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| Adventure | | 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.) | | 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.) | ||
| The Last Door | | The Last Door | ||
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| Arcade | | Arcade | ||
| | | Arcade | ||
| Used to describe simple games with easily graspable gameplay and a focus on getting a high score. | | Used to describe simple games with easily graspable gameplay and a focus on getting a high score. | ||
| Helicopter Game | | Helicopter Game | ||
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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. | | A game where you control a character who fights multiple other characters at the same time using simple combos and special moves. | ||
| Dad 'n' Me | | Dad 'n' Me | ||
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| Breakout | |||
| Arcade | |||
| A game involving a paddle, a ball, and brickbreaking. | |||
| bloXplatter | |||
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| Card | | Card | ||
| | | Puzzle | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Solitaire | | Solitaire | ||
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| Creative | |||
| Creative | |||
| Anything that facilitates user-created content, whether that's a game with a level editor, a painting program, or something else. | |||
| Sonic Scene Creator 5 | |||
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| Choose Your Own Adventure | | Choose Your Own Adventure | ||
| | | Adventure | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| The Sagittarian | | The Sagittarian | ||
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| Clicker | | Clicker | ||
| Incremental | | Incremental | ||
| A game where you | | A game where you primarily click to increase numbers. | ||
| AdVenture Capitalist | | AdVenture Capitalist | ||
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| Daily | |||
| Mechanic | |||
| A game with content that updates or changes every day. | |||
| Drift n' Burn 365 | |||
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| Dating Sim | | Dating Sim | ||
| | | Adventure | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| SIMGirls | | SIMGirls | ||
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| Dress-Up | | Dress-Up | ||
| | | Other | ||
| A game where you choose clothes for an included character to dress them up. | | A game where you choose clothes for an included character to dress them up. | ||
| Dead Baby Dressup | | Dead Baby Dressup | ||
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| Driving | |||
| Driving | |||
| Games that have driving, but aren't particularly about racing. | |||
| Cab Driver | |||
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| Educational | | Educational | ||
| | | Informational | ||
| A game generally meant to teach, more than anything else. | | A game generally meant to teach, more than anything else. | ||
| Annual Precipitation in California | | Annual Precipitation in California | ||
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| Escape the Room | | Escape the Room | ||
| | | Adventure | ||
| A subset of the Adventure genre where you're in a single room / low amount of rooms, a general lack of story, and | | A subset of the Adventure genre where you're in a single room / low amount of rooms, a general lack of story, and puzzles to solve in order to get out of it. | ||
| Cube Escape: The Cave | | Cube Escape: The Cave | ||
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| Experimental | |||
| Other | |||
| Games that defy categorization and break convention. | |||
| Crumbling Room | |||
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| Fighting | | Fighting | ||
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| Find | | Find | ||
| | | Puzzle | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| 5 Differences | | 5 Differences | ||
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| Flying | | Flying | ||
| | | Arcade | ||
| A type of game where you're flying a vehicle, but not actively fighting or racing with it. | | A type of game where you're flying a vehicle, but not actively fighting or racing with it. | ||
| Fly Like A Bird | | Fly Like A Bird | ||
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| Gambling | | Gambling | ||
| | | Other | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Blackjack Elf | | Blackjack Elf | ||
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| Horror | | Horror | ||
| | | Theme | ||
| A game that intends to provide an unsettling, creepy, spooky, scary skele-''cough'' atmosphere. Isn't exclusive to any other tag. | | A game that intends to provide an unsettling, creepy, spooky, scary skele-''cough'' atmosphere. Isn't exclusive to any other tag. | ||
| Exmortis | | Exmortis | ||
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| Incremental | | Incremental | ||
| Incremental | | Incremental | ||
