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MobyGames groups index[]

Browse all game groups on MobyGames. Please note that this index excludes groups tracking game series, as there are almost 4500 groups in total, we focus here only on high-level groups categorizing themes, settings, gameplay features, specific genres, protagonist types etc. Try to maintain alphabetical order.

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Genre[]

Historical conflict[]

Historical conflict: American Civil War (Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South), 1861-1865)
Historical conflict: American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence, 1775–1783)
Historical conflict: Arab-Israeli conflict
Historical conflict: Cold War (tensions between USA/NATO and USSR/Soviet Bloc, 1947-1991)
Historical Conflict: Hundred Years War (Medieval France and the Low Countries, 1337-1453)
Historical conflict: Korean War (1950-1953)
Historical conflict: Napoleonic Wars (series of wars between Napoleon's French Empire and opposing coalitions, 1803–1815)
Historical Conflict: Persian Gulf War (the first war in the Gulf, Iraq-Kuwait 1990-1991, Operation Desert Storm)
Historical conflict: Spanish Civil War (Republicans vs. Nationalists, 1936-1939)
Historical conflict: Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Historical conflict: War of 1812 (Anglo-American War, 1812-1815)
Historical conflict: Winter War (Soviet-Finnish war 1939-1940) - see also the later Continuation War 1941-1944
Historical conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Historical conflict: World War II (1939-1945)

Inspiration[]

Inspiration: Author[]

Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Book

Inspiration: Book[]

Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Author.

Fictional character[]

Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Author / Book.

Games made into...[]

Protagonist[]

Player's character, alter ego, avatar.

Protagonist: Barbarian
Protagonist: Black
Protagonist: Blob
Protagonist: Caveman
Protagonist: Demon
Protagonist: Extraterrestrial / Alien
Protagonist: Female (not only women, also non-human females)
Protagonist: Gangster
Protagonist: Ghost
Protagonist: Jewish
Protagonist: Mullet haircut
Protagonist: Musician
Protagonist: Robot
Protagonist: Vampire

Animals[]

As protagonists or in prominent role.

Setting[]

Determined by time & space; excludes fictional ones, which usually have own groups (e.g.: Star Wars universe)

Dakar Rally setting
Setting: African
Setting: Ancient Roman
Setting: Australian / Oceanian
Setting: Aztec
Setting: Belle Époque (the turn of the XIX and XX century)
Setting: Chinese
Setting: Chinese Ming Dynasty
Setting: Chinese Qin Dynasty
Setting: Chinese Qing Dynasty
Setting: Chinese Song Dynasty
Setting: Chinese Three Kingdoms era
Setting: Chinese Warring States Period
Setting: Chinese Yuan Dynasty
Setting: Classical Greece (499 BCE - 323 BCE) - not to be confused with Greek mythology
Setting: Earth's Moon
Setting: Egyptian
Setting: Inca
Setting: Indian
Setting: Interwar (between the First and the Second World War)
Setting: Japanese Heian Period
Setting: Japanese Kamakura Period
Setting: Japanese Sengoku Period
Setting: Korean
Setting: Mars
Setting: Mayan
Setting: Medieval Europe (Europe in Middle Ages, not to be confused with Fantasy genre)
Setting: Middle East
Setting: Western / Old West

Theme[]

Force Powers-themed games
Games involving the Hanseatic League
Non-traditional Westerns
Theme: Alcohol
Theme: Amnesia
Theme: Amusement park
Theme: Atlantis
Theme: Christmas
Theme: Circus
Theme: Dieselpunk (sub-genre of Theme: Steampunk)
Theme: Famous musicians
Theme: Firefighting
Theme: Game Development
Theme: Giant monsters
Theme: Hacking / Pseudohacking
Theme: Haunted house
Theme: Holy Grail
Theme: Homeless
Theme: Hunchbacks
Theme: Illegal Drugs / Narcotics
Theme: Law enforcement (police)
Theme: Law practice (legal professions: attorneys, judges, etc.)
Theme: Ninjas
Theme: Office
Theme: Olympics
Theme: Psychic powers / Psyonics
Theme: RMS Titanic
Theme: Sea Pirates
Theme: Steampunk
Theme: Stock Exchange
Theme: Submarine
Theme: Time Manipulation
Theme: Vampires
Theme: Werewolves
Theme: Zombies
Wisdom Tree's Bible-themed games
World War III games

Mythology[]

Universe[]

Use of universe term unclear. Many in conflict with 'licensees'.

Variants (inspired by another game)[]

The name-giving game is the genre-setter. Note these are not official spin-offs (these belong to the respective game series groups), but rather clones/imitations, often bordering on plagiarism.

Visual Technique / Style[]

Visual technique / style: Cel shaded
Visual technique / style: Live-action cutscenes (shot exclusively for the game)
Visual technique / style: Rendered in clay
Visual technique / style: Voxel graphics

Uncategorized Groups[]

Games with Dopefish

Application Software / Operating Systems containing games (treated as special compilations)
BPjS / BPjM indexed games (German game censorship)
Demo versions (demo releases containing significant content, like unpublished levels)
Games bundled with movies
Games referenced in movies
Games with boss key
Games with profane titles
Games with hidden / unlockable full games

Controllable vehicles[]

Only those under player control (computer-controlled opponents/allies don't count here).

Aircraft[]

Automobiles[]

Tanks[]

Tank: M1 Abrams