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How to Share What You’re Playing, Listening to, or Watching as Your Status on Discord (opens in new tab)

Discord lets users share their current gaming, music, or anime activity as a profile status. The post explains how to connect supported platforms and enable automatic activity sharing, while also showing how to hide individual activities or disable sharing entirely. ## Sharing PC Games - The Discord desktop app can display games or other applications running on Windows, macOS, or Linux. - If a game is not detected automatically, go to **User Settings > Registered Games** and select **“Add it!”** - Use the eye toggles beside registered games to prevent specific titles from appearing as your status. ## Sharing Console Games - Link a PlayStation or Xbox account through **User Settings > Connections**. - Enable **“Display PlayStation Network as your status”** or **“Display Xbox as your status.”** - Supported consoles include PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. - Xbox Cloud Gaming titles can also appear as Discord activity when streamed from supported Xbox devices. ## Sharing Spotify Music - Connect Spotify through **User Settings > Connections**. - Turn on **“Display Spotify as your status.”** - Discord will show the song currently playing in Spotify when both services are being used on the same computer. ## Sharing Crunchyroll Anime - Link Crunchyroll from **User Settings > Connections**. - After signing in and authorizing the connection, Discord can automatically display the anime being watched. ## Controlling Activity Visibility - Disable all automatic activity sharing through **User Settings > Activity Privacy** by turning off **“Share my activity.”** - To hide only certain platforms, use the individual visibility controls under **User Settings > Connections**. - These settings control whether games, music, and anime appear in the user’s Discord status. Overall, users can make their Discord status more informative by connecting supported services, while the privacy controls allow them to share selectively or remain completely incognito.

Staff Picks, June 2025: Summer of Showcases (opens in new tab)

The June 2025 edition of Discord’s Staff Picks highlights games announced during the month’s major showcases, from highly anticipated sequels to unusual indie projects. The contributors focus on titles that stood out for their distinctive styles, settings, mechanics, and nostalgic appeal. They also frame “summer vibes” broadly, recommending everything from beach-themed games to an entire seasonal gaming itinerary. ## Showcase Games That Drew Attention - Matt, a newly hired Discord account executive, highlights: - **Hollow Knight: Silksong**, while tempering excitement because of its long development and announcement history. - **Onimusha**, which appears to combine elements of *Sekiro* and *God of War*. - **Stranger Than Heaven**, an original RPG blending noir storytelling with Japanese settings and culture. Its intentionally mysterious trailer adds to its appeal. - Alex favors games with unusual concepts: - **Romeo is a Dead Man**, Suda51’s latest title, which may be more accessible to mainstream players than his previous work. - **Ratatan**, a game combining non-rhythm gameplay with rhythm mechanics and a “Tension” gauge. - **There Are No Ghosts at the Grand**, described as a possible musical take on *Luigi’s Mansion*. - **Resident Evil 9**, whose apparent connection to Leon generated considerable excitement. - Alex also praises the **ROG Xbox Ally** handheld for combining the ergonomic, asymmetrical controls of the ROG Ally with a more streamlined Windows interface designed for handheld gaming. ## Games With the Strongest Summer Vibe - Matt chooses **Infinitesimals**, in which players control a tiny ant-like creature battling insectoid robotic enemies. - The game’s scale, bright visual perspective, and resemblance to the imaginative worlds of *A Bug’s Life* and *Antz* make it feel especially suited to summer. ## A Full Summer of Games Armando proposes a seasonal progression rather than a single summer-themed title: - Begin with the melancholy “Snow in Summer” prologue from **NieR Replicant**. - Move into 1990s nostalgia with **The Big Con**, featuring malls, video rental stores, anti-establishment antics, and “not-Furbies.” - Relax with the beaches of **Wii Sports Resort** or *Super Mario Odyssey*’s Seaside Kingdom. - Gather friends for **Rock Band 2**, including its 84-song Endless Setlist Challenge. - End the season with the bittersweet summer conclusion of **Kingdom Hearts 2**’s Roxas prologue. Overall, the post recommends treating summer gaming as a mood and progression: start with anticipation and experimentation, move through nostalgia and relaxation, and finish with a suitably emotional farewell.