Online Video Game Rental Review

Video game rental services are convenient—just pick and rent games from your home computer and the video game rental service will mail them to you ASAP.

Online video game rental services are less expensive than buying video games new, and cheaper and more convenient than neighborhood game rentals because there are no return dates and no late fees. And most video game companies pay postage both ways so you don't even have to buy stamps.

Video game rental websites usually offer thousands of games for all the popular gaming systems including Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation, PS2 and PS3, Nintendo's GameCube, GameBoy Advance and Wii.

Instead of paying a new fee for each game rental, you should be able to customize your rental plan to match your gaming habits. Your video game rental plan cost should be based upon how many games you want to rent at a time, not how many games you turn over in a month. Rent anywhere from two games to twenty in a month, all for a fixed, low monthly fee.

In this site, you'll find articles about video game rental services and comprehensive reviews to help you choose the right game rental plan. At TopTenREVIEWS We Do the Research So You Don't Have To.™

What to Look for in a Video Game Rental Service

You need an online video game rental service with exceptional service online and off. TopTenREVIEWS used these criteria to judge video game rental services:

Service Features
Video game rental services should offer free two-way shipping for video games, never charge late fees and should offer a trial membership for free. Video game rentals online should provide ESRB ratings, make game previews and customer reviews available and should allow you to cancel your membership at any time. Game arrival time is also factored into a site's features. Waiting for longer than three days for a game is too slow for the gaming community.

Game Selection
A video game rental service should offer a wide variety of games for all ages and interests. A good rental service will also have a large selection of games for all the popular gaming systems.

Available Plans
Video game rentals online should offer a variety of membership plans to meet the diverse needs of members. There should be plans to fit the light gamer, the weeknight gamer or an entire family of gamers.

Search Capabilities
We look for video game rental services that make searching for games simple; you should be able to search by console, popularity, name and genre.

Help/Support
Whether you have a question that's not covered on your rental site's FAQs or have a problem with shipping, having good support options is a must. We rate each service's contactability and talent for handling customer concerns.

No matter your need, online video game rental services keep you playing.

Be sure to read the reviews for our top-ranked video game rental services: GameFly, Gamerang, GameMine.