Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (54,194 games)
- Add-on (38,190 games)
- Adventure (17,654 games)
- Compilation (11,693 games)
- Educational (5,090 games)
- Gambling (1,145 games)
- Idle (167 games)
- Puzzle (15,664 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,835 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,639 games)
- Simulation (12,417 games)
- Special edition (3,427 games)
- Sports (8,746 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,715 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (208 games)
- Action RPG (1,618 games)
- Arcade (17,946 games)
- Artillery (228 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,166 games)
- Board game (3,143 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,547 games)
- Chess (570 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,255 games)
- Dating simulation (514 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,379 games)
- Fighting (2,282 games)
- Gambling elements (76 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,404 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,059 games)
- Hack and slash (774 games)
- Hidden object (2,346 games)
- Hunting (281 games)
- Interactive book (205 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,585 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,392 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (250 games)
- Life / social simulation (747 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,203 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (421 games)
- Mental training (305 games)
- Metroidvania (643 games)
- Mini-games (2,430 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,682 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,387 games)
- Party game (794 games)
- Pinball (528 games)
- Platform (12,265 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,143 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (366 games)
- RPG elements (2,652 games)
- Rail shooter (339 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (922 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (63 games)
- Roguelike (1,237 games)
- Sandbox / open world (985 games)
- Shooter (17,068 games)
- Stealth (1,103 games)
- Survival horror (1,265 games)
- Tactical RPG (501 games)
- Tactical shooter (111 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,748 games)
- Time management (611 games)
- Timed input (171 games)
- Tower defense (672 games)
- Trading / collectible card (295 games)
- Tricks / stunts (567 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (943 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (62 games)
- Visual novel (5,297 games)
- Wargame (609 games)
- Word construction (897 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (81 games)
- Baseball (651 games)
- Basketball (560 games)
- Bowling (248 games)
- Boxing (271 games)
- Cricket (119 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (285 games)
- Football (American) (561 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,668 games)
- Golf (733 games)
- Hockey (489 games)
- Horse / derby (259 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (219 games)
- Paintball (23 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (160 games)
- Pool / snooker (283 games)
- Racquetball / squash (295 games)
- Rugby (104 games)
- Sailing / boating (102 games)
- Skateboarding (198 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (376 games)
- Surfing (59 games)
- Tennis (680 games)
- Volleyball (142 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (299 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (494 games)
- Foreign language (243 games)
- Geography (429 games)
- Graphics / art (411 games)
- Health / nutrition (200 games)
- History (444 games)
- Math / logic (1,439 games)
- Music (249 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (735 games)
- Reading / writing (1,083 games)
- Religion (105 games)
- Science (470 games)
- Sociology (134 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (119 games)
- Automobile (2,992 games)
- Bike / bicycling (257 games)
- Bus (85 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,475 games)
- Helicopter (547 games)
- Hovercraft (150 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (832 games)
- Motorcycle (634 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,200 games)
- Off-roading (590 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (28 games)
- Space flight (2,170 games)
- Street racing (530 games)
- Tank (870 games)
- Track racing (1,761 games)
- Train (404 games)
- Transport (123 games)
- Truck (253 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,371 games)
- Vehicular combat (820 games)
Setting
- Africa (518 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (59 games)
- Asia (679 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (309 games)
- Classical antiquity (390 games)
- Cold War (241 games)
- Contemporary (4,491 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (949 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (237 games)
- Europe (1,763 games)
- Fantasy (24,654 games)
- Historical events (1,399 games)
- Industrial Age (95 games)
- Interwar (242 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (402 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (736 games)
- Medieval (987 games)
- Middle East (432 games)
- North America (1,535 games)
- Oceania (376 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,573 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (52 games)
- Prehistoric (252 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,178 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (363 games)
- South America (263 games)
- Steampunk (362 games)
- Western (422 games)
- World War I (186 games)
- World War II (1,192 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (726 games)
- Currency (1,889 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,036 games)
- Edition upgrade (93 games)
- Extras (322 games)
- Game mode (998 games)
- Item (6,276 games)
- Map / level (10,827 games)
- Mechanics (341 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,169 games)
- Other (7,459 games)
- Player unit (7,600 games)
- Story / mission (5,144 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (638 games)