3D

Adventure games created with a 3D game engine allowing full movement in the game.

Adventure

Traditional Adventure Games focusing on story, character development, and problem/puzzle solving.

Adventure/Action

A blending, to varying degrees, of the game genres "Adventure" and "Action."

Adventure/ARG

Adventure games employing a cross-media Alternate Reality that blurs the line between video games, real life, interactive storytelling and online community.

Adventure/Children

All children's Adventure Games.

Adventure/Console Game

Adventure games played by interacting with a game CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or cartridge through a controller using a hand-held device with buttons (can also have controls such as joysticks and directional pads), and displayed on a television or similar audio-visual system. Examples: Nintendo GameCube® & GameBoy Advance® , Sony Playstation® 2 , and Microsoft XBOX® . Console systems also come in hand-held configurations such as the Sony PSP® , which combine all components into a single small device.

Adventure/Puzzle

Adventure games with strong accentuation on the solving of a variety of puzzles.

Adventure/RPG

Adventure games with Role-playing elements.

Adventure/Text

Adventure games that are text-based.

Casual Game

Usually doesn't require in-depth gaming skills; sometimes elaborate, but typically simple in concept and layout; high replay value; tends to be addictive. Examples can be found here.

Episodic Games

Small units (episodes) released periodically that build into a series -- and sometimes successive seasons -- with common characters and settings. Similar to episodic television.

Fantasy

Adventure games with strong fantasy elements.

Full Motion Video (FMV)

Adventure games utilizing video to move the story.

Historical

Adventure games based on historical events.

Horror

Adventure games with strong horror appeal.

Humor

Adventure games with strong humor appeal.

Keyboard

Adventure games utilizing the computer's keyboard arrows for game navigation.

Match-3 Game

A casual game in which three or more tokens or similar items are matched horizontally, vertically and sometimes diagonally.

MMOG

Massively Multiplayer Online Game.

MMORPG

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.

Myst-like

Adventure games created in the slide-show style of movement of the adventure game Myst.

Mystery

Adventure games containing elements of mystery.

Point & Click

Adventure games utilizing the computer's mouse for pointing and clicking game navigation.

Puzzle-Solving

Games in which the main feature is solving puzzles, with little or no story involved.

Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)

Adventure games based on science fiction stories.

Strategy

Games in which elements of chance are minimal.