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TheGamer
Who runs TheGamer, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video game journalism alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
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- Closest alternative
- GameRant
Measured from TheGamer’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit TheGamer01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs TheGamer
TheGamer thegamer.com
TheGamer delivers the biggest video game news, in-depth interviews, honest reviews, timely previews, and surprising stories.
Wikidata: video game news website
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What TheGamer 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.
tracker that follows visitors
None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 13 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to TheGamer
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to TheGamer, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to TheGamer match.
- 01
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.
Very close - 02
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.
Very close - 03
4Gamer.net ― 日本最大級の総合ゲーム情報サイト。最新ゲームのニュース,レビューはここで!
ゲームの最新ニュースをお届けします。また,ゲームのタイトルのユーザーレビューの募集/掲載や,発売スケジュールなども用意。遊びたいゲームを探す時にご活用ください!
Very close - 04 Very close
- 05
Comicbook.com: Comics, Movies, TV, Gaming and Anime
Comicbook.com is the #1 site for everything geek. Get news, opinion and exclusives on movies, TV shows, video games, comics, anime and more.
Very close - 06
Game8|The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!
The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!
Very close - 07
ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News
ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!
Very close - 08
Fextralife | Delve Deeper. Explore Further.
375,000+ expert-authored guides, builds, and lore across 300+ games. In-depth knowledge built for players who never stop exploring.
Very close - 09
StopGame — всё про видеоигры, сайт об играх, игровой портал
Всё про видеоигры на сайте StopGame. Максимально актуальная информация об играх и игровой индустрии онлайн. Press Start!
Very close - 10
Serebii.net - Where Legends Come To Life
Contains up-to-date news, databases and information about all Pokémon Games, TCG sets and the TV show.
Very close - 11
Игромания — игровые новости, обзоры, релизы, киберспорт и косплей
Игромания — честное и непредвзятое медиа-издание про игры, кино и технологии. Регулярно публикуем новости, обзоры и превью на игры, кино, киберспорт, косплей и многое другое.
Very close - 12
VALORANT News | Latest Events & Competitive News | THESPIKE.GG
THESPIKE.GG is the leading website for VALORANT News, VALORANT Event Coverage & VALORANT Team Rankings
Very close - 13
Anime News Network
English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture
Very close - 14
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close - 15
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close - 16
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close - 17
Templated | Independent Gambling & iGaming Industry News
Independent news on the online casino, sports betting, and iGaming industries. Daily coverage of regulation, operators, and business.
Very close - 18
The Dice Tower
The Dice Tower is dedicated to getting folks to learn about the wide world of exciting new board games. We do video reviews, and an audio show, and more.
Very close - 19
Киберспорт и игры, новости, турниры, расписание матчей, рейтинги команд и игроков - Cybersport.ru
Новости, интервью и обзоры из мира киберспорта, игр, кино и аниме. Турниры, прогнозы, расписание матчей, рейтинги команд и игроков. Записи игр, видеообзоры и стримы.
Very close - 20
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles TheGamer’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones TheGamer uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what TheGamer 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 · 9 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,212
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 38 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to TheGamer’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- CDN
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com ~all
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=FfaizUmzEFvl6mKgMz1_k6GUc8pOuDeIsjcrke4I1KE
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=ler59grepwoxguktsl3wztkerkj1p5
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Google Analytics 12/20
- Meta Business Suite 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on thegamer.com 9/20
- PHP 8/20
- WordPress 8/20
- Amazon SES 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on thegamer.com 7/20
- nginx 6/20
- Comscore · not on thegamer.com 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on thegamer.com 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on thegamer.com 5/20
- jQuery · not on thegamer.com 5/20
- jsDelivr 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on thegamer.com 4/20