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Swap sides New comparison Related to r/truegaming Related to r/ShouldIbuythisgame
r/truegaming is oriented toward thoughtful game discussion. r/ShouldIbuythisgame helps people decide whether a title is worth buying, often with platform flairs.
In our directory, ShouldIbuythisgame is larger (about 1.5M, rank #700) than truegaming (about 1.5M, rank #713). Activity samples show ShouldIbuythisgame posting more often (~19 posts/day vs ~7.2). Both samples are mostly text. truegaming flairs include Academic Survey, Content Warning: [EnterTrigger], Spoilers: [GameName]; ShouldIbuythisgame shows [PC] :pc:, [PS5] :playstation:, [Switch] :switch:, [PC], [Xbox Series X] :xbox:.
Rule titles: ShouldIbuythisgame asks posters to help others help them, bans unreleased content and unmarked spoilers, and forbids trading/key resellers; truegaming’s norms favor substantive discussion over quick buy/sell prompts.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
No public description in our directory.
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Gaming
Rule titles (short names we collected)
Have you ever wanted to buy a game on Steam but didn't know if it was good? Have you ever had just enough money for an indie game but didn't know whether it was worth buying? Have you ever asked yourself, "Should I buy …
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Rule titles (short names we collected)
| Aspect | r/truegaming | r/ShouldIbuythisgame |
|---|---|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) | n/a | Have you ever wanted to buy a game on Steam but didn't know if it was good? Have you ever had just enough money for an indie game but didn't know whether it was worth buying? Have you ever asked yourself, "Should I buy … |
| Size r/ShouldIbuythisgame is larger in our directory. |
1.5M members | 1.5M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) | 7.2/day | 18.8/day |
| Common post types in our sample | text posts 100% | text posts 100% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse | Gaming | n/a |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) | Discuss Gaming; Be Civil; Specificity, Clarity, and Detail; No Advice; No List Posts | Help Us Help You; No Unreleased Content; Touchy Subjects, Appeals; No Unmarked Spoilers; No Trading |
truegaming short titles include: Discuss Gaming; Be Civil; Specificity, Clarity, and Detail; No Advice; No List Posts; No Inflammatory Posts; No Self Promotion; No threads in the style of.... Our sample is text-forward.
ShouldIbuythisgame: Help Us Help You; No Unreleased Content; Touchy Subjects, Appeals; No Unmarked Spoilers; No Trading; Keep It Legal; No spam; No Key Resellers. Our sample is text-only with PC/PS5/Switch-style flairs.
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only.
Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.
Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: