Every game asks something different of you. I was curious to explore how the games I play fall across the experience of micro, meso, and macro play. I couldn't find a resource for that, so created this tool that lets you rate any game against this framework — then shows you how your analysis compares to everyone else.
When trying to place a game, imagine what cheats would make the game trivial. What would you actually want the cheat to do for you? Faster hands and pinpoint aim is a Micro cheat. Knowing exactly what your opponent has, or the true odds of a play working, is a Meso cheat. Knowing the optimal plan from start to finish is a Macro cheat. Most games lean on more than one axis — the question is which one your cheat would target first.
Moment-to-moment execution. Reflexes, aim, inputs, mechanical control.
Reading the situation. Awareness, information, probability and chance, tactical decisions in the now.
The long game. Strategy, planning, resource and tempo managed over time — solving the position.
How it works
- Connect your Steam library.We pull your owned games via Steam's own API and look up rich metadata (title, cover art, description) for each one through IGDB. We only ever use Steam to read your library — nothing is posted back to your account.
- Rate a game on Micro, Meso, and Macro.Drag each slider from 0 (none) to 100 (extreme) based on how much that game leans on each axis. There's no wrong answer — it's your read on the game, not a review of how good it is.
- See how you compare. Once you submit a rating, we show you the crowd average for that game alongside your own numbers, with the difference (delta) on each axis.
- Keep going.The home page surfaces a “quick rate” suggestion — a game from your library you haven't rated yet, weighted toward whatever's more popular among other raters. Hit skip if it's not one you know well.