List of Gaming Websites
Over a million categorized gaming domains: game publishers, stores, browser game portals, mod hubs, wikis, esports and gaming media. Split by platform and genre, with popularity bands and IAB tiers on every row.
Gambling sites are kept out. This is a list of video game websites, not casinos.
Three ways to count gaming websites
"Gaming" means different things to an ad platform, a parental control app and a market analyst. Our database of over 120 million domains gives you three counts, and each row carries all of them, so you choose the boundary.
Gaming filtering category
Every domain where video games are a real part of the content. The widest practical list, used for filtering and for reach campaigns.
IAB 3 Video Gaming
Domains whose main subject is video games under IAB Content Taxonomy 3. Tight and clean, with platform and genre in Tier 2 and Tier 3.
IAB 2 Video Gaming
IAB Content Taxonomy 2 draws a wider Video Gaming boundary. Use it when your platform still runs on version 2 signals.
Draw your own line around what counts as a game site
A school filter, an ad platform and a market analyst each draw that line in a different place. Each domain in our file carries a Gaming label plus IAB v2 and v3 video gaming tiers, so you can move the line yourself.
- Block browser game portals on school networks
- Buy reach on mod hubs and esports wikis
- Keep casino sites out of the same list
Top 10 gaming websites
The ten best-known gaming domains in the list, ordered by popularity among real users. Video platforms and chat apps that host a lot of gaming content are counted in their own categories and left out here. Below the top ten, the list runs through console makers, publishers, game wikis and many thousands of smaller fan and guide sites.
steamcommunity.com
Community hub of the largest PC game store: profiles, reviews, guides and the workshop for mods.
PC Gamesroblox.com
Platform where players build and play user-created games, with a very young audience.
MMOsepicgames.com
Game publisher and PC store, home of large free-to-play titles and a game engine.
PC Gamesnexusmods.com
One of the largest repositories of game modifications for PC titles.
PC Gameswowhead.com
Database and guide site for massively multiplayer online games.
MMOsliquipedia.net
Community wiki for esports: teams, players, tournaments and results.
PC Gamescoolmathgames.com
Browser games with a logic and maths angle, widely played by school-age users.
PC Gamespoki.com
Browser game portal with thousands of instant-play games on desktop and mobile.
PC Gamescrazygames.com
Another large browser game portal, strong in Europe and the Americas.
PC Gameshltv.org
News, rankings and match statistics for competitive shooter esports.
eSportsWhere streaming and social sites land
Pure game sites get a single Gaming label. Platforms that mix play with talk or video get a second one, which matters if your rule says Gaming only.
| Domain | Kind of site | Categories in our file |
|---|---|---|
| roblox.com | Player-built games | Gaming |
| poki.com | Instant-play browser games | Gaming |
| hltv.org | Counter-Strike news | Gaming |
| nexusmods.com | Mod repository | Gaming |
| steamcommunity.com | Store community hub | Gaming, Social Networking |
| twitch.tv | Live game streams | Streaming Media, Gaming |
Gaming website subcategories (IAB Tier 2)
95% of Video Gaming domains carry a Tier 2 subcategory. Full-database counts below; bars show each group's share of all Video Gaming domains.
Video Game Genres
Sites defined by the kind of game rather than the device. Tier 3 names the genre, so you can pull only strategy, simulation or puzzle sites.
Console Games
Console makers, console game news, trophy and achievement trackers, and retailers selling console titles.
Mobile Games
Mobile game studios, app game guides, tier lists and mobile esports. A fast-growing segment with many new domains.
PC Games
PC stores, mod repositories, game wikis and browser game portals. Small in count, but it holds many of the most visited gaming domains.
eSports
Teams, tournaments, rankings and esports media. A compact list that suits sponsorship research.
Genres you can filter to in Tier 3
Among popular gaming domains, the largest genre groups are MMOs, Casual Games, Simulation and Strategy. Casual and educational genres matter most for school and family filtering, while role-playing and strategy genres attract older, high-spending players.
Where gaming websites live: countries and domain endings
Gaming is the most global category in this series. Most popular gaming sites use .com or a gaming-friendly ending rather than a country domain. Among the 300,000 most popular domains, 6,223 of the 8,021 gaming sites have no single home country.
| Country (popular gaming domains with a known country) | Gaming domains in the top 300,000 | Typical sites |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 248 | Game news, guides, mod sites and Russian-language communities |
| United States | 202 | Publishers, console makers, gaming media and esports leagues |
| Germany | 113 | Gaming magazines, PC hardware gaming sites, game studios |
| Japan | 108 | Game wikis and strategy guides for console and mobile titles |
| United Kingdom | 102 | Gaming news, retailers and mod platforms |
| France | 96 | French-language gaming media and forums |
Domain endings that signal gaming
These generic endings carry a high share of Video Gaming sites in the full database. They are useful when you look for new gaming domains.
