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 * Games in which you can have children
 * Gameplay feature: Aging
 * Gameplay feature: Alchemy
 * Gameplay feature: Armor / Weapon sets
 * Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping (map is created as you explore; not to be confused with fog-of-war in strategy games)
 * Gameplay feature: BASE jumping
 * Gameplay feature: Blacksmithing
 * Gameplay feature: Botany, Farming, Gardening
 * Gameplay feature: Brothels
 * Gameplay feature: Cannibalism
 * Gameplay feature: Character development - Automatic leveling
 * Gameplay feature: Character development - Skill development / training
 * Gameplay feature: Character development - Skill distribution
 * Gameplay feature: Chainsaws
 * Gameplay feature: Controllable pet companions
 * Gameplay feature: Dating / Romance
 * Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
 * Gameplay feature: Dragon flying / riding
 * Gameplay feature: Drawing
 * Gameplay feature: Fishing
 * Gameplay feature: Freely destructible terrain
 * Gameplay feature: Gambling
 * Gameplay feature: Goldsmithing
 * Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
 * Gameplay feature: Hunting
 * Gameplay feature: Importable characters
 * Gameplay feature: Jetpack
 * Gameplay feature: Journal
 * Gameplay feature: Lock picking
 * Gameplay feature: Mining
 * Gameplay feature: Monster capture / training
 * Gameplay feature: Moving boards (in puzzle games)
 * Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
 * Gameplay feature: Paper doll inventory
 * Gameplay feature: Permadeath / Permanent Death
 * Gameplay feature: Photography
 * Gameplay feature: Poker
 * Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
 * Gameplay feature: Recordable replays (in-game recordings of gameplay; sometimes called demos)
 * Gameplay feature: Rotatable boards (in puzzle games)
 * Gameplay feature: "Simon says"
 * Gameplay feature: Survival cooking
 * Gameplay feature: Time Manipulation
 * Gameplay feature: Tower of Hanoi puzzle

Genre

 * Genre: 4X
 * Genre: Air racing
 * Genre: ARTS/MOBA
 * Genre: Auto-run platformer
 * Genre: Beat 'em up / Brawler
 * Genre: Board game - Backgammon
 * Genre: Board game - Battleship
 * Genre: Board game - Checkers / Draughts
 * Genre: Board game - Chinese checkers
 * Genre: Board game - Chinese chess / Xiangqi
 * Genre: Board game - Clue
 * Genre: Board game - Connect Four
 * Genre: Board game - Go / Weiqi
 * Genre: Board game - Monopoly
 * Genre: Board game - Reversi / Othello
 * Genre: Board game - Risk
 * Genre: Board game - Shōgi
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Blackjack
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Domino / Dominoes
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Hanafuda
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Mahjong
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Poker
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Shanghai / Solitaire mahjongg
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Shisen-Sho / Four Rivers
 * Genre: Card / Tile game - Solitaire / Patience
 * Genre: Car / motorcycle combat
 * Genre: Chase-view / Space Harrier-style shooter
 * Genre: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
 * Genre: Cinematic Platformer
 * Genre: Dual / Twin-stick shooter
 * Genre: Explorable platformer / "Metroidvania"
 * Genre: Falling block puzzle
 * Genre: Fish Survival
 * Genre: Fixed-screen shoot 'em up
 * Genre: God game
 * Genre: Grand strategy
 * Genre: Hidden object
 * Genre: Jigsaw puzzle
 * Genre: Kart racing
 * Genre: Labyrinth / Maze
 * Genre: Miniature golf
 * Genre: Motorsport management
 * Genre: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)
 * Genre: Open world driving
 * Genre: Open world / Free-roaming / Sandbox action and driving
 * Genre: Party / Mini-game
 * Genre: Rail shooter
 * Genre: Rolling ball
 * Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
 * Genre: Simulation - Animal life / Biological
 * Genre: Simulation - Castle / Fortress building
 * Genre: Simulation - City building
 * Genre: Simulation - Cooking
 * Genre: Simulation - Farming
 * Genre: Simulation - Human life
 * Genre: Simulation - Medical
 * Genre: Simulation - Music
 * Genre: Simulation - Pet
 * Genre: Simulation - Political
 * Genre: Simulation - Space combat
 * Genre: Simulation - Space trading and combat
 * Genre: Simulation - Traffic network
 * Genre: Simulation - Train driving
 * Genre: Simulation - Zoo / Wildlife park
 * Genre: Sniper
 * Genre: Sports - Air hockey
 * Genre: Sports - Badminton
 * Genre: Sports - Bullfighting
 * Genre: Sports - Bullriding
 * Genre: Sports - Curling
 * Genre: Sports - Darts
 * Genre: Sports - Dodgeball
 * Genre: Sports - Handball
 * Genre: Stunt racing
 * Genre: Tactical shooter
 * Genre: Tile matching puzzle (creation)
 * Genre: Tile matching puzzle (removal)
 * Genre: Tower defense
 * Genre: Trading / Collectible cards
 * Genre: Truck racing / driving
 * Genre: Versus fighting
 * Genre: Wilderness survival

