Channels Like Razbuten

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Razbuten
Subscribers 908K
Videos 96
Views 99.4M

Razbuten covers video game analysis with a focus on accessibility, design, and thematic exploration. Content-style blends deep-dives and thoughtful essays rooted in game design, with titles that examine how games feel for non-gamers, design around failure, and various mechanics. The channel publishes regularly, averaging around 2.1 million views per video, with a broad range of topics tied to open-world design, writing, and character study across 96 videos since joining in 2010.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Game Maker's Toolkit (90% match) and Extra Credits (71% match). They share overlapping queries such as game design around failure, video game city design, and retro game design critique; Indie Game Clinic (67% match) also overlaps on design around failure and favorite game mechanics. Razbuten and these channels compete for audiences seeking in-depth game design analysis and accessibility-focused discussions. Razbuten has 908K subscribers, while Game Maker's Toolkit has 1.7M and Extra Credits 282K, indicating a size difference where the leading competitor has about twice as many subscribers as Razbuten, and Indie Game Clinic is notably smaller. The shared queries emphasize design, mechanics, and city design themes across the landscape.

Similar Channels

We found 34 YouTube channels similar to Razbuten

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#1 Game Maker's Toolkit

90% relevance

Subscribers 1.7M
Videos 230
Views 213.1M
Appearances 24
SERP 100%
Similarity 83%
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They align with Razbuten on game design analysis and critiques (queries like game design around failure, retro design critique) with a high search overlap (100%) and strong content similarity (83%), indicating a shared audience interested in how games are built and evaluated.

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#2 Extra Credits

71% relevance

Subscribers 282K
Videos 739
Views 281.2M
Appearances 9
SERP 54%
Similarity 82%
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They share Razbuten's focus on game design topics such as city design and difficulty discussion, with substantial search overlap (54%) and very high content similarity (82%), suggesting a comparable educational, design-forward approach.

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#3 Indie Game Clinic

67% relevance

Subscribers 37.9K
Videos 340
Views 2.0M
Appearances 9
SERP 47%
Similarity 80%
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They overlap on game design around failure and frustrating design topics, reflected in moderate search overlap (47%) and high content similarity (80%), signaling a like-minded audience and critique style.

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#4 Artindi

66% relevance

Subscribers 78.7K
Videos 160
Views 8.3M
Appearances 16
SERP 46%
Similarity 79%
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Artindi targets similar design-focused topics (failure, favorite mechanics, city design) with notable search overlap (46%) and strong content alignment (79%), indicating parallel interests in design critique and mechanics.

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#5 gameranx

64% relevance

Subscribers 8.6M
Videos 4.6K
Views 4.4B
Appearances 12
SERP 40%
Similarity 80%
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They touch on similar ground around game mechanics and reputational angles, with decent search overlap (40%) and strong content similarity (80%), showing overlapping audience interests in design and critique.

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#6 LauraKBuzz

64% relevance

Subscribers 21.9K
Videos 1.2K
Views 2.4M
Appearances 11
SERP 55%
Similarity 70%
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They intersect on accessibility-related gaming topics, yielding solid search overlap (55%) and moderate-to-high content alignment (70%), suggesting Razbuten-like focus on inclusive gaming discussions.

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Razbuten?

Game Maker's Toolkit — 90% match, 1.7M subscribers; Extra Credits — 71% match, 282K subscribers; Indie Game Clinic — 67% match, 37.9K subscribers. They all focus on game design, analysis, and industry insights, similar to Razbuten's emphasis on open-world games, writing, and game design concepts.

What type of content does Razbuten make?

Razbuten creates video essays and analysis about video games, game design, and related topics (open-world design, writing, character study) as shown by titles like What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games, The Trouble With Designing Around Failure, and Pointless Mechanics That Make Games Better. The channel averages about 2.1M views per video, and has an estimated upload frequency of roughly multiple videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Razbuten?

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