Modeling and analyzing Social Networks of Games

Leonardo Mauro Pereira Moraes, Felippe P. Ferreira, Robson L. F. Cordeiro

Abstract: Highlights•We introduce a novel framework to characterize successful games.•We present a new algorithm to detect game influencers.•We create and publish a new crawler for social networks of games.•We collect, describe and publish metadata about thousands of players and games.•We perform a case study on players and games from an acclaimed game platform.