Game genre

Business simulation games are games that simulate a real-world, historical, or hypothetical economy or business. "Pure" business simulations have been described as construction and management simulation without a construction element, and can thus be called management simulations. Indeed, micromanagement is often emphasized in these kinds of games. Pure business simulations are essentially numeric, but try to hold the player's attention by using creative graphics. Trevor Chan is a notable...

A tile-based game is a game that uses tile as one of the fundamental elements of play. It has different meanings depending on how it is used. There are many traditional games which use tiles, but when referring to video game, normally a tile-based game means a game which uses tiles as part of its graphic output and/or unit movement system. Traditional tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces for gambling or entertainment games. Some Board games use tiles to create their board, giving...

German-style board games are a broad class of games that feature simple rules, modest length, and attractive components. They are usually themed rather than abstract, and generally require more thought and planning to play well than do party game such as Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit but less than strategy games such as Chess, Go or wargames. These games appeal to a wide range of ages, though generally not young children. The audience includes casual gamers, who play with family and friends, as...

Perfect information is a term used in economics and game theory to describe a state of complete knowledge about the actions of other players that is instantaneously updated as new information arises. Chess, Irensei and Go are canonical examples of games with perfect information, in contrast to, for example, the prisoner's dilemma. In microeconomics, a state of perfect information is required for perfect competition. That is, assuming that all agents are rational and have perfect information,...

Party games are game which share several features suitable to entertaining a social gathering of moderate size. Not all of the above are suitable for children's parties. Traditional children's party games (some of which are also popular with teenagers and adults) include: The party game has become a genre of video games — arguably in 1982, with Starpath's Party Mix. Currently, the most well known example is the ''Mario Party'' series. These games are usually best played in multiplayer mode....

A role-playing game (RPG; often roleplaying game) is a game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional character and collaboratively create or follow stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, players can improvise freely; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the games. A role-playing game has no winners, the...