The Video Game Storyteller
@thevideogamestoryteller · The Video Game Storyteller · Substack profile · Games
The Video Game Storyteller has 2,915 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #42 on Substack's Games Bestsellers board. 50 publications recommend them, 6 of them new in the last 30 days, and they recommend 16.
Last read Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Followers are not email subscribers. Substack lists only the newest 50 recommendations for each publication, so a recommender count of 50 or more is a floor. History starts Oct 31, 2026; Substack publishes nothing earlier.
- Followers
- 2,915
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 2.4K+
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 50
- +6 in 30 days
- Recommends
- 16
- Bestsellers rank
- #42
- Games
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. Substack doesn't publish past follower counts, so history starts the day I first read a writer and grows by one reading every 3 days (daily if it's on your watchlist). The 7-day change appears on Nov 7, the 30-day change on Nov 30. Recommendation dates below go further back: they're Substack's own.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2,915 | 2.4K+ |
Leaderboard positions
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Bestsellers | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| Games Rising | 65 | 15 | 15 | 74 | ▼9 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
50 publications recommend The Video Game Storyteller; 6 started in the last 30 days. The Video Game Storyteller recommends 16, and 12 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2025-02 | 3 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-01 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 3 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 11 |
Recommended by
Sey1.3k followers · started Dec 21, 2025 · mutual
Harrison Polites1.3k followers · started Sep 6, 2026 · mutual
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Jordan H.J.238 followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
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- Kennystarted Oct 24, 2026new
- XoomGamesstarted Oct 19, 2026new
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- William F. Burk | Worldbuilderstarted Oct 2, 2026
- Retire And Respawnstarted Sep 23, 2026
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- Fire Quest Reviewsstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Azhim Rayhanstarted Sep 10, 2026
- Savvy Gaming Network started Sep 9, 2026
- SKILL ISSUEstarted Sep 1, 2026
All 50
- Omolbanin's Substackstarted Aug 21, 2026
- Karan Arorastarted Aug 7, 2026
- Welcome To The Party, Palstarted Aug 7, 2026
- Sagaferðirstarted Jun 29, 2026
- Lost Levels Retrostarted Jun 22, 2026
- Pixelshiftstarted May 22, 2026
- LudoSpectrestarted Apr 23, 2026
- Word Playstarted Mar 23, 2026
- Between Two Savesstarted Mar 9, 2026
- Ghost in the Firewallstarted Feb 26, 2026
- The Saved Gamestarted Feb 25, 2026 · mutual
- Big Picture Mode Plus++started Jan 24, 2026
- Late to the LAN Partystarted Jan 4, 2026
- oya’s game hubstarted Dec 4, 2025 · mutual
- The Backblogstarted Nov 13, 2025
- The Game Enjoyerstarted Sep 2025
- Off Mikestarted Jul 2025
- Peter Loukisstarted Jul 2025
- Input Lagstarted Jul 2025
- Play Moorestarted May 2025 · mutual
- Button Musherstarted May 2025 · mutual
- The Boss Levelstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- The sonnik chronicles started Mar 2025
- Margot Plays Video Gamesstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- The Learning Arcadestarted Feb 2025
- Reconnect Recapstarted Feb 2025 · mutual
Recommends
- Sey1.3k followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
- Harrison Polites1.3k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
- Dylan Cornelius1.3k followers · started Mar 2025 · mutual
- ROP395 followers · started Sep 2025 · mutual
- Jordan H.J.238 followers · started Jun 2025 · mutual
- The Saved Gamestarted Feb 23, 2026 · mutual
- Button Musherstarted Oct 2025 · mutual
- oya’s game hubstarted Sep 2025 · mutual
- Magnvs' RPG Journeystarted Sep 2025
- Play Moorestarted May 2025 · mutual
- The Boss Levelstarted Apr 2025 · mutual
- The Greatest Games You (Probably) Never Playedstarted Mar 2025
- Step-by-Step Worldbuildingstarted Mar 2025
- Reconnect Recapstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- Margot Plays Video Gamesstarted Mar 2025 · mutual
- David Burton's Writingstarted Mar 2025
Substack lists the 50 newest recommenders of each publication. I add every recommendation found in the full lists of the 6,392 publications I read, so writers with many recommenders may still be missing a few small ones. "Started" is Substack's date.
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- 15 shared
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Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with 1,000 to 5,000 followers (35 writers in that group), but not The Video Game Storyteller.
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Natural 7@natural7 - recommends 4 of themJason Schweitz
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Jennifer Shahade@jenshahade - recommends 2 of them
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