Sites like Polygon

01 · Entity

About Polygon

Polygon polygon.com

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.

Wikidata: video game website

Top 10K · #5,229 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

Online publication covering video games and entertainment, with news, reviews, features, game guides and walkthroughs, plus coverage of movies, TV, anime, comics and tabletop games.

Who it’s for

Video game players and pop culture fans

Business model

Advertising

• video game journalism
• video game news
• game reviews
• game walkthroughs and guides
• Game of the Year coverage
• movie and TV streaming recommendations
• tabletop games
• anime and comics coverage

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Polygon’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.

1. 01
   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.

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   0 say GameRant is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say GameRant isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.971
2. 02
   gamespot.com Top 10K English

   video game website

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   0 say gamespot.com is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say gamespot.com isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.962
3. 03
   CBR cbr.com Top 10K English

   CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news

   Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!

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   0 say CBR is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say CBR isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.956
4. 04
   Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English

   Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

   Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.

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   0 say Gizmodo is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Gizmodo isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.945
5. 05
   ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English

   ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News

   ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!

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   0 say ScreenRant is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say ScreenRant isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.943
6. 06
   The Verge theverge.com Top 1K English

   The Verge

   The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

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   0 say The Verge is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say The Verge isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.939
7. 07
   Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

   Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

   Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

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   0 say Bored Panda is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Bored Panda isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.934
8. 08
   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！

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   0 say gamewith.jp is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say gamewith.jp isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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9. 09
   Inven inven.co.kr Top 10K

   South Korean webzine

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   0 say Inven is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Inven isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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   Very close cos 0.933
10. 10
    The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com Top 10K

    American news publication

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    0 say The Daily Beast is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say The Daily Beast isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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11. 11
    PCWorld pcworld.com Top 10K English

    PCWorld

    PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.

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    0 say PCWorld is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say PCWorld isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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    Very close cos 0.934
12. 12
    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!

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    0 say game8.co is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say game8.co isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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    Very close cos 0.930
13. 13
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English

    Vox

    Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

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    0 say Vox is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Vox isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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    Very close cos 0.931
14. 14
    ign.com Top 10K German

    IGN Deutschland

    IGN Deutschland: Eure Anlaufstelle für aktuelle Tests, Reviews und Specials zu Videospielen, Games, Kino und Serien. Von Playstation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch und PC bis zu Marvel und Co.

    • Amazon SES
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    0 say ign.com is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say ign.com isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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    Very close cos 0.929
15. 15
    Bahamut Gamer's Community gamer.com.tw Top 10K Chinese

    巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 - 系統異常回報

    Taiwanese ACG Internet forum

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    0 say Bahamut Gamer's Community is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Bahamut Gamer's Community isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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16. 16
    MakeUseOf makeuseof.com Top 10K English

    MUO - Technology, Simplified.

    MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.

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    0 say MakeUseOf is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say MakeUseOf isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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17. 17
    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

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    0 say playground.ru is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say playground.ru isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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18. 18
    Deadline deadline.com Top 10K English

    Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News

    Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.

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    0 say Deadline is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Deadline isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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19. 19
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English

    MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.

    The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.

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    0 say MovieWeb is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say MovieWeb isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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20. 20
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

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    0 say Collider is a good alternative to Polygon 0 say Collider isn’t a real alternative to Polygon

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    Very close cos 0.928

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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