Festivals & community
Queer games don't happen alone. These are some of the festivals, archives, magazines and groups where they get played, studied and celebrated, and where queer developers find each other.
Online
Gayming Magazine
News, reviews and interviews about LGBTQIA+ games and the people who make them, plus the yearly Gayming Awards.
Online
LGBTQ Video Game Archive
A researched archive of LGBTQ content in games from the 1980s to now, led by games scholar Adrienne Shaw.
Online
Represent Me
A charity-run database of LGBTQIA+ characters in games, searchable by identity, genre and platform.
Online
gamedev.lgbt
A community for queer game developers, with a Mastodon server and community-made bundles.
Online and worldwide
IGDA LGBTQ+ SIG
The International Game Developers Association's special interest group for LGBTQ+ game developers, building community and advocating for queer people in the industry.
Naarm Melbourne and online
Melbourne Queer Games Festival
A yearly showcase of queer games from around the world, with talks, exhibitions and open submissions.
Tell us about a community
Run a queer games night, a festival, a jam or a Discord? Know one we should shout about? We'd love to hear about it.