After 4 months of evenings and weekends, I just launched NEXTURN — a swipe-based game discovery tool: https://nexturn.games
Why I built it
Steam's "recommended for you" only ever showed me sequels of games I'd already finished. The fundamental problem: most recsys treat "already played" as "you'll like more like this" — which is often wrong.
NEXTURN gives you 3 zones to sort games into:
- Love (★1-5 rating)
- Interested (will play later)
- Not for me (the key zone)
The third zone is what makes it different. You explicitly tell the engine what you don't want, and it propagates that signal across genres, themes, and game modes.
Stack
- Next.js 16 (Turbopack canary) + React 19
- Tailwind v4 + framer-motion (drag UX)
- IGDB API for game data
- Custom recommendation engine with MMR diversity reranking
- All session state in localStorage (no DB, no signup)
- Vercel hosting
Highlights
- ~1200 hand-curated titles across 17 genres
- IGDB-powered global pool fallback
- Generates a shareable image of your taste profile
- Free, no signup, no ads
- JP / EN both fully localized
What's next
- Product Hunt launch tomorrow (Tue Apr 28)
- Show HN once my account ages a bit
- Post-launch performance + feedback loop
Would love technical feedback on the swipe UX and the recommendation quality 🙏
Try it: https://nexturn.games
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