Genealogy
Which genres each one derives from. Lines go from the influencing genre to the influenced one.
Influenced by
- Strategy1964← Board game
- Football (soccer)1973← Sports
- Space flight simulator1974← Flight simulator
- Block breaker1976← Sports
- Fishing1977← Sports
- Turn-based strategy1977← Board game
- Golf1978← Sports
- Multi-user dungeon1978← Interactive fiction, Role-playing
- Maze chase1979← Maze
- Run and gun1979← Platformer
- Action-adventure1980← Adventure
- Roguelike1980← Interactive fiction
- Wargame1980← Board game
- Stealth1981← Action-adventure
- Typing game1981← Educational
- Japanese RPG1982← Western RPG, Visual novel
- Puzzle1982← Traditional games
- Sokoban1982← Puzzle
- Tactical RPG1982← Japanese RPG, Turn-based strategy
- Tactics1982← Board game
- 4X1983← Board game
- Grand strategy1983← Board game
- Visual novel1983← Adventure
- Puzzle-platformer1983← Platformer
- Action role-playing game1984← Role-playing, Action
- Point-and-click adventure1984← Text-based game
- Monster-taming game1985← Japanese RPG
- Tile-matching1985← Falling-block puzzle
- Metroidvania1986← Platformer, Action-adventure
- Cinematic platformer1989← Platformer
- Sim racing1989← Racing
- Tower defense1990← Real-time strategy
- Immersive sim1992← Role-playing
- Kart racing1992← Racing
- Virtual pet1995← Life simulation
- Collectathon1996← Platformer
- Survival horror1996← Action-adventure
- Dance1998← Rhythm
- Mascot fighter1999← Platformer
- Platform fighter1999← Fighting, Platformer
- Escape room2001← Point-and-click adventure, Text-based game
- Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter2001← First-person shooter
- Incremental game2002← Massively multiplayer online RPG
- Roguelite2002← Roguelike
- Multiplayer online battle arena2003← Real-time strategy
- Social deduction2003← Traditional games
- Open-world survival craft2003← Sandbox
- Hero shooter2007← First-person shooter, Multiplayer online battle arena
- Role-playing shooter2007← Action role-playing game, First-person shooter
- Action roguelike2008← Roguelike, Action
- Deckbuilder2008← Collectible card game
- Walking simulator2008← First-person shooter
- Endless runner2009← Racing
- Battle royale2013← Survival
- Roguelike deck-builder2014← Roguelike, Deckbuilder
- Extraction shooter2016← Tactical shooter, Survival
- Boomer shooter2018← First-person shooter
- Bullet heaven2018← Action roguelike
- Auto battler2019← Multiplayer online battle arena