Videogames Genres
Hardware
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1 Coin Op
2 Home
2.1 Pc
2.2 Console
Games
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1 Action (vertical or horizontal scroll)
1.1 Ball and paddle
1.2 Beat 'em up and hack and slash
1.3 Fighting
1.4 Maze
1.5 Pinball
1.6 Platform
1.7 Shooter
1.7.1 First-person shooter
1.7.1.1 Massively multiplayer online FPS
1.7.2 Light gun shooter
1.7.3 Shoot 'em up
1.7.4 Tactical shooter
1.7.5 Third-person shooter
2 Action-Adventure
2.1 Stealth
2.2 Survival horror
2.3 Adventure
3 Adventure
3.1 Text adventure / Interactive fiction
3.2 Graphic adventure
3.3 Visual novel
3.4 Interactive movie
4 Construction and management simulation
4.1 City-building
4.2 Business simulation
4.3 God games
4.4 Government simulation
5 Life simulation
5.1 Biological simulation
5.2 Pet-raising simulation
5.3 Social simulation
6 Role-playing ( first person, third person turn based, third person real time)
6.1 Computer and console role-playing
6.2 Action role-playing
6.3 Massively multiplayer online role-playing
6.4 Roguelike
6.5 Tactical role-playing
7 Strategy (real time or turn based)
7.1 4X
7.2 Artillery
7.3 Real-time strategy
7.4 Real-time tactics
7.5 Tower defense
7.6 Turn-based strategy
7.7 Turn-based tactics
7.8 Wargames
8 Vehicle simulation
8.1 Flight
8.2 Racing
8.3 Space flight
8.4 Train
8.5 Vehicular combat
9 Other
9.1 Music
9.2 Party
9.3 Programming
9.4 Puzzle
9.5 Sports
9.6 Traditional
9.7 Casino
9.8 Table
10 Video game genres by purpose
10.1 Adult
10.2 Advergame
10.3 Art
10.4 Casual
10.5 Christian
10.6 Educational
10.7 Electronic Sports
10.8 Exergame
10.9 Serious
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1 Coin Op
2 Home
2.1 Pc
2.2 Console
Games
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1 Action (vertical or horizontal scroll)
1.1 Ball and paddle
1.2 Beat 'em up and hack and slash
1.3 Fighting
1.4 Maze
1.5 Pinball
1.6 Platform
1.7 Shooter
1.7.1 First-person shooter
1.7.1.1 Massively multiplayer online FPS
1.7.2 Light gun shooter
1.7.3 Shoot 'em up
1.7.4 Tactical shooter
1.7.5 Third-person shooter
2 Action-Adventure
2.1 Stealth
2.2 Survival horror
2.3 Adventure
3 Adventure
3.1 Text adventure / Interactive fiction
3.2 Graphic adventure
3.3 Visual novel
3.4 Interactive movie
4 Construction and management simulation
4.1 City-building
4.2 Business simulation
4.3 God games
4.4 Government simulation
5 Life simulation
5.1 Biological simulation
5.2 Pet-raising simulation
5.3 Social simulation
6 Role-playing ( first person, third person turn based, third person real time)
6.1 Computer and console role-playing
6.2 Action role-playing
6.3 Massively multiplayer online role-playing
6.4 Roguelike
6.5 Tactical role-playing
7 Strategy (real time or turn based)
7.1 4X
7.2 Artillery
7.3 Real-time strategy
7.4 Real-time tactics
7.5 Tower defense
7.6 Turn-based strategy
7.7 Turn-based tactics
7.8 Wargames
8 Vehicle simulation
8.1 Flight
8.2 Racing
8.3 Space flight
8.4 Train
8.5 Vehicular combat
9 Other
9.1 Music
9.2 Party
9.3 Programming
9.4 Puzzle
9.5 Sports
9.6 Traditional
9.7 Casino
9.8 Table
10 Video game genres by purpose
10.1 Adult
10.2 Advergame
10.3 Art
10.4 Casual
10.5 Christian
10.6 Educational
10.7 Electronic Sports
10.8 Exergame
10.9 Serious