List more in the comments! I’ll add them if they are a community for a video game genre, and have had at least one post in the last month. Crossposted to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca here.
- !adventuregames@lemm.ee (also has puzzle and interactive fiction)
- !arcaderacing@lemm.ee
- !automationgames@lemmy.zip (replaces dead feddit.de community)
- !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works
- !cozygames@lemmy.world (replaces dead feddit.de community)
- !crpg@lemmy.world
- !dailygames@lemmy.zip (for quick once-a-day web games like Wordle)
- !fgc@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !fgc@lemmy.world
- !incremental_games@incremental.social (having federation troubles, but as someone with an incremental.social account I can guarantee we are active)
- !jrpg@lemmy.zip and !jrpg@lemmy.world
- !lifesimulation@lemmy.world
- !metroidvanias@infosec.pub
- !otomegames@ani.social
- !rhythmgames@lemm.ee
- !roguelikes@lemmy.world
- !shmups@lemmus.org
- !simrallyracing@lemmy.world and !simracing@lemmy.zip
- !soulslike@lemmy.zip
- !strategy@lemmy.world, !strategygames@sopuli.xyz, !turnbasedstrategy@lemmy.world, !turn_based_tactics@lemmy.zip
- !tycoon@lemmy.world
- !visualnovels@ani.social
I also found some genres with dead communities. Maybe someone would like to revive one, or make a new one (preferably on a smaller instance than lemmy.world)?
- !horrorgaming@lemmy.world
- !platformer_games@sh.itjust.works
- !puzzlegames@lemm.ee (yes, !adventuregames has some, whether puzzles actually belong with adventure games is another conversation. I don’t think so but I’m not an expert on either genre)
- !realtimestrategy@lemmy.world and !rts@reddthat.com
- !survivalgames@lemm.ee
On my search for communities to put here I found some genres seem to be wholly missing. Let me know if I missed something!
- MMOs
- open world/sandbox
- RPGs that don’t really fit in CRPG or JRPG
- shooters (think FPS, hero shooters, literally any shooting game that does not fit in the shmup/shoot-em-up genre)
- simulation in general
- sports
- stealth
I agree. In the days immediately following the APIcalypse, people attempted to move all their favourite niche communities to Lemmy, but the site’s active userbase isn’t there yet for that kind of content - much to my displeasure: I was only active in two/three niche communities back when I was a Reddit user, but they are pretty much nonexistent here, so I’m forced to include more generic communities in my Lemmy feed to keep it from drying up.