Social Game Discovery

Mindblowing game discovery and tracking

Start finding the Steam hidden gems that belong in your backlog, organize them into lists, prioritize them in the backlog, rate and share what you loved

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Stop losing track of your games. Free forever. No ads. Ever.

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or try something unexpected

Search by feeling, search by themes, find what is memorable

What people are saying

“Wow, honestly, a search engine for hidden indie gems that can sort games based on feeling, genre, etc...that sounds like a gamer dream come true.
Dude that is AWESOME!! I checked out the link and I'm already seeing games I've never heard of before, like Pocket Watch, and all these games look fantastic. I think that's one of the most exciting things I've discovered from this post today. I will definitely be checking out your site again, thanks for the link!
a Redditor, after searching “games that feel like a vacation”

“The best web site, I love it. Really I am very thankful for this!
That search turned up Minds Beneath Us. Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam, and still under the radar.
a Redditor, after searching “rich story games that are deep and philosophical”

“the fact that it gave better results than real people is crazy
a Redditor, after searching “papers, please, but without time pressure”

Ask the way you'd ask a friend

No genre tags, no title, no right keywords. Small games get read for what they are, not how well they charted.

“cozy with melancholy”
Matched on tone, not tags
“roguelite city builder”
Two genres, one ask
“like OMORI but with a time loop”
Start from a game you love, twist it

How it works

Find something, keep it, play it, then tell the app what you thought. Each step makes the next find sharper.

Step 1
Search it
Search and discover: find games by feel, open a game and dig into games like the ones you already love, or hit recommendations and get picks from the games on each of your lists, per list!
Step 2
Track it
Drop the hidden gems you surface into lists. Make as many as you want. Once a list has games, you get recommendations built for that list alone!
Step 3
Play it
Send it to your backlog and manage several games at once. Set status to playing, paused, dropped, or finished.
Step 4
Rate it
The more you rate, the better we understand your tastes, and the better the suggestions get.
Step 5
Share it
Share your lists, your profile, your backlog, a game, a search, games-like pages. Pretty much everything is shareable!

Your log keeps track of your activity automatically. Everything you do can show on your public profile. Follow other players, or find your taste twin and play together.

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Before you ask

Is it free?: Search is free and needs no account. An account is free too. It exists so your lists and ratings have somewhere to live. No ads, ever.
How is this different from Steam search?: Steam search is a storefront: it matches tags and sells what already sells. IndieDex reads the sentence you typed and ranks small studios as a feature, not an accident.
Only indie games?: The whole Steam catalog is in there. Studio size is a ranking signal, never a filter, so a big game shows up when it is the right answer, and stops crowding out the ones that aren't.

How IndieDex compares to Steam search and Backloggd
Feature	IndieDex	Steam search	Backloggd
Ask in plain language	Yes	No	No
Surfaces games you've never heard of	Yes	No	No
Recommendations per list	Yes	No	No
Track and rate what you play	Yes	No	Yes

Each shelf gets its own suggestions

Your cozy list and your horror list want different things. So they get different recommendations, pulled from that list alone, not one blurred average of everything you've ever saved.

Cozy after work14 games · recommends

3 new fits this week →

Weird endings9 games · recommends

4 new fits this week →

More like the ones you love

Open a favourite, get the shelf that comes off it

Not “other people also bought”. Games matched on what they actually are: how they play, how they feel, how long they hold you. A 200-review gem can sit next to the one everybody knows.

Games like Animal Well

Secrets firstNo hand-holdingUnder 12 hours

The part that feeds it

The more you use it, the better it gets

Your backlog, your ratings, your reviews and your lists are what the recommendations run on. So they're built to be worth using on their own.

Free, no ads.

A queue, not a pile

Now holds what you're actually in. Next is ranked by you. Someday holds the rest quietly. Pick for me decides when you can't.

Animal Well
Nine Sols

Blue Prince
Islets

Log it, rate it, say why

A thumb, a score, or a paragraph. Every game carries the average, so you can read the room at a glance. Your Reviews tab keeps yours: newest first, all in one place.

Animal Well

Lists that leave the app

Build a shelf, rank it or don't, keep it private or make it public and drop the link in Discord. It renders as a card wherever you paste it.

Your friends' week, in one feed

Follow people and their sessions, reviews and lists land on your home page. Steal their next game before they finish it.

Start with the last game you finished

One log is enough to start getting real suggestions. Free forever, no ads.

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Mindblowing game discovery and tracking

Ask the way you'd ask a friend

How it works

Search it

Track it

Play it

Rate it

Share it

Before you ask

Each shelf gets its own suggestions

Open a favourite, get the shelf that comes off it

The more you use it, the better it gets

A queue, not a pile

Log it, rate it, say why

Lists that leave the app

Your friends' week, in one feed

Start with the last game you finished

Mindblowing game discovery and tracking

Ask the way you'd ask a friend

How it works

Search it

Track it

Play it

Rate it

Share it

Before you ask

Each shelf gets its own suggestions

Open a favourite, get the shelf that comes off it

The more you use it, the better it gets

A queue, not a pile

Log it, rate it, say why

Lists that leave the app

Your friends' week, in one feed

Start with the last game you finished