Game Scout
ActiveAdvanced game search and filtering platform with smart categorization and ordering
Overview
Game Scout is a tool to search games. Instead of relying just genres, it has AI powered tags, themes and mechanics that lets users to find games. Also included smart ranking system that calculates from rate and rate count together.
The Problem
Traditional game search platforms only match exact keywords. If you search for "medical games," you might only get games with "medical" in the title, missing out on surgery simulators, hospital management games, and health education titles.
The Solution
Game Scout uses advanced categorization:
- Search: Find tag, theme, mecanics or description
- Ordering: Order games with weighted rating algorithm
- Advanced Filters: Combine co-op mode, player count, difficulty, and specific mechanics
- Plus Mode: Find games that support specific features like local co-op, split-screen
Key Features
Advanced Filters
- Player Modes: Single-player, co-op, local-multiplayer etc.
- Game Mechanics: story-driven, crafting, turn-based, stealth
- Plus Filters: Included in PS Plus, Extra or Free games
Smart Ranking System
- Weighted Rating Algorithm: Uses both rating score and rating count to find truly great games
- Prevents high-rated games with only few reviews from dominating results
- Balances popularity with quality to surface hidden gems
- Customizable sorting by best-rated, most popular, or balanced score
Smart Categorization
- Automatically categorizes games into 50+ mechanics and themes
- Games can belong to multiple categories
- Genre-blending discovery (find games that mix your favorite styles)
Precise Discovery
Combine multiple filters to find exactly what you want:
- "4-player local co-op puzzle games"
- "Story-driven action games"
- "Medical simulation games"
Technical Highlights
- Frontend: Next.js
- Backend: Python
- Database: Postgres
- Scraping: Playwright
- Tagging: OpenAI
Current State
The app works and I actually use it myself to find games. But honestly, I have zero other users.
The features are there, search works well, but getting users is a completely different challenge that I haven't figured out yet.
Future Plans
- →Actually get some users (seriously, how?)
- →Add semantic search capabilities
- →Fix mobile iOS app that's been broken
- →Add game price tracking and alerts
- →Expand to other platforms like Steam and Epic Games
Update Log
Created a web app with logical filters intead of llm
Initial launch with llm wrapper to search games as mobile ios app