Prompt 6 of 7
Name a video game genre
246 accepted answers across 5 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Immersive sim— Deus Ex and Thief defined it; critics adore it, publishers fear it.
85 ptsDeep Cut166 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- .io game
- 4X— Explore, expand, exploit, exterminate; Civilization in four letters.
- Action horror
- Action puzzle
- Action roguelike
- Action RTS
- Action-strategy game
- Advergame
- Aim trainer
- Alternate reality game
- Arcade racer
- Archery game
- Arena fighter
- Arena shooter
- Art game
- Artillery game
- Audio game
- Auto battler
- Base-building game
- Baseball game
- Billiards game
- Bishojo game
- Boomer shooter
- Bowling game
- Boxing game
- Brain training game
- Breakout
- Bullet hell
- Character action game
- Cleaning game
- Climbing game
- Collectathon
- Colony sim
- Combat flight simulator
- Construction and management simulation
- Courtroom game
- Cover shooter
- Cricket game
- CRPG
- Cycling game
- Dance game
- Deckbuilder
- Decorating game
- Detective game
- Dice game
- Digital therapeutic game
- Dot-eat game
- Drawing game
- Dress-up game
- Eroge
- Exergame
- Extraction RPG
- Extraction shooter
- Factory game
- Falling-block puzzle
- Falling-sand game
- First-person party-based RPG
- First-person puzzle
- Fixed shooter
- Gacha
- Game with a purpose
- God game
- Golf game
- Government simulation game
- Grand strategy
- Graphic adventure
- Hacking game
- Hero brawler
- Hero shooter
- Hobby sim
- Hockey game
- Hunting action
- Hypercasual
- Idle RPG
- Interactive movie
- Inventory management game
- Isometric shooter
- Job simulation game
- Kaizo
- Karaoke
- Kinetic novel
- Light gun shooter
- Location-based game
- Logic game
- Looter shooter
- Mahjong game
- Mahjong solitaire game
- Masocore
- Maze game
- Mech
- Medical sim
- Memory game
- Merge game
- Military combat simulator
- Minigame collection
- MMOFPS
- MMORTS
- MMOTBS
- Monster-taming game
- MUD
- Musou
- Narrative adventure
- Naval combat game
- Newsgame
- Otome
- Outbreak sim
- Pachinko game
- Pachislot game
- Paddle-and-ball game
- Party-based RPG
- Persuasive game
- Photography game
- Physics puzzle
- Physics sandbox
- Platform fighter
- Precision platformer
- Programming game
- Puzzle-adventure
- Puzzle-platformer
- Rail shooter
- Raising simulation
- Rally game
- Real-time tactics
- Reveal the picture game
- Reverse horror
- Rocks-and-diamonds game
- Roguelike deckbuilder
- Roguevania
- Run and gun
- Sandbox role-playing game
- Serious game
- Ship simulator
- Shop-keeping game
- Sim racing
- Sniper game
- Social deduction
- Social simulation game
- Sokoban
- Space sim
- Sports management
- Sports-based fighting game
- Stunt racer
- Submarine simulator
- Survivors-like
- Tactical shooter
- Tactics
- Tank sim
- Tennis game
- Theme park sim
- Time management game
- Top-down
- Top-down shooter
- Tower offense
- Toys-to-life
- Trading sim
- Train simulator
- Transport sim
- Truck simulator
- Turn-based MMORPG
- Turn-based tactics
- Twin-stick shooter
- Typing game
- Vehicle simulation game
- Vehicular combat
- Wargame
- Zoo sim
60 ptsRare57 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Action RPG
- Action-adventure
- Basketball game
- Beat 'em up
- Board game
- Card game
- Casino game
- Casual
- City builder
- Cooking game
- Cozy game
- Dating sim
- Dungeon crawler
- Educational
- Endless runner
- Escape room
- Farming sim
- Fishing game
- Flight sim
- Football game
- Hack and slash
- Hidden object
- Hunting game
- Idle game
- JRPG
- Kart racer
- Life sim
- Match-3
- Metroidvania
- MOBA
- Party game
- Pinball
- Point and click
- Rhythm
- Roguelite
- Shoot 'em up
- Side-scroller
- Skateboarding game
- Snake game
- Soccer game
- Soulslike
- Stealth
- Survival crafting
- Survival horror
- Tactical RPG
- Text adventure
- Third-person shooter
- Tower defense
- Trivia
- Turn-based role-playing game
- Turn-based strategy
- Tycoon
- Virtual pet
- Visual novel
- Walking simulator
- Word game
- Wrestling game
30 ptsSchooler13 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Arcade
- Battle royale
- Fighting
- Horror
- MMO
- MMORPG
- Open world
- Platformer
- Real-time strategy
- Roguelike
- Sandbox
- Simulation
- Survival
10 ptsPlankton9 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Action
- Adventure
- First-person shooter
- Puzzle
- Racing
- Role-playing game
- Shooter
- Sports
- Strategy