Here in the Search nav, you can.... SEARCH. Start typing a game or gamer, it will autosuggest. Press one to go, or hit Enter to get the full search results.
Below the searchbox, you'll see recent games, gamers, clubs, events, and quests you've visited.
Below that is the full site map with all of the different pages on this platform. Most of these are accessible in the other navs too. But here they're all in one place, if you're into that sort of thing.
Jump in a virtual or IRL event, tournament, or league. Participate in a Quest (a gaming challenge that you can do any time). Channel 3 has something for all skill levels, including gaming-focused daily minigames.
Go to Events below to search for real-time tournaments or other events. Quests will show you offline challenges you can complete at any time.
c3.gg is a link-in-bio link shortener (like linktree). You can customize yours in the c3.gg studio.
RATE
RATE HELP
The heart of Channel 3 is rating and reviewing video games. What are your favorite games of all time? How about least favorite? The more games you rate, the more personalized Channel 3 becomes. You can even rate systems and make lists.
Press Games below to go to navigate the entire list of games. Or go Search.
Go to Lists to make collections of games. Channel 3 can be your game tracker, like Goodreads or Letterboxd for video games.
You can also rate and review video game systems. Which system did you start on? Press Systems below and go drop a review.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants
4/23
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
4/25
Another Crab's Treasure
4/25
The Epyx Collection: Handheld
4/26
TopSpin 2K25
SQUAD UP
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You may have friends here already, or you may meet your next lifelong squadmate here. Either way, Channel 3 is most fun when you find your people and can have friendly competitions and participate in challenges together.
Below you can navigate all the gamers, clubs, and causes on Channel 3.
If you'd like to create and run a Club, submit an New Club Request.
Whether it's 1 to 2, or 99 to 100, leveling up is the best feeling in the world. On Channel 3, when you participate in quests, when your post gets 1Up'd, when you crush a daily minigame, you get XP. Get 1k XP, and you level up and unlock rewards. Rewards can be custom reaction GIFs, cool backgrounds, or prize wheel spins for IRL gaming gear or in game currency.
Turbo is an optional subscription for superusers. You don't need Turbo to enjoy Channel 3. Turbo users get early access to new features, and are able to unlock more levels in a season.
On Channel 3, seasons last 3 months. They will always run January 1 - April 1, April 1 - July 1, July 1 - October 1, and October 1 - January 1.
Open channel3.gg in Chrome. Click the Install icon in the right side of the address bar:
Click Install when you get this prompt.
After installation, you can pin to the Windows taskbar alongside your other favorite apps.
Open channel3.gg in Safari. It has to be Safari.
Tap the Share button in the middle of the footer.
Tap Add to Home Screen.
Tap Add on the prompt.
BOOM. You're done. iPhones try to act like it's "just a website bookmark" because they want everyone to go through the App Store but really it functions just like an app... Full screen, moveable icon on your home screen. All of it.
Enjoy.
Install the Channel 3 app from the Google Play Store.
You have no opinion of games on this list, because you know literally nothing about them. Adding games to this list may prevent them from showing up in certain places on Channel 3.
Up until I had kids I made a point of 100% beating Mario, Zelda and most Metroid. I didn’t do every bonus mission for the Batman games but I got all the riddler trophies so I’m counting it. PvZ is the only game I’ve truly gotten all achievements on.
100%
Games you have fully, 100% completed. No stone unturned.
This is a real blind spot for me. I have the 2019 game on my Steam wishlist, hoping to find time for that (and the sequel when it comes to PC) one day.
What games have you bought multiple times? Whether across system generations, upgraded versions, broken copies, digital and physical, multiple family members, whatever. List them! Inspired by @connerf
I have around 5 farms now but my OG farm has gone through almost everything there is to do at this point
Added Summoner, bought it on PS2 launch day but got sucked into SSX instead. 5 or 6 years later I restarted the game and finished it
Restarts
Games that you walked away from and you decided to come back to, but you had not played in so long you had to restart it.
These all look incredible but these days I'm 95% gaming on the Switch. My gaming PC can handle them all but my Switch and Steam backlog are huge already.
Maybe Someday
List the games that you missed out on during their first pass that you hope to get a shot at someday. Maybe an upgrade, remaster, re-release, retro - whatever. You didn't get to play it but you hope to someday.
AC and Stardew are about building a prosperous yet sustainable island/farm (except for the whole flights to other islands part). The Ori games as others have said include restoring and preserving the natural world. FF7 has you save the planet from Shinra and Sephiroth’s attempts at destruction. Vampire Survivors has one level where you run around as a dog and restore the HP of trees with your rainbow farts.
Green Games
If planet Earth played video games, which would be its favorites? These are the games that celebrate our planet, by showing the beauty of nature, raising awareness for climate issue, encouraging sustainability, etc.
This is my first pass, I'll rank these later and maybe bump one or two but I think it's a solid list. Some punishing NES classics, punishing modern platformers, games that can get very difficult if you want them to (Celeste, MK8), and The Witness just has some reaaaally tough puzzles. I haven't finished that game since I've gotten so stuck on the puzzles (I used guides on a few but am keeping that to a minimum since that's not the point).
Top 10 Hardest Games
Rank your top ten hardest games. Ten and only ten!
Adding @pikmin-4, bought it because of @nono from the C3 community
Channel 3 Made Me Do It
Separate from games that Cr3w recommended, these are games that you only tried for the first time and/or continued to play thereafter because of C3 activities. Not "I tried it before and tried again now," but truly tried for the first time.
Mostly games I play with my family. so if you’re specifically looking for great games to play with kids, this is for you! I think I mentioned in my review of Terraria that I played a 6 hour co-op session with coworkers including @uxorcist , and after hearing @evolvixon talk about it on the pod I’m getting the itch to get back in
At some point I'll slow down on Zelda and get back to the first 3, which is what I was playing beforehand. But I'll also throw in Prime Remastered.
Next Up
We all know that the backlog is a barren wasteland from which games never return. This is your on-deck checklist for games that you actually will be playing next. This list isn't a graveyard, it's a reservation.
I'm sure there's more but these are the two I'm certain of. For Link to the Past I specifically remember a dream I had as a kid: I couldn't figure out where the Titan's Mitt was and really wanted it, so in my dream I captured a bee in a bottle and then let the bee go, which then somehow got me the Titan's Mitt. Spoiler alert, it did not work in the actual game, but hey there was no way to look this up back then. Just had to try out the wild ideas!
In Your Dreams
Games that literally end up in your dreams. Either you end up playing them in your dreams or in the game in your dreams.
