1.3/5
Trustpilot rating
63 reviews
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Should I Use Eurogamer.net?
Your trusted source for video game news, reviews and guides, since 1999.
Worth it
Worth itGamers after trusted news, reviews and guides should read it — free since 1999 and home to Digital Foundry's hardware analysis.
Free, veteran gaming journalism with standout Digital Foundry tech reviews — just don't expect scores or ad-free reading.
Confidence: High
1999
Founded
Now a Ziff Davis/IGN brand
Yes
Free tier
Optional Supporter Programme since 2021
95/100
Safety scan
Gridinsoft trust score
Value for money
4
Free to read; supporter tier optional
Feature depth
4
Reviews, guides, features, Digital Foundry tech analysis
Support quality
1
1.3/5 Trustpilot across 63 reviews
Security posture
4
Gridinsoft trust score 95/100
Pros
- Publishing trusted gaming journalism since 1999; among Europe's largest independent sites⁶
- Digital Foundry hardware reviews (PS5, PSVR2) treated as community reference points⁹
- Dropped numeric scores in 2015 for more nuanced reviews³
- Free to read; optional Supporter Programme funds the site²
- Runs an official Steam curator page for PC recommendations10
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumTrustpilot averages 1.3/5 (63 reviews), dominated by customer-service complaints.⁵
- lowOptional Supporter Programme launched 2021 — verify what membership actually includes before paying.11
- lowSite published a special notice to account holders about tech-team emails; no breach confirmed in sources.⁴
Best for
- Gamers wanting news, reviews and guides
- Tech buyers — Digital Foundry hardware deep-dives
- PC gamers (official Steam curator)
- Readers happy to optionally fund journalism
Not for
- Anyone shopping for software — it's a magazine, not a tool
- Score-seekers — numeric reviews dropped in 2015
- Guess: ad-haters; the free tier is ad-funded
- Industry/business news readers — that lives at sister site
Pricing
Free
£0
- News, reviews, guides and features
- Ad-supported
Supporter Programme
Not stated in reviewed sources
- Voluntary support of Eurogamer journalism
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Trustpilot raters score it poorly at 1.3/5, while Reddit gaming communities treat Eurogamer and Digital Foundry reviews as reference material.
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Based on 20+ public sources: Trustpilot, Reddit, ResetEra, Wikipedia, Ziff Davis, Gridinsoft and Eurogamer's own pages.
Sources
- Eurogamer.neteurogamer.netofficial
- Eurogamer Subscriptioneurogamer.netofficial
- Eurogamer has dropped review scoreseurogamer.netnews
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- Trustpilot reviews of eurogamer.nettrustpilot.comreview
- Eurogamer — Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgnews
- Eurogamer | Ziff Davis brandsziffdavis.comofficial
- Eurogamer.net Safety Review (Gridinsoft)gridinsoft.comsecurity
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- EUROGAMER.net — Steam Curatorstore.steampowered.comofficial
news
- Eurogamer is changing — ResetEra (Aug 2025)resetera.comnews
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