Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (57,087 games)
- Add-on (40,953 games)
- Adventure (20,082 games)
- Compilation (12,409 games)
- Educational (5,353 games)
- Gambling (1,235 games)
- Idle (301 games)
- Puzzle (17,261 games)
- Racing / Driving (6,034 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (9,179 games)
- Simulation (13,310 games)
- Special edition (3,683 games)
- Sports (8,633 games)
- Strategy / tactics (15,450 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (222 games)
- Action RPG (1,750 games)
- Arcade (18,909 games)
- Artillery (239 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,249 games)
- Board game (3,298 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,829 games)
- Chess (621 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,368 games)
- Dating simulation (613 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,435 games)
- Fighting (2,321 games)
- Gambling elements (92 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,509 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,396 games)
- Hack and slash (856 games)
- Hidden object (2,672 games)
- Hunting (283 games)
- Interactive book (223 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,764 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,549 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (291 games)
- Life / social simulation (873 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,525 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (462 games)
- Mental training (323 games)
- Metroidvania (718 games)
- Mini-games (2,768 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,758 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,464 games)
- Party game (833 games)
- Pinball (562 games)
- Platform (12,919 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,867 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (400 games)
- RPG elements (2,957 games)
- Rail shooter (355 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (997 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (105 games)
- Roguelike (1,410 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,120 games)
- Shooter (17,911 games)
- Stealth (1,174 games)
- Survival horror (1,389 games)
- Tactical RPG (558 games)
- Tactical shooter (115 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (3,155 games)
- Time management (667 games)
- Timed input (194 games)
- Tower defense (741 games)
- Trading / collectible card (314 games)
- Tricks / stunts (586 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (1,011 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (105 games)
- Visual novel (6,650 games)
- Wargame (634 games)
- Word construction (959 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (85 games)
- Baseball (674 games)
- Basketball (572 games)
- Bowling (257 games)
- Boxing (279 games)
- Cricket (122 games)
- Darts / target shooting (237 games)
- Dodgeball (54 games)
- Fishing (296 games)
- Football (American) (576 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,685 games)
- Golf (748 games)
- Hockey (500 games)
- Horse / derby (276 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (225 games)
- Paintball (24 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (161 games)
- Pool / snooker (289 games)
- Racquetball / squash (298 games)
- Rugby (105 games)
- Sailing / boating (103 games)
- Skateboarding (205 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (390 games)
- Surfing (61 games)
- Tennis (687 games)
- Volleyball (145 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (314 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (514 games)
- Foreign language (282 games)
- Geography (439 games)
- Graphics / art (459 games)
- Health / nutrition (207 games)
- History (457 games)
- Math / logic (1,498 games)
- Music (251 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (812 games)
- Reading / writing (1,119 games)
- Religion (113 games)
- Science (486 games)
- Sociology (137 games)
- Typing (134 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (139 games)
- Automobile (3,139 games)
- Bike / bicycling (278 games)
- Bus (90 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,557 games)
- Helicopter (576 games)
- Hovercraft (157 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (891 games)
- Motorcycle (648 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,278 games)
- Off-roading (600 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (12 games)
- Snowmobile (35 games)
- Space flight (2,327 games)
- Street racing (546 games)
- Tank (902 games)
- Track racing (1,808 games)
- Train (389 games)
- Transport (131 games)
- Truck (276 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,397 games)
- Vehicular combat (867 games)
Setting
- Africa (568 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (69 games)
- Alternate history (93 games)
- Asia (795 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (352 games)
- Classical antiquity (420 games)
- Cold War (260 games)
- Contemporary (6,235 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (1,033 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (279 games)
- Europe (2,177 games)
- Fantasy (27,015 games)
- Historical events (1,427 games)
- Industrial Age (100 games)
- Interwar (259 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (443 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (909 games)
- Medieval (1,096 games)
- Middle East (484 games)
- North America (1,905 games)
- Oceania (437 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,694 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (58 games)
- Prehistoric (277 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (18,214 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (398 games)
- South America (309 games)
- Steampunk (382 games)
- Western (464 games)
- World War I (198 games)
- World War II (1,231 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (816 games)
- Currency (2,040 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,815 games)
- Edition upgrade (122 games)
- Extras (364 games)
- Game mode (1,086 games)
- Item (6,705 games)
- Map / level (11,777 games)
- Mechanics (429 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,269 games)
- Other (7,834 games)
- Player unit (8,284 games)
- Story / mission (5,620 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (808 games)