Favorite Video Game Genres

The great thing about interactive entertainment is that it's always evolving, but one thing we do know is that certain genres have stood the test of time. From adventure titles to 2D platformers, first-person shooters, role-playing, action, puzzle, real-time strategy and so much more, this list is dedicated to the video game genres you love the most! So, go ahead and rank your favs right now and then share your list with your friends on social!

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    Action-Adventure
    Ranked by 144 users
    912 +59
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    JRPG
    Ranked by 134 users
    881 -99
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    Platformer
    Ranked by 124 users
    658 -20
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    Western-style RPG
    Ranked by 96 users
    614 +85
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    First-Person Shooter
    Ranked by 90 users
    405 -3
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    Turn-Based Strategy
    Ranked by 84 users
    405 +17
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    Tactical RPG
    Ranked by 59 users
    320 +41
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    Action RPG
    Ranked by 57 users
    311 -32
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    Survival Horror
    Ranked by 61 users
    293 +12
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    Third-Person Shooter
    Ranked by 70 users
    281 -73
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    Metroidvania
    Ranked by 62 users
    268 +84
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    Fighting
    Ranked by 73 users
    268 +23
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    Hack 'n' Slash
    Ranked by 62 users
    243 -35
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    Stealth
    Ranked by 53 users
    235 +97
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    Puzzle
    Ranked by 58 users
    222 -31
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    Point & Click Adventure
    Ranked by 49 users
    218 -68
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    Visual Novel
    Ranked by 47 users
    207 +96
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    Role-Playing Game
    Ranked by 34 users
    190 -48
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    Real-Time Strategy
    Ranked by 47 users
    188 +54
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    Sandbox
    Ranked by 42 users
    173 -6

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  • 9 years ago
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    Heh, I just realized that I don't care at all for most of the genres in the top 15.

    Neither JRPGs, 2D Platformers, WRPGs, 3D Platformers, Fighting games, Tactical RPGs, Puzzle games, Metroidvanias, FPS, TBS, Beat 'em ups, Point&Click Adventures nor Rhythm games interest me all that much.

    Some of those are even among my least favorite genres.

