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Game Types


Please note that this list also features fictional game genres.

Killing games - first-person shooters: Doom, Quake, Counter strike.
Training games - management simulators.
Hunting games - ?
Fighting games - Mortal Kombat.
Defense games - usually a reverse mode in multiplayer of First person shooters.
Fishing games - ?.
Running games - Mirror's edge. (Acrobatics/skating games, anyone?)
Boxing games - Fight Night Round 3.
Drinking games - ?
Sport games - many different variations.
Living games - Sims.
Tactical games - requiring tactics rather than raw force - both strategic games and tactical assault simulators.
Breeding games - Spore.
Survival games - ?
Racing games - Need For Speed.
Cases games - detective stories.
Sex games - adult quests (Larry) or adult simulators.
Adventure games - requiring solving life-like puzzles: Kings Quest.
Looting games - Thief.
Economy games - Capitalism.

More ideas

Following is an semi-auto-generated list of activities, which might get some new genres in games be developed:

riding
calling
walking
mountain
water
good
emergency
art
people
protection
bombing
horse
casting
development
air
church
performing
fencing
drugs
promoting
laughing
defence
systems
dying
editing
arguing
passing
preventing
winning
repair
bickering
archery
wrestling
struggling
sparring
lighting
screaming
directing
prevention
grappling
producing
mma
stabbing
fussing
maintenance
rescue
outdoor
violence
problem
gear
wars
stalking
organized
scoring
golf
war
health
choosing
crying
post
strength
production
processing
driving
self-defense
robbery
conservation
forms
camera
life
stickhandling
burning
yelling
fitness
pointing
developing
security
sharing
printing
club
savvy
repairs
combat
resisting
aiming
moving
weight
game
fleeing
repairing
flying
anger
understanding
equipment
defending
collecting
guard
fire
viewing
aggression
protecting
swimming
hitting
filming
guarding
sporting
kicking
loading
healing
standing
skiing
mating
accessories
field
any
eating
assisting
disease
ball
landing
firearm
learning
representing
talking
target
technique
challenges
poisoning
stick
puck
shouting
biting
dodging
animal
dribbling
trapping
strong
stands
abuse
striking
illegal
hard
instruction
recording
defeating
shop
camping
clubs
overcoming
facing
golfing
politics
range
finishing
ass
photography
love
movement
ammunition
negotiating
beer
mixed
technical
carrying
awareness
recreational
brawling
design
industrial
aggressive
marching
selling
energy
country
qi
position
board
martial
divorce
setting
open
surviving
freedoms
owning
family
pictures
farm
capturing
pushing
building
accuracy
acrobatics
cameras
excellent
cycling
street
whining
catching
education
conflict
targets
losing
postproduction
serving
watching
sick
framing
installation
educational
ready
area
jumping
animals
enterprise
share
streets
finding
bowhunting
hooking
waiting
playback
gundogs
music
skating
stress
ballistics
ranges
upgrades
loving
composing
looking
kick
wounding
submission
parking
live
prices
studio
physical
track
sitting
growth
activities
targeting
business
trap
attack
release
house
bull
environment
services
girls
craig
video
empowerment
bred
horses
divided
pints
bitterness
sound
relief
information
team
staying
year
recreation
original
sleep
law
peace
scanning
big
tired
drunk
doors
goggles
alive
photo
condition
play
providing
delivery
dealing
armor
drawing
storytelling
film
dialysis
respecting
camps
cock
way
attacks
ship
things
power
make
entertainment
using
clays
impact
diagnosing
going
fields
stories
models
heart
deer
let
swinging
counteracting
co-producing
beheading
murder
run
scratching
skill
dispute
conditioning
digital
swearing
courage
sights
initiating
moves
trouble
high
leagues
scripture
exploring
pool
office
designing
hand
stunts
more
taxes
store
names
oil
events
saving
cleaning
hd
friends
tons
considers
scripts
enjoying
think
brilliant
karting
belt
budget
kids
balls
periodic
thing
sacrificing
blazing
dunk
picking
consultation
ireland
quad
news
diagnostic
updating
baiting
statue
portraits
many
helping
censorship
deaths
western
table
try
follow
test
skin
young
breathing
retrieving
judging
teach
capital
learned
rotating
shot
strategy
paying
gadgets
basic
clawing
personal
strike
tackling
women
domination
image
body
travelling
cowboy
path
prints
controlling
consulting
territories
inhibiting
planning
wanting
holsters
neighborhoods
testing
countries
fox
competing
night
delivering
season
agility
light
military
drooling
clothing
first
explosions
fancy
ignored
culture
stopping
point
crime
renegotiating
quarreling
blocks
ferreting
alarm
eliminating
solving
cursing
goal
warfare
shoulder
creating
eradicating
preparation
case
families
bed
computer
engine
psalm
hacking
movements
exploding
cane
blood
tensions
advising
cruelty
saw
antivirus
seriously
flaming
scheduling
posing
causing
tensing
dildo
polo
enforcement
finished
fans
hunts
threats
photos
jetpacks
coordinating
electrocution
reducing
direction
pistol
puppies
sucking
grouse
weaponry
hazardous
basketball
asserting
indian
seeds
problems
offensive
easier
bravery
ever
tricks
jockeying
designs
service
showtime
trenches
script
threat
taken
competition
altitude
sighting-in
organizing
attending
lot
changing
positioning
destruction
days
platforming
thinking
speaking
spitting
tingling
self-protection
flood
members
starting
classroom
the
away
proximity
interviewing
combative
kickboxing
cats
set
years
strife
left
wine
bullying
hiring
investigate
intelligent
styles
clubbing
catalogue
instability
space
drawn
rock
housing
sets
extinguishing
quality
helm
flamenco
collection
taking
games
friday
beach
policyholders
caucuses
cussing
clients
keeping
rebounding
walls
immonen
hurting
photographers
name
room
eventually
tracking
publishing
back-talking
hunters
escaped
history
comets
dog
producers
called
strait
hurricanes
man
deal
classic
hope
subject
loss
expert
old
wall
planes
venues
treatment
throws
scripting
jousting
setup
economy
lines
car
pond
chasing
gas
hunger
questing
school
bringing
kata
drills
related
maximum
acting
girlfriend
mosque
creative
restoration
horseback
hooks
all
tackle
admiring
unlocking
stripping
time
bike
start-up
staging
takes
plinking
adding
lake
posting
eye
jackets
functionality
breach
makers
aftermath
eclipse
cocks
observing
train
masturbating
possible
ads
attempted
visiting
traditional
face
rehearsal
articles
explains
blocking
seeing
meat
laughfloor
animation
hijacking
coaching
police
food
jerking
rehearsals
performance
crossing
japanese
wildlife
competitions
moon
prepping
clay
jumps
complete
booking
tips
orienteering
creation
supporting
slopes
project
facility
heading
suit
optics
iconic
quick
looting
Safety games
handling
throwing
avoiding
traveling

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