I don't believe the links are formatted correctly.

It should be !communityname@home.instance

Am I the only one where all the links show up as searches instead of links to the communities themselves?

When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various !games@instance or !gaming@instance links.

I know about the following and will be adding to this list with links people comment with:

Game Design/Development

!destroy_my_game@programming.dev
!game_design@programming.dev
!gamedev@kbin.social
!gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone
!gamedev@lemmy.ml
!gamedev@programming.dev
!godot@programming.dev
!haxe@programming.dev
!inat@programming.dev
!pico8@programming.dev
!play_my_game@programming.dev
!roguelikedev@programming.dev
!unity@programming.dev
!unrealengine@programming.dev
!voxel_dev@programming.dev

Games

!2007scape@lemmy.ml
!2007scape@lemmy.world
!anothereden@kbin.social
!arknights@kbin.social
!baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world
!battlebit@lemmy.ca
!battlebitremastered@lemm.ee
!celeste@lemmy.ca
!crusaderkings@kbin.social
!cs@kbin.social
!cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world
!darksouls@lemmy.ml
!dayz@kbin.social
!dayz@lemmy.world
!undertale_deltarune@lemmy.world
!deltarune@lemmy.fmhy.ml
!destiny@lemmy.world
!diablo@lemmy.world
!doom@lemmy.ml
!dota2@lemmy.ml
!drg@lemmy.world
!DwarfFortress@kbin.social
!factorio@lemmy.ml
!fireemblem@lemm.ee
!ffxiv@possumpat.io
!genshin_impact@lemmy.world
!genshin_impact_leaks@lemmy.world
!geometrydash@lemmy.world
!girlsfrontline@lemmy.world
!guildwars2@kbin.social
!guildwars2@lemmy.wtf
!guiltygear@lemmy.world
!hellletloose@kbin.social
!leagueoflegends@kbin.social
!league@lemmy.ml
!leagueoflegends@lemmy.world
!legendofzelda@lemmy.world
!lemmings@lemmings.world
!lolesports@kbin.social
!lolfanart@fedia.io
!masseffect@lemmy.world
!Minecraft@kbin.social
!minecraft@lemmy.ml
!minecraft@lemmy.world
!mountandblade@lemmy.world
!neverwinternights@kbin.social
!nomanssky@lemmy.world
!osu@lemmy.ml
!pokemedia@lemmy.ml
!pokemon@kbin.social
!pokemon@lemmy.ml
!pokemongo@lemmy.world
!rocket_league@lemmy.ca
!rocketleague@lemmy.world
!satisfactory@lemmy.world
!skyrimmods@lemmy.world
!splatoon@kbin.social
!splatoon@lemmy.world
!starcitizen@citizensgaming.com
!starcitizen@kbin.social
!starcitizen@lemmy.ml
!starfield@kbin.social
!startrekonline@startrek.website
!templeofelementalevil@kbin.social
!tf2@lemmy.world
!thesims@lemmy.world
!titanfall@lemmy.world
!totk@lemmy.world
!touhou@lemmy.world
!trackmania@lemmy.world
!warframe@dormi.zone
!witchfire@kbin.social
!wow@kbin.social
!xcom@lemmy.world
!xenoblade@possumpat.io

Genres

!arpg@lemmy.ml
!automation_games@feddit.de
!cozygames@feddit.de
!incremental_games@lemmy.world
!interactive_fiction@lemmy.ml
!jrpgs@kbin.social
!jrpg@lemmy.zip
!lifesimulation@lemmy.world
!Otomegames@kbin.social
!visualnovels@lemmy.comfysnug.space

Miscellaneous

!currentlyplaying@feddit.uk
!freegames@feddit.uk
!gamedeals@lemmy.ml
!gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world
!GirlGames@kbin.social
!gog@lemmy.world
!gyrogaming@lemmy.world
!OldGames4OldGamers@kbin.social
!paradoxgames@lemmy.world
!patientgamers@kbin.social
!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
!photomode@feddit.uk
!retrogaming@kbin.social
!retrogaming@lemmy.world
!steam@lemmy.ml
!truegaming@kbin.social

