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| Type | Bad | Better | Best or Least Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animation Program | Adobe Animate, ToonBoom | OpenToonz | Synfig |
| Anthology | "Multi-Animator Projects", Shorty McShorts Shorts, Sonic Paradox | KaBlam, Liquid Television, MAD | The Animation Show, The Twilight Zone |
| BitTorrent Client | BitComet, BitLord, Deluge, uTorrent, Vuze | 9front's torrent, btpd | qBittorrent, Transmission |
| Budget Laptop | Acer Aspire One, Chromebook series | ThinkPad series | PineBook Pro |
| Circus Series | The Amazing Digital Circus | Popee the Performer | Karakuri Circus |
| Collectathon/Treasure Hunting | New Super Mario Bros. 2, Pizza Tower | Banjo-Kazooie series, Pac-Man World trilogy, Rayman 2 Revolution, Wario World | Wario Land |
| Creature-Raising Strategy Game | Mewgenics, Pokémon Conquest | Azure Dreams, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Viva Pinata | Void Terrarium |
| Cyberpunk | Cyberpunk 2077, Serial Experiments Lain | Analog Nowhere, Black Mirror, The Matrix | Blade Runner |
| Desktop Environment | GNOME, KDE, Unity | LXQt, Xfce | Enlightenment, GNUstep |
| Digital Card Game | Lemon Angel, Magic The Gathering, Slay the Spire, Tabletop Simulator | Hearthstone, Marvel Trading Card Game, Uno | Pokémon Card GB2, Thronebreaker |
| Digital Safe | BitLocker, FileVault, password managers | AESCrypt, cryptsetup | 7-Zip, VeraCrypt |
| Digital Sandbox | Garry's Mod, Minecraft Bedrock Edition, Roblox, VRChat | IMVU, Luanti, Minecraft Classic, Sim series | Second Life's open-source version |
| Document Handler | Apple Pages, Google Docs, Microsoft Word | LibreOffice Writer, WordGrinder | pandoc |
| Document Viewer | Adobe Acrobat | Okular, xpdf | 9front's page, zathura |
| Drawing Game | Drawn to Life | Magic Pengel, Pac-Pix, Pictionary, Q Remastered | Pokémon Ranger, Ohkamiden |
| Dreams | ENA, Moondreamers | .flow, LSD Revamped, Yume Nikki | Dreaming Mary, NiGHTS into Dreams |
| E-Books | Kindle | Anna's Archive | Internet Archive |
| Family-Oriented Show | Bluey, Chip Chilla, nearly every Nickelodeon show, Peppa Pig, Sho-nen Jump adaptations | Cardcaptor Sakura, Freakazoid, Friendship is Magic, Hanna-Barbera's output, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Pucca, Rilu Rilu Fairilu, Sonic Boom/Toon | Aria, World Masterpiece Theater |
| Films and Shows On Demand | Crunchyroll, Disney+, HIDIVE, Hulu, Max, Netflix, Peacock | RetroCrush, Shout Factory TV, ROW8 | BitTorrent, Fandango On Demand; even the local library is better than a streaming "service" |
| Free Porn Provider | XNXX, XVideos | jav.guru, PornHub, sex.com | GayMaleTube, PornoTube |
| Game Boy Emulator | GameYob, Nintendo Switch Online, RIN, TGB Dual, Virtual Console, VisualBoyAdvance | Gambatte, GBE+, libretro's SameBoy, Mesen-S | BGB, mGBA, standalone SameBoy |
| Game Dev Guide | Extra Credits, Game Maker's Toolkit, Going Indie, Indie Game: The Movie, Magic The Noah, Thomas Brush | Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games | Level Up! The Guide to Great Game Design |
| Gem-Centric Work | Steven Universe | Jewelpet Twinkle, Magica franchise | Witchy Precure 2 |
| Genesis/Mega Drive Emulator | DGen, Kega Fusion, PicoDriveTWL | BlastEm, jenesisDS, PicoDrive, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection/Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection | Genesis Plus GX |
| Girly Fighting | River City Girls, Skullgirls, Strip Fighter II | Advanced/Super Variable Geo, Dead or Alive, Rumble Roses | Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS |
| Halloween | Spooky Month | I Luv Halloween | Jersey Devil |
| Hard Platformer | Celeste, Electronic Super Joy, LISA, Meat Boy, Mighty Jill Off, The End Is Nigh, VVVVVV | Conker's Bad Fur Day, The Cursed Games/Noroi no Geimu, New Super Luigi U, Syobon Action | Bionic Commando Rearmed, Nihilumbra |
| Healthier Energy Drink | advanced.gg, Celsius, gamersupps, G-FUEL | Ghost, Ryse Fuel, Sparkling Ice Caffeine | Liquid Death |
| Hell | Helluva Boss | Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell | God, the Devil, and Bob |
| Horizontal Shooter | Deep Blue, Silver Surfer, Stinger, Zombie Nation | Cotton, Sexy Parodius | Darius Gaiden, Lords of Thunder |
| Imageboard | crystal.cafe, lolcow.farm, soyjak.st, Wiichan | Uboachan | sushigirl.us |
| Instant Messaging | Discord, Slack | Jabber/XMPP, PictoChat | IRC |
| Metroidvania/Castleroid | Blasphemous, Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror | Axiom Verge, Castlevania II Re-translation, Koumajou Densetsu/Remilia II, La-Mulana, Wonder Boy sequels | Slain: Back From Hell, Super Metroid Redux |
