Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (55,067 games)
- Add-on (39,179 games)
- Adventure (18,350 games)
- Compilation (11,897 games)
- Educational (5,183 games)
- Gambling (1,156 games)
- Idle (207 games)
- Puzzle (16,231 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,890 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,813 games)
- Simulation (12,773 games)
- Special edition (3,520 games)
- Sports (8,814 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,932 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (211 games)
- Action RPG (1,661 games)
- Arcade (18,218 games)
- Artillery (230 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,198 games)
- Board game (3,196 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,606 games)
- Chess (591 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,301 games)
- Dating simulation (564 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,398 games)
- Fighting (2,279 games)
- Gambling elements (81 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,435 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,150 games)
- Hack and slash (791 games)
- Hidden object (2,456 games)
- Hunting (281 games)
- Interactive book (213 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,666 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,433 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (268 games)
- Life / social simulation (794 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,328 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (437 games)
- Mental training (313 games)
- Metroidvania (661 games)
- Mini-games (2,563 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,699 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,409 games)
- Party game (808 games)
- Pinball (546 games)
- Platform (12,466 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,385 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (372 games)
- RPG elements (2,744 games)
- Rail shooter (351 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (947 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (74 games)
- Roguelike (1,316 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,039 games)
- Shooter (17,328 games)
- Stealth (1,126 games)
- Survival horror (1,307 games)
- Tactical RPG (532 games)
- Tactical shooter (112 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,894 games)
- Time management (629 games)
- Timed input (177 games)
- Tower defense (699 games)
- Trading / collectible card (303 games)
- Tricks / stunts (572 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (964 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (79 games)
- Visual novel (5,638 games)
- Wargame (621 games)
- Word construction (925 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (82 games)
- Baseball (656 games)
- Basketball (565 games)
- Bowling (250 games)
- Boxing (274 games)
- Cricket (120 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (290 games)
- Football (American) (566 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,675 games)
- Golf (737 games)
- Hockey (493 games)
- Horse / derby (263 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (221 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 (300 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (503 games)
- Foreign language (247 games)
- Geography (432 games)
- Graphics / art (417 games)
- Health / nutrition (204 games)
- History (453 games)
- Math / logic (1,466 games)
- Music (253 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (746 games)
- Reading / writing (1,103 games)
- Religion (107 games)
- Science (479 games)
- Sociology (136 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (125 games)
- Automobile (3,025 games)
- Bike / bicycling (263 games)
- Bus (85 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,501 games)
- Helicopter (566 games)
- Hovercraft (156 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (854 games)
- Motorcycle (640 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,228 games)
- Off-roading (592 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (30 games)
- Space flight (2,213 games)
- Street racing (537 games)
- Tank (875 games)
- Track racing (1,781 games)
- Train (412 games)
- Transport (125 games)
- Truck (256 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,377 games)
- Vehicular combat (833 games)
Setting
- Africa (532 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (63 games)
- Asia (732 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (328 games)
- Classical antiquity (399 games)
- Cold War (247 games)
- Contemporary (4,977 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (984 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (250 games)
- Europe (1,887 games)
- Fantasy (25,400 games)
- Historical events (1,414 games)
- Industrial Age (97 games)
- Interwar (244 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (406 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (791 games)
- Medieval (1,022 games)
- Middle East (441 games)
- North America (1,669 games)
- Oceania (401 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,617 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (55 games)
- Prehistoric (261 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,515 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (373 games)
- South America (281 games)
- Steampunk (370 games)
- Western (435 games)
- World War I (190 games)
- World War II (1,197 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (752 games)
- Currency (1,917 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,355 games)
- Edition upgrade (100 games)
- Extras (336 games)
- Game mode (1,039 games)
- Item (6,422 games)
- Map / level (11,208 games)
- Mechanics (379 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,212 games)
- Other (7,598 games)
- Player unit (7,732 games)
- Story / mission (5,272 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (678 games)