Alternatives and competitors

Sites like GameBanana

The 20 closest video game modding alternatives to GameBanana, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to GameBanana? The closest matches are Planet Minecraft, GTA5-Mods.com and gamespot.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About GameBanana

GameBanana gamebanana.com

GameBanana | The Game Modding Community - Since 2001

Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games

Wikidata: video game website dedicated to modding

Top 10K · #3,366 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit GameBanana

Summary by Claude

A community website where users upload, share and download free mods for video games, including skins, maps, sound mods, sprays, tutorials and works in progress.

Who it’s for
PC gamers and game modders
Business model
Advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to GameBanana’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

Steam CommunityPolygonGameRantLiteapksNexusModsInvenplayground.rugamespot.comGTA5-Mods.comPlanet Minecraft

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to GameBanana

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to GameBanana, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    Planet Minecraft planetminecraft.com Top 10K English

    Minecraft Internet forum and fansite

  2. 02
    GTA5-Mods.com gta5-mods.com Top 10K English

    GTA5-Mods.com - Your source for the latest GTA 5 car mods, scripts, tools and more.

  3. 03
    gamespot.com Top 10K English

    video game website

  4. 04
    playground.ru Top 10K Russian

    PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры

    PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры

  5. 05
    Inven inven.co.kr Top 10K

    South Korean webzine

  6. 06
    NexusMods nexusmods.com Top 1K English

    website for sharing computer game modifications

  7. 07
    Liteapks liteapks.com Top 10K English

    LITEAPKS - #1 MOD APK for Android

    LITEAPKS.COM is the leading reputable source for mod apk, free games and apps for Android

  8. 08
    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

  9. 09
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English

    Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

    Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

  10. 10
    Steam Community steamcommunity.com Top 1K English

    Steam Community

    Community Hubs are collections of all the best community and official game content as rated by users.

  11. 11
    Ruliweb ruliweb.com Top 10K Korean

    루리웹

    들어올 땐 마음대로인 루리웹 메인으로 들어오도록 해

  12. 12
    Newgrounds newgrounds.com Top 10K English

    NG Guard

    American entertainment and social media website

  13. 13
    gamewith.jp Top 10K Japanese

    ゲームウィズ - 日本最大級のゲームレビュー・攻略サイト

    日本最大級のゲーム総合情報サイト。Switch2・Switch・PS5・PS4・PC・スマホアプリのおすすめゲームや新作ゲームのランキング、評価、レビュー、ゲーム攻略の最新情報を毎日お届け。ゲーム探しはゲームウィズ!

  14. 14
    an1.com Top 10K English

    News, free games and program for Android

    Free Games and Programs, you can download for free, a lot popular games with MOD for Android.

  15. 15
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  16. 16
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

  17. 17
    curseforge.com Top 1K English

    corporation that owns a network of gaming-related websites

  18. 18
    Wowhead wowhead.com Top 10K English

    World of Warcraft News and Guides

    The largest World of Warcraft (WoW) information site, featuring guides, news, and information on classes, gearing, professions, raids, transmog, and more.

  19. 19
    Fur Affinity furaffinity.net Top 10K English

    Index -- Fur Affinity [dot] net

    Fur Affinity | For all things fluff, scaled, and feathered!

  20. 20
    game8.co Top 10K English

    Game8|The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!

    The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to gamebanana.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones GameBanana uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What GameBanana is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js
Fonts
  • Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=IBM+Plex+Mono|Open+Sans:400,700&display=swap
Analytics
Tag managers
Advertising
CDN
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=lSfqeAbI-MY7WQT7-BM_sGjzv6NaCCuhMgOVD…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=WpJwN5U7sOnf738WA1-GNGPu_7_-YM3hGTwEFZpT8GM

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