The Redis team showcased its usage in the 2014 Game Developers Conference, highlighting its features such as sorted sets for leaderboards and session management for online applications, which are crucial for games that require real-time updates and responsiveness. The efficient hash data structure makes it easy to manage player data, profiles, and other game-related information. Many developers reported using Redis in conjunction with other datastores like MySQL, Cassandra, and MongoDB to augment its capabilities and handle large amounts of numerical data.