Historical conflict

 * Historical conflict: American Civil War (Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South), 1861-1865)
 * Historical conflict: American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence, 1775–1783)
 * Historical conflict: Arab-Israeli conflict
 * Historical conflict: Cold War (tensions between USA/NATO and USSR/Soviet Bloc, 1947-1991)
 * Historical Conflict: Hundred Years War (Medieval France and the Low Countries, 1337-1453)
 * Historical conflict: Korean War (1950-1953)
 * Historical conflict: Napoleonic Wars (series of wars between Napoleon's French Empire and opposing coalitions, 1803–1815)
 * Historical Conflict: Persian Gulf War (the first war in the Gulf, Iraq-Kuwait 1990-1991, Operation Desert Storm)
 * Historical conflict: Spanish Civil War (Republicans vs. Nationalists, 1936-1939)
 * Historical conflict: Vietnam War (1955-1975)
 * Historical conflict: War of 1812 (Anglo-American War, 1812-1815)
 * Historical conflict: Winter War (Soviet-Finnish war 1939-1940) - see also the later Continuation War 1941-1944
 * Historical conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
 * Historical conflict: World War II (1939-1945)

Inspiration

 * Inspiration: Comics
 * Inspiration: Horror movies
 * Inspiration: Literature
 * Inspiration: Movies
 * Inspiration: Toys
 * Inspiration: TV cartoons
 * Inspiration: TV game shows
 * Inspiration: TV series

Inspiration: Author
Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Book


 * Inspiration: Author - Agatha Christie
 * Inspiration: Author - Alexandre Dumas
 * Inspiration: Author - Astrid Lindgren
 * Inspiration: Author - Edgar Allan Poe
 * Inspiration: Author - H. P. Lovecraft
 * Inspiration: Author - Jinyong
 * Inspiration: Author - Jirō Akagawa
 * Inspiration: Author - J. R. R. Tolkien
 * Inspiration: Author - Jules Verne
 * Inspiration: Author - Philip K. Dick
 * Inspiration: Author - Robert Louis Stevenson
 * Inspiration: Author - William Shakespeare

Inspiration: Book
Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Author.


 * Inspiration: Book - Shuihuzhuan / Water Margin
 * Inspiration: Book - Xi You Ji / Journey to the West

Fictional character
Note: In conflict with Inspiration - Author / Book.


 * Fictional character: Alice (in Wonderland)
 * Fictional character: Count Dracula
 * Fictional character: Frankenstein
 * Fictional character: Hong Gildong
 * Fictional character: Robinson Crusoe
 * Fictional character: Sherlock Holmes
 * Fictional character: Sinbad the Sailor

Games made into...

 * Games made into books
 * Games made into comics
 * Games made into movies
 * Games made into TV series

Protagonist
Player's character, alter ego, avatar.


 * Protagonist: Barbarian
 * Protagonist: Black
 * Protagonist: Blob
 * Protagonist: Caveman
 * Protagonist: Demon
 * Protagonist: Extraterrestrial / Alien
 * Protagonist: Female (not only women, also non-human females)
 * Protagonist: Gangster
 * Protagonist: Ghost
 * Protagonist: Jewish
 * Protagonist: Mullet haircut
 * Protagonist: Musician
 * Protagonist: Robot
 * Protagonist: Vampire

Animals
As protagonists or in prominent role.


