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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.
Copy Protection
- Games with code-wheel copy protection
- Games with extra content copy protection
- Games with manual lookup copy protection
Gameplay feature
- Games in which you can have children
- Gameplay feature: Aging
- Gameplay feature: Alchemy
- Gameplay feature: Armor / Weapon sets
- Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping (map is created as you explore; not to be confused with fog-of-war in strategy games)
- Gameplay feature: BASE jumping
- Gameplay feature: Blacksmithing
- Gameplay feature: Botany, Farming, Gardening
- Gameplay feature: Brothels
- Gameplay feature: Cannibalism
- Gameplay feature: Character development - Automatic leveling
- Gameplay feature: Character development - Skill development / training
- Gameplay feature: Character development - Skill distribution
- Gameplay feature: Chainsaws
- Gameplay feature: Controllable pet companions
- Gameplay feature: Dating / Romance
- Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
- Gameplay feature: Dragon flying / riding
- Gameplay feature: Drawing
- Gameplay feature: Fishing
- Gameplay feature: Freely destructible terrain
- Gameplay feature: Gambling
- Gameplay feature: Goldsmithing
- Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
- Gameplay feature: Hunting
- Gameplay feature: Importable characters
- Gameplay feature: Jetpack
- Gameplay feature: Journal
- Gameplay feature: Lock picking
- Gameplay feature: Mining
- Gameplay feature: Monster capture / training
- Gameplay feature: Moving boards (in puzzle games)
- Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
- Gameplay feature: Paper doll inventory
- Gameplay feature: Permadeath / Permanent Death
- Gameplay feature: Photography
- Gameplay feature: Poker
- Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
- Gameplay feature: Recordable replays (in-game recordings of gameplay; sometimes called demos)
- Gameplay feature: Rotatable boards (in puzzle games)
- Gameplay feature: "Simon says"
- Gameplay feature: Survival cooking
- Gameplay feature: Time Manipulation
- Gameplay feature: Tower of Hanoi puzzle
Genre[]
- Genre: 4X
- Genre: Air racing
- Genre: ARTS/MOBA
- Genre: Auto-run platformer
- Genre: Beat 'em up / Brawler
- Genre: Board game - Backgammon
- Genre: Board game - Battleship
- Genre: Board game - Checkers / Draughts
- Genre: Board game - Chinese checkers
- Genre: Board game - Chinese chess / Xiangqi
- Genre: Board game - Clue
- Genre: Board game - Connect Four
- Genre: Board game - Go / Weiqi
- Genre: Board game - Monopoly
- Genre: Board game - Reversi / Othello
- Genre: Board game - Risk
- Genre: Board game - Shōgi
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Blackjack
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Domino / Dominoes
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Hanafuda
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Mahjong
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Poker
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Shanghai / Solitaire mahjongg
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Shisen-Sho / Four Rivers
- Genre: Card / Tile game - Solitaire / Patience
- Genre: Car / motorcycle combat
- Genre: Chase-view / Space Harrier-style shooter
- Genre: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
- Genre: Cinematic Platformer
- Genre: Dual / Twin-stick shooter
- Genre: Explorable platformer / "Metroidvania"
- Genre: Falling block puzzle
- Genre: Fish Survival
- Genre: Fixed-screen shoot 'em up
- Genre: God game
- Genre: Grand strategy
- Genre: Hidden object
- Genre: Jigsaw puzzle
- Genre: Kart racing
- Genre: Labyrinth / Maze
- Genre: Miniature golf
- Genre: Motorsport management
- Genre: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)
- Genre: Open world driving
- Genre: Open world / Free-roaming / Sandbox action and driving
- Genre: Party / Mini-game
- Genre: Rail shooter
- Genre: Rolling ball
- Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
- Genre: Simulation - Animal life / Biological
- Genre: Simulation - Castle / Fortress building
- Genre: Simulation - City building
- Genre: Simulation - Cooking
- Genre: Simulation - Farming
- Genre: Simulation - Human life
- Genre: Simulation - Medical
