Game Categories

Here are some of the most common video game categories:

Action

• Platformers: Jump, run, and climb through levels, often with challenging obstacles.
• Shooters: Engage in combat using firearms or other weapons.
• Fighting: Combat-focused games with one-on-one or group battles.
• Beat ’em Up: Similar to fighting games, but often with more enemies and less emphasis on strategy.
• Stealth: Sneak past enemies or eliminate them silently.
• Survival: Focuses on resource management and staying alive in a hostile environment.
• Rhythm: Test your musical timing and reflexes.
• Battle Royale: Large-scale multiplayer games where players fight to be the last one standing.

Action-Adventure

• Survival Horror: Combines action and exploration with horror elements.
• Metroidvania: Explore interconnected worlds, gaining new abilities to access previously unreachable areas.

Adventure

• Text Adventures: Story-driven games where players make choices through text commands.
• Graphic Adventures: Similar to text adventures, but with visual elements.
• Visual Novels: Focus on narrative and character development, often with branching storylines.
• Interactive Movie: Players make choices that affect the story’s outcome.
• Real-time 3D Adventures: Explore vast, open worlds with a focus on exploration and puzzle-solving.

Puzzle

• Puzzles: Solve various puzzles, from simple to complex.

Role-Playing (RPG)

• Traditional RPG: Character progression, story-driven, turn-based or real-time combat.
• Action RPG: Combines RPG elements with fast-paced action.
• Tactical RPG: Turn-based combat with strategic planning and positioning.

Simulation

• Simulation: Simulate real-world activities, like driving, flying, or building.
• Sports: Simulate various sports, including football, basketball, and racing.

Strategy

• Real-time Strategy (RTS): Build bases, train units, and engage in large-scale battles in real-time.
• Turn-based Strategy: Take turns with the opponent, planning and executing moves.
• 4X Strategy: Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate – a grand strategy genre focusing on empire building.

Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

• MMORPG: Large-scale online role-playing games with persistent worlds and thousands of players.

These are just a few of the many video game categories. Many games combine elements from multiple categories, creating unique hybrids.