List of computer and video games by genre

This article gives a list of computer games and video games by category, i.e. arranged alphabetically by video game genres. Some categories/genres are briefly defined at the beginning of their respective sections. For an alphabetical list of games sorted by title, see list of computer and video games by name. ===Action-Adventure=== Action-adventure games are those where action is the predominant aspect of gameplay, but puzzle-solving and the exploration of, and interaction with, the environment are also key to gameplay; as opposed to "pure" #Adventure games, where action sequences are the exception rather than the rule. With technological limitations on gameplay becoming less of an issue to game designers, more action games are overlapping into this category. (see also #Survival Horror.) *''Adventure (Atari 2600)'' *''Star Fox Adventures'' *''Tomb Raider'' series *''Exile (BBC computer game)'' ===Adventure_game=== (see also #Action-Adventure and #Puzzle games) *''Colossal Cave Adventure'' *''The Colonel's Bequest'' *''Day of the Tentacle'' *''Eleventh Hour'' *''Full Throttle'' *''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'' *''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (adventure game)'' *''The Infinite Ocean'' *''King's Quest'' series *''Last Rose In A Desert Garden'' *''Legend of Zelda series'' series *''The Longest Journey'' *''LOOM'' *''Maniac Mansion'' *''Monkey Island'' series *''Myst'' series *''Sam and Max Hit the Road'' *''Schizm: Mysterious Journey'' *''Space Quest'' series *''The 7th Guest'' *''Skyborg: Into the Vortex'' *''Simon the Sorcerer'' series *''Sentimental Graffiti'' *''The Dig'' *''Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders'' *''Zork'' series ===Educational game=== *''Carmen Sandiego'' series *''Giraffe (computer game)'' *''Granny's Garden'' *''Hang Man'' *''Mavis Beacon'' series *''Number Munchers'' *''The Oregon Trail (computer game)'' series *''Robocode'' *''Star Wars DroidWorks'' *''The Typing of the Dead'' ===Beat 'em up/Fighting=== *''Battletoads'' *''Darkstalkers'' series *''Double Dragon'' series *''Final Fight'' *''King of Fighters'' series *''Mortal Kombat'' series *''Power Stone'' series *''Soul Edge/Soul Calibur'' series *''Street Fighter'' series *''Streets of Rage'' series *''Super Smash Bros.'' series *''Tekken'' series *''Virtua Fighter'' series *''The Way of the Exploding Fist'' *''Barbarian (computer game)'' ===First-person_shooter=== ====Game-controlled environment==== This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters") *''Area 51 (video game)'' *''Duck Hunt'' *''Time Crisis'' series *''Virtua Cop'' ====Player-controlled environment==== *''Call of Duty'' series *''Descent (computer game)'' *''Doom'' series *''Duke Nukem 3D'' *''Ethnic Cleansing (computer game)'' *''Far Cry'' *''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon'' series *''GoldenEye 007'' *''Halo: Combat Evolved'' series *''Half-Life (computer game)'' series *''Hardwar'' *''Heavy Gear'' *''Hired Guns'' *''IGI (game)'' series *''Killzone'' *''Magic Carpet (video game)'' series *''Marathon (computer game)'' series *''MechWarrior'' series *''Medal of Honor (computer game)'' series *''Metroid Prime'' series *''Quake'' series *''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' series *''Redneck Rampage *''Serious Sam'' series *''Unreal series'' *''Wolfenstein 3D'' series *''Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory'' "Complete" list available at [http://firstpersonshooters.org/ http://firstpersonshooters.org/] ====Vehicle Based==== *''Descent (computer game)'' *Descent 2 *Descent 2: The Infinate Abyss *Descent 3 *Descent Maximum (PS) *Necrodome ====Mech==== *''MechWarrior'' series These titles may be FPS depending on your definition: *''Damage Inc'' *''Giants: Citizen Kabuto'' *''Hardwar'' *''Heavy Gear'' *''Hidden and Dangerous'' *''Hired Guns'' *''Magic Carpet (video game)'' series *''PlanetSide'' *''Special Force'' *''Under Ash'' *''Virtua Cop'' ===Online games=== Games played over the Internet with other human players in a shared environment. The gameplay is coordinated by a game server. While many games can be played in a computer network. Online games are characterized by the game environment being persistent and shared amongst a significant number of players. The genre developed since 1995 when the internet became popular. Not all games types lend themselves easily to online gaming. The most typical