Platforms

!3ds@lemmy.world
!amiga@kbin.social
!amiga@lemmy.sdf.org
!amiga@lemmy.world
!amiga@sopuli.xyz
!atari@lemmy.sdf.org
!c64@lemmy.world
!c64@sh.itjust.works
!commodore64@kbin.social
!commodore64@lemmy.world
!commodore_64@lemmy.ca
!dosgaming@retrolemmy.com
!fpgagaming@kbin.social
!iosgaming@lemmy.ml
!leagueoflinux@kbin.social
!linux_gaming@kbin.social
!linux_gaming@linux.ml
!linux_gaming@lemmy.world
!nintendo@lemmy.world
!NintendoSwitch@kbin.social
!switch@lemmy.world
!PCGaming@kbin.social
!plus4@retrolemmy.com
!sbcgaming@lemmy.ml
!steamdeck@kbin.social
!steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
!xbox@kbin.social
!xbox@lemmy.world
!zxspectrum@kbin.social
!zxspectrum@lemmy.world

Thank you for compiling this!

I think the threadiverse is still to small to have individual game communities. I'd rather see people posting things about their games in a generic game community.

A couple of video game specific communities I'm subscribed to that I don't see here already:

!destiny@lemmy.world

!diablo@lemmy.world

And then this one is a genre based one:

!arpg@lemmy.ml

!lemmings@lemmings.world

!xenoblade@possumpat.io

!fireemblem@lemm.ee

!xcom@lemmy.world

As for platforms, there are a load of retro ones which can be added, not sure if you want to include those?

I see you've included gacha titles as well. There's a small Girls' Frontline community - it's mostly me posting posting news at the moment so it could definitely use a spotlight.

We have an active jrpg community here on lemmy as well. !jrpg@lemmy.zip

Rocket League

!rocketleague@lemmy.world
!rocket_league@lemmy.ca

Old School Runescape

!2007scape@lemmy.ml
!2007scape@lemmy.world

There is also !baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

I run both !currentlyplaying@feddit.uk and !photomode@feddit.uk

Currently Playing is a place to discuss what you're currently playing and Photo-Mode is a place to share in game screenshots and photographs you've taken whilst playing.

Sorry if the links are messed up. I've got no idea the right way to link at this point. The whole system seems a bit of a mess.

In addition to the Minecraft community, there's also !moddedminecraft@sopuli.xyz

A lot of those links will not work, because they have the order of the instance and community name swapped. It's !communityName@instanceName, not !instanceName@communityName. If you want what I've got so far in a more horizontal format like what you posted, here you go. I will not be updating this format, except maybe at the end after everyone's stopped submitting communities.

Game Design/Development

!destroy_my_game !game_design !gamedev (kbin.social) !gamedev (lemmy.blahaj.zone) !gamedev (lemmy.ml) !gamedev (programming.dev) !godot !haxe !inat (I Need A Team) !pico8 !play_my_game !roguelikedev !unity !unrealengine !voxel_dev

Games

!2007scape (lemmy.ml) !2007scape (lemmy.world) !anothereden !arknights !baldurs_gate_3 !battlebit !battlebitremastered !celeste !crusaderkings !cs !cyberpunk2077 !darksouls !dayz (kbin.social) !dayz (lemmy.world) !deadspace !undertale_deltarune (lemmy.world) !deltarune (lemmy.fmhy.ml) !destiny !diablo !doom !dota2 !drg !dwarffortress !factorio !fireemblem !ffxiv !genshin_impact !genshin_impact_leaks !geometrydash !girlsfrontline !guildwars2 (kbin.social) !guildwars2 (lemmy.wtf) !guiltygear !hellletloose !leagueoflegends (kbin.social) !league (lemmy.ml) !leagueoflegends (lemmy.world) !legendofzelda !lemmings !lolesports !lolfanart !masseffect !minecraft (kbin.social) !minecraft (lemmy.ml) !minecraft (lemmy.world) !moddedminecraft !mountandblade !neverwinternights !nomanssky !osu !overwatch2 !pokemedia !pokemon (kbin.social) !pokemon (lemmy.ml) !pokemongo !rocket_league (lemmy.ca) !rocketleague (lemmy.world) !satisfactory !thesinkingcity !skyrimmods !splatoon (kbin.social) !splatoon (lemmy.world) !starcitizen (citizensgaming.com) !starcitizen (kbin.social) !starcitizen (lemmy.ml) !starfield !startrekonline !templeofelementalevil !tf2 !thesims !titanfall !totk !touhou !trackmania !warframe !witchfire !wow !xcom !xenoblade

