My 9 Games Template

Three simple moves

From “just one more run” to your finished grid

A My 9 Games template should feel like the fun part of telling your friends what you have been playing, not another project to set up. There is no account to create, board software to learn, or image editor to open.

More than a top-nine list

Why make a My 9 Games grid?

The games we remember are not always the ones with the biggest scores. Sometimes it is a first adventure we played alone, the co-op game that made a whole group laugh, or the familiar world that made an ordinary week feel easier.

Stuck on number nine?

Ideas for choosing your nine games

You do not need to pick the same way twice. Start with one strong memory, then let the other squares fill in naturally. Try a prompt when the blank grid feels a little too blank:

• The game that made you love games
• A comfort game you know by heart
• Your best co-op memory
• A world you wish you could visit
• The one you always recommend
• A game that changed your taste
• Your favorite recent discovery
• A story you still think about

You can also use a theme such as one game per console, a decade of favorites, or nine titles you would bring on a long trip. If your choices change next month, that is part of the fun.

A lightweight little tool

The template does the fiddly bits for you

A favorite-games collage is easy to imagine and oddly tedious to assemble from scratch. This gaming 3×3 maker keeps the portrait cover tiles consistent and the finished image sharp enough to post. It is designed for a quick visit, not a new account you need to manage.

While you are choosing, the grid stays on the current page. A refresh or closed tab clears your picks and the generated preview, so download the image before leaving. The picture is rendered on your device from catalog cover art; the website does not need to receive a copy of your finished board. Search itself does contact the game catalog so it can find a title and its artwork.

There are no custom image uploads, cover replacements, ratings, public profiles, or permanent gallery pages. Keeping those things out of version one makes the main job clearer: find nine games, make a card, and take it with you.

A few ways in

What makes a good nine-game grid?

There is no checklist that makes a board more authentic. A useful first move is to choose one title you already know belongs, then look for the feeling or memory behind it. Maybe it was the first game you bought with your own money. Maybe it was the world that surprised you, a favorite campaign, or a game you played with a sibling every summer. That one choice can point toward several others.

Some players use the squares to show range: a strategy game, a platformer, a role-playing adventure, something social, and a small independent game that deserves more attention. Others prefer a single theme, such as games set under the sea, titles from one console generation, or the co-op games a friend group still talks about. Neither is more correct. Think of the board as a small shelf, not a test.

You can also decide whether your nine represent a personal “best of” list, the games you have been playing lately, or recommendations for someone who wants to know where to begin. These goals lead to different choices, and that difference is useful: a comfort game may say more about your taste than an award winner that never really clicked. If you want the grid to tell a story, put a game with a strong memory near the beginning and let the rest of the order build around it.

The order is yours, and it does not have to imply a strict ranking. Move a cover because the colors sit well together, because a title feels like a finale, or simply because the sequence reads better at a glance. The image gives all nine covers equal space on purpose. It leaves room for a quieter favorite beside a huge adventure, and for a game you loved years ago beside the latest thing you cannot stop recommending.

Made to leave the tab

Turn your favorite-games grid into a shareable card

When all nine positions are filled, Generate image makes a 1080 × 1455 portrait PNG directly in your browser. The nine tall covers sit in a clean white frame with the site address beneath them, ready for a group chat or social post. The finished image takes the editor’s place, and Edit & regenerate brings your current picks back whenever you want to make a change.

Share on X downloads the PNG and opens a new X post with a short caption and this site’s link. Add the downloaded file to that post yourself: X’s web sharing link cannot attach a local image automatically. A desktop browser can also save the file with Download PNG. The site does not create an account, store a public copy, or generate a special page for your selections; you decide whether to keep the image private or pass it along.

Before posting a collage beyond your own personal use, remember that game names, logos, and cover illustrations remain associated with their respective owners. This tool supplies covers from a game-data catalog to help people identify titles; it does not grant a license for commercial or promotional reuse. If you are making content for a campaign, client, or paid project, check the relevant publisher and platform policies first. For everyday fan conversation, keep attribution and community rules in mind.

A caption can give the picture a little context: say whether the choices are about nostalgia, current favorites, or games you would recommend to a new player. You might invite friends to make their own grid instead of presenting yours as the definitive list. The point of a nine-games template is that each person gets the same small canvas and a different story to put inside it.

Good to know

A few questions before you start