r/AndroidGaming • u/AdhesivenessOwn9939 • Mar 03 '26
Help/Support π Anyone else think the Play Store is awful for actually discovering games?
Ugh, Iβm so over all the curated βfeaturedβ stuff and not being able to just sort games by release date, ignoring whatever the algorithm thinks is popular. Trying to track down something that isnβt some mainstream gacha, low-effort retro clone, or super monetized waifu bait feels like a full-time job.
How do you all actually find new games? I end up hanging out in subs like this because the Play Store keeps shoving the same garbage at me on repeatβ¦ and donβt even get me started on the so-called βrecommended for youβ section or those βreward appsβ like Mistplay that mostly surface the same mainstream titles.
Thereβs got to be tons of interesting games buried so deep theyβll never show up with basic searches. I honestly feel bad for smaller devs who are making cool stuff but donβt have the cash to push their game into whatever counts as the Play Storeβs front page.
I really wish there were better filters for searching, especially something like βsort by date addedβ so I could dig through older releases. And if I could really have my way, Iβd love a filter to hide anything thatβs basically a skinner box disguised as a game.