Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (54,647 games)
- Add-on (38,625 games)
- Adventure (18,003 games)
- Compilation (11,771 games)
- Educational (5,134 games)
- Gambling (1,150 games)
- Idle (180 games)
- Puzzle (15,956 games)
- Racing / Driving (5,859 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (8,735 games)
- Simulation (12,606 games)
- Special edition (3,486 games)
- Sports (8,786 games)
- Strategy / tactics (14,829 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (210 games)
- Action RPG (1,635 games)
- Arcade (18,094 games)
- Artillery (230 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,174 games)
- Board game (3,169 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,576 games)
- Chess (582 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,281 games)
- Dating simulation (544 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,387 games)
- Fighting (2,289 games)
- Gambling elements (76 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,420 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,103 games)
- Hack and slash (784 games)
- Hidden object (2,390 games)
- Hunting (281 games)
- Interactive book (210 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,619 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,418 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (266 games)
- Life / social simulation (764 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,277 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (432 games)
- Mental training (308 games)
- Metroidvania (651 games)
- Mini-games (2,483 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,690 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,399 games)
- Party game (802 games)
- Pinball (542 games)
- Platform (12,354 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,255 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (368 games)
- RPG elements (2,686 games)
- Rail shooter (342 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (933 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (72 games)
- Roguelike (1,275 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,008 games)
- Shooter (17,205 games)
- Stealth (1,113 games)
- Survival horror (1,285 games)
- Tactical RPG (516 games)
- Tactical shooter (112 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (2,825 games)
- Time management (619 games)
- Timed input (174 games)
- Tower defense (682 games)
- Trading / collectible card (301 games)
- Tricks / stunts (570 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (954 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (72 games)
- Visual novel (5,472 games)
- Wargame (619 games)
- Word construction (910 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (81 games)
- Baseball (653 games)
- Basketball (562 games)
- Bowling (248 games)
- Boxing (273 games)
- Cricket (119 games)
- Darts / target shooting (231 games)
- Dodgeball (53 games)
- Fishing (288 games)
- Football (American) (565 games)
- Football (European) / Soccer (1,672 games)
- Golf (735 games)
- Hockey (493 games)
- Horse / derby (261 games)
- Olympiad / mixed sports (219 games)
- Paintball (24 games)
- Ping pong / table tennis (160 games)
- Pool / snooker (283 games)
- Racquetball / squash (295 games)
- Rugby (104 games)
- Sailing / boating (103 games)
- Skateboarding (199 games)
- Snowboarding / skiing (377 games)
- Surfing (59 games)
- Tennis (683 games)
- Volleyball (142 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (301 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (498 games)
- Foreign language (246 games)
- Geography (431 games)
- Graphics / art (415 games)
- Health / nutrition (202 games)
- History (450 games)
- Math / logic (1,446 games)
- Music (251 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (739 games)
- Reading / writing (1,092 games)
- Religion (107 games)
- Science (476 games)
- Sociology (134 games)
- Typing (131 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (121 games)
- Automobile (3,007 games)
- Bike / bicycling (261 games)
- Bus (85 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,487 games)
- Helicopter (561 games)
- Hovercraft (155 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (844 games)
- Motorcycle (637 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,215 games)
- Off-roading (591 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (11 games)
- Snowmobile (30 games)
- Space flight (2,196 games)
- Street racing (532 games)
- Tank (874 games)
- Track racing (1,770 games)
- Train (409 games)
- Transport (124 games)
- Truck (253 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,374 games)
- Vehicular combat (827 games)
Setting
- Africa (527 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (59 games)
- Asia (705 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (322 games)
- Classical antiquity (394 games)
- Cold War (242 games)
- Contemporary (4,718 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (966 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (245 games)
- Europe (1,844 games)
- Fantasy (25,010 games)
- Historical events (1,410 games)
- Industrial Age (96 games)
- Interwar (243 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (406 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (768 games)
- Medieval (1,004 games)
- Middle East (437 games)
- North America (1,608 games)
- Oceania (386 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,591 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (53 games)
- Prehistoric (256 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (17,370 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (367 games)
- South America (274 games)
- Steampunk (365 games)
- Western (431 games)
- World War I (186 games)
- World War II (1,196 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (737 games)
- Currency (1,907 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,142 games)
- Edition upgrade (93 games)
- Extras (328 games)
- Game mode (1,010 games)
- Item (6,357 games)
- Map / level (10,988 games)
- Mechanics (358 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,185 games)
- Other (7,527 games)
- Player unit (7,662 games)
- Story / mission (5,190 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (670 games)