Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (54,943 games)
- Add-on (39,030 games)
- Adventure (18,207 games)
- Compilation (11,865 games)
- Educational (5,169 games)
- Gambling (1,154 games)
- Idle (198 games)
- Puzzle (16,156 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,879 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,790 games)
- Simulation (12,731 games)
- Special edition (3,500 games)
- Sports (8,807 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,922 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (211 games)
- Action RPG (1,649 games)
- Arcade (18,182 games)
- Artillery (231 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,185 games)
- Board game (3,193 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,601 games)
- Chess (591 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,296 games)
- Dating simulation (559 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,395 games)
- Fighting (2,288 games)
- Gambling elements (81 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,433 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,128 games)
- Hack and slash (792 games)
- Hidden object (2,436 games)
- Hunting (281 games)
- Interactive book (213 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,648 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,430 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (267 games)
- Life / social simulation (784 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,316 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (436 games)
- Mental training (313 games)
- Metroidvania (658 games)
- Mini-games (2,541 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,695 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,405 games)
- Party game (808 games)
- Pinball (546 games)
- Platform (12,432 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,355 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (372 games)
- RPG elements (2,730 games)
- Rail shooter (347 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (941 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (74 games)
- Roguelike (1,306 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,027 games)
- Shooter (17,277 games)
- Stealth (1,124 games)
- Survival horror (1,298 games)
- Tactical RPG (520 games)
- Tactical shooter (112 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,870 games)
- Time management (623 games)
- Timed input (176 games)
- Tower defense (698 games)
- Trading / collectible card (303 games)
- Tricks / stunts (571 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (966 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (78 games)
- Visual novel (5,554 games)
- Wargame (622 games)
- Word construction (921 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (81 games)
- Baseball (656 games)
- Basketball (564 games)
- Bowling (250 games)
- Boxing (274 games)
- Cricket (119 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (290 games)
- Football (American) (565 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,674 games)
- Golf (736 games)
- Hockey (493 games)
- Horse / derby (262 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (220 games)
- Paintball (24 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (160 games)
- Pool / snooker (284 games)
- Racquetball / squash (295 games)
- Rugby (104 games)
- Sailing / boating (105 games)
- Skateboarding (200 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (378 games)
- Surfing (59 games)
- Tennis (683 games)
- Volleyball (143 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (301 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (500 games)
- Foreign language (247 games)
- Geography (432 games)
- Graphics / art (417 games)
- Health / nutrition (203 games)
- History (453 games)
- Math / logic (1,460 games)
- Music (252 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (743 games)
- Reading / writing (1,101 games)
- Religion (107 games)
- Science (479 games)
- Sociology (136 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (122 games)
- Automobile (3,016 games)
- Bike / bicycling (263 games)
- Bus (85 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,498 games)
- Helicopter (565 games)
- Hovercraft (156 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (853 games)
- Motorcycle (640 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,225 games)
- Off-roading (592 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (12 games)
- Snowmobile (30 games)
- Space flight (2,203 games)
- Street racing (535 games)
- Tank (874 games)
- Track racing (1,780 games)
- Train (413 games)
- Transport (125 games)
- Truck (255 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,378 games)
- Vehicular combat (832 games)
Setting
- Africa (530 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (63 games)
- Asia (720 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (327 games)
- Classical antiquity (398 games)
- Cold War (245 games)
- Contemporary (4,858 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (980 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (249 games)
- Europe (1,870 games)
- Fantasy (25,270 games)
- Historical events (1,416 games)
- Industrial Age (97 games)
- Interwar (243 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (407 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (779 games)
- Medieval (1,016 games)
- Middle East (440 games)
- North America (1,646 games)
- Oceania (395 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,606 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (55 games)
- Prehistoric (261 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,468 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (371 games)
- South America (280 games)
- Steampunk (368 games)
- Western (434 games)
- World War I (190 games)
- World War II (1,197 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (750 games)
- Currency (1,913 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,313 games)
- Edition upgrade (97 games)
- Extras (332 games)
- Game mode (1,034 games)
- Item (6,392 games)
- Map / level (11,146 games)
- Mechanics (366 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,205 games)
- Other (7,570 games)
- Player unit (7,709 games)
- Story / mission (5,249 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (677 games)