- Genre: Simulation - Music
- Genre: Simulation - Pet
- Genre: Simulation - Political
- Genre: Simulation - Space combat
- Genre: Simulation - Space trading and combat
- Genre: Simulation - Traffic network
- Genre: Simulation - Train driving
- Genre: Simulation - Zoo / Wildlife park
- Genre: Sniper
- Genre: Sports - Air hockey
- Genre: Sports - Badminton
- Genre: Sports - Bullfighting
- Genre: Sports - Bullriding
- Genre: Sports - Curling
- Genre: Sports - Darts
- Genre: Sports - Dodgeball
- Genre: Sports - Handball
- Genre: Stunt racing
- Genre: Tactical shooter
- Genre: Tile matching puzzle (creation)
- Genre: Tile matching puzzle (removal)
- Genre: Tower defense
- Genre: Trading / Collectible cards
- Genre: Truck racing / driving
- Genre: Versus fighting
- Genre: Wilderness survival
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: Comics
- Inspiration: Horror movies
- Inspiration: Literature
- Inspiration: Movies
- Inspiration: Toys
- Inspiration: TV cartoons
- Inspiration: TV game shows
- Inspiration: TV series
Inspiration: Author[]
Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Book
- Inspiration: Author - Agatha Christie
- Inspiration: Author - Alexandre Dumas
- Inspiration: Author - Astrid Lindgren
- Inspiration: Author - Edgar Allan Poe
- Inspiration: Author - H. P. Lovecraft
- Inspiration: Author - Jinyong
- Inspiration: Author - Jirō Akagawa
- Inspiration: Author - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Inspiration: Author - Jules Verne
- Inspiration: Author - Philip K. Dick
- Inspiration: Author - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Inspiration: Author - William Shakespeare
Inspiration: Book[]
Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Author.
Fictional character[]
Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Author / Book.
- Fictional character: Alice (in Wonderland)
- Fictional character: Count Dracula
- Fictional character: Frankenstein
- Fictional character: Hong Gildong
- Fictional character: Robinson Crusoe
- Fictional character: Sherlock Holmes
- Fictional character: Sinbad the Sailor
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.
- Animals: Bears / Pandas
- Animals: Cats
- Animals: Chickens
- Animals: Deer
- Animals: Dinosaurs
- Animals: Dogs / Wolves
- Animals: Dolphins / Whales
- Animals: Ducks
- Animals: Elephants
- Animals: Foxes
- Animals: Frogs
- Animals: Goats
- Animals: Hamsters
- Animals: Insects
- Animals: Kangaroos
- Animals: Mice
- Animals: Moles
- Animals: Penguins
- Animals: Pigs
- Animals: Primates (monkeys or apes)
- Animals: Rabbits / Hares
- Animals: Reptiles
- Animals: Sharks
- Animals: Sheep
- Animals: Squirrels
- Animals: Worms
- Chocobo games
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'.
- Army Men universe
- Baroque universe
- Battlestar Galactica universe
- BattleTech universe
- Bloodlust Software universe
- DC Universe
- Discworld universe
- Dragon Slayer universe
- Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest universe
- Echelon universe
- EverQuest universe
- Ghost in the Shell universe
- Half-Life universe
- Homestar Runner universe
- Ivalice universe
- Koudelka / Shadow Hearts universe
- Lancer universe
- Marvel universe
- Masters of the Universe / He-Man licensees
- Megami Tensei / Megaten universe
- Metaltech / Tribes universe
- Might and Magic universe
- Mistbound universe
- Omnitrend science fiction universe
- Paradise Cracked universe
- Pokémon universe
- Puyo-Puyo / Madō Monogatari universe
- Record of Lodoss War universe
- Renegade Legion universe
- Robin Hood universe
- SaGa universe
- Shining universe
- Silent Storm universe
- Sonic the Hedgehog universe
- Spyro the Dragon universe
- Star Trek universe
- Star Wars universe
- Suikoden universe
- Tengai Makyō / Far East of Eden universe
- The Badlands universe
- The Dark Eye / Das Schwarze Auge universe
- Tokyo Majin universe
- Twilight Syndrome universe
- Twinbee universe
- Ultima universe
- Universe series
- Warcraft universe
- Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Warhammer universe
- Warhead universe
- Warlords universe
- Wasteland universe
- Wing Commander universe
- Xak universe
- X: Beyond the Frontier universe
- Xenogears / Xenosaga universe
- Zork universe
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.
