Genre Key
About Game Genres
We classify games into two categories, a major and a minor genre. The genre of the game being reviewed is shown as two icons.
![]() Action: Fast exciting games where reactions are important.
![]() Single Screen Shooter
![]() Scrolling Shooter
![]() First Person Shooter
![]() Breakout
![]() Racing
![]() Platformer
![]() Fist Fighter
![]() Deathmatch
![]() Other
![]() Strategy: Games where several units are commanded at one time and where thought and planning is more important than reaction time.
![]() Turn Based
![]() Real Time
![]() Other
![]() Adventure: Games about following a fixed path, or exploration games.
![]() Active Plot Driven
![]() Point And Click
![]() Freeform Exploration
![]() Multiplayer Online
![]() Text
![]() Other
![]() Puzzle: Games requiring considered thought or experimentation to complete.
![]() Arcade
![]() Abstract
![]() Words/Numbers
![]() Other
![]() Simulation: These have little or no goal apart from the manipulation of the simulation.
![]() Social Simulation
![]() Vehicle Simulation
![]() Scientific Simuation
![]() Sport
![]() Other
![]() Other: Syncategorematic games.
![]() Other |