Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (52,961 games)
- Add-on (37,187 games)
- Adventure (16,818 games)
- Compilation (11,375 games)
- Educational (4,967 games)
- Gambling (1,102 games)
- Idle (148 games)
- Puzzle (15,036 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,788 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,397 games)
- Simulation (12,128 games)
- Special edition (3,329 games)
- Sports (8,647 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,516 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (201 games)
- Action RPG (1,576 games)
- Arcade (17,606 games)
- Artillery (223 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,144 games)
- Board game (3,083 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,428 games)
- Chess (563 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,222 games)
- Dating simulation (483 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,351 games)
- Fighting (2,257 games)
- Gambling elements (71 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,330 games)
- Graphic adventure (2,926 games)
- Hack and slash (738 games)
- Hidden object (2,273 games)
- Hunting (274 games)
- Interactive book (186 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,520 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,313 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (227 games)
- Life / social simulation (700 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,098 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (406 games)
- Mental training (294 games)
- Metroidvania (616 games)
- Mini-games (2,326 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,660 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,374 games)
- Party game (786 games)
- Pinball (557 games)
- Platform (12,030 games)
- Puzzle elements (10,902 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (360 games)
- RPG elements (2,559 games)
- Rail shooter (335 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (902 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (53 games)
- Roguelike (1,175 games)
- Sandbox / open world (950 games)
- Shooter (16,642 games)
- Stealth (1,067 games)
- Survival horror (1,227 games)
- Tactical RPG (481 games)
- Tactical shooter (111 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,570 games)
- Time management (578 games)
- Timed input (167 games)
- Tower defense (648 games)
- Trading / collectible card (287 games)
- Tricks / stunts (568 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (929 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (43 games)
- Visual novel (4,861 games)
- Wargame (596 games)
- Word construction (842 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (80 games)
- Baseball (639 games)
- Basketball (556 games)
- Bowling (245 games)
- Boxing (267 games)
- Cricket (114 games)
- Darts / target shooting (229 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (274 games)
- Football (American) (558 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,658 games)
- Golf (724 games)
- Hockey (488 games)
- Horse / derby (258 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (218 games)
- Paintball (23 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (160 games)
- Pool / snooker (278 games)
- Racquetball / squash (295 games)
- Rugby (103 games)
- Sailing / boating (100 games)
- Skateboarding (197 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (371 games)
- Surfing (60 games)
- Tennis (672 games)
- Volleyball (142 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (294 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (486 games)
- Foreign language (237 games)
- Geography (426 games)
- Graphics / art (399 games)
- Health / nutrition (200 games)
- History (433 games)
- Math / logic (1,408 games)
- Music (246 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (725 games)
- Reading / writing (1,057 games)
- Religion (105 games)
- Science (457 games)
- Sociology (130 games)
- Typing (130 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (112 games)
- Automobile (2,949 games)
- Bike / bicycling (253 games)
- Bus (81 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,448 games)
- Helicopter (537 games)
- Hovercraft (147 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (816 games)
- Motorcycle (632 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,183 games)
- Off-roading (583 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (10 games)
- Snowmobile (28 games)
- Space flight (2,105 games)
- Street racing (527 games)
- Tank (862 games)
- Track racing (1,741 games)
- Train (395 games)
- Transport (119 games)
- Truck (251 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,363 games)
- Vehicular combat (803 games)
Setting
- Africa (298 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (52 games)
- Asia (625 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (296 games)
- Classical antiquity (381 games)
- Cold War (238 games)
- Contemporary (4,034 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (925 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (223 games)
- Europe (1,642 games)
- Fantasy (23,704 games)
- Historical events (1,389 games)
- Industrial Age (94 games)
- Interwar (238 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (391 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (644 games)
- Medieval (950 games)
- Middle East (293 games)
- North America (1,409 games)
- Oceania (337 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,532 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (50 games)
- Prehistoric (240 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (16,700 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (347 games)
- South America (240 games)
- Steampunk (362 games)
- Western (414 games)
- World War I (182 games)
- World War II (1,173 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (697 games)
- Currency (1,779 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (10,866 games)
- Edition upgrade (83 games)
- Extras (306 games)
- Game mode (964 games)
- Item (6,066 games)
- Map / level (10,508 games)
- Mechanics (322 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,126 games)
- Other (7,277 games)
- Player unit (7,291 games)
- Story / mission (4,965 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (595 games)