Video Games Genres (a list)

Since no one on Wikipedia seems to want to compile such a thing, we have taken it upon ourselves to compile an extensive list of genres in video games, their sub-genres, and a couple examples. If you feel anything is missing, feel free to contact us.

• Action
  • -Adventure
    • Tomb Raider
    • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
  • Beat 'Em Up
    • Final Fight
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade
  • Hack 'Em Up
    • Golden Axe
    • Dynasty Warriors
  • Maze Game
  • Metroidvania
    • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    • Super Metroid
  • Stealth
    • Metal Gear Solid IV
    • Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  • Survival Horror
    • Resident Evil IV
    • Lost Fear

• Adventure
  • Arcade
    • Dragon's Lair
  • Horror
    • Resident Evil
    • Silent Hill
  • Interactive Movie
    • Night Trap
    • Sewer Shark
  • Pixel-Hunt (Classic Adventure)
    • Monkey Island
    • King's Quest
  • Puzzle Solving
    • Phantasmagoria
    • Dreamfall
  • Quick-Time Events
    • Indigo Prophecy
    • Heavy Rain
  • Text Adventure
    • Zork

• Visual Novel
  • Horror
    • Nanashi no Game
    • Hariya Gami
  • Investigation
    • Gyakuten Saiban / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
    • Touch Detective
  • Memory
    • Another Code / Trace Memory
    • Hotel Dusk: Room 215
  • Romance
    • Tokimeki Memorial
    • Snow Drop
  • Necromance
    • Divi Dead
    • Bible Black
  • Eroge/Hentai
    • Season of Sakura
    • True Love

• Driving
  • Arcade
    • Daytona USA
    • Ridge Racer
  • Rally
    • Colin McRae Rally
    • Sega Rally
  • Simulation
    • Forza
    • Gran Turismo
  • Future
    • F-Zero
    • WipEout
  • Top-Down
    • PixelJunk Racers
    • R.C. ProAm

• Experimental

• Fighting
  • 2D Arcade
    • King of Fighters '98
    • Street Fighter II
  • 3D Arcade
    • Tekken
    • Virtua Fighter

• Online Only / Massively Multplayer
  • CCG
    • Magic: The Gathering Online
    • Pox Nora
  • Diku
    • Everquest
    • World of Warcraft
  • Resource Management
    • Astro Empires
    • Nile Online
  • Real-Time Strategy
    • Battleforge
    • Beyond Protocol
  • Sandbox
    • Ultima Online
    • A Tale in the Desert

• Music
  • Band
    • Rock Band
    • Guitar Hero: World Tour
  • Guitar
    • Guitar Hero
    • Guitar Freaks
  • Rhythm
    • Beatmania
    • Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (Elite Beat Agents)

• Platforming
  • Jumping
    • Super Mario Bros.
    • Might Bomb Jack
  • Collect'Em Up

• Puzzle
  • Geometric
    • Tetris
    • Lumines
  • Physics

• Role-Playing
  • Hack 'n Slash
  • JRPG
    • Final Fantasy VI
    • Dragon Warrior VIII
  • Open-World
    • Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    • Fallout 3
    • Grand Theft Auto III
  • Rogue-Like
    • Nethack
    • Rogue
  • Western
    • Planescape: Torment
    • Fallout 2

• Shooter
  • Competitive/Multi-Player Only
    • Team Fortress 2
    • Counterstrike
  • First-Person Shooter (FPS)
    • Half-Life
    • Halo
  • Story Driven
    • Deus-Ex
    • System Shock 2
  • Third-Person Shooter
    • Gears of War
    • Dark Sector

• Shooting/Shoot 'em Up (SHMUP)
  • 360-Degree Movement
    • Geometry Wars
    • Asteroids
  • Bullet-Hell
    • Dodonpachi
    • Mushihimesama
  • Horizontally Scrolling
    • Gradius
    • R-Type
  • Single-Screen
    • Centipede
    • Space Invaders
  • Vertically Scrolling
    • 1942
    • Twinbee

• Simulation
  • Business
    • Segagaga
  • City Building
    • SimCity 2000
    • Rome
  • Civilization
    • Sid Meier's Civilization
    • Alpha Centauri
  • Farming
    • Harvest Moon
    • Rune Factory
  • Flight
    • Flight Simulator
  • God
    • Black & White
    • Spore
  • Historical
    • Romance of the 3 Kingdoms
    • Nobunaga's Ambition
  • Mech
    • Tekki / Steel Batallion
    • Chromehounds
  • Military
    • Rome: Total War
  • Sports
    • Football Manager
  • Virtual Pet
    • Nintendogs
  • World Building
    • Populous

• Sports
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Dodgeball
  • Future
  • Golf
  • Skateboarding
  • Snowboarding
  • Soccer
  • Tennis

• Strategy
  • Real-Time Strategy
    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert
    • Age of Empires 2
  • Tower Defense
  • Turn-Based Strategy
    • Final Fantasy Tactics
    • Disgaea