Explore the MobyGames database via genres and other classifications.
Basic Genres
- Action (56,975 games)
- Add-on (40,907 games)
- Adventure (20,026 games)
- Compilation (12,394 games)
- Educational (5,350 games)
- Gambling (1,234 games)
- Idle (300 games)
- Puzzle (17,220 games)
- Racing / Driving (6,031 games)
- Role-playing (RPG) (9,161 games)
- Simulation (13,287 games)
- Special edition (3,683 games)
- Sports (8,626 games)
- Strategy / tactics (15,435 games)
Perspective
Visual Presentation
Art Style
Pacing
Gameplay
- 4X (222 games)
- Action RPG (1,745 games)
- Arcade (18,877 games)
- Artillery (238 games)
- Beat 'em up / brawler (1,246 games)
- Board game (3,296 games)
- Cards / tiles (3,823 games)
- Chess (621 games)
- City building / construction simulation (1,365 games)
- Dating simulation (612 games)
- Falling block puzzle (1,435 games)
- Fighting (2,319 games)
- Gambling elements (91 games)
- Game show / trivia / quiz (1,507 games)
- Graphic adventure (3,387 games)
- Hack and slash (852 games)
- Hidden object (2,667 games)
- Hunting (283 games)
- Interactive book (223 games)
- Interactive fiction / text adventure (2,761 games)
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) (1,544 games)
- Japanese-style adventure (290 games)
- Life / social simulation (871 games)
- Managerial / business simulation (4,517 games)
- Massively Multiplayer (461 games)
- Mental training (323 games)
- Metroidvania (714 games)
- Mini-games (2,763 games)
- Music / rhythm (1,757 games)
- Paddle / Pong (1,460 games)
- Party game (832 games)
- Pinball (561 games)
- Platform (12,885 games)
- Puzzle elements (11,848 games)
- Quick Time Events (QTEs) (400 games)
- RPG elements (2,950 games)
- Rail shooter (355 games)
- Real-time strategy (RTS) (997 games)
- Real-time tactics (RTT) (103 games)
- Roguelike (1,405 games)
- Sandbox / open world (1,117 games)
- Shooter (17,879 games)
- Stealth (1,172 games)
- Survival horror (1,387 games)
- Tactical RPG (558 games)
- Tactical shooter (115 games)
- Tile matching puzzle (3,151 games)
- Time management (666 games)
- Timed input (194 games)
- Tower defense (738 games)
- Trading / collectible card (314 games)
- Tricks / stunts (585 games)
- Turn-based strategy (TBS) (1,011 games)
- Turn-based tactics (TBT) (103 games)
- Visual novel (6,619 games)
- Wargame (634 games)
- Word construction (958 games)
Interface/Control
Sports Themes
- Athletics (85 games)
- Baseball (673 games)
- Basketball (572 games)
- Bowling (257 games)
- Boxing (279 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 (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 (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 (145 games)
- Wakeboarding (11 games)
- Wrestling (314 games)
Educational Categories
- Ecology / nature (513 games)
- Foreign language (282 games)
- Geography (439 games)
- Graphics / art (459 games)
- Health / nutrition (206 games)
- History (457 games)
- Math / logic (1,498 games)
- Music (251 games)
- Pre-school / toddler (812 games)
- Reading / writing (1,118 games)
- Religion (113 games)
- Science (486 games)
- Sociology (137 games)
- Typing (134 games)
Vehicular Themes
- Agricultural / industrial (139 games)
- Automobile (3,137 games)
- Bike / bicycling (278 games)
- Bus (90 games)
- Flight / aviation (2,555 games)
- Helicopter (574 games)
- Hovercraft (157 games)
- Mecha / giant robot (886 games)
- Motorcycle (647 games)
- Naval / watercraft (1,275 games)
- Off-roading (600 games)
- Self-propelled artillery (12 games)
- Snowmobile (35 games)
- Space flight (2,324 games)
- Street racing (546 games)
- Tank (900 games)
- Track racing (1,806 games)
- Train (389 games)
- Transport (131 games)
- Truck (276 games)
- Vehicle simulator (1,396 games)
- Vehicular combat (861 games)
Setting
- Africa (567 games)
- Age of Discovery / Enlightenment (69 games)
- Alternate history (90 games)
- Asia (795 games)
- China (Ancient / Imperial) (352 games)
- Classical antiquity (420 games)
- Cold War (259 games)
- Contemporary (6,193 games)
- Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi (1,033 games)
- Egypt (Ancient) (278 games)
- Europe (2,169 games)
- Fantasy (26,963 games)
- Historical events (1,427 games)
- Industrial Age (100 games)
- Interwar (258 games)
- Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) (443 games)
- Japan (Modern/Futuristic) (905 games)
- Medieval (1,094 games)
- Middle East (483 games)
- North America (1,900 games)
- Oceania (437 games)
- Post-apocalyptic (1,688 games)
- Pre-Columbian Americas (58 games)
- Prehistoric (277 games)
- Sci-fi / futuristic (18,185 games)
- Sea pirates / Caribbean (398 games)
- South America (309 games)
- Steampunk (382 games)
- Western (459 games)
- World War I (198 games)
- World War II (1,230 games)
Narrative Theme/Topic
Add-on
- Audio (Music / SFX / Voice) (814 games)
- Currency (2,039 games)
- Customization / outfit / skin (11,802 games)
- Edition upgrade (121 games)
- Extras (360 games)
- Game mode (1,086 games)
- Item (6,699 games)
- Map / level (11,762 games)
- Mechanics (428 games)
- NPC / enemy (1,268 games)
- Other (7,832 games)
- Player unit (8,271 games)
- Story / mission (5,614 games)
- Upgrade (Skill / Boost) (805 games)