Genre

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The word genre is French for "type", "sort" or "kind". Therefore, a game genre is simply a specific type of game. For example, a game in which the player solves puzzles would fall into the "Puzzle Game" genre.

This page will give you a short overview over the most common game genres. Most games will fall into one of these categories, although there have certainly been some hybrid games developed.

  • Adventure Games (Escape from Monkey Island)
  • Board Games (Chess)
  • Card Games (Solitare)
  • Fighter Games - also known as "Beat-em Ups" (The Tekken Series)
  • First Person Shooters (Half-Life, Doom)
  • Third Person Shooter (Early GTA series)
  • Multiplayer Games (A broad term for any game with multiple players)
  • Platform Games - also known as Jump 'n Run games (Mario)
  • Puzzle Games (The Incredible Machine)
  • Racing Games (Gran Turismo, Need for Speed)
  • Real Time Strategy Games (Populous)
  • Role Playing Games (Fable, Morrowind)
  • Simulation Games (SimCity, SimAnything)
  • Sports Games (Madden series)
  • Shoot'em up a.k.a Shmup (2d based shooting games e.g - classic, Space invaders.)
  • Text adventures / Interactive fiction
  • Turn Based Strategy Games (Alpha Centauri)
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