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Genre & Video Game Types

Action Games

  • Players controls actions directly

  • High reaction speeds

  • Time pressure

  • Little strategic planning

Adventure Games

  • Storytelling

  • Exploration

  • Physical puzzle solving

Role-playing Games

  • Strong story and setting

  • Exploration, NPCs, pick-ups, traps, etc.

  • Quests

  • Inventory

  • Indirect actions

  • Experience levels and skills

Strategy Games

  • Planning longer term

  • Indirect control of game units

  • Often warfare and combat

  • Managing economy

Strategy Sub Genres

  • 4X: Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate

  • Real-time strategy

  • Turn-based strategy

  • Real-time tactics

  • Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)

Other Genres

  • Action-Adventure

  • Fighing

  • Sports

  • Simulation

  • Racing

  • Arcade

  • Platform

  • Puzzle

  • Music

  • Shooter

Other Classification Types

  • First vs Third-person (position of the camera)

  • Casual vs Hard-core (time of dedication to the game)

  • Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG)

  • ...

Last modified: 11 March 2025
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