ones are. ====Computer role-playing game==== *''AdventureQuest'' *''Diablo (computer game) '' series *''EverQuest'' *''Final Fantasy'' series *''MUDs'' *''Neverwinter Nights'' *''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' series *''Vendetta Online'' *''World of Warcraft'' *''Ultima Online'' ====Shooter game==== *''America's Army'' *''Battlefield 1942'' *''Killzone'' *''Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror'' *''Tribes 2'' *''Unreal Tournament'' *''World War II Online'' ====Browser-based games==== *''BattleMaster'' *''NukeZone'' ====real-time strategy==== *''Command & Conquer'' *''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2'' *''Perimeter (game)'' *''Warcraft III'' *''Time Of Defiance'' *''Superpower 2'' *''Starcraft'' ===Maze games=== *''3D Monster Maze'' *''Abashera'' *''Gauntlet (arcade game)'' *''Pac-Man'' *''Scarab of Ra'' ===Platform_game=== Platform games, also called ''side-scrollers'', view the game area from a side or "cutaway" perspective. In these games, the background or playing area smoothly scrolls as the player moves about, hence the name. These games are traditionally 2D computer graphics, but some have employed 3D computer graphics effectively. Traditional elements of these games include running, jumping and some fighting. Side-scrollers were some of the first types of video games and are still popular today, usually with younger players. *''Abuse (computer game)'' *''Alex Kidd'' *''Castlevania'' series *''Captain Claw'' *''Commander Keen'' series *''Contra (video game)''/''Probotector'' series *''Crash Bandicoot'' series *''Dig Dug'' *''Donkey Kong'' *''Duke Nukem'' I and II *''Jak and Daxter'' *''Kirby'' series *''Gex'' series *''Ghouls 'n Ghosts'' series *''Gish (computer game) *''Lionheart'' *''Lode Runner'' *''Metroid'' series *''Mega Man'' (Japan: ''RockMan'') series *''Pitfall'' *''Prince of Persia'' series *''Ratchet & Clank (series)'' series *''Rayman'' series *''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series *''Super Mario Bros.'' series *''Wario Land'' series *''Wonderboy'' series ===Puzzle_game=== Many games in the #Adventure and #Maze games genres could arguably fit into this category as well. See list of puzzle-based computer and video games for a listing of puzzle games by type. *''Tetris'' *''Ballance'' ===Racing_game=== ====Simulation style==== *''4D Sports Driving'' *''ATV Off-Road Fury'' series *''Colin McRae Rally'' series *''Gran Turismo'' series *''Grand Prix Legends'' *''Motocross Madness'' series *''MX Unleashed'' *''MX vs. ATV Unleashed'' *''Stunts (computer game)'' *''Streed Rod'' series ====Arcade style==== *''Armagetron'' *''Carmageddon'' series *''Final Lap'' *''F-Zero'' series *''Grand Theft Auto (series)'' series *''High Octane'' *''Marble Madness'' *''Mario Kart'' series *''Out Run'' *''Pole Position'' series *''Project Gotham Racing'' *''Road Rash'' *''Sega Rally'' series *''The Simpsons Road Rage'' *''Test Drive (video game)'' series *''wipEout'' series ===Rhythm video game=== (See also List of dance games, List of drumming games) *''3DDX'' *''Beatmania'', ''Beatmania IIDX'' and variants *''Britney's Dance Beat'' *''Bust a Groove (Japan: ''Bust a Move'') *''Crackin' DJ'' *''Dance Aerobics'' *''Dance Dance Revolution'' series *''Dance ManiaX'' *''Dance:UK'' *''Dance With Intensity'' *''Disney's Jungle Book Groove Party'' *''Djmax'' *''DJ Wars'' *''Donkey Konga'' *''Dream Audition'' *''DrumMania'' *''EZ2DJ'' *''EZ2Dancer'' *''Frequency (game)'' and its sequel ''Amplitude (game)'' *''Gitaroo Man'' *''GuitarFreaks'' *''Guitar Jam'' *''In the Groove (game)'' *''Jam With the Band *''Karaoke Revolution'' *''Keyboardmania'' *''Mad Maestro'' *''Mambo A Go Go'' *''Martial Beat'' *''NeoDrumX'' *''PacaPaca Passion'' *''PaRappa the Rapper'' and sequel ''UmJammer Lammy'' *''ParaParaParadise'' *''Pop'n Music'' *''Puyo Puyo Da'' *''Pump It Up'' *''Rez'' *''Samba de Amigo'' *''Shakkato Tambourine'' *''Shamisen Brothers'' (三味線ブラザーズ) *''SingStar'' *''Space Channel 5'' and its sequel *''Spice World (game)'' *''StepMania'' *''Stepping Stage'' *''Taiko: Drum Master (''aka'' Taiko no tatsujin)'' *''Technic Beat'' *''Technictix'' *''Technomotion'' *''TeknoWerk'' ===Computer role-playing game=== *''Alternate Reality'' series *''Ambermoon'' *''Amberstar'' *''Anachronox'' *''Arc the Lad'' series *''Arcanum'' *''Astonia'' *''Bahamut Lagoon'' *''Baldur's_Gate_series'' *''Bard's Tale 1985'' series *''Bard's Tale 2004'' *''Breath of Fire'' series *''The Changeling (computer game)'' *''Chrono Cross'' *''Chrono Trigger'' *''Deus Ex'' and ''Deus Ex: Invisible War'' *''Diablo (computer game)'' series *''Dot.Hack'' series *''Dragon Quest'' (aka ''Dragon Warrior'') series *''Drakengard'' *''Dungeon Master'' series *''Dungeon Siege'' *''Earthbound\Mother'' series *''The Elder Scrolls'' series (''Arena_(computer_game)'', ''Daggerfall'', ''Morrowind'') *''Exile,_the_RPG_Games'' (aka Avernum) series *''Fallout (computer game)'' series *''Final Fantasy'' series *''Fire Emblem'' series *''Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures'' *''Golden Sun'' *''Kingdom Hearts'' *''Lufia'' (Japanese title: ''Estopolis'') series *''Magebane'' *''Might and Magic'' series *''Mount & Blade'' *''Neverwinter Nights'' series *''Thepalace.com'' *''Paper Mario'' *''Phantasy Star'' series *''Planescape Torment'' *''Pok�mon'' series *''Quest for Glory'' (aka ''Hero's Quest'') series *''Radical Dreamers'' *''RPGDX'' *''Rudora no Hihou'' (ak.a Treasure of the Rudras) *''SaGa'' series *''Seiken Densetsu'' series (''Secret Of Mana'', ''Legend of Mana'' etc.) *''Star Ocean'' series *''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' *''Suikoden'' series *''Super Mario RPG *''Tales_(Video_Game_Series)'' series (''Namco's Tales'') *''Temple of Elemental Evil'' *''Ultima'' series *''Wasteland'' *''Wild ARMs'' series *''Wizardry'' series *''Ys_(Video_Game_Franchise)'' series *''Yu-Gi-Oh'' series *''Xenogears'' *''Xenosaga'' series ====MMORPGs==== *''see'' list of MMORPGs'' ====Roguelikes==== *''ADOM'' *''Angband (computer game)'' *''Castle of the Winds'' *''Hack (computer game)'' *''IVAN'' *''Nethack'' *''Moria (computer game)'' *''Rogue (computer game)'' *''Tyrant (computer game)'' ===Shooters=== *''Centipede'' *''Missile Command'' *''Phoenix (arcade game)'' *''Space Invaders'' ===Shoot 'em up=== *''1942 (video game)'' *''3D Defender'' *''Abadox'' *''Agony (game)'' *''Aero Blasters'' *''Alpha Mission'' *''Apidya'' *''Asteroids'' *''Bangai-O'' *''Bio-ship Paladin'' *''Darius (game)'' series *''Disposable Hero'' *''DonPachi'' *''DoDonPachi'' *''Dragon Breed'' *''Earth Defense Force'' *''Fantasy Zone'' *''Galaga'' *''Gradius'' series *''Ikaruga'' *''Lethal Xcess'' *''Mr Heli'' *''Parodius'' series *''Project-X'' *''R-Type'' series *''Radiant Silvergun'' *''Raiden'' series *''Raptor(game)'' *''Return Fire'' *''Sinistar'' *''Smash TV'' *''Spacewar'' (not a true shoot-em-up; 1962 multiplayer deathmatch) *''Spheres of Chaos'' *''SolarStriker'' *''Stardust'' series *''Star Fox'' series *''Thunderforce'' series *''Transbot'' *''Twinbee'' series *''Wings of Death'' *''Xenon'' series *''XPilot'' *''Zaxxon'' *''Zero Wing'' ===Simulation=== Some do not consider simulations to be games at all, but rather "digital toys" or "software toys". Indeed, this is how Will Wright, the game designer of the most popular video game of all time, The Sims, describes his games. These games aim to similate a specific activity (such as flying an airplane) as realistically as practically possible, taking into account physics and other real-world limitations. Some require a great deal of reading before the game can even be attempted, while others include a simple tutorial. Some of these types of games, such as flight simulators, have a limited following, while others, such as ''The Sims'' have an enormous following, including those who don't consider themselves "gamers." *''Ace combat'' *''FlightGear'' *''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' series *''Orbiter (game)'' *''Rollercoaster Tycoon'' series *''Silent Hunter'' *''The Sims'' *''SimAnt'' *''SimCity'' series *''SimEarth'' *''SimFarm'' *''Sim Park'' *''Simutrans'' *''Stunt Island'' *''Virtual U'' *''X-Plane'' ===Space simulation=== Space simulations tend to be much like flight simulations but generally have to take many liberties to adapt the "true" physics of spaceflight to be more player-friendly. *''Descent: Freespace'' *''Elite (computer game)'' *''Freelancer (computer game)'' *''Galaxy Trek'' *''X2: The Threat'' ===Sports=== *''Activision Boxing'' *''Activision Tennis'' *''All Star Baseball 2003'' *''Arch Rivals'' *''Backyard Sports'' series *''Championship Manager'' *Electronic Arts ''National Hockey League'' series *''Hardball (computer game)'' series *''John Madden Football'' series *''Kick Off'' *''Knockout Kings'' series *''Mutant League'' series *''NBA Jam'' series *''NBA ShootOut'' series *''Rumble in the Rink'' *''Tecmo Super