| A game | | A game primarily about increasing numbers, either idly or through very simple actions that don't require skill. | ||
| Universal Paperclips | | Universal Paperclips | ||
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| Level Editor | |||
| Creative | |||
| Games with level editors. | |||
| Warp | |||
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| Math | |||
| Informational | |||
| A game where you mostly solve math problems. | |||
| Math Shootout | |||
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| Music | |||
| Theme | |||
| If music is a major part of gameplay, then use this tag. Can also be used with the Creative tag for music creation applications. | |||
| Symphony | |||
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| Microsite | | Microsite | ||
| | | Other | ||
| Not so much a game as an interactive website backed up from the internet. | | Not so much a game as an interactive website backed up from the internet. Often exists to promote another product. | ||
| J.K. Rowling Official Site | | J.K. Rowling Official Site | ||
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| Motocross | | Motocross | ||
| | | Driving | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Trials 2 Flash Preview | | Trials 2 Flash Preview | ||
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| Pinball | | Pinball | ||
| | | Arcade | ||
| A game based on either a recreation or fresh conception of the real world diversion. | | A game based on either a recreation or fresh conception of the real world diversion. | ||
| Pinbill | | Pinbill | ||
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| Platformer | | Platformer | ||
| | | Action | ||
| A game where you control a character affected by gravity and have to surmount obstacles and enemies by maneuvering and jumping over them. | | A game where you control a character affected by gravity and have to surmount obstacles and enemies by maneuvering and jumping over them. | ||
| Super Mario 63 | | Super Mario 63 | ||
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| Puzzle | | Puzzle | ||
| | | Puzzle | ||
| There are many types of puzzle games, but they usually involve some kind of logical task/brainteaser that needs to be solved. | | There are many types of puzzle games, but they usually involve some kind of logical task/brainteaser that needs to be solved. | ||
| Bloxorz | | Bloxorz | ||
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| Match-3 | | Match-3 | ||
| | | Puzzle | ||
| A puzzle game where you match objects on a grid to make a line of three, which then disappear and refill the grid. | | A puzzle game where you match objects on a grid to make a line of three, which then disappear and refill the grid. | ||
| Galactic Gems | | Galactic Gems | ||
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| Objects in the game are affected by real world/akin to real world forces. | | Objects in the game are affected by real world/akin to real world forces. | ||
| Red Remover | | Red Remover | ||
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| Pong | |||
| Arcade | |||
| A game based on the classic Pong game. | |||
| PONGS | |||
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| Quiz | | Quiz | ||
| | | Other | ||
| A game that asks you questions about any particular subject matter. | | A game that asks you questions about any particular subject matter. | ||
| 50 States | | 50 States | ||
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| Racing | | Racing | ||
| | | Driving | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Cyclomaniacs | | Cyclomaniacs | ||
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| Parking | | Parking | ||
| | | Driving | ||
| A game where you use a car to attempt to park in a parking spot, usually with nearby obstacles. | | A game where you use a car to attempt to park in a parking spot, usually with nearby obstacles. | ||
| Parking Lot | | Parking Lot | ||
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| Rhythm | | Rhythm | ||
| | | Arcade | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 | | Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 | ||
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| Rock-Paper-Scissors | | Rock-Paper-Scissors | ||
| | | Mechanic | ||
| A game based off the classic three-way head-to-head mind game. | | A game based off the classic three-way head-to-head mind game. | ||
| Pico vs. Uberkids | | Pico vs. Uberkids | ||
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| RPG | | RPG | ||
| | | Adventure | ||
| Can take many different forms but usually involves a world to explore, an in-depth story, stats, equipment that raises said stats, leveling up and battles. | | Can take many different forms but usually involves a world to explore, an in-depth story, stats, equipment that raises said stats, leveling up and battles. | ||
| Sonny | | Sonny | ||
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| Runner | | Runner | ||
| | | Arcade | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Canabalt | | Canabalt | ||
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| Space Invaders | | Space Invaders | ||
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| First-Person | | First-Person | ||
| | | Shooter | ||
| The game is played from the point of view of the character | | The game is played from the point of view of the player character. Usually applies to shooters. | ||
| Sierra 7 | | Sierra 7 | ||
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| Side-Scrolling | | Side-Scrolling | ||
| | | Mechanic | ||
| The game | | The game that's played with a playfield that scrolls from the left to the right. Sometimes ships, sometimes on foot. Usually applies to shooters or platformers. | ||
| Heli Attack 3 | | Heli Attack 3 | ||
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| | | On-Rails | ||
| | | Shooter | ||
| The game is played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player. | | The game is played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player. Applies almost always to shooters. | ||
| Xiao Xiao no. 4 | | Xiao Xiao no. 4 | ||
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| Vertically-Scrolling | | Vertically-Scrolling | ||
| | | Shooter | ||
| The game is played with a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top (usually in a ship). | | The game is played with a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top (usually in a ship). | ||
| Enigmata 2 | | Enigmata 2 | ||
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| Simulation | | Simulation | ||
| | | Simulation | ||
| A catch-all term for games that involve managing some kind of business. | | A catch-all term for games that involve managing some kind of business, or attempt to simulate any real-world activity. | ||
| Papa's Pizzeria | | Papa's Pizzeria | ||
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| Sports | | Sports | ||
| | | Simulation | ||
| A recreation of any set of real world sports (anything from baseball to football). | | A recreation of any set of real world sports (anything from baseball to football). | ||
| Stick Cricket | | Stick Cricket | ||
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| Strategy | | Strategy | ||
| | | Strategy | ||
| Comes in many forms, but usually involves controlling units in an efficient way to defeat some kind of enemy. | | Comes in many forms, but usually involves controlling units in an efficient way to defeat some kind of enemy. | ||
| Age of War | | Age of War | ||
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| Real-Time | |||
| Strategy | |||
| Real-Time | |||
| | |||
| The player and the enemy can give orders at the same time, and the action continues on even if neither are involved. | | The player and the enemy can give orders at the same time, and the action continues on even if neither are involved. | ||
| Creeper World: Evermore | | Creeper World: Evermore | ||
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| Node-Based | | Node-Based | ||
| | | Strategy | ||
| The player and the enemy each control 'nodes', which they can send units to and from. | | The player and the enemy each control 'nodes', which they can send units to and from. | ||
| Tentacle Wars | | Tentacle Wars | ||
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| Lane-Based | | Lane-Based | ||
| | | Strategy | ||
| The player and the enemy have multiple 'lanes' that they can send troops down as attacks. | | The player and the enemy have multiple 'lanes' that they can send troops down as attacks. | ||
| Plants vs Zombies (Web Version) | | Plants vs Zombies (Web Version) | ||
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| Single-Lane | | Single-Lane | ||
| | | Strategy | ||
| The player and the enemy share one 'lane' in which they send all their units down to fight. | | The player and the enemy share one 'lane' in which they send all their units down to fight. | ||
| Age of War | | Age of War | ||
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| Story-Driven | |||
| Theme | |||
| Any game that places emphasis on a story, regardless of genre. | |||
| ? | |||
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| Sokoban | |||
| Puzzle | |||
| A puzzle game in which you push or boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. | |||
| Aggressive Sokoban | |||
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| Tabletop | | Tabletop | ||
| | | Simulation | ||
| A recreation of a board game from the real world, or a game formatted to play like a game from said real world. | | A recreation of a board game from the real world, or a game formatted to play like a game from said real world. | ||
| Snakes and Ladders | | Snakes and Ladders | ||
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| Tetris | |||
| Puzzle | |||
| Based on the classic Tetris game. | |||
| Tetris Heaven | |||
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| Tower Defense | | Tower Defense | ||
| | | Strategy | ||
| 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). | | 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). | ||
| Bloons TD 5 | | Bloons TD 5 | ||
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| Toy | | Toy | ||
| | | Other | ||
| A game that has no set objective, and just lets you play with a sandbox of toys or a set of preset options. | | A game that has no set objective, and just lets you play with a sandbox of toys or a set of preset options. | ||
| One Man Band | | One Man Band | ||
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| Turn-Based | | Turn-Based | ||
| Mechanic | | Mechanic | ||
| The player and the game take turns. | | The player and the game take turns. Often applies to Strategy games. | ||
| Sonny | | Sonny | ||
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| Tutorial | | Tutorial | ||
| | | Informational | ||
| A game that is more akin to a tutorial, showing you how to do something in an interactive fashion. | | A game that is more akin to a tutorial, showing you how to do something in an interactive fashion. | ||
| Newgrounds Levels | | Newgrounds Levels | ||
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| Typing | | Typing | ||
| | | Informational | ||
| A game where the main goal is to type as efficiently and mistake-free as possible. | | A game where the main goal is to type as efficiently and mistake-free as possible. | ||
| Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing! | | Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing! | ||
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| Variety | | Variety | ||
| | | Arcade | ||
| A game where the gameplay changes frequently, such as in minigame collections. | | A game where the gameplay changes frequently, such as in minigame collections. | ||
| Four Second Frenzy | | Four Second Frenzy | ||
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| Visual Novel | | Visual Novel | ||
| | | Adventure | ||
| 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. | | 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. | ||
| Aurica Cosmosphere Part 1 | | Aurica Cosmosphere Part 1 | ||
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| Walking Simulator | | Walking Simulator | ||
| | | Simulation | ||
| 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.) | | 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.) | ||
| Dear Esther | | Dear Esther | ||
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| Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw. | | Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw. | ||
| Wild West Showdown | | Wild West Showdown | ||
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| Word | |||
| Puzzle | |||
| A type of puzzle or arcade game where you spell words, solve crosswords, or something similar. | |||
| WordUp | |||
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| Holiday | |||
| Theme | |||
| Games with holiday themes like Christmas and Halloween get this tag. | |||
| Snow Line | |||
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| Anime | |||
| Theme | |||
| A game with an anime art style. | |||
| Anime Character Maker 2.2 | |||
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| Science Fiction | |||
| Theme | |||
| A game with a futuristic or science fiction theme. | |||
| Alternator | |||
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| Space | |||
| Theme | |||
| Any game with an outer-space theme. | |||
| Planet Cruncher | |||
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| Fantasy | |||
| Theme | |||
| A game with a fantasy setting, such as a fairy tale. | |||
| Talesworth Adventure Episode 1 | |||
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| Historical | |||
| Theme | |||
| A game based on a historical event or time period. | |||
| Western Front 1914 | |||
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| Gore | |||
| Content | |||
| Use this tag if a game contains gore or graphic violence. | |||
| ? | |||
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| Adult | |||
| Content | |||
| Games meant entirely for titillation, often with no proper gameplay to speak of. Usually only has things like customizing certain elements of the animation. | |||
| Super Deepthroat | |||
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| Seizure Warning | |||
| Content | |||
| Use this tag if a game contains flashing lights that might trigger photosensitive seizures. | |||
| Ronald GOTY | |||
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Revision as of 12:50, 14 August 2019
A tag is used to describe a major element of a game from its gameplay type (strategy, action, arcade) to any specific subset of that gameplay type (scrolling shooter, lane-based strategy). You can have more than one tag per game, in fact, that's kind of the point. If there is a tag that you would like to have on this page, let someone with a color name know on Discord. We don't want tags that will only apply to one or two games; it should be a relatively well-used tag, to prevent the list from getting too long.
Tag | Category | Description | Example Game |
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Action | Action | 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. | Alien Hominid |
Adventure | Adventure | 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.) | The Last Door |
Arcade | Arcade | Used to describe simple games with easily graspable gameplay and a focus on getting a high score. | Helicopter Game |
Artillery | Action | A game where the focus is using a set power and angle to throw an object at a target of any kind of form. | Crush the Castle |
Brawler | Action | A game where you control a character who fights multiple other characters at the same time using simple combos and special moves. | Dad 'n' Me |
Breakout | Arcade | A game involving a paddle, a ball, and brickbreaking. | bloXplatter |
Card | Puzzle | 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. | Solitaire |
Creative | Creative | Anything that facilitates user-created content, whether that's a game with a level editor, a painting program, or something else. | Sonic Scene Creator 5 |
Choose Your Own Adventure | Adventure | 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. | The Sagittarian |
Clicker | Incremental | A game where you primarily click to increase numbers. | AdVenture Capitalist |
Daily | Mechanic | A game with content that updates or changes every day. | Drift n' Burn 365 |
Dating Sim | Adventure | 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. | SIMGirls |
Dress-Up | Other | A game where you choose clothes for an included character to dress them up. | Dead Baby Dressup |
Driving | Driving | Games that have driving, but aren't particularly about racing. | Cab Driver |
Educational | Informational | A game generally meant to teach, more than anything else. | Annual Precipitation in California |
Escape the Room | Adventure | A subset of the Adventure genre where you're in a single room / low amount of rooms, a general lack of story, and puzzles to solve in order to get out of it. | Cube Escape: The Cave |
Experimental | Other | Games that defy categorization and break convention. | Crumbling Room |
Fighting | Action | A type of game that places two characters head to head with a series of included moves, combos and rounds. | Pencak Silat |
Find | Puzzle | 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. | 5 Differences |
Flying | Arcade | A type of game where you're flying a vehicle, but not actively fighting or racing with it. | Fly Like A Bird |
Gambling | Other | 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. | Blackjack Elf |
Horror | Theme | A game that intends to provide an unsettling, creepy, spooky, scary skele-cough atmosphere. Isn't exclusive to any other tag. | Exmortis |
Idle | Incremental | A game where numbers go up while you're away. Most of the incremental games are idle ones. | NGU Idle |
Incremental | Incremental | A game primarily about increasing numbers, either idly or through very simple actions that don't require skill. | Universal Paperclips |
Level Editor | Creative | Games with level editors. | Warp |
Math | Informational | A game where you mostly solve math problems. | Math Shootout |
Music | Theme | If music is a major part of gameplay, then use this tag. Can also be used with the Creative tag for music creation applications. | Symphony |
Microsite | Other | Not so much a game as an interactive website backed up from the internet. Often exists to promote another product. | J.K. Rowling Official Site |
Motocross | Driving | 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. | Trials 2 Flash Preview |
Pinball | Arcade | A game based on either a recreation or fresh conception of the real world diversion. | Pinbill |
Platformer | Action | A game where you control a character affected by gravity and have to surmount obstacles and enemies by maneuvering and jumping over them. | Super Mario 63 |
Puzzle | Puzzle | There are many types of puzzle games, but they usually involve some kind of logical task/brainteaser that needs to be solved. | Bloxorz |
Match-3 | Puzzle | A puzzle game where you match objects on a grid to make a line of three, which then disappear and refill the grid. | Galactic Gems |
Physics | Mechanic | Objects in the game are affected by real world/akin to real world forces. | Red Remover |
Pong | Arcade | A game based on the classic Pong game. | PONGS |
Quiz | Other | A game that asks you questions about any particular subject matter. | 50 States |
Racing | Driving | 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. | Cyclomaniacs |
Parking | Driving | A game where you use a car to attempt to park in a parking spot, usually with nearby obstacles. | Parking Lot |
Rhythm | Arcade | 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. | Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3 |
