How the Matrix picks your next game

Matrix Picks isn't an AI chatbot and it doesn't track you. It's a recommendation engine built on an open database of 12,817 retro games. Every game is tagged with its genre, era, player count, how long a typical session or playthrough lasts, and a legacy score based on how widely the game is documented around the world.

Each answer you give narrows or re-weights the matrix. Your mood maps to a group of genres, your time budget matches games that suit it, and your player count filters out games that can't support your group. Choosing deep cut favors games with a documented history that get far less attention than the big names. A little randomness keeps every re-roll fresh, so hit Re-roll until something grabs you.

Prefer to dig through the list yourself? Browse and filter every game, or start from a system or genre.