13 categories · 34 games

Game categories

A category only exists here once there is enough behind it to be worth reading. Each one opens with a short introduction to what the genre actually asks of you, then the ranked list.

MMORPG

Persistent worlds you keep coming back to for years.

7games

Browser Games

No install, no launcher. Open a tab and play.

7games

Idle Games

Numbers that go up, and the strange craft of making that matter.

4games

Strategy

Games decided by the decision you made twenty minutes ago.

10games

RPG

Builds, loot and character systems worth theorycrafting.

9games

Multiplayer

Games that need other people to work.

19games

Survival

Scarcity, consequence, and other players who want your stuff.

4games

Simulation

Systems modelled deeply enough to be worth learning.

5games

Sandbox

A toolset, a world, and no instructions.

7games

Action

Decided by aim, timing and nerve.

11games

Adventure

Worlds built to be explored rather than cleared.

8games

Card Games

Deckbuilding, drafting, and reading the person opposite.

4games

Web3 Games

Games built on on-chain ownership, judged as games.

3games

Platform is deliberately not a category. Which device a game runs on is a filter, not a genre, so it lives on each game’s profile instead of generating a near-duplicate page.