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What is the circuit-building puzzle genre called?

When encountering the connect-a-circuit science minigame in Spiderman, I was surprised at how simple it is. I also recalled similar full-size games I've played in the DOS era that have one do this on ...
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What's the name of the RTS subgenre played in a connected graph where nodes produce troops that you can send to adjacent nodes?

There is a type of RTS game that I remember playing in the late 00's that consisted of a partially connected graph with nodes producing troops constantly and the player having to choose when to send ...
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What is this game type called?

In recent ads a clickbait game called Hero Wars have been faking being a game that scrolls forward, while picking up powerups and shooting enemies. I've been trying to find other games like this (...
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Is the new game Nine Sols actually a metroidvania?

According to the Wikipedia definition of a metroidvania, the genre is described as: [...] a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated ...
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What genre is A Plague Tale: Requiem?

I am not a competitive gamer; when I play, I play for fun, playing casually and solving the puzzle that is the game. I have played A Plague Tale: Innocence as well as A Plague Tale: Requiem for almost ...
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What's the term for the combat used in games like Ghost of Tsushima and Spider-Man?

Is there a term for the combat mode used in games like Ghost of Tsushima and Spider-Man? Specifically, where attacks are telegraphed, and choosing and timing your response are important. These games ...
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What is the genre of game where "enclosing areas unoccupied by enemy units" is a core mechanic?

What is the genre of this type of 2D game: The unit controlled by the player (blue) tries to cross the stage without getting hit by the enemies (red). If the player succeeds, any area without units (...
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What FPS subgenre is DOOM Eternal?

I'm trying to figure out how to find more games similar to Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal. The problem is lots of google results seem to return FPS games like Call of Duty and Battlefield. Although Call ...
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What genre have the games like Travian?

The Travian itself describes it as realtime strategy. But looking at the classic one like Dune 2 or StarCraft, Travian is definitely something else. The Wikipedia has nice list of categorization but ...
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What genre would the "Choose your own story" mobile games fall under?

I keep seeing adverts for games like Choices and Episode. I was wondering what genre these would fall under? I assume it is RPG, the Wikipedia definition for RPG seems to be quite liberal: A role-...
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What is the genre of HoN/DotA/LoL?

Some people call it Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA), Valve is calling the upcoming Dota 2 a Action RTS (Real Time Strategy) and I've seen some using Action RPG. Has the community come to an ...
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