Bowl'' series ===Stealth Action=== *''Metal Gear'' series *''Splinter Cell'' series *''Thief (computer game)'' series ===Strategy=== ====General Strategy==== *''Defender of the Crown'' *''Lords of Conquest'' *''Wargame Construction Set'' ====Browser-based==== *''Age of Wonders'' series *''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri'' *''Battle Isle'' series *''Battle for Wesnoth'' *''Chaos (video game)'' series *''Civilization video game'' series *''Colonization'' *''Dominions II'' *''Fire Emblem'' series *''Galactic Civilizations'' *''Heroes of Might and Magic'' series *''Jagged Alliance'' series *''Master of Magic'' *''Master of Orion'' series *''Stars!'' *''VGA Planets'' (for play-by-email) *''WarLords'' series *''Worms computer games'' series *''X-COM'' (UFO) series ====real-time strategy==== *''Age of Empires'' series *''Age of Mythology'' series *''Black and White (computer game)'' *''Close Combat (game)'' series *''Command and Conquer'' series *''Commandos'' series *''The Corporate Machine'' *''Dark Reign'' *''Dune (computer game)#Dune II'' *''Dungeon Keeper'' series *''Europa Universalis'' series *''Ground Control'' series *''Homeworld'' series *''Myth (computer game)'' series *''Perimeter'' *''Populous'' series *''Railroad Tycoon'' *''Red Alert (computer game)'' *''The Settlers'' series *''StarCraft'' & add-on *''Sudden Strike'' *''Superpower 2'' *''Syndicate computer games'' series *''Total Annihilation'' *''Total War'' series *''Warcraft'' series *''War of the Ring'' - based on Lord of the Rings novel ===Survival Horror=== Survival Horror games focus on fear and attempt to scare the player via traditional horror elements such as atmospherics, death, the undead, blood and gore. Most of these games include third- or first-person shooter elements. *''Alone in the Dark (series)'' series *''Clock Tower (video game)'' series *''Dino Crisis'' series *''Fatal Frame'' series *''Resident Evil'' series *''Silent Hill'' series *''Sweet Home'' (believed to have originated the genre) *''System Shock'' series ===Third-Person Shooters/Third-Person Action=== Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a specific perspective for the player. This is normally just behind and above the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric projection. *''BloodRayne'' *''Dynasty Warriors'' *''Grand Theft Auto (game)'' series *''Heretic II'' *''Hitman (computer game)'' series *''Mafia (video game)'' *''Max Payne'' series *''Space Harrier'' *''Tomb Raider'' series *''Splinter Cell'' series ===Miscellany=== *''Animal Crossing'' ===Collectible Card Game=== * ''Magic: The Gathering'' has had computer versions for some time. ==Notable People== See list of computer and video game industry people. ==Traditional== Most popular board games, card games, and the like have been computerized to some degree or another. For example, more than 600 freeware board games are available written in Zillions of Games. Computer game programs can be worthy opponents and can help you improve your skill at traditional games. *''Chess, Checkers, Othello (a.k.a. Reversi), and Backgammon have world class computer programs. *''Mah-jongg and related games are immensely popular in Japan. *''I-go, popular in Asia. Computer and video games'' Lists of games'' '' fa:فهرست دسته‌بندی‌شده بازیهای رایانه‌ای و ویدئویی''

List of computer and video games by genre

i feel this list should be replaced by a category system. however, there are nice definitions of the sub-genres and also a the "people" section seem valuable for me. i hope someone can transform the content of this page into a better category system. --User:Horst F JENS 15:40, 2004 Jun 18 (UTC) :The definitions are from Computer and video game genres, the people section is now at List of computer and video game industry people, so I think this list can be deleted as soon as all games have their categories. --User:ContiE|User talk:ContiE 18:09, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC) :It looks to me that pretty much any game is in a category, so this goes to VfD now. --User:ContiE|User talk:ContiE 18:18, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC) ::Is there a nice user-friendly interface to these particular categories? Are there links from all relevant articles (that linked to this page in the past) to all relevant categories? If the answer is negative, we can't delete this page yet. User:Paranoid 19:08, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC) :::I can change