Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (56,867 games)
- Add-on (40,796 games)
- Adventure (19,973 games)
- Compilation (12,374 games)
- Educational (5,344 games)
- Gambling (1,232 games)
- Idle (298 games)
- Puzzle (17,180 games)
- Racing / Driving (6,027 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (9,148 games)
- Simulation (13,259 games)
- Special edition (3,678 games)
- Sports (8,620 games)
- Strategy / tactics (15,421 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (222 games)
- Action RPG (1,741 games)
- Arcade (18,836 games)
- Artillery (237 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,244 games)
- Board game (3,293 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,812 games)
- Chess (620 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,364 games)
- Dating simulation (612 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,432 games)
- Fighting (2,316 games)
- Gambling elements (91 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,504 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,369 games)
- Hack and slash (852 games)
- Hidden object (2,666 games)
- Hunting (283 games)
- Interactive book (223 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,757 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,540 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (289 games)
- Life / social simulation (869 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,510 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (460 games)
- Mental training (323 games)
- Metroidvania (713 games)
- Mini-games (2,761 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,751 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,457 games)
- Party game (827 games)
- Pinball (561 games)
- Platform (12,859 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,835 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (398 games)
- RPG elements (2,945 games)
- Rail shooter (355 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (996 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (102 games)
- Roguelike (1,402 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,115 games)
- Shooter (17,850 games)
- Stealth (1,170 games)
- Survival horror (1,386 games)
- Tactical RPG (558 games)
- Tactical shooter (115 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (3,148 games)
- Time management (665 games)
- Timed input (193 games)
- Tower defense (736 games)
- Trading / collectible card (314 games)
- Tricks / stunts (584 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (1,008 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (102 games)
- Visual novel (6,594 games)
- Wargame (633 games)
- Word construction (956 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (85 games)
- Baseball (672 games)
- Basketball (572 games)
- Bowling (257 games)
- Boxing (278 games)
- Cricket (122 games)
- Darts / target shooting (237 games)
- Dodgeball (54 games)
- Fishing (295 games)
- Football (American) (575 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,684 games)
- Golf (747 games)
- Hockey (499 games)
- Horse / derby (276 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (225 games)
- Paintball (24 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (161 games)
- Pool / snooker (288 games)
- Racquetball / squash (298 games)
- Rugby (105 games)
- Sailing / boating (103 games)
- Skateboarding (205 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (389 games)
- Surfing (61 games)
- Tennis (687 games)
- Volleyball (144 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (314 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (512 games)
- Foreign language (282 games)
- Geography (438 games)
- Graphics / art (459 games)
- Health / nutrition (206 games)
- History (456 games)
- Math / logic (1,496 games)
- Music (251 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (812 games)
- Reading / writing (1,118 games)
- Religion (113 games)
- Science (486 games)
- Sociology (137 games)
- Typing (133 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (139 games)
- Automobile (3,134 games)
- Bike / bicycling (277 games)
- Bus (90 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,552 games)
- Helicopter (574 games)
- Hovercraft (157 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (883 games)
- Motorcycle (647 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,273 games)
- Off-roading (599 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (12 games)
- Snowmobile (35 games)
- Space flight (2,317 games)
- Street racing (546 games)
- Tank (898 games)
- Track racing (1,804 games)
- Train (384 games)
- Transport (131 games)
- Truck (276 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,396 games)
- Vehicular combat (860 games)
Setting
- Africa (565 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (69 games)
- Asia (794 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (351 games)
- Classical antiquity (420 games)
- Cold War (258 games)
- Contemporary (6,139 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (1,031 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (278 games)
- Europe (2,159 games)
- Fantasy (26,922 games)
- Historical events (1,427 games)
- Industrial Age (100 games)
- Interwar (256 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (442 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (904 games)
- Medieval (1,093 games)
- Middle East (483 games)
- North America (1,890 games)
- Oceania (435 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,682 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (58 games)
- Prehistoric (277 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (18,163 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (398 games)
- South America (309 games)
- Steampunk (381 games)
- Western (459 games)
- World War I (198 games)
- World War II (1,230 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (805 games)
- Currency (2,023 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,776 games)
- Edition upgrade (121 games)
- Extras (360 games)
- Game mode (1,083 games)
- Item (6,684 games)
- Map / level (11,741 games)
- Mechanics (427 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,266 games)
- Other (7,827 games)
- Player unit (8,235 games)
- Story / mission (5,593 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (777 games)