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Once upon a time, I used to play video games. Not so much anymore. My favorite game from back in the days when I did play was Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II.

I now need to start shopping for a similar game, and I'm looking for help on how to find one. What kind of terminology would help me describe my desired game, in a search query for example? What sites are quality research sites? etc.

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I updated my question to not be so subjective. – Chase Florell Jan 27 '11 at 4:51
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yes, but the FAQ prevents me from asking my question. "If I like X, Can someone suggest Y?" – Chase Florell Jan 27 '11 at 5:45
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Actually, some of the suggestions in that question do help you with your question; for example, the Game-Rec subreddit as Shaun mentioned. – Mana♦ Jan 27 '11 at 6:40
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I appreciate the effort to change this question to be conforming. In addition, I initially thought, like @Mana, this is now a duplicate of that other question - but after some thought, I agree this problem deserves a question of its own, as that other question does not explicitly deal with this important and common use-case. Frankly, I think this question's title should actually be "I like X, where can I find recommendations for similar games". And I do mean X as X. – Oak♦ Jan 27 '11 at 9:22
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I guess asking questions here is a good place to start. "What does hack'n slash mean" and "what is the genre of games with attributes x,y and z" are two legitimate questions for that website, and are likely to be answered quickly. – Oak♦ Jan 27 '11 at 19:39
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Two sources I know of and occasionally use:

  1. Some gaming sites have a page for each game and some of these have a "similar games" list for each game. It's a good place to start. For example:

    • GameSpot has a "games you may like" list in the bottom-left of a game's page, which is basically a similar games list.

    • Giant Bomb has a "related game" list on the right, one of the tabs there is "similar".

    • GamerDNA has a "similar games" list for each game it lists.

  2. Steam has a "recommendation" service, though of course it only lists games available via Steam, and you have to have an account.

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More points about Steam system: recommendation service may possibly points you to games your friends own, without these being related in any way with the ones you play, and without your friends putting a recommandation note on these. Steam also recommend games based on your steamgames-wishlist, and your browsing history throught the market tab. – Lysarion Apr 1 '11 at 8:18
Just wanted to follow up with this... Steam rocks my socks!!! – Chase Florell Nov 28 '11 at 18:01
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You could try Gamedipper - it's a tool created specifically for this purpose. The game database is many thousands of games in size.

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Good find, but sadly the games they don't have are rather odd ... Probably the best part of the site is their About page which includes some of sites linked to in the accepted answer - gamedipper.com/about.php +1 for that. – James Skemp Jun 18 '11 at 21:56
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The closest you'll get to finding games that are like game x is to determine what genre x is in.

If you can't quite place it just look up your game somewhere on the internet (wikipedia for example) and note what others parties say about the game's genre.

The next step will be to find a website listing games sorted by genre or google the game's genre.

Good luck

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