Ludoscene, A Game-Discovery Tool Inspired By Dating Apps, Is Out Now

If you’ve been struggling to find some new games to play recently, a newly released tool called Ludocene might be the thing you’re looking for. Having successfully completed a Kickstarter earlier this year, Ludoscene is a dating-app-inspired tool that helps you find new games based on what you already like. If a game comes up and you don’t like it, swipe it away. If you love it, swipe it towards you, and the app will start to recommend games based on that choice, removing and adding more suggestions as you refine what you do and don’t like.

The unique thing about it is that, according to its Kickstarter page, it uses “rich human-researched data to build your catalogue of games.” Curation is the key thing here as opposed to something like Steam, which sometimes seems like it’s just taking a guess at what you actually like.

While it’s a bit awkward to use with a mouse–the Tinder-like quality makes it more suited to smartphones or tablets–there are a huge range of games it can suggest. You can start “runs” in a few different ways, like starter packs based on the staff’s personal picks, new and upcoming games, and recent discoveries. You can also start from specific games you like, or even based on the tastes of “experts.” These include developers, journalists, streamers, and more.

While on runs, you can view trailers for each of the games to see if they take your fancy, and if they do, you can pin them to remind yourself to play them later. Don’t worry about skipping past games either, as there’s an undo button, and the whole thing is free too. Perhaps this will be a good way to cut down your Steam wishlist full of games you swear you’ll buy eventually.