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Who runs PC Gamer, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video game media alternatives.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs PC Gamer

PC Gamer pcgamer.com

Wikidata: British-American video game magazine

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What PC Gamer tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

10 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

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Cookie banner
Sourcepoint
US company
4 tools
  • Advertising and retargeting

    Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.

  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to PC Gamer

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to PC Gamer, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than PC GamerNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    PCGamesN pcgamesn.com English 2 trackers

    PCGamesN | PC games news, reviews, guides, and hardware

    The latest PC games news, guides, and reviews. Expert opinions on the PC gaming gear you need and the games you play.

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  2. 02
    Rock Paper Shotgun rockpapershotgun.com English 7 trackers

    Rock Paper Shotgun

    PC gaming news, previews, reviews, opinion.

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  3. 03
    gamespot.com Top 10K English

    video game website

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  4. 04
    eurogamer.net English 6 trackers

    Eurogamer.net

    Your trusted source for video game news, reviews and guides, since 1999.

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  5. 05
    Kotaku kotaku.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More.

    video game website and blog

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  6. 06
    gamesradar.com English 3 trackers

    GamesRadar+

    GamesRadar+ takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love.

    Compare gamesradar.com with PC Gamer →
  7. 07
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

    Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

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  8. 08
    Tom's Hardware tomshardware.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast

    Tom's Hardware helps you buy the best hardware and build the best PC to play, create and work..

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  9. 09
    TheGamer thegamer.com English 1 tracker

    TheGamer - The Leading Source for Gaming News, Reviews, and Interviews

    TheGamer delivers the biggest video game news, in-depth interviews, honest reviews, timely previews, and surprising stories.

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  10. 10
    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

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  11. 11
    PCWorld pcworld.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    PCWorld

    PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.

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  12. 12
    TechPowerUp techpowerup.com English No trackers

    TechPowerUp

    Leading tech publication, with fast news, thorough reviews, and a strong community.

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  13. 13
    anandtech.com English No trackers

    Checking your browser

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  14. 14
    Tom's Guide tomsguide.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Tom's Guide | Tech Product Reviews, Top Picks and How To

    Tom's Guide upgrades your life by helping you decide what tech to buy, showing you how to get the most out of it and solving problems as they arise. Tom's Guide is here to help you....

    Compare Tom's Guide with PC Gamer →
  15. 15
    GameWith gamewith.net English 2 trackers

    GameWith

    Welcome to GameWith; Your daily source of the latest and hottest Game Guides and News.

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  16. 16
    ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET

    see all latest

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  17. 17
    Wired wired.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business | WIRED

    We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.

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  18. 18
    XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    XDA

    The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

    Compare XDA Developers with PC Gamer →
  19. 19
    Mashable mashable.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Mashable

    Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.

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  20. 20
    Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles PC Gamer’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones PC Gamer uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what PC Gamer adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 13 technologies
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k = 20
Sites searched
9,195
Vector
384-d
Query
41 ms

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