Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (54,066 games)
- Add-on (38,128 games)
- Adventure (17,543 games)
- Compilation (11,663 games)
- Educational (5,084 games)
- Gambling (1,137 games)
- Idle (165 games)
- Puzzle (15,590 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,831 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,615 games)
- Simulation (12,389 games)
- Special edition (3,417 games)
- Sports (8,735 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,675 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (206 games)
- Action RPG (1,615 games)
- Arcade (17,909 games)
- Artillery (228 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,163 games)
- Board game (3,139 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,528 games)
- Chess (571 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,249 games)
- Dating simulation (511 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,377 games)
- Fighting (2,278 games)
- Gambling elements (76 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,391 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,048 games)
- Hack and slash (773 games)
- Hidden object (2,341 games)
- Hunting (280 games)
- Interactive book (204 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,584 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,383 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (247 games)
- Life / social simulation (737 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,184 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (420 games)
- Mental training (304 games)
- Metroidvania (643 games)
- Mini-games (2,420 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,681 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,384 games)
- Party game (794 games)
- Pinball (528 games)
- Platform (12,249 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,123 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (365 games)
- RPG elements (2,637 games)
- Rail shooter (339 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (921 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (62 games)
- Roguelike (1,233 games)
- Sandbox / open world (983 games)
- Shooter (17,029 games)
- Stealth (1,098 games)
- Survival horror (1,263 games)
- Tactical RPG (499 games)
- Tactical shooter (111 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,726 games)
- Time management (604 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) (58 games)
- Visual novel (5,225 games)
- Wargame (609 games)
- Word construction (895 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (81 games)
- Baseball (651 games)
- Basketball (559 games)
- Bowling (248 games)
- Boxing (271 games)
- Cricket (118 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (284 games)
- Football (American) (560 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,668 games)
- Golf (731 games)
- Hockey (489 games)
- Horse / derby (257 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 (679 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 (1,438 games)
- Music (249 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (735 games)
- Reading / writing (1,080 games)
- Religion (105 games)
- Science (470 games)
- Sociology (134 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (119 games)
- Automobile (2,989 games)
- Bike / bicycling (257 games)
- Bus (85 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,475 games)
- Helicopter (547 games)
- Hovercraft (149 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (830 games)
- Motorcycle (634 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,198 games)
- Off-roading (590 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (28 games)
- Space flight (2,162 games)
- Street racing (529 games)
- Tank (869 games)
- Track racing (1,759 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 (672 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (309 games)
- Classical antiquity (387 games)
- Cold War (240 games)
- Contemporary (4,443 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (945 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (231 games)
- Europe (1,757 games)
- Fantasy (24,545 games)
- Historical events (1,394 games)
- Industrial Age (94 games)
- Interwar (242 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (399 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (725 games)
- Medieval (980 games)
- Middle East (431 games)
- North America (1,524 games)
- Oceania (376 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,570 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (52 games)
- Prehistoric (250 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,110 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) (719 games)
- Currency (1,888 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,024 games)
- Edition upgrade (94 games)
- Extras (320 games)
- Game mode (996 games)
- Item (6,265 games)
- Map / level (10,810 games)
- Mechanics (341 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,168 games)
- Other (7,452 games)
- Player unit (7,578 games)
- Story / mission (5,133 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (638 games)