How important is the category of a game you are playing?
But, what are different categories of games as of 2014?
Major categories of games:
- Action
- Adventure
- Arcade
- Board
- Card
- Casino
- Casual
- Educational
- Family
- Music
- Puzzle
- Racing
- Role Playing
- Simulation
- Sports
- Strategy
- Trivia
- Word
There are gamers (may be you), who downloads games by category. Some gamers likes to play only action games and do not like word games. For me I don't like to play Card and Casino categories games. You may like only Strategy games or may be Sports games.
Mostly multiple categories games are chosen, given the condition that a game must have a good game play.
Some of you may not know all above categories or may be one or two. For new comers, we will see each category in short.
Action:
These type of games includes battles, military wars, shooting games, fightings. Endless runner pattern games which are popular these days can be categoriesed into action-adventure games.
Adventure:
2D-Scrolling platform games like Super-Mario, Claw, Rayman, Jungle Book. These types of games generally have a story and player needs to complete this story by exploring the 2d world in the game.
3D-Games with epic storyline is also available now a days.
Arcade:
In terms of Video games these games typically have short gameplay time, quick action, minimal controls.
Board:
The best example is Chess. The games which are played on a square or rectangular area are board games. Other examples are Snakes and Ladder, Tic Tac Toe, Ludo.
Card:
As the name suggest these games are based on cards e.g. Poker, Solitaire. I have not seen any different type of cards (not regular playing cards but cards with different signs) games. If you know such different card game, please specify in comments.
Casino:
No need to explain. Slot Machines, Roulette etc. are examples of casino games.
Casual:
These are easy to play but interesting games. People of any age love to play these kind of games.
Educational:
As name suggest these games are meant for learning purpose. Education through games is really an effective way. It will always have a bright future. Today there are lots of games for kids education available on Android and iOS.
Family:
These games are based on real life activities like house-works, dressing, farming, social activities etc.
Music:
These are sound based or rhythm games. e.g. a game based on piano keys as tile. But there are more of applications than games.
Puzzle:
Here you are supposed to solve complex logic to achieve correct solution. This is a very popular category in games.
Racing:
No need for introduction. But these games are not necessarily based on vehicles only. Skating, riding, water surfing, in-short any activity having competition with others is a racing game.
Role Playing:
In these games, player is one character which has specific role. He makes decisions and interact with other characters to complete given tasks. These games are also very popular since more people can interact in a single game.
Simulation:
These are not a complete game types. e.g. Aeroplane Flight simulator, Tank simulator. In these type of games, players operates or controls some machine, device or equipment. These are more of a type of training games through which a common man can also experience for example Train controls by playing Train Simulator game.
Sports:
As name suggests these games involves all possible games typically played on the ground. e.g. Football, Tennis, Cricket.
Strategy:
Strategy means planning, thinking. Any games which involves various activities to perform with a proper planning, thinking and observing the situation and making decisions accordingly.
Trivia:
These games are based on quizzes and/or questions on general topics. These games highly improves you general knowledge.
Word:
As name says, these are word based games. The most popular example is CROSSWORDS. These games improves our knowledge about words and their meanings. It's a best way of improving general knowledge with fun.
So, which one or two is your favourite? I think all games having good game play are best choices. But having specific category sometime helps. Also, sticking only with one category can make you an expert gamer in that game category. So, choice is always yours.
I am an indie game developer. I have published my first android game on PlayStore,
Chips Factory
3D-Games with epic storyline is also available now a days.
Arcade:
In terms of Video games these games typically have short gameplay time, quick action, minimal controls.
Board:
The best example is Chess. The games which are played on a square or rectangular area are board games. Other examples are Snakes and Ladder, Tic Tac Toe, Ludo.
Card:
As the name suggest these games are based on cards e.g. Poker, Solitaire. I have not seen any different type of cards (not regular playing cards but cards with different signs) games. If you know such different card game, please specify in comments.
Casino:
No need to explain. Slot Machines, Roulette etc. are examples of casino games.
Casual:
These are easy to play but interesting games. People of any age love to play these kind of games.
Educational:
As name suggest these games are meant for learning purpose. Education through games is really an effective way. It will always have a bright future. Today there are lots of games for kids education available on Android and iOS.
Family:
These games are based on real life activities like house-works, dressing, farming, social activities etc.
Music:
These are sound based or rhythm games. e.g. a game based on piano keys as tile. But there are more of applications than games.
Puzzle:
Here you are supposed to solve complex logic to achieve correct solution. This is a very popular category in games.
Racing:
No need for introduction. But these games are not necessarily based on vehicles only. Skating, riding, water surfing, in-short any activity having competition with others is a racing game.
Role Playing:
In these games, player is one character which has specific role. He makes decisions and interact with other characters to complete given tasks. These games are also very popular since more people can interact in a single game.
Simulation:
These are not a complete game types. e.g. Aeroplane Flight simulator, Tank simulator. In these type of games, players operates or controls some machine, device or equipment. These are more of a type of training games through which a common man can also experience for example Train controls by playing Train Simulator game.
Sports:
As name suggests these games involves all possible games typically played on the ground. e.g. Football, Tennis, Cricket.
Strategy:
Strategy means planning, thinking. Any games which involves various activities to perform with a proper planning, thinking and observing the situation and making decisions accordingly.
Trivia:
These games are based on quizzes and/or questions on general topics. These games highly improves you general knowledge.
Word:
As name says, these are word based games. The most popular example is CROSSWORDS. These games improves our knowledge about words and their meanings. It's a best way of improving general knowledge with fun.
So, which one or two is your favourite? I think all games having good game play are best choices. But having specific category sometime helps. Also, sticking only with one category can make you an expert gamer in that game category. So, choice is always yours.
I am an indie game developer. I have published my first android game on PlayStore,
Chips Factory
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