Game Genres

The gaming and entertainment industry is divided into categories by media and genres. Media
category includes examples like film, literature, and games. Genres involve categories
describing generalities of style, gameplay, and content. Genres are very loose categories that
may overlap.

Many games will fit into more than one category. Games are continually being created that buck
trends or create something new and unseen before.

Genre Sub-genres Game Examples

Action Shooter. ... Call of duty

● Fighting. ... Halo

● Beat-em up. ... Gears of war
● Stealth. ...
● Survival. ...
● Rhythm. ...
● Survival horror.

Adventure Text adventures and interactive God of war

fiction.
Skyrim
● Graphic adventure. Elden ring
● Visual novel.
● Interactive movie.
● Hybrids.

Fighting Beat ‘em up Mortal kombat

Hack and slash Street fighters

Injustice 2
Fighting games
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Racing Arcade-style racing. Need for Speed

● Simulation racing. Forza horizon

● Kart racing. Nascar Heat
● Futuristic racing.

Role Playing Action RPGs. Games Rec room

mostly focused on the combat
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aspects rather than the narrative
ones. ... Minecraft

● Strategy RPGs. Games

where battles take place
on a map and character
units are deployed
against opponents. ...
● Adventure RPGs. ...
● MMORPGs.

Shooter Shoot 'em up Call of duty 2

Run-and-gun shooter Fortnite

Apex
Shooting gallery

Sports simulations and arcade sports 2K23

games.
Madden

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earliest types of games
Pac man
invented. ...
Galaga
● Real-time strategy
(RTS) ...
● Real-time tactics (RTT) ...
● Multiplayer online battle
arena (MOBA) ...
● Tower defense. ...
● Turn-based strategy
(TBS) ...
● Turn-based tactics
(TBT) ...
● Wargame.

Other Sandbox. Fortnite

● Real-time strategy (RTS) Monoply

● Shooters (FPS and TPS)
Spiderman
● Multiplayer online battle
arena (MOBA) God of war
● Role-playing (RPG, ARPG,
and More)
● Simulation and sports.
● Puzzlers and party
games.
● Action-adventure.