Support Sub-Series for Better Franchise Organization 🗂️🎮
📋Summary
Add support for nested series lists in LaunchBox, allowing sub-series to be grouped under a parent franchise. This would create a clearer and more organized way to display and browse large franchises with multiple related titles.
❗Problem
The current Series field in LaunchBox is flat—every entry is treated as part of a single-level list. This becomes cluttered and confusing when organizing complex franchises like Mario, Final Fantasy, or Mega Man, which contain multiple sub-series or spin-offs. For example, all Mario Golf, Mario Kart, and Super Mario Bros. games are simply listed as part of “Mario,” with no way to visually or logically group them under that umbrella.
This makes it harder to navigate large collections, especially for users who want to preserve franchise structure.
💡Proposal
Introduce support for nested series hierarchies, where users can define a parent series and associate sub-series beneath it. For example:
>Mario
»Mario Golf
»Mario Kart
»Super Mario Bros.This could be reflected in the UI through indents, collapsible groups, or breadcrumb-style navigation. The structure could be managed through the metadata editor or series tagging system.
✅Benefits
Improves visual organization of large franchises
Makes browsing and filtering by series much more intuitive
Helps distinguish between mainline titles and spin-offs
Aligns with how game series are commonly structured in databases and wikis
Greatly enhances collection management for power users and franchise fans 📚📦

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Comments3
Apr 17, 2025
PinnedHi there!
Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use-case — that context is always super helpful. I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback.
Feel free to chime in with any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!
Cheers,
The LaunchBox team
AwakeNPC
Sep 4
This is exactly what I came on to request. This function in the Genre field is my favorite feature on LaunchBox. Would also desperately like to see this feature for Custom Categories, Platform, and Play Mode.
Nokiaman
Apr 17, 2025
Nested lists
This would be super useful for the Series lists to group sub-series of parent franchise together.
Example:
Series
_______________________
>Mario
»Mario Golf
»Mario Kart
»Super Mario Bros.