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List of computer and video games by genre

This article gives a list of computer games and video games by category, i.e. arranged alphabetically by genre. Some categories/genres are briefly defined at the beginning of their respective sections. For an alphabetical list of games sorted by title, see list of computer and video games by name.

Contents
1 Action-Adventure
2 Adventure
3 Educational
4 Beat 'em up/Fighting
5 First-person shooters

5.1 Game-controlled environment
5.2 Player-controlled environment
5.3 Vehicle Based
5.4 Mech

6 Online games

6.1 Role-Playing Games
6.2 Shooters
6.3 Turn-based
6.4 Real-time strategy

7 Maze games
8 Platformers
9 Puzzle
10 Racing games

10.1 Simulation style
10.2 Arcade style

11 Rhythm games
12 Role-Playing Games

12.1 MMORPGs
12.2 Roguelikes

13 Shooters
14 Shoot 'em ups
15 Simulation
16 Space simulation
17 Sports
18 Stealth Action
19 Strategy

19.1 General Strategy
19.2 Turn-based
19.3 Real-time strategy

20 Survival Horror
21 Third-Person Shooters/Third-Person Action
22 Miscellany
23 Collectible Card Game

1 Notable People
2 Traditional

Action-Adventure

Action-adventure games are those where action is the predominant aspect of gameplay, but puzzle-solving and the exploration of, and interaction with, the environment are also key to gameplay; as opposed to "pure" adventure games, where action sequences are the exception rather than the rule. With technological limitations on gameplay becoming less of an issue to game designers, more action games are overlapping into this category. (see also survival horror.)

Adventure

(see also action-adventure and puzzle games)

Educational

Beat 'em up/Fighting

First-person shooters

Game-controlled environment

This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters")

