About r/Games
In its own words:
The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just with the goal of entertaining viewers. Memes, comics, funny screenshots, arts-and-crafts, etc. will be removed.
The community was created on May 5, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,552 subscribers (+0.07%). Among the 15 communities on our gaming list it is number 4 by size.
What sets r/Games apart
r/Games is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 50% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 29.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 94% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 6.1× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Games went up from 3,574,727 to 3,583,952 subscribers (+9.2K, +0.26%). That is about 231 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Games talks about
Across 627 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “game”, “trailer”, “bioware”, “play” and “world”. Other frequent themes are xbox, mass, effect, switch, steam and official. Recurring phrases include “mass effect”, “announcement trailer”, “launch trailer” and “horror game”. By format, 50% are text posts, 32% are links and 18% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (82), Indie Sunday (71), Trailer (46), Industry News (44), Announcement (43), Release (24).
Activity and best time to post
r/Games gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,043,389 posts and 28,941,519 comments in total, about 27.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (157 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (68). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Games
The moderators of r/Games list 8 rules. In short:
- No content primarily for humor or entertainment
- No Attacks / Witch-hunts / Bigotry / Inflammatory language
- No off-topic or low-effort content or comments
- No duplicate posts
- No enabling or linking to piracy
- Formatting Requirements (All of Rule 6)
- Specific Content Restrictions (All of Rule 7)
- Follow promotional limits
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Games and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/Games?
r/Games has 3,583,952 subscribers, which makes it the #277 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,225 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/Games?
r/Games was created on May 5, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jul 20, 2008.
How active is r/Games?
Very active: r/Games gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,043,389 posts and 28,941,519 comments. In a sample of 627 recent posts we counted 477 different authors.
When is r/Games most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Games about?
The community describes itself as: “The goal of /r/Games is to provide a place for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just with the goal of enterta…” Recent post titles often mention game, trailer, bioware, play and world. Most posts are text posts (50%).
Is r/Games safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Games as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Games?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Games accepts both text and link posts. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No content primarily for humor or entertainment”; “No Attacks / Witch-hunts / Bigotry / Inflammatory language”; “No off-topic or low-effort content or comments”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Games?
Communities with similar topics include r/gaming (47.4M), r/pcgaming (4M), r/nintendo (2.4M), r/PS5 (8.2M) and r/funny (67.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Games.