Genres

!arpg !automation_games !cozygames !incremental_games !interactive_fiction !jrpgs (kbin.social) !jrpg (lemmy.zip) !lifesimulation !otomegames !strategygames !visualnovels

Miscellaneous

!currentlyplaying !freegames !gamedeals !gamingcirclejerk !girlgames !gog !gyrogaming !oldgames4oldgamers !paradoxgames !patientgamers (kbin.social) !patientgamers (sh.itjust.works) !photomode !retrogaming (kbin.social) !retrogaming (lemmy.world) !steam !truegaming

Platforms

!3ds !amiga (kbin.social) !amiga (lemmy.sdf.org) !amiga (lemmy.world) !amiga (sopuli.xyz) !atari !c64 (lemmy.world) !c64 (sh.itjust.works) !commodore64 (kbin.social) !commodore64 (lemmy.world) !commodore_64 (lemmy.ca) !dosgaming !fpgagaming !iosgaming !leagueoflinux !linux_gaming (kbin.social) !linux_gaming (linux.ml) !linux_gaming (lemmy.world) !nintendo !nintendoswitch !switch !pcgaming !plus4 !sbcgaming !steamdeck (kbin.social) !steamdeck (sopuli.xyz) !xbox (kbin.social) !xbox (lemmy.world) !zxspectrum (kbin.social) !zxspectrum (lemmy.world)

!dda_discussion@cdda.social - we've got a micro-instance for our ultra-nichd foss roguelike, cataclysm: dark days ahead.

@fightinggames

^ I started that one a while ago, with the idea being that the fighting game community loves its gameplay clips, so we shouldn't fill up other instances with gameplay clips and cause storage problems for other servers.

I haven't promoted it (or even posted much to it yet) because I only just barely got the file storage worked out last week, but it works now so I'll starting trying to get it active. Plenty of space for gameplay clips and pictures of your arcade sticks, what with Mortal Kombat 1 coming out soon and Tekken 8 not long after that.

There's also !outerwilds@lemmy.world

https://kbin.social/m/templeofelementalevil

https://kbin.social/m/neverwinternights

I don't see it on the list or commented yet, and it is a bit sparse at the moment, but Dead Space is out there:
Dead Space - https://kbin.social/m/DeadSpace

I'm also going to suggest https://kbin.social/m/MadMax even though that magazine is for the Mad Max franchise in general, I've been posting stuff from the 2015 video game as well.

Editing for a third time because I totally forgot I mod The Sinking City mag too lol https://kbin.social/m/thesinkingcity

!likeadragon@lemmy.world for Yakuza/Like a Dragon

!lastepoch@lemmy.world

https://startrek.website/c/startrekonline

Why no Zelda!

Here's one for 'ya!

@OldGames4OldGamers

Retro game news, edited by yours truly. (I gotta update this thing; it's been a couple of days.)

Heres a couple other game dev ones from programming.dev since youve got some of them there
!godot@programming.dev
!pico8@programming.dev
!roguelikedev@programming.dev
!voxel_dev@programming.dev
!game_design@programming.dev
!play_my_game@programming.dev
!destroy_my_game@programming.dev
!inat@programming.dev

edit: !haxe@programming.dev

!battlebit@lemmy.ca

I didn't see !huntshowdown@lemmy.world

ok this is really niche, but The 7th Guest series (with The 11th Hour, and The 13th Doll, of course the upcoming VR game, and maybe some other related games like Clandestiny and Tender Loving Care)

!stauf_mansion@lemmy.mods4ever.com

and the Deus Ex series !deus_ex@lemmy.ml

also some communities for my mods for games (like Deus Ex Randomizer) https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/communities

https://kbin.social/m/HellLetLoose

Overwatch(2) - !overwatch2@lemmy.ml

I've got a few more for you that I forgot earlier

Point and click adventure games !adventuregames@lemm.ee

Doom !doom@lemmy.sdf.org

RollerCoaster Tycoon !rct@lemmy.world

StarCraft !starcraft@lemmy.world

Permanently Deleted

!drg@lemmy.world - Deep Rock Galactic

Ah! There's also Visual Novels.

https://kbin.social/m/anothereden - a JRPG nostalgia gacha game

There's !battlebitremastered too!