Player-controlled environment

List drawn from http://firstpersonshooters.org/

  • 007: The World is Not Enough (N64)
  • 007: The World is Not Enough (PS)
  • 1999 (JP)(see: Powerslave)
  • 1999 (JP)(see: Powerslave) (PS)
  • 3D World War II
A
  • AI Wars: The Awakening
  • Alien Breed 3D (Amiga)
  • Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds (Amiga)
  • Alien Cabal
  • Aliens vs Predator
  • Aliens vs Predator 2
  • Aliens vs Predator 2 - Primal Hunt
  • Aliens vs Predator (Apple)
  • Aliens vs Predator 2 (Apple)
  • Aliens vs Predator 2 (Linux)
  • Alien Resurrection (PS)
  • Alien Trilogy
  • Alien Trilogy (N64) (cancelled)
  • Alien Trilogy (PS)
  • Alien Trilogy (SS)
  • Al Qaeda Hunting 3D
  • Amen: The Awakening (cancelled)
  • America's Army: Operations
  • America's Army: Special Forces
  • America's Army: Rise of a Soldier (PS2)
  • America's Army: Rise of a Soldier (XB)
  • Amok
  • Amok 2.0
  • Amok (SS)
  • Amsterdoom
  • Amsterdoom: Invasion Deutschland
  • Assassin 2015
  • Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (GB)
  • Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (N64)
  • Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (PS)
  • Arx Fatalis
  • Arx Fatalis (XB)
B
  • Bad Medicine
  • Bad Toys 3D
  • Battlefield 2
  • Battlefield 1942
  • Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
  • Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
  • Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat (cancelled?)
  • Battlefield Vietnam
  • Battlefield 1942 (Apple)
  • Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII (Apple)
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Star Wars: Battlefront (Apple)
  • Bet on Soldier
  • Bhagat Singh
  • BioShock
  • Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
  • Blake Stone: Planet Strike
  • Blood
  • Blood: Cryptic Passage
  • Blood: Plasma Pak
  • Blood 2: The Chosen
  • Blood 2: Nightmare Levels
  • Boiling Point: Road to Hell
  • Boomer
  • Breathless (Amiga)
  • Breed
  • An untitled BroadCraft Studios game
  • Broken Helix (PS)
  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (PS2)
  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (XB)
C
  • Cabela's Big Game Hunter
  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • Call of Duty
  • Call of Duty: United Offensive
  • Call of Duty (Apple)
  • Call of Duty: United Offensive (Apple)
  • Call of Duty: Finest Hour (PSw)
  • Call of Duty: Finest Hour (XB)
  • Camp Snoopy
  • Carnivores
  • Carnivores 2
  • Carnivores 3: The Ice Age
  • Carnivores: Cityscape
  • Catacomb 3-D: The Descent
  • Catacomb Abyss
  • Chaser
  • Chasm: The Rift
  • Catechumen
  • Chex Quest
  • Chrome
  • Chrome: SpecForce
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (XB)
  • Chronos (renamed TimeShift)
  • Chub Gam 3D Classic
  • Chub Gam 3D Director's Cut
  • CIA Operative
  • Close Combat: First to Fight
  • Close Combat: First to Fight
  • Close Combat: First to Fight
  • Codename: Eagle
  • Codename: Xtreeme Forces
  • Codename: Outbreak
  • Codename: Tenka (PS)
  • Code Red
  • Commandos Strike Force
  • Conflict Vietnam
  • Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction (PS2)
  • Conspiracy: Weapons of Mass Destruction (XB)
  • Contract J.A.C.K. (No One Lives Forever 1.5)
  • Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
  • Counter-Strike
  • Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
  • Counter-Strike: Source
  • CT Special Forces: Fire For Effect
  • CT Special Forces: Fire For Effect (PS2)
  • CT Special Forces: Fire For Effect (XB)
  • Cube
  • Cybercon 3
  • Cybermage
  • CyClones
D
  • Daikatana
  • Dark Forces
  • Dark Forces (PS)
  • Das Reich 2005
  • Day of the Mutants
  • Day of Defeat
  • Dead Man's Hand
  • Dead Man's Hand (XB)
  • Dead Next Door: Life After Death
  • Dead Red Revolver (PS2)
  • Delta Force
  • Delta Force One: Next Gen (aka Delta Force: Reloaded)
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre
  • Delta Force 2
  • Delta Force: Land Warrior
  • Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (Apple)
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre (Apple)
  • Delta Force: Urban Warfare (PS)
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (PS2)
  • Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (XB)
  • Delta Ops: Army Special Forces
  • Deus Ex
  • Deus Ex 2: Invisible War
  • Deus Ex: Clan Wars (see Project Snowblind)
  • Devastation
  • Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
  • Disruptor
  • Doom
  • Ultimate Doom
  • Final Doom
  • Doom 2: Hell on Earth
  • Doom 3
  • Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
  • Doom (Amiga)
  • Doom 3 (Apple)
  • Doom (GBA)
  • Doom 2: Hell on Earth (GBA)
  • Doom (Jag)
