Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (56,018 games)
- Add-on (39,983 games)
- Adventure (19,184 games)
- Compilation (12,053 games)
- Educational (5,234 games)
- Gambling (1,196 games)
- Idle (272 games)
- Puzzle (16,688 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,966 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (9,005 games)
- Simulation (12,998 games)
- Special edition (3,591 games)
- Sports (8,517 games)
- Strategy / tactics (15,183 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (215 games)
- Action RPG (1,706 games)
- Arcade (18,550 games)
- Artillery (232 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,223 games)
- Board game (3,247 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,710 games)
- Chess (605 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,329 games)
- Dating simulation (588 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,415 games)
- Fighting (2,299 games)
- Gambling elements (87 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,471 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,242 games)
- Hack and slash (827 games)
- Hidden object (2,572 games)
- Hunting (281 games)
- Interactive book (222 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,734 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,494 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (281 games)
- Life / social simulation (844 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,423 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (451 games)
- Mental training (318 games)
- Metroidvania (685 games)
- Mini-games (2,659 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,727 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,435 games)
- Party game (817 games)
- Pinball (558 games)
- Platform (12,656 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,613 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (385 games)
- RPG elements (2,874 games)
- Rail shooter (355 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (967 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (81 games)
- Roguelike (1,360 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,078 games)
- Shooter (17,599 games)
- Stealth (1,144 games)
- Survival horror (1,352 games)
- Tactical RPG (547 games)
- Tactical shooter (114 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (3,035 games)
- Time management (645 games)
- Timed input (184 games)
- Tower defense (723 games)
- Trading / collectible card (312 games)
- Tricks / stunts (574 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (981 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (91 games)
- Visual novel (6,111 games)
- Wargame (627 games)
- Word construction (940 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (85 games)
- Baseball (663 games)
- Basketball (569 games)
- Bowling (253 games)
- Boxing (274 games)
- Cricket (121 games)
- Darts / target shooting (234 games)
- Dodgeball (54 games)
- Fishing (292 games)
- Football (American) (569 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,671 games)
- Golf (736 games)
- Hockey (494 games)
- Horse / derby (268 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (223 games)
- Paintball (24 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (159 games)
- Pool / snooker (285 games)
- Racquetball / squash (296 games)
- Rugby (105 games)
- Sailing / boating (101 games)
- Skateboarding (202 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (383 games)
- Surfing (60 games)
- Tennis (685 games)
- Volleyball (144 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (304 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (504 games)
- Foreign language (249 games)
- Geography (431 games)
- Graphics / art (424 games)
- Health / nutrition (203 games)
- History (454 games)
- Math / logic (1,479 games)
- Music (249 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (760 games)
- Reading / writing (1,110 games)
- Religion (112 games)
- Science (481 games)
- Sociology (136 games)
- Typing (132 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (133 games)
- Automobile (3,094 games)
- Bike / bicycling (272 games)
- Bus (87 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,526 games)
- Helicopter (569 games)
- Hovercraft (156 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (867 games)
- Motorcycle (639 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,250 games)
- Off-roading (592 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (33 games)
- Space flight (2,259 games)
- Street racing (541 games)
- Tank (889 games)
- Track racing (1,789 games)
- Train (423 games)
- Transport (128 games)
- Truck (265 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,380 games)
- Vehicular combat (847 games)
Setting
- Africa (548 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (66 games)
- Asia (747 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (336 games)
- Classical antiquity (408 games)
- Cold War (252 games)
- Contemporary (5,591 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (1,009 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (262 games)
- Europe (1,984 games)
- Fantasy (26,217 games)
- Historical events (1,418 games)
- Industrial Age (97 games)
- Interwar (250 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (423 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (858 games)
- Medieval (1,054 games)
- Middle East (450 games)
- North America (1,771 games)
- Oceania (424 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,653 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (56 games)
- Prehistoric (270 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,864 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (385 games)
- South America (290 games)
- Steampunk (377 games)
- Western (445 games)
- World War I (192 games)
- World War II (1,207 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (783 games)
- Currency (1,955 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,714 games)
- Edition upgrade (110 games)
- Extras (348 games)
- Game mode (1,075 games)
- Item (6,577 games)
- Map / level (11,352 games)
- Mechanics (402 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,246 games)
- Other (7,729 games)
- Player unit (7,889 games)
- Story / mission (5,401 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (722 games)