What kinds of gaming websites are in the list
Platform and genre describe the game. Site type describes what the website does, which often matters more for targeting, sales and filtering.
Publishers and studios
Official sites of game companies and individual titles. Fewer in number, but brand-safe and well known. Good for partnership and sponsorship outreach.
Stores and launchers
Digital storefronts, key shops and console stores. The commerce layer of gaming and a strong fit for hardware and accessory ads.
Browser game portals
Instant-play sites with hundreds or thousands of games. High traffic from young users and a constant flow of copycat domains.
Mods and user content
Repositories for mods, maps, skins and custom servers. Deeply engaged PC players who spend long sessions on these sites.
Wikis, guides and databases
Walkthroughs, item databases, tier lists and build planners. Search-driven traffic with clear intent around one game.
Gaming media and communities
News, reviews, video channels, forums and clan sites. The best inventory for broad gaming campaigns.
Gaming, gambling or streaming? Where the lines fall
| Site does this | Main category in the file | In the gaming list? |
|---|---|---|
| Sells or hosts video games, guides, mods or esports data | Gaming / Video Gaming | Yes |
| Offers real-money casino, betting or poker | Gambling | No, separate list |
| Streams live game play as part of a wider video service | Streaming Media, with Gaming as a secondary tag | Broad view only |
| Chat and voice apps used by gaming communities | Email and Messaging or Social Networking | Broad view only |
| Board games, card games and puzzles | Hobbies & Interests > Games and Puzzles | On request |
| Toys and children's games shops | Shopping > Children's Games and Toys | On request |
How popular are gaming websites?
Gaming sites among the 300,000 most popular domains, by global popularity band.
| Popularity band | Gaming domains |
|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 17 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 | 102 |
| 5,001 to 10,000 | 118 |
| 10,001 to 50,000 | 820 |
| 50,001 to 100,000 | 930 |
| 100,001 to 500,000 | 5,777 |
Who buys a list of gaming websites
Gaming audiences are young, mobile and highly engaged. That makes the list valuable both for reaching them and for protecting them.
Game marketers and agencies
Launch campaigns for new titles on sites that match the platform and genre.
Why: a mobile strategy game should run on mobile and strategy sites, not on all gaming sites.
Hardware and peripheral brands
Reach PC and console players with offers for graphics cards, headsets and controllers.
Why: PC Games and Console Games give clean audience splits.
Adtech and SSPs
Label gaming inventory for programmatic advertising and RTB.
Why: buyers pay more for inventory they can describe precisely.
Parental control and school apps
Limit gaming in school hours and keep it apart from gambling. See parental controls and family safety.
Why: browser game portals change domains often.
Investors and analysts
Track how many gaming sites exist per genre, platform or country over time.
Why: site counts are a simple proxy for activity in a niche.
Workplace network teams
Allow gaming news but limit game play and large downloads on company networks.
Why: Tier 2 lets you treat media and play differently.
Columns in the gaming website list
Each row is one domain, using the same columns as the full database. See the website classification dataset page for how rows are structured across categories.
| Column | Gaming example | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Domain | hltv.org | The key for joins, blocklists and bid requests |
| IAB 2 Tier 1 to 4 | Video Gaming > eSports | For platforms still on taxonomy version 2 |
| IAB 3 Tier 1 to 4 | Video Gaming > eSports | Current IAB version, platform and genre levels |
| Web filtering categories | Gaming, Sports & Recreation | Several categories per site, for allow and block rules |
| Personas | Gamer, Gaming Enthusiast | Audience types for segment building |
| Country | Where known | Market filters |
| Global and country popularity bands | Rank groups | Sort the list by real-user popularity |
Example gaming segments buyers build
A few of the segments we are asked for most often, all built from the columns on this page.
Mobile strategy players
Mobile Games plus the Strategy genre, top 100,000 popularity bands only. A tight list for a mobile title launch.
PC enthusiasts in Europe
PC Games and mod sites with a European country or country ending. Fits hardware, peripherals and PC game stores.
Kid-safe gaming
Educational and Family genres, with anything also tagged Gambling or Adult removed. Fits family brands and edtech.