  • Doom (Linux)
  • Doom 2: Hell on Earth (Linux)
  • Doom 3 (Linux)
  • Doom (N64)
  • Doom (PS)
  • Final Doom (PS)
  • Doom (PPC)
  • Doom (Sega 32X)
  • Doom (SS)
  • Doom (SN)
  • Doom 3 (XB)
  • Duke Nukem 3D
  • LameDuke
  • Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition
  • Duke Nukem 3D: Plutonium Pack
  • Duke It Out In D.C.
  • Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach
  • Duke Nukem 3D: Nuclear Winter
  • Duke Nukem: Kill-A-Ton Collection
  • Duke Nukem: Endangered Species (cancelled)
  • Duke Nukem Forever
  • Duke Nukem 3D (N64)
  • Duke Nukem Advance (GBA)
  • Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown (PS)
E
  • East Front
  • East vs. West Pack (Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Addition + Shadow Warrior)
  • Eden Eclipse
  • The Elder Scrolls
  • The Elder Scrolls: Arena
  • The Elder Scrolls: Battlespire
  • The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
  • The Elder Scrolls: Redguard
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Bloodmoon
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Tribunal
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
  • Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack
  • Star Trek - Elite Force 2
  • Star Trek - Elite Force 2 (Apple)
  • Elite Warriors: Vietnam
  • Eradicator
  • Eternal War: Shadows of Light
  • Eternity: The Game Show
  • Ethnic Cleansing
  • Exhumed (UK)(see: Powerslave)
  • Exhumed (UK)(see: Powerslave) (PS)
  • Exhumed 64 (N64) (cancelled)
  • Extreme Paintbrawl
  • Extreme Paintbrawl 2
  • Extreme Paintbrawl 3
  • Extreme Paintbrawl 4
F
  • Far Cry
  • FarCry 2
  • FarCry: Instincts (PS2)
  • FarCry: Instincts (XB)
  • Fate (cancelled)
  • Fears (Amiga)
  • F.E.A.R.
  • FireStarter
  • Warhammer 40,000 - Fire Warrior
  • Flying Heroes
  • Forsaken
  • Forsaken (N64)
  • Forsaken (PS)
  • The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki
  • Full Spectrum Warrior
  • Full Spectrum Warrior (XB)
  • Futurebrighter
G
  • Ghost Recon
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon: Desert Siege
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon 2
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon 2 (GC)
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon 2 (PS2)
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon (XB)
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon 2 (XB)
  • Tom Clancy's - Ghost Recon: Desert Seige (Apple)
  • Gloom (Amiga)
  • Gloom Deluxe (Amiga)
  • Gloom 3 (Amiga)
  • GoldenEye 007
  • Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (GC)
  • Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (PS2)
  • Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (XB)
  • Gore: Ultimate Soldier
  • The Great Art Project
  • Gunman Chronicles
H
  • Half-Life
  • Half-Life: Initial Encounter
  • Half-Life: Blue Shift
  • Half-Life: Opposing Force
  • Half-Life 2
  • Half-Life (DC) (cancelled but leaked)
  • Halo: Combat Evolved
  • Halo: Custom Edition
  • Halo 2
  • Halo: Combat Evolved (Apple)
  • Halo: Combat Evolved (XB)
  • Halo 2 (XB)
  • Halo 2 (XB2)
  • Hannibal: The Game (cancelled?)
  • Hellforces
  • Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
  • HeXen
  • Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
  • Hexen 2: The Beginning of the End
  • Hexen 2: Portal of Praevus
  • Hexen 2 (Apple)
  • Hexen (N64)
  • The Hidden Below (Amiga)
  • High Impact Paintball
  • The Ho Chi Minh Trail
  • Hollow
  • H.U.R.L.
I
  • I.G.I. 2: Covert Strike
  • In Pursuit of Greed
J
  • James Bond 007: NightFire
  • James Bond 007: NightFire (Apple)
  • Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2
  • Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
  • Star Wars - Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
  • Star Wars - Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast (Apple)
  • Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
  • Joint Operations: Escalation
  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death
  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (GC)
  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (PS2)
  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (XB)
K
L
  • Laser Arena
  • Legend of the Seven Paladins (aka Rock'n Shaolin) (unreleased)
  • Lifeforce Tenka
  • Line of Sight: Vietnam
  • Liquidator
M
  • Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
  • Machine Head (PS)
  • Marathon: Resurrection
  • Marathon: Aleph One
  • Marathon: Arena
  • Marathon 2: Durandal
  • Marathon
  • Marathon: Aleph One (Apple)
  • Marathon 2: Durandal (Apple)
  • Marathon Infinity (Apple)
  • MARCH!: Offworld Recon
  • Marine Heavy Gunner: Vietnam
  • Marine Sharpshooter
  • Marine Sharpshooter 2: Jungle Warfare
