Types of Video Games

Contents
1 Action
1.1 Platform games
1.2 Shooter games
1.3 Fighting games
1.4 Beat 'em up games
1.5 Stealth game
1.6 Survival games
1.7 Battle Royale
1.8 Rhythm games
2 Action-adventure
2.1 Survival horror
2.2 Metroidvania
3 Adventure
3.1 Text adventures
3.2 Graphic adventures
3.3 Visual novels
3.4 Interactive movie
3.5 Real-time 3D adventures
4 Role-playing
4.1 Action RPG
4.2 MMORPG
4.3 Roguelikes
4.4 Tactical RPG
4.5 Sandbox RPG
4.6 JRPG
4.7 First-person party-based RPG
5 Shooter games
5.1 Construction and management simulation
5.2 Life simulation
5.3 Vehicle simulation
6 Strategy
6.1 4X game
6.2 Artillery game
6.3 Auto battler (Auto chess)
6.4 Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA)
6.5 Real-time strategy (RTS)
6.6 Real-time tactics (RTT)
6.7 Tower defense
6.8 Turn-based strategy (TBS)
6.9 Turn-based tactics (TBT)
6.10 Wargame
6.11 Grand strategy wargame
7 Sports
7.1 Racing
7.2 Sports game
7.3 Competitive
7.4 Sports-based fighting
8 Other notable genres
8.1 Board game or card game
8.2 Casual games
8.3 Digital collectible card game
8.4 Logic game
8.5 MMO
8.6 Mobile game
8.7 Party game
8.8 Programming game
8.9 Trivia game
9 Idle gaming
10 Video game genres by purpose
10.1 Advergame
10.2 Art game
10.3 Casual game
10.4 Christian game
10.5 Educational game
10.6 Esports
10.7 Exergame
10.8 Personalized game
10.9 Serious game
11 Scientific studies
12 See also
12.1 Game interfaces
12.2 Game platforms
12.3 Other related topics