Esports sponsorship map
eSports subcategory with popularity bands, grouped by country. A quick map of where competitive gaming attention sits.
Gaming list quality checks
Gaming is a noisy category. These checks keep the list useful.
- Casino, betting and poker domains are labelled Gambling and kept out of the gaming list.
- Video platforms and chat apps with gaming communities are counted in their own categories, with Gaming as a secondary tag.
- Browser game mirrors on cheap endings are flagged so you can drop them from ad lists.
- New domains are checked again after a week and after a month, as many portals add games after launch.
- All other domains are refreshed every month.
- You can check any single site with the domain category checker.
A gaming list that keeps up with new portals
Browser game sites appear on cheap endings every week. Because the database categorizes about 300,000 new domains daily and refreshes by plan from quarterly to daily, they show up in your file without a manual hunt.
How to get the full gaming list
The gaming rows are part of the full categorized database. Pick the scope that fits your project.
Choose the boundary
Gaming filtering category, IAB 3 Video Gaming, IAB 2 Video Gaming, or a mix.
Narrow it
Platform, genre, esports only, or by country and popularity band.
Set exclusions
Drop mirrors, low-popularity sites or anything also tagged Gambling.
Download
CSV, Parquet or JSON, refreshed monthly with daily new-domain updates.
Gaming domains: scrape them or license them
Where a self-made gaming list gets stuck, and what the licensed file does instead.
| Gaming need | Collected yourself | From our database |
|---|---|---|
| Block game portals in classrooms | Copy portal names from forum posts | A Gaming category flag on millions of domains |
| Stay within one definition | Argue over what counts as a game | IAB v2 and v3 labels beside the Gaming category |
| Keep out a streaming site | Decide site by site | Secondary labels such as Streaming Media on the same row |
| Rank the popular ones | Compare traffic panels by hand | Popularity field in each record |
| Find a new mod hub | Search and hope | Recently categorized domains arrive in your next refresh |
| Check a single launcher domain | Browse to it first | One API call from $0.001 |
Gaming website list: FAQ
How many gaming websites are there?
Our database holds 1,136,154 domains tagged with the Gaming web filtering category. By IAB Content Taxonomy 3, 644,131 domains have Video Gaming as their main Tier 1 category; IAB 2 counts 2,277,066 because it groups more sites under Video Gaming.
Is gambling included in the gaming list?
No. Gambling is a separate web filtering category with 2,268,282 domains. Casino, betting and poker sites are kept out of the gaming list so that a video game audience is not mixed with gambling.
Can I get only mobile games or only console games?
Yes. The IAB Tier 2 column splits Video Gaming into Video Game Genres (232,832 domains), Console Games (172,771), Mobile Games (141,254), PC Games (37,810) and eSports (26,354).
Why do IAB 2 and IAB 3 give different gaming counts?
The two taxonomy versions draw the Video Gaming boundary differently. IAB 3 places many game-related sites in other Tier 1 categories, so its Video Gaming count is smaller. Both versions are on every row, so you can pick the one your platform uses.
Which countries have the most gaming websites?
Among popular gaming domains with a known country, Russia, the United States, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and France lead. Many gaming sites are global and use .com, .io, .gg or .games endings rather than a country domain.
Are browser game portals and modding sites included?
Yes. Browser game portals, mod repositories, game wikis, esports statistics sites and publisher sites are all part of the category, and each row tells you which platform or genre it covers.
Can I get a list of esports websites only?
Yes. The eSports subcategory holds 26,354 domains across the full database: teams, leagues, tournament organisers, rankings and esports news. It is a compact list that suits sponsorship research and team outreach.
Can schools use the list to block games during lessons?
Yes. Schools and family apps often block browser game portals while allowing educational games. The genre column marks Educational and Family games, so you can treat them differently from action or casual portals.
How often does the gaming list change?
About 300,000 newly registered domains are categorized every day, and each new domain is checked again after a week and after a month. All other domains are refreshed monthly, which keeps new game portals and mirrors from slipping through.
What format is the gaming list in?
The list comes as a downloadable CSV file, with Parquet and JSON available, using the same columns as the full categorized database.
How do I get the full gaming website list?
See the pricing page for database sizes, and tell us which gaming segments, platforms or markets you need. The gaming rows are part of the full database.
A plan with the 1 million most popular domains starts at $999, with a $199 yearly refresh, and it scales up to the full database. One-off checks of a game site go through the API from $0.001 each.
License the gaming website list
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