  • MDK
  • MDK (PS)
  • MDK 2
  • Medal of Honor
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Spearhead
  • Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
  • Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
  • Medal of Honor (Apple)
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (Apple)
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Spearhead (Apple)
  • Medal of Honor: Frontline (GC)
  • Medal of Honor: Underground (PS)
  • Medal of Honor: Frontline (PS2)
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (XB) (cancelled)
  • Medal of Honor: Frontline (XB)
  • Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (XB)
  • Men in Black: The Series - Crashdown (PS)
  • Men of Valor
  • Men of Valor (Apple) (cancelled)
  • Men of Valor (XB)
  • Metroid Prime (GC)
  • Metroid Prime 2: Echos (GC)
  • Mortyr: 2093-1944
  • Mortyr 2
  • Mortyr 2 (Apple)
  • Mortyr 2 (XB)
N
  • 'Nam
  • Navy SEALs
  • Navy SEALs 2: Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • The Nehahra Project
  • Nerf Arenablast
  • Neuro
  • Nina: Agent Chronicles
  • Nitemare 3D
  • Nitro Family
  • The Operative in: No One Lives Forever
  • No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
  • The Operative in: No One Lives Forever (Apple)
  • No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (Apple)
  • The Operative in: No One Lives Forever (PS2)
  • Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
O
  • Ominous Horizons
  • Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
  • Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
  • Operation Flashpoint 2
  • Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
  • Operation: Matriarchy
  • Outlaws
  • Outlaws: Handful of Missions
  • Out of Hell
P
  • Painkiller
  • Painkiller: Battle out of Hell
  • Painkiller Gold/Black
  • Painkiller (XB)
  • Pathologic
  • Pariah
  • Pariah (PS2)
  • Pariah (XB)
  • Pathways Into Darkness (Apple)
  • Pencil Whipped
  • Perfect Dark (N64)
  • Perfect Dark Zero (XB)
  • Pirates Of The XXI Century
  • Planetside
  • Poacher
  • PO'ed (PS)
  • Postal 2
  • Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend
  • Powerslave
  • Powerslave (PS)
  • Prey (canceled)
  • Project I.G.I.
  • Project Snowblind (formerly Deus Ex: Clan Wars)
  • Project Snowblind (formerly Deus Ex: Clan Wars) (PS2)
  • Project Snowblind (formerly Deus Ex: Clan Wars) (XB)
  • Psychotoxic: Gateway to Hell
  • Purge
  • Purge Jihad
Q
  • Quake
  • Quake: Abyss of Pandemonium
  • Quake: Scourge of Armageddon
  • Quake: Dissolution of Eternity
  • Malice
  • The Nehara Project
  • Quake 2
  • Quake 2: Juggernaut
  • Quake 2: The Reckoning
  • Quake 2: Ground Zero
  • Quake 3: Arena
  • Quake 3: Team Arena
  • Quake 4
  • Quake (Apple)
  • Quake 3: Arena (Apple)
  • Quake 3: Arena (DC)
  • Quake (N64)
  • Quake 2 (N64)
  • Pocket Quake (PPC)
  • Pocket Quake: Abyss of Pandemonium (PPC)
  • Pocket Quake 2 (PPC)
  • Quake (PS)
  • Quake 3: Revolution (PS2)
  • Quake (SS)
  • Quarantine
R
  • Radix: Beyond the Void
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
  • Rainbow Six
  • Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch
  • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
  • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn
  • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Operations
  • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Ops Essentials
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Athena Sword
  • Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown
  • Rainbow Six (Apple)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (Apple)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Athena Sword (Apple)
  • Rainbow Six: Arctic Pheonix (PS)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (PS2)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Black Arrow (PS2)
  • Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown (PS2)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (XB)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Athena Sword (XB)
  • Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Black Arrow (XB)
  • Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown (XB)
  • RattHunter
  • Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
  • Ravenloft 2: Stone Prophet
  • Realms of the Haunting
  • Red Faction
  • Red Faction 2
  • Red Faction (Apple)
  • Red Light World
  • Redneck Deer Huntin'
  • Redneck Rampage
  • Redneck Rampage: Cuss Pack
  • Redneck Rampage: The Early Years
  • Redneck Rampage: Family Reunion
  • Redneck Rampage: Possum Bayou
  • Redneck Rampage: Rides Again
  • Redneck Rampage: Suckin' Grits on Route 66
  • Reich Soldat
  • Command & Conquer - Renegade
  • Star Wars: Republic Commando
  • Requiem: Avenging Angel
