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Example Game
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| Action
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A game with reaction-based gameplay and a high pace; can refer to a lot of different types of games, including other tags like Platformer or Shooter.
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Alien Hominid
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| Adult
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Games meant entirely for titillation, with no proper gameplay to speak of. Usually only has things like customizing certain elements of the animation, like a dress-up game.
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Super Deepthroat
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| Adventure
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A game where the main feature is exploring and puzzle-solving, usually with a mouse or movement of an on-screen character (Also known as Point and Click.)
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The Last Door
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| Arcade
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Used to describe simple games with easily graspable gameplay and a focus on getting a high score.
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Helicopter Game
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| Artillery
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A game where the focus is using a set power and angle to throw an object at a target of any kind of form.
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Crush the Castle
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| Brawler
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A game where you control a character who fights multiple other characters at the same time using simple combos and special moves.
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Dad 'n' Me
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| Card
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A game played using a set of rules based around a deck of cards, whether it be the standard deck of 52 or more custom arrangements.
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Solitaire
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| Choose Your Own Adventure
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A game where you're presented with some kind of story, in which you make one of a set of choices to progress said story.
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The Sagittarian
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| Clicker
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A game where you click to increase score, and usually spend said clicks to increase your score further. Also known as "idle game".
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AdVenture Capitalist
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| Dating Sim
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A game where the main focus is to date a hero or heroine, usually presented in a Visual Novel / Choose Your Own Adventure format, but is sometimes more complicated with things like stats, day/night cycles, etc.
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SIMGirls
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| Dress-Up
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A game where you choose clothes for an included character to dress them up.
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Dead Baby Dressup
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| Educational
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A game generally meant to teach, more than anything else.
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Annual Precipitation in California
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| Escape the Room
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A subset of the Adventure genre where you're in a single room / low amount of rooms, a general lack of story, and simple puzzles to solve in order to get out of it.
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Cube Escape: The Cave
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| Fighting
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A type of game that places two characters head to head with a series of included moves, combos and rounds.
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Pencak Silat
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| Find
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A game where you need to find something; whether it be objects, usually hidden in a room or among a bunch of other objects, or differences in two pictures.
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5 Differences
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| Flying
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A type of game where you're flying a vehicle, but not actively fighting or racing with it.
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Fly Like A Bird
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| Gambling
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A game that either recreates a form of real world gambling such as slots or poker, or is completely focused on some fictional kind of betting, winning and losing.
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Blackjack Elf
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| Horror
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A game that intends to provide an unsettling, creepy, spooky, scary skele-cough atmosphere. Isn't exclusive to any other tag.
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Exmortis
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| Microsite
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Not so much a game as an interactive website backed up from the internet.
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J.K. Rowling Official Site
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| Motocross
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A game that usually involves some form of vehicle in a side on view affected by physics that you have to use to surmount a challenging set of physical terrain.
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Trials 2 Flash Preview
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| Pinball
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A game based on either a recreation or fresh conception of the real world diversion.
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Pinbill
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| Platformer
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A game where you control a character affected by gravity and have to surmount obstacles and enemies by maneuvering and jumping over them.
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Super Mario 63
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| Puzzle
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There are many types of puzzle games, but they usually involve some kind of logical task/brainteaser that needs to be solved.
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Bloxorz
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| Match-3
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A puzzle game where you match objects on a grid to make a line of three, which then disappear and refill the grid.
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Galactic Gems
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| Quiz
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A game that asks you questions about any particular subject matter.
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50 States
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| Racing
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A game that has you in a competition of speed; in particular, to reach a finish line first. Not entirely reliant on things like vehicles, but usually includes vehicles.
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Cyclomaniacs
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| Parking
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A game where you use a car to attempt to park in a parking spot, usually with nearby obstacles.
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Parking Lot
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| Rhythm
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A game that has you pressing buttons in time to the rhythm of a song; the more accurate your presses, the more points you earn.
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Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3
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| Rock-Paper-Scissors
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A game based off the classic three-way head-to-head mind game.
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The Gatekeeper
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| RPG
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Can take many different forms but usually involves a world to explore, an indepth story, stats, equipment that raises said stats, leveling up and battles.
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Sonny
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| Runner
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A game that usually involves you moving down a path automatically, avoiding obstacles in order to either get a high score (endless) or finish a level.
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Canabalt
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| Shooter
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Can be used to describe any game where your main form of engagement is blasting enemies with any kind of ranged weapon.
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Space Invaders
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| First-Person Shooter
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The game is played from the point of view of the character firing the weapon.
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Sierra 7
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| Side-Scrolling Shooter
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The game is a shooter that's played with a playfield that scrolls from the left to the right. Sometimes ships, sometimes on foot.
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Heli Attack 3
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| Rail Shooter
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The game is played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player.
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Xiao Xiao no. 4
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| Vertically-Scrolling Shooter
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The game is played with a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top (usually in a ship).
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Enigmata 2
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| Simulation
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A catch-all term for games that involve managing some kind of business.
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Papa's Pizzeria
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| Sports
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A recreation of any set of real world sports (anything from baseball to football).
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Stick Cricket
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| Strategy
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Comes in many forms, but usually involves controlling units in an efficient way to defeat some kind of enemy.
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Age of War
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| Turn-Based Strategy
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Has the player and the enemy taking turns to move, attack, or whatever with their units.
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World Domination
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| Real-Time Strategy
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The player and the enemy can give orders at the same time, and the action continues on even if neither are involved.
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Creeper World: Evermore
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| Node-Based Strategy
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The player and the enemy each control 'nodes', which they can send units to and from.
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Tentacle Wars
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| Lane-Based Strategy
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The player and the enemy have multiple 'lanes' that they can send troops down as attacks.
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Plants vs Zombies (Web Version)
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| Single-Lane Strategy
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The player and the enemy share one 'lane' in which they send all their units down to fight.
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Age of War
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| Tabletop
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A recreation of a board game from the real world, or a game formatted to play like a game from said real world.
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Snakes and Ladders
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| Tower Defense
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A type of game where the player places towers on the field to defend from enemies coming for a certain point on the map (usually, but not always, the end of a preset path).
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Bloons TD 5
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| Toy
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A game that has no set objective, and just lets you play with a sandbox of toys or a set of preset options.
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One Man Band
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| Tutorial
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A game that is more akin to a tutorial, showing you how to do something in an interactive fashion.
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Newgrounds Levels
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| Typing
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A game where the main goal is to type as efficiently and mistake-free as possible.
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Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing!
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| Variety
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A game where the gameplay changes frequently, such as in minigame collections.
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Four Second Frenzy
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| Visual Novel
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A game where a story is told through text and pictures, and sometimes allows the player to make choices to change the story. Usually more verbose, character and story focused than a Choose Your Own Adventure title.
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Aurica Cosmosphere Part 1
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| Walking Simulator
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A game that involves the player exploring a world by walking around it while the story unfolds around them. (Generally, if a game involves combat, platforming, or anything more than just walking around, it usually isn't a walking simulator.)
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Dear Esther
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