the links, so they would link to the categories. I also can put the nice definitions of each genre from Computer and video game genres to the category of that genre. Why do we have the category system when we keep lists like this anyways? --User:ContiE|User talk:ContiE 19:23, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC) ::::You cleverly blew away all the free links to articles that hadn't been written yet however. Lists are only equivalent to categories when every single list item has an article, which was not the case here. User:Stan Shebs 19:26, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC) :::::There will never be an article about every single game that exist, so you're right here. I still prefer the category-system, but it seems that the majority of the wikipedians that raised their voice here wants to keep the list, so I think it would be best to restore it. --User:ContiE|User talk:ContiE 20:04, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC) ::::::I understand the reasons for deletion as well as the value of keeping the list. I think that a good solution would be to add some comments on the category pages first (so that they have not just the links, but a brief 1-paragraph description and a direct link to the article about the genre. And to solve the problem of links to unwritten articles we should write stubs or add the links to articles on sub-genre. Of course, it's a problem that there currently is no article on Perimeter, a new innovative RTS, but eventually someone will write about it anyway and if I thought it is so important, I could have at least add a comment about it in real-time strategy or its talk page. User:Paranoid 21:27, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC) ---- Article was listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion July 2 to July 10 2004, consensus was to redirect to :Category:Computer and video game genres. Discussion may be found at Talk:List of computer and video games by category/Delete. ---- The redirect had only a fraction of the information, and according to the discussion redirecting wasn't a total consensus either. Considering the short length of the vote, and the issues with the category page - the page was brought back. User:Dcrt888 11:18, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC) ====New Additions==== So, I've added my FPS list. I've been compiling this for years, It's home is at http://firstpersonshooters.org/ I'd appreciate letting me know anything I may have missed. ::... as well as keeping it updated as I update my list... I got tired of seeing so many titles there with absolutely nothing about them. So I made links for the titles that didn't have a wiki entry. Not everything on my site has info yet, but most titles do and that's alot better than simply seeing the name of it. The only disadvantage for this that I can see is that you'd have to manually edit rather than simply clicking to add a wiki entry, but you would have had to do that before I turned everything into links anyway. If there's a particular title that my site doesn't have anything about either, let me know and I'll go find and put something there. I want every single first person shooter ever created or considered to be represented. (http://firstpersonshooters.org/, eliteinc@comcast.net, FPS@landofthedragons.com) I'm glad the list remains. This is a resource, not just of other resources within it. If all that is listed is things that there's further information on, many of the things which are lesser known may never make their way in, and may not do their duty as part of their genre to help spark interest in it. I cleaned up the FPS list a bit, everything should now link either to it's Wiki article, where one exists, or to my site where if there isn't info about the title, I will add some as soon as it's brought to my attention. And I'm going to keep putting it back forever. Some rediculous soul out there thinks it's better to give people no information instead of some information just because it all happens to be from one place. If this were a politically oriented topic they might be correct, but since it's not, they are dead wrong. Actually, no... Since I went to all that trouble to provide information for all those titles, and spent hours just getting this list straight, and since it's not appreciated, this list which is my blood & breath, will no longer be made available on wikipedia.

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