ACTION |
Action |
Games are characterized by game play with emphasis on combat. |
X |
ADULT |
Adult |
Games intended for an adult audience. |
X |
ADVENTURE |
Adventure |
Games which cast the player as the protagonist of a story, normally requiring the player to solve various puzzles by interacting with people or the environment, most often in a non-confrontational way. |
X |
EDUCATIONAL |
Educational |
Games that attempt to teach the user using the game as a vehicle. |
X |
FIGHTING |
Fighting |
Games where players face off against each other or against computer-controlled characters in close combat. |
X |
MUSIC |
Music |
Games that challenge the player to follow sequences of movement or develop specific rhythms. |
X |
OTHER |
Other |
Product genre that is a categorization other than the specific genres listed on this code list. |
X |
PUZZLE |
Puzzle |
Games that require the player to solve logic puzzles or even navigate complex locations such as mazes. |
X |
RACING |
Racing |
Games that place the player in the driver's seat of a high-performance vehicle and require the player to race against other drivers or sometimes just time. |
X |
ROLE_PLAYING |
Role playing |
Games that have the player acting in the role of a specific type of "adventurer" or "adventurers" who specializes in a certain set of skills (such as combat, or casting magic spells) while moving through a linear predetermined storyline. |
X |
SHOOTER |
Shooter |
Games that emphasize shooting and armed combat. |
X |
SIMULATION |
Simulation |
Games that aim to simulate an experience, such as flying an aircraft, as realistically as practically possible, taking into account physics and other real-world limitations. |
X |
SPORTS |
Sports |
Games that emulate the playing of traditional physical sports. Some emphasize actually playing the sport, while others emphasize the strategy behind the sport. |
X |
STRATEGY |
Strategy |
Games that require careful and skilful thinking and planning in order to achieve victory. |
X |
TRADITIONAL |
Traditional |
Games that are based on popular board games or card games. |
X |
WRESTLING |
Wrestling |
Fighting games based on the sport of wrestling. |
X |