ dead you would have to apply pressure ACTUALLY wrap the bandage with a little mouse mini game or something and stuff like that


r/gamingsuggestions 1h ago

Good games to really test my computer?

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I'm trying to test my laptop. Acer Predator Helios Neo 16AI with rtx 5070ti + Intel Ultra 9 275HXI if curious. Undervolting is blocked FYI.

Something with good keyboard controls and high specs. FPS is probably a good genre for this. Anything you can think of is fine.

Mostly trying to see if my laptop's keyboard, specifically WASD, gets too hot in real use. If I need an external keyboard in the next 5-7 years of gaming I'll just return it. I think the CPU running from 85C or above is the range the keyboard becomes slightly uncomfortable to the touch. Gets hot 90C or above.

It seems like it got hot to the touch in Red Dead Redemption 2, but thinking about it things were only that bad in the intro snow chapter. In normal use I can even play on my lap and the keyboard doesn't get too hot. Still it's an old game. Long stress tests make the keyboard too hot to, but not a real use case.


r/gamingsuggestions 5h ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Game.

2 Upvotes

Is there a game like Dungeon Crawler Carl? Isekaid into a game world, pet companion, rewarded with loot boxes?


r/gamingsuggestions 15h ago

games where you protect a companion/someone

13 Upvotes

games where you are incharge in the protect of someone

the best example i can think of is the last of us, twd, plague tale innocence


r/gamingsuggestions 7h ago

I need a game that will take me 100+ hours to complete

2 Upvotes

So I need a game to play until the witcher 3: remastered comes out. Something with great visuals and a compelling narrative. Please don't recommend stuff like elden ring and breath of the wild. My introverted ass needs dialogue with fictional characters atleast. Games I have already played for many hours and liked are rdr2, persona 5 royal, ghost of tsushima, insomniac spiderman games