About r/gamecollecting
In its own words:
This is the definitive Reddit source for video game collectors or those who would like to start collecting interactive entertainment. It's a place to share ideas, tips, tricks or secrets as well as show off collections. Most importantly it's a place for game enthusiasts and collectors to keep video game history alive. So come and join one of the largest internet forums for video game collecting!
The community was created on Dec 18, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Among the 9 communities on our collecting list it is the largest.
What sets r/gamecollecting apart
Compared with other large communities, r/gamecollecting leans heavily on images (46% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 119.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100.
Top posts on r/gamecollecting this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 9, 2026).
- 13 year old me vs 40 year old me playing Ocarina of Timeu/gregcresci · Nov 5 · gallery
- There’s a point where this becomes a problem and some of yall are toeing the lineu/breath_ofthemild · Nov 2 · image
- Found my holy grail while on vacation in Japanu/DisastrousLoss2564 · Nov 2 · image
- Some of yall gotta stop being so impulsiveu/yummy_yum_yum123 · Nov 6 · gallery
- Was worried I wouldn’t be able to get it after work!!u/PageGallagher15 · Nov 6 · image
- Got hate last time so here's most of my mostly CIB collectionu/The1GameCorner · Nov 4 · gallery
- The first video game cart was released 50 years ago, in november 1976. Here's 50 years of video gaming, one game per year, from my collection !u/Maxcatamax · Nov 3 · gallery
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 40th Console & Controller Aquired from Best Buy Midnight Release 🌕u/J-MAFW · Nov 5 · image
- Not how you want to get games.u/Pyrotdk · Nov 4 · gallery
- Turbo Grafx pulled at Goodwill Binsu/pressin_p · Nov 5 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/gamecollecting, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- My wife says it’s “tacky”u/Diligent_Knee3488 · May 25, 2024 · image
- I’m 38 and still single. Apparently, my closet is full of red flags?u/ChickenFingerBasket · Jan 15, 2025 · gallery
- Built a GameStop in my basementu/Chef-BILLIEVE · Dec 22, 2025 · gallery
- Was helping a neighbor clean out her house. Nearly screamed.u/ComebackKidGorgeous · Feb 2, 2026 · gallery
- I opened a retro game store!u/theREALashasaur · Oct 9, 2022 · 6,794 points · 582 comments · gallery
- My gameroom is complete after years in storageu/suicidalkoala · Aug 5, 2025 · gallery
- My wife says we need to talk…u/PartyKong7869 · Nov 23, 2024 · image
- Guy was about to sell to gamestopJul 22, 2026 · gallery
- Behold my game room.u/jrayolson · Apr 21, 2025 · gallery
- Some sellers are fucking brain deadu/calloutapple · Jan 12, 2026 · image
What r/gamecollecting talks about
Looking at the titles of 257 recent posts (Oct 31–Nov 7), the words that come up most are “collection”, “game”, “games”, “finally” and “found”. Other frequent themes are collecting, retro, pick, copy, haul and physical. Recurring phrases include “pick ups”, “retro games”, “game collection” and “video games”. By format, 46% are images, 38% are galleries and 14% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Collection (101), Haul (83), Discussion (43), Help (26), Graded (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/gamecollecting gets about 38 new posts a day. The public archive holds 319,859 posts and 3,773,612 comments in total, about 11.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (43 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (29). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/gamecollecting
The moderators of r/gamecollecting list 11 rules. In short:
- Be kind, disagree agreeably, attack the argument, not the poster
- No Price evaluations, authentication, identification posts
- No self-promotion. If all you do is SPAM/self promote, it'll be removed and you will be banned.
- Low effort posts will be removed
- Meme Mondays: memes allowed only on the first monday of each month
- Must be related to Game Collecting
- No video submissions/comments
- No affiliate links
- No buying/selling
- No politics
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/gamecollecting and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/gamecollecting have?
r/gamecollecting has 318,424 subscribers.
How old is r/gamecollecting?
r/gamecollecting was created on Dec 18, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/gamecollecting?
Very active: r/gamecollecting gets about 38 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 319,859 posts and 3,773,612 comments. In a sample of 257 recent posts we counted 227 different authors.
When is r/gamecollecting most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 31, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/gamecollecting about?
The community describes itself as: “This is the definitive Reddit source for video game collectors or those who would like to start collecting interactive entertainment. It's a place to share ideas, tips, tricks or secrets as well as show off collections.…” Recent post titles often mention collection, game, games, finally and found. Most posts are images (46%).
Is r/gamecollecting safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/gamecollecting as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/gamecollecting?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/gamecollecting accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Be kind, disagree agreeably, attack the argument, not the poster”; “No Price evaluations, authentication, identification posts”; “No self-promotion. If all you do is SPAM/self promote, it'll be removed and you will be banned.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 9, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/gamecollecting.