Index > Gameplay
- 4X
- Action RPG
- Arcade
- Artillery
- Beat 'em up / brawler
- Board game
- Cards / tiles
- Chess
- City building / construction simulation
- Dating simulation
- Falling block puzzle
- Fighting
- Gambling elements
- Game show / trivia / quiz
- Graphic adventure
- Hack and slash
- Hidden object
- Hunting
- Interactive book
- Interactive fiction / text adventure
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
- Japanese-style adventure
- Life / social simulation
- Managerial / business simulation
- Massively Multiplayer
- Mental training
- Metroidvania
- Mini-games
- Music / rhythm
- Paddle / Pong
- Party game
- Pinball
- Platform
- Puzzle elements
- Quick Time Events (QTEs)
- RPG elements
- Rail shooter
- Real-time strategy (RTS)
- Real-time tactics (RTT)
- Roguelike
- Sandbox / open world
- Shooter
- Stealth
- Survival horror
- Tactical RPG
- Tactical shooter
- Tile matching puzzle
- Time management
- Timed input
- Tower defense
- Trading / collectible card
- Tricks / stunts
- Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT)
- Visual novel
- Wargame
- Word construction
Arcade
The subgenre Arcade on MobyGames does not refer to games that originated as arcade machines, but to action games with very simple gameplay interaction similar to coin-op arcade games. These games usually require little puzzle solving or tactical thinking and rely solely on the “twitch” gameplay.
Simple and straightforward gameplay is not the only feature, there has to be an element of loop based gameplay (variations of similar patterns are repeated many times and the player progresses through repetition and mastering them) and risk/reward based on a time limit or combo/score focused gameplay.