Everyone knows it’s more fun to play with friends than among strangers. While some games have a great online community, others may leave you trapped in a toxic gaming wasteland. Luckily, there are many apps out there today to help gamers find like minded players to drop into their online lobbies. Below, we breakdown what we think are the top 5 ‘team finder’ or ‘LFG’ (Looking For Group) apps available today.
1. Z League Team Up
The Z League app has many features to enhance a user’s gaming experience. One standout feature is Z League’s LFG feature, which allows users to find players with similar interests and gaming styles by matching you based on your submitted preferences. You can even take a look at a potential teammate’s historical performance stats before teaming up. You’ll also be able to track your own stats overtime to help you improve your game.
One key benefit to using Z League’s LFG is that you can hop directly into a tournament hosted on Z League with your team and compete for prizes.
Z League also has a social feed for you to discover new content and content creators who play your favorite games.
Z League’s LFG currently supports over 250 games!
The best part is Z League’s Team Up features are completely free!
2. PLINK
If you’re familiar with Tindr then you’ll be right at home with PLINK’s UI as you’ll be asked to swipe on your potential matches. A key feature for PLINK is the inclusion of voice chat, which makes it quite feature rich for team-based gaming.
In addition to the mobile app, PLINK also offers a desktop application for both Windows and Mac. This means that it will most likely compete for your usage against Discord.
One drawback to PLINK is that you’ll need a subscription to make use of its best features, like smart matchmaking, unlimited group calling, and personalized news feed.
3. GamerLink
GamerLink is another fairly mature LFG option for players to consider to find teammates. Gamerlink currently supports over 300 titles and allows users to create LFG posts, customize a gamer profile and join their LFG chats once a group has been formed.
A key advantage of GamerLink is that the matching process can start with an LFG post instead of matching with players first, then forming a team. This way you can create a post for a specific event and have other gamers join your GamerLink lobby directly.
4. Guilded
Guilded is another strong option for players to consider when looking for groups. The way to use Guilded is a bit different than some of the other options listed here as its primary focus is to be a home base for existing clans, guilds, or servers.
In addition to typical chat and voice chat features, Gilded offers custom event calendars, documentation, and server organization. In this sense, it’s more of a competitor to Discord than it is to other more traditional LFG app, which focus more on individual gamers and direct, 1:1 matching. If you need tools to help you organize your next WoW raid, then Guilded is a great option to check out.
5. eBlitz
eBlitz is another team finder app that is only available on mobile. One key difference in eBlitz is that after matching, users are able to give a star rating to their matched teammate, which can be used as a filter in the future, say if you only want to match with people over 4 out of 5 stars. This is a fairly unique feature as it’s a forcing function for players to behave themselves and leave toxicity at the door.
