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Why I collect DLES

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Why This Matters

This article highlights the importance of curated daily logic games (DLES) in fostering a dedicated gaming community and encouraging consistent engagement. By personally testing and selecting high-quality, browser-based, free-to-play games, the creator provides a valuable resource for both players and developers to discover and share innovative daily puzzles, enriching the casual gaming landscape.

Key Takeaways

Oh hi! You were asking why does this website even exist?

TLDR: It has 2 goals.

To become the best place for daily game players to discover new games Daily Logic Exercises (DLES). To become the best place for daily game makers to launch their new Wordle clones unique games.

How it all started you asked?

OK then, some 3 years ago I accidentally made a little daily game called Rotaboxes — it's super niche, ~5k monthly players, very relaxing and I really enjoy working on it in my spare time. Some time ago I noticed some traffic coming from sites that seemed like DLES aggregators, most notably dles.aukspot.com. So of course I went there and discovered many more daily games I never knew existed. I was back then playing daily just Wordle, Nerdle and Rotaboxes. And I was immersed — I started to play from 5 to 10 DLEs every single day, and I kept noting the good ones and kept on playing them regularly. So that's how my little DLE collection started. I started to categorize, group, order and most importantly I built my own daily ritual.

Then I was browsing Reddit and noticed some people complaining about playing so many games daily that they forget to play some and lose their streak, so I thought — hmm, maybe my ritual could be helpful to others. I put together a plan and started building. Today, some 1 year later, the site serves thousands of players monthly and features 3 to 4 new daily games every single week. That's crazy, isn't it?

A couple of rules, so we understand each other.

All the games listed on dles.gg are played and tested manually by me. I don't list games that are not daily. I don't list games that are not browser based. I don't list games that are not free to play. I don't list games that I don't like. I don't care if you made your game by hand, pixel by pixel, or if you used AI tools to build it or generate assets — but I hate slop. If the game lacks love, care, and a proud ownership with a human behind it, I won't list it. I make a subjective call on whether to list a game based on a bunch of criteria (I'll write about these later).

How can you help

If you regularly play a game I don't have in my collection, submit it here.

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