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How Difficult Is It?

Jun 2, 2026 Entertainment & Media
difficulty gaming community ratings video games

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I created a side project called HowDifficultIsIt.com for users to rate the difficulty of video games. I threw it out to the wild and posted it on some subs. It got limited traction, so I forgot about it. Every month I get a report from Google Search Console that tells me how many clicks I got and I just checked it out last month to find I was getting 700+ clicks per month for the last few months and 2000+ page views. I've decided to improve the site, but still looking to build up an audience...

Comments (6)

Liliane Brekke Liliane Brekke 1 month ago

what stack did you throw this together with

Jeffry Blanda Jeffry Blanda 1 month ago

how do you normalize ratings across different player skill levels

Jace Braun Jace Braun 1 month ago

cold start problem kills this, howlongtobeat already owns the market

Miles Reinger Miles Reinger 1 month ago

howlongtobeat already owns this category, network effects are brutal here

Dorcas Schiller Dorcas Schiller 1 month ago

rating cards look well spaced, u adding platform filters?

Landen Conroy Landen Conroy 1 month ago

sqlite makes sense given the user count