- Amidar variants / Line-coloring games
- Artillery variants
- Asteroids variants
- Astro Invader variants
- Ataxx variants
- Avalanche variants
- Berzerk variants
- Blitz variants
- Boulder Dash variants
- Breakout variants
- Burgertime variants
- Bust-A-Move / Puzzle Bobble variants
- Cabal variants
- Cave-flyers and Thrust variants
- Centipede variants
- Circus / Clowns variants
- Concentration variants
- Defender variants
- Defense of the Ancients variants
- Diablo variants
- Donkey Kong variants
- Dynablaster/Bomberman variants
- Elevator Action variants
- Frogger variants
- Galaga variants
- Head On / Dodge 'Em variants
- Heiankyo Alien/Booby Kids variants
- Hunt the Wumpus variants
- Joust variants
- Knightmare variants
- Lemmings variants
- Lunar Lander variants
- Lunar Rescue variants
- Mastermind variants
- Minesweeper variants
- Missile Command variants
- Moorhuhn / Crazy Chicken variants
- Pachinko variants
- Pac-Man variants
- Pang variants
- Panic variants
- Pengo variants
- Pipe Dream / Pipe Mania variants
- Plotting variants
- Pong variants
- Puzz Loop variants
- Q*Bert variants
- QIX variants
- Rogue variants / Roguelikes
- Rush Hour variants
- Sabotage / Paratrooper variants
- Scramble variants
- Slicks 'n' Slide variants
- Snake variants
- Soko-Ban variants
- Space Invaders variants
- Space Taxi variants
- Star Trek variants
- The Sumer Game variants
- Warlords variant
- Weather War variants
- Whac-A-Mole variants
- Wizard's Castle variants
- Yahtzee variants
- Zaxxon variants
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[]
- 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[]
- Aircraft: A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Aircraft: A-4 Skyhawk
- Aircraft: A-6 Intruder
- Aircraft: A6M Zero
- Aircraft: A-7 Corsair II
- Aircraft: AH-64 Apache
- Aircraft: Aichi D3A
- Aircraft: Airco DH.2
- Aircraft: Albatros D.II
- Aircraft: Albatros D.III
- Aircraft: Albatros D.V
- Aircraft: Avro Lancaster
- Aircraft: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft: B-25 Mitchell
- Aircraft: B-2 Spirit
- Aircraft: Civilian (for any non-military types)
- Aircraft: Dassault Rafale
- Aircraft: DH.98 Mosquito
- Aircraft: Do 335 Pfeil
- Aircraft: Douglas A-20 Havoc
- Aircraft: Eurofighter Typhoon
- Aircraft: F-104 Starfighter
- Aircraft: F-105 Thunderchief
- Aircraft: F-111 Aardvark
- Aircraft: F-117 Nighthawk
- Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat
- Aircraft: F-15 Eagle
- Aircraft: F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Aircraft: F-22 Raptor
- Aircraft: F-35 Lightning II
- Aircraft: F4F Wildcat
- Aircraft: F-4 Phantom II
- Aircraft: F4U Corsair
- Aircraft: F6F Hellcat
- Aircraft: F-8 Crusader
- Aircraft: F-86 Sabre
- Aircraft: F/A-18 Hornet
- Aircraft: FJ Fury
- Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Aircraft: Fokker Dr.I
- Aircraft: Fokker D.VII
- Aircraft: Fokker D.VIII (E.V)
- Aircraft: Fokker E.III
- Aircraft: Gotha G.V
- Aircraft: Grumman X-29
- Aircraft: Halberstadt D.II