 * Animals: Bears / Pandas
 * Animals: Cats
 * Animals: Chickens
 * Animals: Deer
 * Animals: Dinosaurs
 * Animals: Dogs / Wolves
 * Animals: Dolphins / Whales
 * Animals: Ducks
 * Animals: Elephants
 * Animals: Foxes
 * Animals: Frogs
 * Animals: Goats
 * Animals: Hamsters
 * Animals: Insects
 * Animals: Kangaroos
 * Animals: Mice
 * Animals: Moles
 * Animals: Penguins
 * Animals: Pigs
 * Animals: Primates (monkeys or apes)
 * Animals: Rabbits / Hares
 * Animals: Reptiles
 * Animals: Sharks
 * Animals: Sheep
 * Animals: Squirrels
 * Animals: Worms
 * Chocobo games

Setting
Determined by time & space; excludes fictional ones, which usually have own groups (e.g.: Star Wars universe)


 * Dakar Rally setting
 * Setting: African
 * Setting: Ancient Roman
 * Setting: Australian / Oceanian
 * Setting: Aztec
 * Setting: Belle Époque (the turn of the XIX and XX century)
 * Setting: Chinese
 * Setting: Chinese Ming Dynasty
 * Setting: Chinese Qin Dynasty
 * Setting: Chinese Qing Dynasty
 * Setting: Chinese Song Dynasty
 * Setting: Chinese Three Kingdoms era
 * Setting: Chinese Warring States Period
 * Setting: Chinese Yuan Dynasty
 * Setting: Classical Greece (499 BCE - 323 BCE) - not to be confused with Greek mythology
 * Setting: Earth's Moon
 * Setting: Egyptian
 * Setting: Inca
 * Setting: Indian
 * Setting: Interwar (between the First and the Second World War)
 * Setting: Japanese Heian Period
 * Setting: Japanese Kamakura Period
 * Setting: Japanese Sengoku Period
 * Setting: Korean
 * Setting: Mars
 * Setting: Mayan
 * Setting: Medieval Europe (Europe in Middle Ages, not to be confused with Fantasy genre)
 * Setting: Middle East
 * Setting: Western / Old West

Theme

 * Force Powers-themed games
 * Games involving the Hanseatic League
 * Non-traditional Westerns
 * Theme: Alcohol
 * Theme: Amnesia
 * Theme: Amusement park
 * Theme: Atlantis
 * Theme: Christmas
 * Theme: Circus
 * Theme: Dieselpunk (sub-genre of Theme: Steampunk)
 * Theme: Famous musicians
 * Theme: Firefighting
 * Theme: Game Development
 * Theme: Giant monsters
 * Theme: Hacking / Pseudohacking
 * Theme: Haunted house
 * Theme: Holy Grail
 * Theme: Homeless
 * Theme: Hunchbacks
 * Theme: Illegal Drugs / Narcotics
 * Theme: Law enforcement (police)
 * Theme: Law practice (legal professions: attorneys, judges, etc.)
 * Theme: Ninjas
 * Theme: Office
 * Theme: Olympics
 * Theme: Psychic powers / Psyonics
 * Theme: RMS Titanic
 * Theme: Sea Pirates
 * Theme: Steampunk
 * Theme: Stock Exchange
 * Theme: Submarine
 * Theme: Time Manipulation
 * Theme: Vampires
 * Theme: Werewolves
 * Theme: Zombies
 * Wisdom Tree's Bible-themed games
 * World War III games

Mythology

 * Mythology: Greek
 * Mythology: Norse / Germanic

Universe
Use of universe term unclear. Many in conflict with 'licensees'.
 * Army Men universe
 * Baroque universe
 * Battlestar Galactica universe
 * BattleTech universe
 * Bloodlust Software universe
 * DC Universe
 * Discworld universe
 * Dragon Slayer universe
 * Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest universe
 * Echelon universe
 * EverQuest universe
 * Ghost in the Shell universe
 * Half-Life universe
 * Homestar Runner universe
 * Ivalice universe
 * Koudelka / Shadow Hearts universe
 * Lancer universe
 * Marvel universe
 * Masters of the Universe / He-Man licensees
 * Megami Tensei / Megaten universe
 * Metaltech / Tribes universe
 * Might and Magic universe
 * Mistbound universe
 * Omnitrend science fiction universe
 * Paradise Cracked universe
 * Pokémon universe
 * Puyo-Puyo / Madō Monogatari universe
 * Record of Lodoss War universe
 * Renegade Legion universe
 * Robin Hood universe
 * SaGa universe
 * Shining universe
 * Silent Storm universe
 * Sonic the Hedgehog universe
 * Spyro the Dragon universe
 * Star Trek universe
 * Star Wars universe
 * Suikoden universe
 * Tengai Makyō / Far East of Eden universe
 * The Badlands universe
 * The Dark Eye / Das Schwarze Auge universe
 * Tokyo Majin universe
 * Twilight Syndrome universe
 * Twinbee universe
 * Ultima universe
 * Universe series
 * Warcraft universe
 * Warhammer 40,000 universe
 * Warhammer universe
 * Warhead universe
 * Warlords universe
 * Wasteland universe
 * Wing Commander universe
 * Xak universe
 * X: Beyond the Frontier universe
 * Xenogears / Xenosaga universe
 * Zork universe

Variants (inspired by another game)
The name-giving game is the genre-setter. Note these are not official spin-offs (these belong to the respective game series groups), but rather clones/imitations, often bordering on plagiarism.


