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Best Game Development Subreddits (November 2026)

Most game development talk on Reddit happens in a few big places, but the smaller communities are where the specialists are. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “gamedev” and “game development”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 8 that remain by size. Together they have 2.8M members.

How the game development communities compare

Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 92% of all members on this list, so most of the game development conversation happens in a handful of places. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/gamedev has the most members, but r/SoloDevelopment gets the most new posts (about 177 a day, against 67 in r/gamedev). The oldest is r/gamedev, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.

The 8 biggest game development subreddits

  1. r/gamedev 2,078,359 members · ~67 posts/day · +2.2K since Oct 26 · since 2008

    The subreddit covers various game development aspects, including programming, design, writing, art, game jams, postmortems, and marketing. It serves as a hub for game creators to discuss and share their insights, experiences, and…

  2. G
    r/GameDevelopment ↗ 362,471 members · ~41 posts/day · since 2009

    /r/gamedevelopment is a community for serious discussion about anything related to game development.

  3. G
    r/gameDevClassifieds ↗ 115,436 members · ~52 posts/day · since 2011

    Share your game industry-related services or available positions. Ensure your posts are safe for work (SFW) to provide a worry-free browsing experience for recruiters and professionals.

  4. G
    r/gamedevscreens ↗ 54,384 members · ~83 posts/day · since 2014

    A branch off of /r/gamedev for game developers to post screenshots of work-in-progress, concept art, and more.

  5. S
    r/SoloDevelopment ↗ 51,364 members · ~177 posts/day · since 2020

    A community for solo developers to share, learn, and support each other. Solo devs manage their entire project alone—no teams, just individual effort. Using assets, outsourcing, or working with publishers is fine, but the core de…

  6. G
    r/GameDevelopersOfIndia ↗ 49,026 members · since 2018

    For all the Indians interested or employed in making video games.

  7. R
    r/rust_gamedev ↗ 40,815 members · ~4.4 posts/day · since 2014

    The Rust programming language has a powerful type system and provides safety without a garbage collector. This makes it suitable for game programming, where both performance and code maintenance are of high importance.

  8. J
    r/justgamedevthings ↗ 33,516 members · ~1.9 posts/day · since 2016

    Being a game dev can be a bit of a bitch sometimes, so lets at least laugh about bugs and other issues with each other

Choosing where to post

Competition for attention differs a lot: r/gamedev has 2.1M members but only about 67 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 30.9K members — while r/SoloDevelopment gets about 177 a day, one for every 290. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/gamedev; r/SoloDevelopment is better when you want quick replies.

A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.

Frequently asked questions

Which game development subreddit has the most members?

r/gamedev is the largest, with 2,078,359 members, followed by r/GameDevelopment (362.5K) and r/gameDevClassifieds (115.4K).

Where are the most new game development posts?

By new posts per day, r/SoloDevelopment leads with about 177, ahead of r/gamedevscreens (83). Counts are averages over the last seven days.

How many game development communities are on this list?

We list 8 active, safe-for-work game development communities with at least 25,000 members each, 2.8M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.

What is the oldest game development subreddit?

r/gamedev, created on May 19, 2008.

Are these game development subreddits safe for work?

Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.

Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.