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.

When submitting a link, the content submitted must be necessary, not just a "visual aid". For example, starting a discussion about a particular game would be a fine topic for a self-post, but should not be initiated by posting an image of its box-art.

Posts about any type of game (video, board, card, etc.) are allowed, but not sports.

Other Gaming Subreddits

• /r/gamernews - News

• /r/truegaming - Discussion

• /r/gaming - Absolutely everything

• Specific game subreddits and more

Game Recommendations

Extremely general "what games are good?"-style recommendation threads will be removed. Detailed questions looking for games with specific elements are allowed, but please use the resources below for general recommendations.

• Recommended games for all systems

• "Essential" games for older systems

• "Hidden gems" for older systems

• /r/gamingsuggestions

Submission Rules

• Some self-promotion (posting your own articles/etc.) is permitted, but it must be balanced out by a much greater level of non-promotion participation. More information in the reddit faq and a good post on the topic by an /r/rpg moderator.

• No Kickstarter "reminder" posts. Submissions about new Kickstarter projects or major updates to existing ones are allowed.

• Try to submit the source of information. Submissions consisting of information taken from elsewhere without adding anything significant may be removed.

• No begging.

• No tech-support or "can my PC run this game?" posts, those are better directed to the game's official forums. "Help me build a PC" posts are also not allowed, visit /r/buildapc instead.

• No submissions just seeking an answer or solution without any real discussion potential. Try /r/AskGames, /r/tipofmytongue, or /r/gamingsuggestions, depending on the nature of your question.

• NSFW submissions and comments linking to NSFW content must be labeled. Please report any that are not.

• No "general" URL shorteners (bit.ly, tinyurl, etc).

• Submissions that enable or have the intent to enable piracy and online gambling are not permitted.

Posting Rules

• Don't post users' personal information.

• Following Reddiquette is strongly encouraged.

• Spoilers must be posted using the following formatting:
  [X Kills Y](/spoiler)
  Result: X Kills Y.

• To mark a spoiler as relevant to a specific game/topic, use the alternate formatting:
  [Player 1 wins](/spoiler "Pong")
  Result:
  Player 1 wins

• Please report posts containing spoilers not using the above method, unless they are in a thread clearly labeled as containing spoilers.

Is your post not showing up? Do not delete it, wait 5 minutes to give AutoModerator a chance to look at it, it approves most submissions automatically. If it hasn't shown up after more than 5 minutes, simply message the moderators and ask us to let it through.

1. /r/Games is for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions. Looking for memes/screenshots/etc.? Try /r/gaming!