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GameFAQs
What it is
GameFAQs is a free web destination for video game guides, questions and answers, cheats, reviews, and community discussion. Its database covers games from the last five decades. Individual game pages may bring together guides, Q&A, message boards, cheats, achievements, reviews, media, news, and release details. Players can ask or answer questions and join boards for games, gaming systems, communities, and special interests; the homepage says questions are usually answered in under an hour. Logged-in users can save favorite games and boards and request notifications about new guides, cheats, reviews, questions, news, and board activity. The site also lists contests, rankings, company and credit information, and user-submitted Top 10 lists. Selected guide bounties may pay contributors for original HTML guides, FAQs, or walkthroughs meeting eligibility and submission requirements.
For and against
For
- Covers games from five decades
- Combines guides, Q&A, boards, and reviews
- Users can save favorites and notifications
- Offers game guide bounty opportunities
- Includes daily Top 100 page visits
Against
- Bounty contributors must be at least 18
- Bounty work requires original HTML
- Identity and tax information may be required
- Some support directs users to message boards
The verdict
GameFAQs collects a wide range of game information and community tools in one free website. Accounts add tracking and notifications, while eligible contributors can pursue guide bounties under stated requirements.
Who it suits
It suits players looking for game help, community discussion, guides, cheats, reviews, and release information. Contributors may also use the site to submit qualifying guide work for selected bounties.
On the record
- Account functions
- The help page lists account topics including forgotten login details, unverified accounts, and account deletion.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Accounts
- The site provides account registration and login pages.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Boards
- The site offers message boards for games, communities, special interests, and gaming systems.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Bounties
- The site invites users to write guides for bounties and says they can earn money to buy games.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Bounty eligibility
- Bounty contributors must be at least 18, legally permitted to work where they live, and provide identity and tax information when requesting their first lock.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Bounty requirements
- Bounty guides must be original HTML work, and contributors may also be required to provide content for GameFAQs Answers.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Expert answers
- The homepage says questions to its experts are usually answered in under an hour.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Features
- The feature list includes a FAQ bounty program, game company and credit listings, contests, rankings, and user-submitted Top 10 lists.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Game database
- The GameFAQs database covers games from the last five decades.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Game help
- GameFAQs Q&A lets users ask and answer questions about games.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Game information
- Game pages can include guides, Q&A, boards, cheats, achievements, reviews, media, news, and release data.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Game tracking
- Logged-in users can add games to Favorite Games and Favorite Boards and request notifications for new guides, cheats, reviews, questions, news, and board activity.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Guide bounties
- The Bounty program pays contributors for selected complete guides, FAQs, and walkthroughs that meet listed requirements.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Help
- The help center has categories for account issues, advertising and promotions, contributing, game data and media, guides, message boards, Q&A, and saved game files.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Message boards
- The site describes its message boards as covering every game, interest, and community.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Ownership indicator
- The site footer displays a 2026 Fandom copyright notice.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Popular page rankings
- The GameFAQs Top 100 lists the site's 100 most visited game pages and is updated daily, a practice the page says has continued since 1998.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- The site footer identifies FANDOM, Inc. as the copyright holder.gamefaqs.gamespot.com · read 5 Oct 2026
