Game Categories
1 Action
1.1 Ball and paddle
1.2 Beat 'em up and hack and slash
1.3 Fighting game
1.4 Maze game
1.5 Pinball game
1.6 Platform game
1.7 Shooter
1.7.1 First-person shooter
1.7.2 MMO FPS
1.7.3 Light gun shooter
1.7.4 Shoot 'em up (SHMUP)
1.7.5 Tactical shooter
1.7.6 Rail shooter
1.7.7 Third-person shooter
2 Action-adventure
2.1 Stealth game
2.2 Survival horror
3 Adventure
3.1 Real-time 3D adventures
3.2 Text adventures
3.3 Graphic adventures
3.4 Visual novels
4 Role-playing
4.1 Western RPGs and Japanese RPGs (JRPGs)
4.2 Use of fantasy ine RPGs
4.3 Sandbox RPGs
4.4 Action RPGs
4.5 MMORPGs
4.6 Rogue RPGs
4.7 Tactical RPGs
5 Simulation
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 Real-time strategy (RTS)
6.4 Real-time tactics
6.5 Tower defense
6.6 Turn-based strategy
6.7 Turn-based tactics
6.8 Wargame
6.9 Multiplayer online battle arena
7 Other notable genres
7.1 Music game
7.2 Party game
7.3 Programming game
7.4 Puzzle game
7.5 Sports game
7.6 Trivia game
7.7 Board game / Card game
8 Video game genres by purpose
8.1 Adult video game
8.2 Advergame
8.3 Art game
8.4 Casual game
8.5 Christian game
8.6 Educational game
8.7 Electronic sports
8.8 Exergame
8.9 Serious game
