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"There is no platform that matches Steam's excellent discovery system" according to Heroes of Might and Magic publisher, the real problem is "some games should not be made" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Ignorant question here, but it relates to discovery issues I have on Steam, so maybe this is the thread for it. Is there a way to filter by multiple tags? It's entirely possible I'm just dumb, but I find the tags system useless without that ability. I don't want to see every FPS on Steam, I want to see specifically Singleplayer, Story-Rich FPS games with an emphasis on Weapon Customization and Environmental Destruction (for example). I'm on mobile at the moment and that query doesn't seem possible via the app, but I've had similar issues with the desktop client as well. My experience is that I can only browse one tag, which is not especially useful most of the time.

Like I said, this seems like something that I'm just missing, and I'm willing to eat a big helping of humble pie if someone can set me straight.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The problem with that is what do you do if a game doesn't match all of the tags, do you hide it or do you show it. How many of the tags does it have to match in order to be shown?

For example Teardown is a story rich, FPS with destruction mechanics. But it don't have much in the way of weapons customisation, so do you want it, or not?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 minutes ago

This query made me think of this sketch as steams' search techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMboDekgvz0