Test Your Video Game Genre Knowledge with This Quiz!

Video Game Genres

• Strategy games involve controlling a large group of characters to perform tasks or build structures for increasing their power or numbers. The player needs to use their abilities in a strategic way to capture rival territory or destroy enemy structures.
• Games are categorized by platform or interface as differences in technology can lead to distinct gameplay and aesthetic features.
• Some terms describe game mechanics rather than referring to a specific genre, but they are often used to describe games as if it were a defining genre.
• There are some games developed for additional purposes besides entertainment.
• Popular music is any musical style accessible to the general public and disseminated by the mass media.
• Latin and Caribbean-influenced music genres are popular.
• Games are categorized by time periods.
• Some popular genres include action, adventure, puzzle, simulation, sports, and role-playing games.
• Action games involve fast-paced gameplay.
• Adventure games are story-based and involve exploration and puzzle-solving.
• Puzzle games require critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Simulation games simulate real-world activities.
• Sports games simulate real-world sports activities.