Games

• Strategy games


  • More competitive, pitting players against opponents that they must outsmart to win
  • Require plenty of thinking, reactivity, and outmaneuvering as players are tasked with controlling a wide range of units while simultaneously gathering and making good use of the resources available
• Real-time strategy


  • Players and their opponents play simultaneously in real-time
  • Typically, there are resources that players must manage, upgrades they can purchase, and units they can build to defeat the opposition
• Turn-based strategy


  Players take turns against the computer
• MOBAS


  • Stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
  • Team-based games where each player controls one character with unique sets of skills
  • Goal is to defeat the other team by destroying their base while simultaneously defending their own
• Sports games


  Allow the players to control individuals or entire teams to compete against one another in sports simulations
• Racing games


  Competitive subgenre where players race against one another in vehicles
• Sports games


  Games where the mechanics and gameplay mimic the rules and how actual sports are played
• Sandbox games


  • Generally allow players to do a wide range of things in a fixed environment that is usually large and open
  • Players are free to experiment with various features and mechanics to create things
  • Typically have no objectives, and players are free to set those themselves
  • Certain subgenres will provide the player with obstacles to try and make achieving those goals more difficult
• Creative games


  • Games where there is a world for players to manipulate without consequence
  • Players are also free to invent custom game modes and maps to share with others
  • Generally do not have stories and plots, instead of focusing on features for the players to experiment with
• Survival games


  • Refers to games where the player spawns in a random location in the world with minimal resources
  • From here, they must survive as long as possible while overcoming obstacles such as enemies or death by natural means
  • Players are usually left with no instructions and form goals of their own
• Simulations


  • A subgenre that revolves around simulating or mimicking aspects of the real world like hunting, driving, or cooking
  • Some simulations even allow players to control one or more characters and control facets of their lives