 * Amidar variants / Line-coloring games
 * Artillery variants
 * Asteroids variants
 * Astro Invader variants
 * Ataxx variants
 * Avalanche variants
 * Berzerk variants
 * Blitz variants
 * Boulder Dash variants
 * Breakout variants
 * Burgertime variants
 * Bust-A-Move / Puzzle Bobble variants
 * Cabal variants
 * Cave-flyers and Thrust variants
 * Centipede variants
 * Circus / Clowns variants
 * Concentration variants
 * Defender variants
 * Defense of the Ancients variants
 * Diablo variants
 * Donkey Kong variants
 * Dynablaster/Bomberman variants
 * Elevator Action variants
 * Frogger variants
 * Galaga variants
 * Head On / Dodge 'Em variants
 * Heiankyo Alien/Booby Kids variants
 * Hunt the Wumpus variants
 * Joust variants
 * Knightmare variants
 * Lemmings variants
 * Lunar Lander variants
 * Lunar Rescue variants
 * Mastermind variants
 * Minesweeper variants
 * Missile Command variants
 * Moorhuhn / Crazy Chicken variants
 * Pachinko variants
 * Pac-Man variants
 * Pang variants
 * Panic variants
 * Pengo variants
 * Pipe Dream / Pipe Mania variants
 * Plotting variants
 * Pong variants
 * Puzz Loop variants
 * Q*Bert variants
 * QIX variants
 * Rogue variants / Roguelikes
 * Rush Hour variants
 * Sabotage / Paratrooper variants
 * Scramble variants
 * Slicks 'n' Slide variants
 * Snake variants
 * Soko-Ban variants
 * Space Invaders variants
 * Space Taxi variants
 * Star Trek variants
 * The Sumer Game variants
 * Warlords variant
 * Weather War variants
 * Whac-A-Mole variants
 * Wizard's Castle variants
 * Yahtzee variants
 * Zaxxon variants

Visual Technique / Style

 * Visual technique / style: Cel shaded
 * Visual technique / style: Live-action cutscenes (shot exclusively for the game)
 * Visual technique / style: Rendered in clay
 * Visual technique / style: Voxel graphics

Uncategorized Groups
Games with Dopefish


 * Application Software / Operating Systems containing games (treated as special compilations)
 * BPjS / BPjM indexed games (German game censorship)
 * Demo versions (demo releases containing significant content, like unpublished levels)
 * Games bundled with movies
 * Games referenced in movies
 * Games with boss key
 * Games with profane titles
 * Games with hidden / unlockable full games

Controllable vehicles
Only those under player control (computer-controlled opponents/allies don't count here).