Rock-Paper-Scissors | Mechanic | A game based off the classic three-way head-to-head mind game. | Pico vs. Uberkids |
Roguelike | Mechanic | Players get one life, with all or the majority of their progress lost on death. | Yet Another Roguelike |
RPG | Adventure | Can take many different forms but usually involves a world to explore, an in-depth story, stats, equipment that raises said stats, leveling up and battles. | Sonny |
Runner | Arcade | 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. | Canabalt |
Shooter | Action | Can be used to describe any game where your main form of engagement is blasting enemies with any kind of ranged weapon. | Space Invaders |
First-Person | Shooter | The game is played from the point of view of the player character. Usually applies to shooters. | Sierra 7 |
Side-Scrolling | Mechanic | The game that's played with a playfield that scrolls from the left to the right. Sometimes ships, sometimes on foot. Usually applies to shooters or platformers. | Heli Attack 3 |
On-Rails | Shooter | The game is played with a viewpoint that moves automatically, with no input available to the player. Applies almost always to shooters. | Xiao Xiao no. 4 |
Vertically-Scrolling | Shooter | The game is played with a playfield that scrolls from bottom to top (usually in a ship). | Enigmata 2 |
Simulation | Simulation | A catch-all term for games that involve managing some kind of business, or attempt to simulate any real-world activity. | Papa's Pizzeria |
Sports | Simulation | A recreation of any set of real world sports (anything from baseball to football). | Stick Cricket |
Strategy | Strategy | Comes in many forms, but usually involves controlling units in an efficient way to defeat some kind of enemy. | Age of War |
Real-Time | Strategy | The player and the enemy can give orders at the same time, and the action continues on even if neither are involved. | Creeper World: Evermore |
Node-Based | Strategy | The player and the enemy each control 'nodes', which they can send units to and from. | Tentacle Wars |
Lane-Based | Strategy | The player and the enemy have multiple 'lanes' that they can send troops down as attacks. | Plants vs Zombies (Web Version) |
Single-Lane | Strategy | The player and the enemy share one 'lane' in which they send all their units down to fight. | Age of War |
Story-Driven | Theme | Any game that places emphasis on a story, regardless of genre. | ? |
Sokoban | Puzzle | A puzzle game in which you push or boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. | Aggressive Sokoban |
Tabletop | Simulation | A recreation of a board game from the real world, or a game formatted to play like a game from said real world. | Snakes and Ladders |
Tetris | Puzzle | Based on the classic Tetris game. | Tetris Heaven |
Tower Defense | Strategy | 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). | Bloons TD 5 |
Toy | Other | A game that has no set objective, and just lets you play with a sandbox of toys or a set of preset options. | One Man Band |
Turn-Based | Mechanic | The player and the game take turns. Often applies to Strategy games. | Sonny |
Tutorial | Informational | A game that is more akin to a tutorial, showing you how to do something in an interactive fashion. | Newgrounds Levels |
Typing | Informational | A game where the main goal is to type as efficiently and mistake-free as possible. | Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing! |
Variety | Arcade | A game where the gameplay changes frequently, such as in minigame collections. | Four Second Frenzy |
Visual Novel | Adventure | 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. | Aurica Cosmosphere Part 1 |
Walking Simulator | Simulation | 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.) | Dear Esther |
Western | Theme | Cowboys, six shooters and yeeing your last haw. | Wild West Showdown |
Word | Puzzle | A type of puzzle or arcade game where you spell words, solve crosswords, or something similar. | WordUp |
Holiday | Theme | Games with holiday themes like Christmas and Halloween get this tag. | Snow Line |
Anime | Theme | A game with an anime art style. | Anime Character Maker 2.2 |
Science Fiction | Theme | A game with a futuristic or science fiction theme. | Alternator |
Space | Theme | Any game with an outer-space theme. | Planet Cruncher |
Fantasy | Theme | A game with a fantasy setting, such as a fairy tale. | Talesworth Adventure Episode 1 |
Historical | Theme | A game based on a historical event or time period. | Western Front 1914 |
Gore | Content | Use this tag if a game contains gore or graphic violence. | ? |
Adult | Content | Games meant entirely for titillation, often with no proper gameplay to speak of. Usually only has things like customizing certain elements of the animation. | Super Deepthroat |
Seizure Warning | Content | Use this tag if a game contains flashing lights that might trigger photosensitive seizures. | Ronald GOTY |