What are the types of games?

There is no uniform classification method for game types in the world. Game types are mainly divided into six categories: action, adventure, simulation, role-playing, leisure and others, and each category has dozens of branches, forming a huge "game type tree". After 2009, a new type of game appeared, called sandbox game, which usually contains four elements: action, adventure, survival and role-playing.

1, action class

Action game is a kind of game type in a broad sense. Games with "action" as the main game form can be counted as action games, including "shooting games" and "fighting games".

After 2005, there are few simple action games, because there are various forms of "action". The horizontal game about card design can be called action game. Nowadays, action games all refer to traditional customs clearance action games, or games that do not emphasize "shooting" and "fighting".

2, adventure class

Adventure game is usually a game in which players control characters to take virtual adventures, and its storyline often appears in the form of completing a task or solving a puzzle. It does not provide a tactical and tactical manipulation process for the enemy. Instead, the player controls the character and produces an interactive story.

It is a thrilling game, and now the adventure game has become more and more real, exciting and enjoyable through continuous updating and innovation.

3. Analog class

Simulation games, now mostly electronic games, are a very wide range of game types. Simulation games try to copy various forms of "real" life and achieve the purpose of "training" players, such as improving proficiency, analyzing situations or predicting. Simulation games with different simulation levels have different functions, and those with higher simulation levels can be used for professional knowledge training; The lower ones can be used as entertainment.

4. Role-playing class

Role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game. In the game, the player is responsible for playing this role in the real or fictional world.

Players are responsible for playing one or more roles and developing their roles through some actions under structured rules. The success or failure of players in this process depends on the formal rule system or action process.

5. Leisure category

Casual games are a kind of small games. They are usually played when they are bored, and later developed into web games. And become an online game suit, and use it to join the network and other elements, you can compete with netizens and let casual games develop.

6. Other categories (including music, racing, sports and music)

Music games are often translated into rhythm games. Sports games. A game type, a narrow game type. There are many games of this kind. Racing game. Although a game type is classified according to the standard of gameplay, it is rarely listed separately because it is a narrow game type.

7.sandbox game

Sandbox game, slowly evolved from sandbox game, is a self-contained game type, which consists of one or more map areas and often contains many elements such as action, shooting, fighting and driving. The general game map is large, interactive, free, casual and creative.

Players can run freely in the game world instead of playing according to the main plot set by the game. Creativity is the core of this kind of game, using the items provided in the game to create the original things of the players themselves.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Game Types