GameOrder.gg vs TheGamesDB | Play Orders vs Game Database
TheGamesDB is the community spreadsheet behind a lot of living-room frontends. We're the "which Castlevania first?" and "is this CIB tax real?" layer — same hobby, different layer of the stack.
| Category | GameOrder | TheGamesDB |
|---|---|---|
| Play order | ✅ | ❌ |
| CIB prices | ✅ | ❌ |
| Delisting alerts | ✅ | ❌ |
| Collector focus | ✅ | ❌ |
| No signup | ✅ | ✅ |
| Game database | ❌ | ✅ |
| Artwork / metadata | ❌ | ✅ |
| API access | ❌ | ✅ |
TheGamesDB is a community-maintained database used primarily by emulation frontends like EmulationStation to pull box art and metadata. GameOrder is for collectors who want franchise play orders, CIB prices, and delisting alerts — different tools, different jobs entirely.