{"id":793438,"date":"2026-07-11T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793438\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:40:50","slug":"this-free-app-is-like-tinder-for-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793438\/","title":{"rendered":"This free app is like Tinder for video games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-64a4a744-7ba6-11f1-99a3-c7db4e47c560\">Tinder revolutionised dating with its simple UX concept of swiping left or right. Could the same idea now help gamers work through their backlog of games?<\/p>\n<p>An indie game developer has created a free app called Dustpile that lets you sort through the games in your Steam library with a familiar mechanic. You simply swipe right to flag titles you actually want to play, or swipe left on those that no longer take your fancy.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Made a small revamp to Dustpile. Added in lots of new features and 8 very cool themes. I&#8217;m determined to take this tool and turn it into the ultimate 3rd party Steam discovery and library management tool while keeping it free forever pic.twitter.com\/eS5ghOo8Zf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2074946598644101140\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2074946598644101140\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-19c08592-7bb8-11f1-a443-ffc8fd4e8d30-0\">Many gamers have built up big libraries of titles that they never get around to playing. Tolga Co\u015fkun, the founder of Dumbbell Games, thought a Tinder-style app might help with the challenge of deciding which to play next by providing a fresh way to visualise that backlog.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativebloq.com\/media\/img\/creativebloq_logo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativebloq.com\/media\/img\/creativebloq_logo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dustpile pulls in information from your Steam profile (you&#8217;ll need to have it public), and filters to games that you&#8217;ve never played (or have played for under 2 &#8211; 10 hours), and presents them as cards. It also displays games&#8217; ratings, review highlights, the time needed to complete them and screenshots to help users find their match (I guess you just have to hope the game doesn&#8217;t then ignore you).<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to help you &#8220;actually decide instead of staring at a wall of capsule images,&#8221; Tolga says.<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:40.60%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nTqLo538hQ3H7srz6pe2E5.jpg\" alt=\"Dustpile app\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nTqLo538hQ3H7srz6pe2E5.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nTqLo538hQ3H7srz6pe2E5.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Tolga Co\u015fkun)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2bf34630-7bc9-11f1-89ca-6730d7e4427e\">The result is a shortlist grouped by genre and exportable as JSON\/CSV or shareable via a link. There&#8217;s also a wishlist mode and a stats screen that includes the possibly unwelcome revelation of how that pile of unplayed games is worth.<\/p>\n<p>Tolga has said that he might put the app on Steam directly. For the moment it&#8217;s available on his <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dustpile.dumbbellgames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/dustpile.dumbbellgames.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a> in 12 languages. 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