Gaming shows have come increasingly popular in China in recent times, as the country has endured a swell in gaming culture and esports. These shows are generally broadcast on TV or online streaming platforms, and feature colourful types of gaming competitions, including both professional and amateur players.
1. The King's Avatar
This gaming drama focuses on the story of a professional gamer forced to leave his original gaming platoon and his gaming ID. Subsequently, he decides to start gaming again with a new ID and new ways, where he meets other people who help him develop and become a legend in the field of gaming.
2. Go Go Squid!
The story moves around a computer science student who falls in love with a professional gamer. Although he is a retired player, he owns his gaming team of a group of young boys. Later, with each other's help, they win the championship.
3. Love O2O
This is a college romance story about two computer science students who are in a relationship with each other virtually in the game but not in real life. When they discover it, they tackle the obstacles and make their relationship work in the virtual and real worlds.
4. Falling Into Your Smile
In this esports drama a talented player is betrayed by his teammates and forced to leave the team and join another team to prove himself. The new group, too, faces many challenges like internal conflicts and unacceptable competition from their rivals, like harming their teammates. It explores love, friendship, and teamwork with gaming.
5. Love Scenery
This gaming drama is about a fourth-year computer major student who is a very passionate gamer. He falls in love with a beautiful singer and invites her to be the model of his game. The two start getting closer when the singer asks him to help her with gaming.
6. You Are My Glory
Though this show's main plot is not gaming, it does play an essential role in developing the story. The two main leads rekindle their high-school friendship by promoting the game and developing feelings for each other.
7. Lighter And Princess
In this show, Li Xun, a prodigy in gaming and computers who always surpasses his peers in the university and who is also antisocial, falls in love with Zhu Yun. They open a tech company together, but due to unforeseen events in his life, he loses control over his company and is overtaken by his classmate by a crook. Later, they both joined hands and got their company back legally.
8. Beyond Light Years
This drama revolves around a brilliant student who aspires to be a gamer. He falls in love with a competent programmer and a gamer. They both then together prepare for competitions and face numerous challenges throughout the series as they also come across the other side of the gaming industry, like cheating, etc. This drama highlights the primary side of the gaming culture.
9. Cross Fire
This show focuses on two main leads who are pros in the game, CrossFire, who come across each other beyond time and years. They support each other and form a team and help develop each other's gaming skills, and they succeed.
10. Gank Your Heart
This show revolves around a gamer and a sports commentator. The game's fame goes down after an interview involving her with politics. She then realises that she wants to be an esports commentator, and he helps her, and together fall in love through the journey.