Aircraft

 * Aircraft: A-10 Thunderbolt II
 * Aircraft: A-4 Skyhawk
 * Aircraft: A-6 Intruder
 * Aircraft: A6M Zero
 * Aircraft: A-7 Corsair II
 * Aircraft: AH-64 Apache
 * Aircraft: Aichi D3A
 * Aircraft: Airco DH.2
 * Aircraft: Albatros D.II
 * Aircraft: Albatros D.III
 * Aircraft: Albatros D.V
 * Aircraft: Avro Lancaster
 * Aircraft: B-17 Flying Fortress
 * Aircraft: B-25 Mitchell
 * Aircraft: B-2 Spirit
 * Aircraft: Civilian (for any non-military types)
 * Aircraft: Dassault Rafale
 * Aircraft: DH.98 Mosquito
 * Aircraft: Do 335 Pfeil
 * Aircraft: Douglas A-20 Havoc
 * Aircraft: Eurofighter Typhoon
 * Aircraft: F-104 Starfighter
 * Aircraft: F-105 Thunderchief
 * Aircraft: F-111 Aardvark
 * Aircraft: F-117 Nighthawk
 * Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat
 * Aircraft: F-15 Eagle
 * Aircraft: F-16 Fighting Falcon
 * Aircraft: F-22 Raptor
 * Aircraft: F-35 Lightning II
 * Aircraft: F4F Wildcat
 * Aircraft: F-4 Phantom II
 * Aircraft: F4U Corsair
 * Aircraft: F6F Hellcat
 * Aircraft: F-8 Crusader
 * Aircraft: F-86 Sabre
 * Aircraft: F/A-18 Hornet
 * Aircraft: FJ Fury
 * Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 190
 * Aircraft: Fokker Dr.I
 * Aircraft: Fokker D.VII
 * Aircraft: Fokker D.VIII (E.V)
 * Aircraft: Fokker E.III
 * Aircraft: Gotha G.V
 * Aircraft: Grumman X-29
 * Aircraft: Halberstadt D.II
 * Aircraft: Harrier Jump Jet
 * Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane
 * Aircraft: Hawker Typhoon
 * Aircraft: Heinkel He 111
 * Aircraft: Heinkel He 162
 * Aircraft: Horten Ho 229
 * Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-2
 * Aircraft: Junkers Ju 87
 * Aircraft: Junkers Ju 88
 * Aircraft: Kamov Ka-5X (Hokum)
 * Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109
 * Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 110
 * Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 163
 * Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 262
 * Aircraft: MiG-15 Fagot
 * Aircraft: MiG-21 Fishbed
 * Aircraft: MiG-29 Fulcrum
 * Aircraft: Nieuport 11
 * Aircraft: Nieuport 17
 * Aircraft: Nieuport 28
 * Aircraft: North American X-15
 * Aircraft: Northrop F-5
 * Aircraft: Northrop YF-23
 * Aircraft: P-38 Lightning
 * Aircraft: P-40 Warhawk
 * Aircraft: P-47 Thunderbolt
 * Aircraft: P-51 Mustang
 * Aircraft: P-80 Shooting Star
 * Aircraft: Panavia Tornado
 * Aircraft: Pfalz D.III
 * Aircraft: RAF R.E.8
 * Aircraft: RAF S.E.5
 * Aircraft: RAH-66 Comanche
 * Aircraft: SBD Dauntless
 * Aircraft: Siemens-Schuckert D.III
 * Aircraft: Sopwith Camel
 * Aircraft: Sopwith Pup
 * Aircraft: Sopwith Snipe
 * Aircraft: Sopwith Triplane
 * Aircraft: SPAD S.VII
 * Aircraft: SPAD S.XIII
 * Aircraft: SR-71 Blackbird
 * Aircraft: Su-25 Frogfoot
 * Aircraft: Su-27 & Su-33
 * Aircraft: Su-35 Flanker-E
 * Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
 * Aircraft: TBF Avenger
 * Aircraft: UH-60 Black Hawk
 * Aircraft: Zeppelin

Automobiles

 * Automobile: AC Cobra
 * Automobile: Aston Martin Vanquish
 * Automobile: Audi TT
 * Automobile: BMW M3
 * Automobile: Bugatti Veyron
 * Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
 * Automobile: DeLorean DMC-12
 * Automobile: Dodge Viper
 * Automobile: Enzo Ferrari
 * Automobile: Ferrari 328
 * Automobile: Ferrari 360
 * Automobile: Ferrari 550
 * Automobile: Ferrari F355
 * Automobile: Ferrari F40
 * Automobile: Ferrari F430
 * Automobile: Ferrari F50
 * Automobile: Ferrari Testarossa
 * Automobile: Ford GT90
 * Automobile: Gumpert Apollo
 * Automobile: Honda NSX
 * Automobile: Jaguar XJ220
 * Automobile: Koenigsegg CCX
 * Automobile: Lamborghini Aventador
 * Automobile: Lamborghini Countach
 * Automobile: Lamborghini Diablo
 * Automobile: Lamborghini Gallardo
 * Automobile: Lamborghini Miura
 * Automobile: Lamborghini Murciélago
 * Automobile: Lancia Stratos HF
 * Automobile: Lister Storm
 * Automobile: Lotus Elise
 * Automobile: Lotus Esprit
 * Automobile: Lotus Evora
 * Automobile: Maserati MC12
 * Automobile: Mazda 787B
 * Automobile: Mazda MX-5 / Miata / Roadster
 * Automobile: Mazda RX-7
 * Automobile: McLaren F1
 * Automobile: McLaren MP4-12C
 * Automobile: Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
 * Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class
 * Automobile: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
 * Automobile: Pagani Zonda
 * Automobile: Porsche 911
 * Automobile: Porsche 959
 * Automobile: Porsche Boxster
 * Automobile: Porsche Carrera GT
 * Automobile: Saleen S7
 * Automobile: Subaru Impreza
 * Automobile: Toyota Celica
 * Automobile: Toyota GT-One
 * Automobile: Toyota Supra

Tanks

 * Tank: M1 Abrams