  • Resident Evil: Survivor (PS)
  • Resident Evil: Survivor 2: Code Veronica (PS2)
  • Return To Castle Wolfenstein
  • Return To Castle Wolfenstein 2
  • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
  • Return To Castle Wolfenstein (Apple)
  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (XB)
  • Rev 7
  • Rise of The Triad: Dark War
  • Extreme Rise of the Triad
  • Robocop
  • Rock'n Shaolin (see Legend of the Seven Paladins)
  • Ruin: Return of the Gods (see Powerslave)
  • Ruin: Return of the Gods (see Powerslave) (PS)
S
  • Sabotain: Break The Rules
  • SAS: Against All Odds
  • Seed (cancelled)
  • Serious Sam
  • Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
  • Serious Sam 2
  • Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
  • Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (XB)
  • Shadowcaster
  • Shadow Warrior
  • Shadow Warrior: Deadly Kiss (cancelled)
  • Shadow Warrior: Twin Dragon (cancelled)
  • Shadow Warrior: Wanton Destruction (cancelled)
  • Shadow Warrior (Apple)
  • Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
  • Silent Scope Complete
  • sIn
  • sIn: Wages of sIn
  • sIn 2
  • sIn (Apple)
  • Skout
  • Sniper: Path of Vengeance
  • SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals (PS2)
  • Soldier of Fortune
  • Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix
  • Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix (Apple)
  • Söldner: Secret Wars
  • South Park
  • South Park: Deeply Impacted (DC) (cancelled)
  • South Park: Deeply Impacted (N64)
  • Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels
  • Spear of Destiny
  • Specnaz: Project Wolf
  • Spectre VR (Apple)
  • The Stalin Subway
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (formerly :Oblivion Lost)
  • Starsiege: Tribes
  • Strife
  • Tom Clancy's - The Sum of All Fears
  • S.W.A.T. 3
  • S.W.A.T.: Urban Justice (Cancelled)
  • S.W.A.T. 4
  • Sword of Dracula
  • System Shock
  • System Shock 2
  • System Shock 2: Rebooted
  • System Shock 2 (DC) (cancelled)
T
  • Team Fortress Classic
  • Team S.A.S. (XB)
  • William Shatner's - TekWar
  • Terminal Terror
  • Terminator: Future Shock
  • Terminator: Rampage
  • Terminator: SkyNET
  • Terminator 3: War of The Machines
  • Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines (PS2)
  • Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines (SB)
  • Terra Nova
  • Terrorist Takedown
  • Testament (Amiga)
  • Thief: The Dark Project
  • Thief 2: The Metal Age
  • Thief: Deadly Shadows
  • Thief: Deadly Shadows (XB)
  • Michael Crichton's Timeline
  • TimeShift
  • TimeShift (SB)
  • TimeSplitters (PS2)
  • TimeSplitters 2 (GC)
  • TimeSplitters 2 (PS2)
  • TimeSplitters 3: Future Perfect (PS2)
  • TimeSplitters 2 (SB)
  • Towers of Darkness: Heretic, Hexen & Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
  • Trespasser: The Lost World
  • Trespasser: The Lost World (DC) (cancelled)
  • Tribes: Vengeance
  • Tribes 2
  • Trinity
  • Trinity (DC) (cancelled)
  • Trinity (XB)
  • Tron 2.0
  • Tron 2.0 (Apple)
  • Tron 2.0: Killer App (GBA)
  • Tron 2.0: Killer App (XB
  • Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (DC) (cancelled)
  • Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (N64)
U
  • Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
  • Ultima Underworld: Labyrinth of Worlds
  • Clive Barker's - Undying
  • Clive Barker's - Undying (Apple)
  • Unreal
  • Unreal: Return to Na Pali
  • Unreal 2: The Awakening
  • Unreal Tournament
  • Unreal Tournament 2003
  • Unreal Tournament 2004
  • Unreal Tournament 2003 (Apple)
  • Unreal Tournament 2004 (Apple)
  • Unreal (DC) (cancelled)
  • Unreal (N64) (cancelled)
  • Unreal Championship (XB)
  • Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict (XB)
  • The Unseelie
  • Utopia City
V
  • The Varginha Incident
  • The Varginha Incident 2: Shadows of Truth
  • Vatan
  • Vietcong
  • Vietcong: Purple Haze
  • Vietcong: Purple Haze (XB)
  • Vietnam: Black Ops
  • Vietnam 2: Special Assignment
  • Vietnam: The Tet Offensive
  • Vivisector: Beast Inside
W
  • The War in Heaven
  • Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead of Alive
  • The Wheel of Time
  • Will Rock
  • Witchaven
  • Witchaven 2: Blood Vengeance
  • Wolfenstein 3D
  • Wolfschanze 1944: The Final Attempt (formerly: SS Tower)
  • World War II
  • World War II Sniper: Call to Victory
  • WWII GI
  • WWII: Desert Rats
  • WWII: Iwo Jima
  • WWII: Normandy
  • WWII Online
X
  • Xenus (renamed Boiling Point: Road to Hell)
  • Xibalba: What Lies Beneath
  • XIII
  • XIII (Apple)
Y
  • You Are Empty
  • Y-Project (cancelled)
Z
  • Z.A.R. (Zone of Artificial Resources)
  • Zero-G Marines (cancelled)
  • ZPC (Zero Population Count)

