Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (54,103 games)
- Add-on (38,148 games)
- Adventure (17,590 games)
- Compilation (11,674 games)
- Educational (5,087 games)
- Gambling (1,138 games)
- Idle (166 games)
- Puzzle (15,617 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,832 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,624 games)
- Simulation (12,403 games)
- Special edition (3,419 games)
- Sports (8,741 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,683 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (207 games)
- Action RPG (1,615 games)
- Arcade (17,919 games)
- Artillery (228 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,164 games)
- Board game (3,142 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,533 games)
- Chess (571 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,251 games)
- Dating simulation (513 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,377 games)
- Fighting (2,281 games)
- Gambling elements (76 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,392 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,055 games)
- Hack and slash (773 games)
- Hidden object (2,346 games)
- Hunting (280 games)
- Interactive book (205 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,584 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,388 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (248 games)
- Life / social simulation (746 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,190 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (420 games)
- Mental training (305 games)
- Metroidvania (643 games)
- Mini-games (2,427 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,681 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,385 games)
- Party game (794 games)
- Pinball (528 games)
- Platform (12,256 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,135 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (365 games)
- RPG elements (2,644 games)
- Rail shooter (339 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (921 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (62 games)
- Roguelike (1,235 games)
- Sandbox / open world (984 games)
- Shooter (17,037 games)
- Stealth (1,100 games)
- Survival horror (1,264 games)
- Tactical RPG (499 games)
- Tactical shooter (111 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,731 games)
- Time management (606 games)
- Timed input (171 games)
- Tower defense (669 games)
- Trading / collectible card (295 games)
- Tricks / stunts (567 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (942 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (59 games)
- Visual novel (5,252 games)
- Wargame (609 games)
- Word construction (895 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (81 games)
- Baseball (651 games)
- Basketball (560 games)
- Bowling (248 games)
- Boxing (271 games)
- Cricket (118 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (284 games)
- Football (American) (561 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,668 games)
- Golf (733 games)
- Hockey (489 games)
- Horse / derby (258 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 (298 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (493 games)
- Foreign language (243 games)
- Geography (429 games)
- Graphics / art (410 games)
- Health / nutrition (200 games)
- History (444 games)
- Math / logic (1,439 games)
- Music (249 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (735 games)
- Reading / writing (1,082 games)
- Religion (105 games)
- Science (470 games)
- Sociology (134 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (119 games)
- Automobile (2,990 games)
- Bike / bicycling (257 games)
- Bus (85 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,475 games)
- Helicopter (547 games)
- Hovercraft (149 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (832 games)
- Motorcycle (634 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,198 games)
- Off-roading (590 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (28 games)
- Space flight (2,163 games)
- Street racing (529 games)
- Tank (869 games)
- Track racing (1,760 games)
- Train (404 games)
- Transport (123 games)
- Truck (253 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,371 games)
- Vehicular combat (820 games)
Setting
- Africa (517 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (59 games)
- Asia (675 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (309 games)
- Classical antiquity (387 games)
- Cold War (241 games)
- Contemporary (4,460 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (948 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (232 games)
- Europe (1,761 games)
- Fantasy (24,578 games)
- Historical events (1,395 games)
- Industrial Age (95 games)
- Interwar (242 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (400 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (731 games)
- Medieval (982 games)
- Middle East (431 games)
- North America (1,529 games)
- Oceania (376 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,571 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (52 games)
- Prehistoric (252 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,135 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (363 games)
- South America (262 games)
- Steampunk (362 games)
- Western (421 games)
- World War I (186 games)
- World War II (1,191 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (720 games)
- Currency (1,889 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,031 games)
- Edition upgrade (94 games)
- Extras (321 games)
- Game mode (996 games)
- Item (6,268 games)
- Map / level (10,818 games)
- Mechanics (341 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,169 games)
- Other (7,454 games)
- Player unit (7,580 games)
- Story / mission (5,138 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (638 games)