| Mindnumbing Drink | Bud Light, Coors, Cycling Frog, Jack Daniel's, Melt | Beatbox, Five CBD Seltzer, High Noon, Long Drink, Zen AF | The Float Shoppe |
| NDS Emulator | DeSmuME, iDeaS, No$GBA | NooDS | melonDS |
| OEM | iBuyPower, HP, Librem, Sony | System76 | GEEKOM, Lenovo |
| Online Store | Alibaba/Aliexpress, Amazon, Limited Run Games, Maestro Media, Nicalis, Ownaj, Retroware, Sharkrobot, Steam, Temu, wish.com | eBay, GOG | Craigslist, iFixit |
| Phone Manufacturer | Apple, Cisco, Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi | Fairphone, Google, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Sony | ASUS, Lenovo |
| Phone OS | GrapheneOS, iOS/iPadOS, stock Android | AOSP, KaiOS, Replicant | LineageOS |
| Platform Fighter | Brawlhalla, Fraymakers, Indie Pogo, Nick All-Star Brawl, Rivals of Aether | Brawl+, Dream Mix TV World Fighters | Super Smash Bros. 3D |
| Premium Porn Provider | FapHouse, HentaiKey, PornHub Premium, XVideos Red | Futa3DX, RealGirlsNow, SexArt, VRSmash, Watch4Beauty | AEBN, POVR, SexLikeReal |
| Proxy/VPN | cryptostorm, ExpressVPN, HideMyAss, NordVPN, Surfshark | Mullvad, Privoxy | self-hosted SOCKS5 proxy |
| PS2 Emulator | DamonPS2 | AetherSX2/PCSX2, Play! | ps2_netemu |
| PSone Emulator | ePSXe, PlayStation Classic, PSXfin | Beetle PSX, pops, ps1_netemu, XEBRA | DuckStation/SwanStation |
| Puzzle Platformer | Time Fcuk | Catrap, Eversion, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Solomon's Key, Toki Tori | Game Boy Donkey Kong, Tiny Crate |
| "Retro" Handheld | Analogue series, Atari Flashback, stock Game & Watch Color Screen, Game Gear Mini, Miyoo Mini Plus | Anbernic series, modded Game & Watch Color Screen, Powkiddy boxes | Retroid Pocket series |
| Rhythm Game Engine | Friday Night Funkin'/KadeEngine | beatoraja, e-kara/e-Singer, osu!lazer | DTX Mania NX, Stepmania |
| Roguelike/Roguelite | ADOM, Angband, Desktop Dungeons, Don't Starve, DTR, NetHack, Slash'EM, Spelunky, ToeJam & Earl | BrogueCE, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, OpenBSD's hack, Shattered Pixel Dungeon | Mystery Dungeon, Powder |
| Run-and-Gun | Earthworm Jim, Iron Meat, I Wanna Be the Guy, Mighty No. 9, Risk of Rain | Battle Kid, Cave Story 3D Relocalized, Karnov, Kero Blaster, Magical (Kids) Doropie, Mega Man Xtreme, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts | Contra Spirits, Metal Slug X |
| Scripting Language | Erlang, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby | Lisp, Lua, make, Octave, Perl | awk, mk, sed |
| Sega Saturn Emulator | SSF, Yabause | YabaSanshiro | Beetle/Mednafen Saturn |
| Server OS | Fedora/RHEL, macOS, NetBSD, Ubuntu, Windows Server | 9front, Devuan, DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, OpenWRT | Alpine Busybox+Linux, OpenBSD |
| Shell | bash, dash, oh-my-zsh | fish, rc, zsh | ash, oksh |
| Super NES/Super Famicom Emulator | SNEmul, snes9xtylmod, ZSNES | bsnes-hd | Snes9x |
| Top-Down Puzzler | Baba Is You, Sohkoban | Adventures of Lolo/Eggerland, Helltaker, Puzzle Boy | Catherine, Egypt for Famicom |
| Top-Down Shooter | The Binding of Isaac, Bullets Per Minute, Darkest Dungeon, Enter/Exit the Gungeon, Hotline Miami, Nuclear Throne | Castle of Shikigami series, Espgaluda, Frenzy, The Game Paradise, OpenTyrian, Recca, Robotron 2084, Touhou Koumakyou | DoDonPachi, Ikaruga, Super Smash TV |
| Transportation | Lyft, Uber | the local bus, train, or taxi system | Transit |
| Under the Sea | Aquaria, Dave the Diver, flOw, Subnautica | Ecco the Dolphin, Endless Ocean: Blue World, Ikachan | Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories |
| Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality | Apple Vision Pro, Oculus series, Samsung Gear VR, Valve Index, XReal | Google Cardboard/Daydream, Nintendo AR Games/Labo, PlayStation VR (2) | Vive series |
| Web Browser | Brave, Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Mull, Opera (GX), Safari | Basilisk Browser/New Moon/Pale Moon, Kiwi Browser, Lynx, qutebrowser | Librewolf, Ungoogled Chromium |
| Web Server | Apache, node.js | darkhttpd, lighttpd, quark | nginx, OpenBSD's httpd |
| Web Script Controller | NoScript, Privacy Badger | AdBlock Plus, eMatrix/uMatrix | LocalCDN, uBlock Origin |
| YouTube Commentator | Dancing with Ghosts, EmpLemon, Flazefire, gabi belle, Internet Anarchist, LS Mark/Midnight Mark/Splash Dash, penguinz0, SomeOrdinaryGamers | George "Joji" Miller, GradeAUnderA | Adam Buckley, Lanza |