Last time we were going through the main types of videogames focusing on the distribution type. Gaming platforms, digital or physical, live service games and dead service games. All the stuff. Now we will try to look at some of the actual game genres and subgenres. Obviously, we won’t be able to mention everything, but hopefully it will be a good starting point for those who want to get into modern gaming and its discourse.
FPS (First-Person Shooter) — one of the most popular gaming genres since the 90s. It’s a type of game which involves shooting enemies from a first-person perspective. Usually a weapon is visible on the screen. Traditionally the roots of the genre are traced to the legendary game Doom, but as a more actual examples we can name the Call of Duty series and Counter-Strike.
TPS (Third-Person Shooter) — the same as FPS, just with the third-person perspective. It’s a game built around shooting enemies with a range of weapons. TPS games are usually not present in a pure form like in the Gears of War series, but mixed in with other genres: horror in Resident Evil 4 and cinematic adventure in Uncharted 4, to name a couple of examples.
Boomer Shooter — these are modern games stylized to resemble the early, older FPS games, usually 90s Doom, Quake and the others. As examples we can name Dusk, ULTRAKILL and many others since now it’s a very trending genre which recently got a separate official tag on Steam.
Battle Royale — this genre was very popular several years ago, but while it’s not as trendy now, it’s still prominent in the industry. It’s basically “the last one standing”, but usually with a game area continuously shrinking as the match progresses. Often these are shooter games like PUBG and Fortnite, however, sometimes we see more unusual examples like Tetris 99 (although some would argue it’s not battle royale in the purest form). And yes, the name is inspired by Takeshi Kitano’s movie and the book which it adapts.
Extraction Genre — the newest trending genre. It’s a game where you get thrown into a game area, and your main goal is to “extract” from it by getting to a certain exit point. Ideally you should not only survive, but also get some loot and take it with you. As a most prominent example we can name Escape from Tarkov, but there are also even single player extraction games like Pacific Drive.
RTS — Real Time Strategy. Games, usually best played on PC with keyboard and mouse, involving commanding troops and managing buildings and resources from the top-down perspective (Age of Empires, StarCraft). There are subgenres here too, for example, city building sim like Cities XL and SimCity.
RPG – a role-playing game. Having roots in tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons, it usually involves certain freedom of how exactly you want your character to fight and sometimes even behave in the story sequences with branching story paths and many skills to learn and stats to raise. However, most of the time the battle system is the main focus. The biggest recent example with both character creation freedom and non-linear story is Baldur’s Gate 3 (and The Witcher 3 as another example).
jRPG — the Japanese-style role-playing game. Usually it involves turn-based combat, fantasy setting and anime-like aesthetics, but there are exceptions. Once only Japanese games were referred by this term, like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, but now even Western games inspired by the original jRPGs are sometimes called jRPGs despite not being Japanese-developed.
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