I linked a Warlockracy video because I really enjoy his choice of games and presentation.
Other channels I really enjoy: Mandalore, Grim Beard, Civvie11, Oboeshoesgames, and Boulder Punch.
If you can’t tell, I like longform, scripted and edited videos on older games and niche games and mods.
Videogamedunkey and NakeyJakey make some great/hilarious content.
There’s also a soft spot in my heart for Jerma985 though these days he does twitch and only occasionally posts clips to his second channel.
Real Civil Engineer for messing about in building games like KSP, Cities Skylines
Let’s Game it Out for breaking games
The Spiffing Brit for finding funny exploits
Video Game Dunkey for reviews.
I second Let’s Game it Out. Josh is insane
Wirtual definitely does a great job of the long form history focused deep dives on Trackmania.
I don’t watch that much Youtube nowadays (don’t have much free time), but when I do, I enjoy these channels the most:
- Girlfriend Reviews: Entertaining, funny, and wholesome reviews. Really like their dynamic;
- GPLaps: Very interesting simracing channel, you get regular simracing content but also some very interesting videos about historic races, cars, tracks, etc., that he recreates with mods;
- Kilian Experience whenever he feels like uploading. Has been branching to other stuff aside from gaming lately;
- LordKnight: Fighting game-focused channel. Initially subscribed because he was the Millia player outside Japan but switched to Baiken since. Still has good, insightful content.
On PeerTube, there’s BoilingSteam, who mainly focuses on PC gaming on Linux. I’d like to get a better feel for what’s on there regarding gaming channels and whatnot. If you know any you’d recommend, I’d really appreciate if you could mention them.
Girlfriend Reviews is fracking hilarious!
I like Quill18 as a non-hypey gamer who plays a nice array of games. He’s mostly into stategic sims, but ventures out to other game types every now and than. He has a solid understanding of the games he plays, yet he doesn’t cheese it.
love his fundraising streams too!
Mandalore, Hbomberguy, AmbiguousAmphibian, Jwlar, The Dadliest Man, MattKC, Oxhorn, Joseph Anderson, Your Favourite Son, Summoning Salt, Noodle, Avalanche Reviews, Monty Zander, Boulder Punch, The Nth Review, King K
Maybe some others, but those are the ones that jumped out in my Sub list!
2nd for AmbiguousAmphibian. My wife isn’t a gamer, but she loves to watch his videos with me. He always works in some absurd narration and social commentary.
100% the boyf tunes out on most my gaming YTer bullshit but enjoys AA, the absurdity and the Sims help 😅
Thank you so much for this, as soon as I read that you put Mandalore first on the list, I went through all your recommendations and found a couple I didn’t know about (loving Jwlar right now).
You’re most welcome! Im usually a fan of more long form than Mandalore, but I can easily put on a mix of their videos for hours 😍
Yeah me too, Joseph Anderson is my absolute favorite. I remember the first time I came across his channel back when he revisited his fallout 4 review, no one does it like him!
He’s next level when it comes to long form; excellent detail and perspective. I appreciate his literary background playing into his analysis
If you care about the technology behind games, Digital Foundry is fantastic
My top two are:
- Many A True Nerd
- GmanLives
MATN is pretty chill and wholesome and funny. GmanLives focuses mainly on FPS games, but they have funny honest opinions about what they are checking out and they do some nice retrospective videos as well. I also like TK-Mantis for his Fallout stuff as well, decino for his Doom deep dive videos, and Accursed Farms for his game dungeon series.
I found out about GmanLives recently and I’m loving his videos. I didn’t realize there were still so many great FPS games around such as Atomic Heart, Scorn and WH40K: Boltgun. And I like his review style. Funny but also straight to the point.
DougDoug is my recent favorite! He consistently has some really unique and creative ways to play games, videos are tightly edited, and he’s funny af. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyGlKOhDUooPJFy4v_mqPg
Love his zoo and amusement park videos! I feel like I’m missing some lore about Rosa though.
Jacob Geller, although his videos are often about much more than just video games.
i love jacob geller! i only recently got introduced to his videos but he has some of the best written videos about games (and other stuff) on youtube, and he spotlights a lot of indie/obscure art games that i wouldn’t have found and appreciated otherwise.
I miss Two Best Friends Play.
I’ve been watching videogamedunkey since I was a highschool freshman. I love his humour, style, and his insights in games and other media.
I like DarkViperAU. He’s a GTA5 speedrunner, something I had never followed, but his explanations and general style is great for me. His “one hit KO” series, where he attempts to complete GTA5 without taking any damage, is a fun place to start. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAnJ4ZuTYaeGOdVzYfhfZUgjVcyCeYVwO
This one is a little niche, but Harstem is a Starcraft 2 pro player who does a couple great series of videos related to the game. He’s a lot of fun to watch because he has a deadpan sense of humor and an incredibly chill voice.
I’d start with his “Beating Grandmasters with Stupid Stuff” video where he pretends to be AFK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLKc5wwo7a0
Harstem is wonderful!
I enjoy watching ironmouse on twitch.
