Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (54,299 games)
- Add-on (38,321 games)
- Adventure (17,714 games)
- Compilation (11,715 games)
- Educational (5,104 games)
- Gambling (1,145 games)
- Idle (168 games)
- Puzzle (15,741 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,842 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,668 games)
- Simulation (12,452 games)
- Special edition (3,439 games)
- Sports (8,753 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,747 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (208 games)
- Action RPG (1,623 games)
- Arcade (17,988 games)
- Artillery (228 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,168 games)
- Board game (3,156 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,554 games)
- Chess (574 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,260 games)
- Dating simulation (517 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,382 games)
- Fighting (2,284 games)
- Gambling elements (76 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,412 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,069 games)
- Hack and slash (775 games)
- Hidden object (2,355 games)
- Hunting (281 games)
- Interactive book (206 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,588 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,400 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (252 games)
- Life / social simulation (751 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,220 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (424 games)
- Mental training (305 games)
- Metroidvania (644 games)
- Mini-games (2,440 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,686 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,388 games)
- Party game (794 games)
- Pinball (530 games)
- Platform (12,280 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,166 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (366 games)
- RPG elements (2,658 games)
- Rail shooter (341 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (924 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (65 games)
- Roguelike (1,247 games)
- Sandbox / open world (991 games)
- Shooter (17,093 games)
- Stealth (1,103 games)
- Survival horror (1,269 games)
- Tactical RPG (506 games)
- Tactical shooter (111 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,757 games)
- Time management (612 games)
- Timed input (172 games)
- Tower defense (674 games)
- Trading / collectible card (299 games)
- Tricks / stunts (567 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (946 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (65 games)
- Visual novel (5,322 games)
- Wargame (614 games)
- Word construction (904 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (81 games)
- Baseball (651 games)
- Basketball (561 games)
- Bowling (248 games)
- Boxing (271 games)
- Cricket (119 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (286 games)
- Football (American) (563 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,668 games)
- Golf (733 games)
- Hockey (490 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 (103 games)
- Skateboarding (198 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (377 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 (430 games)
- Graphics / art (412 games)
- Health / nutrition (200 games)
- History (448 games)
- Math / logic (1,441 games)
- Music (249 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (735 games)
- Reading / writing (1,086 games)
- Religion (107 games)
- Science (472 games)
- Sociology (134 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (121 games)
- Automobile (2,994 games)
- Bike / bicycling (257 games)
- Bus (84 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,476 games)
- Helicopter (551 games)
- Hovercraft (154 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (834 games)
- Motorcycle (635 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,204 games)
- Off-roading (590 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (29 games)
- Space flight (2,180 games)
- Street racing (531 games)
- Tank (873 games)
- Track racing (1,764 games)
- Train (406 games)
- Transport (124 games)
- Truck (252 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,373 games)
- Vehicular combat (821 games)
Setting
- Africa (520 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (59 games)
- Asia (684 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (311 games)
- Classical antiquity (391 games)
- Cold War (241 games)
- Contemporary (4,532 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (952 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (238 games)
- Europe (1,787 games)
- Fantasy (24,740 games)
- Historical events (1,404 games)
- Industrial Age (95 games)
- Interwar (242 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (403 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (744 games)
- Medieval (989 games)
- Middle East (433 games)
- North America (1,571 games)
- Oceania (379 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,576 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (52 games)
- Prehistoric (253 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,220 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (363 games)
- South America (268 games)
- Steampunk (363 games)
- Western (424 games)
- World War I (186 games)
- World War II (1,194 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (731 games)
- Currency (1,905 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,050 games)
- Edition upgrade (93 games)
- Extras (327 games)
- Game mode (1,003 games)
- Item (6,309 games)
- Map / level (10,895 games)
- Mechanics (344 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,170 games)
- Other (7,476 games)
- Player unit (7,615 games)
- Story / mission (5,150 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (658 games)