    SpoilerI hate everything, confirmed.
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  • 9 years ago
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    Would you guys reject me (or someone else!) renaming JRPG to Japanese RPG since WRPG is Western RPG and KRPG is Korean RPG?
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … I'm actually in favor of renaming the JRPG page to "CRPG" (command rpg) or "MRPG" (menu based rpg) and the WRPG one to "Action RPG"
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    • Doubleagent
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      Editing … That method of renaming would be an absolute nightmare. Not all WRPG's are action RPG's CRPG is more commonly known as the abbreviation of Computer Role Playing Game. I have never ever heard anyone say MRPG ever. Changing JRPG to Japanese RPG would not be that bad but whenever I have discussed JRPG's in real life people do say "JRPG" and not Japanese RPG / Japanese Role Playing Game.
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    • chemical
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      Editing … That would be ideal, but I don't think people would understand those descriptors. I wish the gaming industry had adopted them early on so they were common place in video gaming vernacular, but unfortunately, those terms are more for RPG elitists who want overly complicated genre classifications.
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … @Louis Bromilow: So would you say that #Final Fantasy IX is a JRPG? That doesn't even make sense because it was developed in Hawaii, not Japan. Is ##Dark Souls a WRPG or JRPG? What about #Costume Quest ?
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    • chemical
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      Editing … The reason I'm suggesting a name change is entirely due to consistency on the site. It makes no sense to have KRPG and WRPG represented as Korean RPG and Western RPG and have JRPG as JRPG. I mean, if JRPG stays as is, then I think Western RPG and Korean RPG should be renamed to WRPG and KRPG respectively.
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … Everyone calls it "SNES" and yet the official page on Favslist is still called #Super Nintendo. @Chemical Reaction, sure go ahead. What you're suggesting sounds pretty much like a non-issue to me
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Hm, strange. I tried to rename it yet it's not reflecting the change. Maybe I need to wait for it to be approved. I'll wait.
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    • Sha Ember
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      Editing … JRPG or Japanese RPG, it doesn't really matter as long as the second one is in the alternative names. In my opinion, Doubleagent is right, any fan of these games will search JRPG first.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … I think the best way to do that is to refer to the "style" of the gameplay and not the location the game has been made. FF9 is a J-style RPG and Dark Souls is a W-style RPG.
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Well, yeah, but at the end of the day, the W/J/K are still referring to the location, though. Someone wanting to know what the J means is going to get Japanese as a response. As I said, I'm seeking consistency. I'm just OCD about things like that. It makes no difference to me.
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  • 9 years ago
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    Bit of an awkward list for me. Just looking at my ATF, I play a bit of everything instead of being attached to many particular genres.
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  • 9 years ago
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    Hurray for JRPG's :D
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … *shudders*
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … You don't like JRPG's, renegade?
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … It's more that wRPGs > A lot of other genres > jRPGs. I liked Chrono Trigger but other than that I'm pretty meh about the genre, especially Final Fantasy.
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … It's funny how you got that completely backwards xD Chrono Trigger is a masterpiece, and there are some really great FF's...not the last ones though, they sucked pretty hard :P
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … I tried to get into jRPGs a few times but FFVI, FFVII, FFX, FFXII, FFXIII, Lost Odyssey and The Legend of Dragoon all got boring quickly for me even though I wanted to like them. I think I like Chrono Trigger and Pokemon in spite of the jRPG gameplay rather than because of it and Dark Souls and Demons Souls are more wRPG, they just happen to be by a Japanese dev.
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … I know they have more of a cult following but it's weird that jRPGs are beating wRPGs by so much considering the ATF games list has more wRPGs in the top 50 and two wRPGs above the highest jRPG.
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … I'm pretty much the same with wRPGs, I find them so unbelievably boring. There are some really good wRPGs though, like Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Oblivion and Dragon Age (which has the same battle system as FFXII :P) but to me popular picks like Mass Effect, Fallout, Star Wars and Diablo are so painfully boring I have to ask my brother to punch me just to make sure I stay awake. I guess it all comes down to just which you prefer.
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    • chemical
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      Editing … The problem with JRPGs is that while they are pretty good, the style isn't very flexible and tends to follow the same cookie-cut paradigm with each title. Western RPGs offer that flexibility by changing it up here and there. Like, Mass Effect is different from World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is different from The Elder Scrolls series. JRPGs tend to follow the same style over and over. I think both styles have their merits, hell... KRPGs are another story entirely, haha. XD KRPGs tend to follow a very grindy style, moreso than WRPGs and JRPGs. Speaking of which, that needs to be added...
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … I agree to an extent. Yes jRPGs tend to be formulaic most of the time, but there are many that go beyond the formula and create a very different experience just in terms of tone and even gameplay. Chrono Trigger was one that felt very different from every jRPG at the time, then later you got Chrono Cross, Persona, TWEWY, Kingdom Hearts, Xenoblade and now with FFXV and Wonderflick. I guess it's cool that wRPGs are more flexible when it comes to game design, but since all of them are boring I don't see the point :P
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    • Fincher
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      Editing … If we divide them up as RPGs made in Japan vs. RPGs made in the West, I would say the opposite. JRPG combat and levelling systems can vary wildly, and the games are sometimes experimental in a way I've never seen from Western titles. For better or worse, the SaGa series is just plain nuts. Japan isn't afraid of making spectacular failures. Meanwhile, I've seen frustratingly little effort to innovate the choice systems in WRPGs. Stylistically, Western games tend to fall into archetypes: this is the medieval fantasy game, this is the space game, this is the spy game. JRPGs blend influences together and have varied towns within the same game, and maybe from a certain perspective that might make them same all the same, but they aren't, really. FFVI is steampunk, FFVII is cyberpunk, FFVIII is modernistic, FFIX is medieval, FFX is more Asian-influenced. None of this is to say I don't like the Western games, though, it's just a different approach.
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  • 9 years ago
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    Why are there no honorable mentions? :(
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … Yeah, I'd like to rank shoot em up, TPS, sports, point and click and horror but I don't have room. What's the deal @Pape Badiane?
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  • 9 years ago
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    "Platformer", "Horror" and "Action" are duplicates,
    "Cyberpunk" and "Post Apocalyptic" are settings not genres
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Yeah, Platformer needs to bite the dust. It's not a category we can rank stuff in anyway. That's 2D and 3D, not just "platformer."
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … If anyone adds "Indie" as a media genre, I'm going to flip out
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … There are other kinds of horror games besides survival horror and platformer is the genre; 2d and 3d are sub genres. I've got no problem with sub genres and overlapping genres being rankable on here. Skateboarding's a sub genre of sports games but you ranked that Gries, personally I ranked platformers as one genre because I like them both just as much and I enjoy the same things about them (plus the list only has 10 spaces) and FPS/light gun shooters and arcade racing separately because I find those sub genres pretty different. If someone wants to rank horror games as a whole rather than just survival horror/psychological horror I'd say they should be able to.
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    • Alianger
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      Editing … Until I get more slots to use, umbrella terms like Action are useful.
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