Vehicle Based

  • Descent
  • Descent 2
  • Descent 2: The Infinate Abyss
  • Descent 3
  • Descent Maximum (PS)
  • Necrodome

Mech

These titles may be FPS depending on your definition:

Online games

Games played over the Internet with other human players in a shared environment. The gameplay is coordinated by a game server . While many games can be played in a computer network. Online games are characterized by the game environment being persistent and shared amongst a significant number of players. The genre developed since 1995 when the internet became popular. Not all games types lend themselves easily to online gaming. The most typical ones are.

Role-Playing Games

Shooters

Turn-based

Real-time strategy

Maze games

Platformers

Platformers, also called side-scrollers, view the game area from a side or "cutaway" perspective. In these games, the background or playing area smoothly scrolls as the player moves about, hence the name. These games are traditionally 2D, but some have employed 3D computer graphics effectively. Traditional elements of these games include running, jumping and some fighting. Side-scrollers were some of the first types of video games and are still popular today, usually with younger players.

Puzzle

Many games in the adventure and maze genres could arguably fit into this category as well. See list of puzzle-based computer and video games for a listing of puzzle games by type.

Racing games

Simulation style

Arcade style

Rhythm games

(See also List of dance games, List of drumming games)

Role-Playing Games

MMORPGs

Roguelikes

Shooters

Shoot 'em ups

Simulation

Some do not consider simulations to be games at all, but rather "digital toys" or "software toys". Indeed, this is how Will Wright, the designer of the most popular video game of all time, The Sims, describes his games. These games aim to similate a specific activity (such as flying an airplane) as realistically as practically possible, taking into account physics and other real-world limitations. Some require a great deal of reading before the game can even be attempted, while others include a simple tutorial. Some of these types of games, such as flight simulators, have a limited following, while others, such as The Sims have an enormous following, including those who don't consider themselves "gamers."

Space simulation

Space simulations tend to be much like flight simulations but generally have to take many liberties to adapt the "true" physics of spaceflight to be more player-friendly.

Sports

Stealth Action

Strategy

General Strategy

Turn-based

Real-time strategy

Survival Horror

Survival Horror games focus on fear and attempt to scare the player via traditional horror elements such as atmospherics, death, the undead, blood and gore. Most of these games include third- or first-person shooter elements.

Third-Person Shooters/Third-Person Action

Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a specific perspective for the player. This is normally just behind and above the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric perspective.

Miscellany


Collectible Card Game

Notable People

See list of computer and video game industry people.

Traditional

Most popular board games, card games, and the like have been computerized to some degree or another. For example, more than 600 freeware board games are available written in Zillions. Computer game programs can be worthy opponents and can help you improve your skill at traditional games.

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