- Aircraft: Harrier Jump Jet
- Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane
- Aircraft: Hawker Typhoon
- Aircraft: Heinkel He 111
- Aircraft: Heinkel He 162
- Aircraft: Horten Ho 229
- Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-2
- Aircraft: Junkers Ju 87
- Aircraft: Junkers Ju 88
- Aircraft: Kamov Ka-5X (Hokum)
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 110
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 163
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 262
- Aircraft: MiG-15 Fagot
- Aircraft: MiG-21 Fishbed
- Aircraft: MiG-29 Fulcrum
- Aircraft: Nieuport 11
- Aircraft: Nieuport 17
- Aircraft: Nieuport 28
- Aircraft: North American X-15
- Aircraft: Northrop F-5
- Aircraft: Northrop YF-23
- Aircraft: P-38 Lightning
- Aircraft: P-40 Warhawk
- Aircraft: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Aircraft: P-51 Mustang
- Aircraft: P-80 Shooting Star
- Aircraft: Panavia Tornado
- Aircraft: Pfalz D.III
- Aircraft: RAF R.E.8
- Aircraft: RAF S.E.5
- Aircraft: RAH-66 Comanche
- Aircraft: SBD Dauntless
- Aircraft: Siemens-Schuckert D.III
- Aircraft: Sopwith Camel
- Aircraft: Sopwith Pup
- Aircraft: Sopwith Snipe
- Aircraft: Sopwith Triplane
- Aircraft: SPAD S.VII
- Aircraft: SPAD S.XIII
- Aircraft: SR-71 Blackbird
- Aircraft: Su-25 Frogfoot
- Aircraft: Su-27 & Su-33
- Aircraft: Su-35 Flanker-E
- Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
- Aircraft: TBF Avenger
- Aircraft: UH-60 Black Hawk
- Aircraft: Zeppelin
Automobiles[]
- Automobile: AC Cobra
- Automobile: Aston Martin Vanquish
- Automobile: Audi TT
- Automobile: BMW M3
- Automobile: Bugatti Veyron
- Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
- Automobile: DeLorean DMC-12
- Automobile: Dodge Viper
- Automobile: Enzo Ferrari
- Automobile: Ferrari 328
- Automobile: Ferrari 360
- Automobile: Ferrari 550
- Automobile: Ferrari F355
- Automobile: Ferrari F40
- Automobile: Ferrari F430
- Automobile: Ferrari F50
- Automobile: Ferrari Testarossa
- Automobile: Ford GT90
- Automobile: Gumpert Apollo
- Automobile: Honda NSX
- Automobile: Jaguar XJ220
- Automobile: Koenigsegg CCX
- Automobile: Lamborghini Aventador
- Automobile: Lamborghini Countach
- Automobile: Lamborghini Diablo
- Automobile: Lamborghini Gallardo
- Automobile: Lamborghini Miura
- Automobile: Lamborghini Murciélago
- Automobile: Lancia Stratos HF
- Automobile: Lister Storm
- Automobile: Lotus Elise
- Automobile: Lotus Esprit
- Automobile: Lotus Evora
- Automobile: Maserati MC12
- Automobile: Mazda 787B
- Automobile: Mazda MX-5 / Miata / Roadster
- Automobile: Mazda RX-7
- Automobile: McLaren F1
- Automobile: McLaren MP4-12C
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class
- Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
- Automobile: Pagani Zonda
- Automobile: Porsche 911
- Automobile: Porsche 959
- Automobile: Porsche Boxster
- Automobile: Porsche Carrera GT
- Automobile: Saleen S7
- Automobile: Subaru Impreza
- Automobile: Toyota Celica
- Automobile: Toyota GT-One
- Automobile: Toyota Supra