Genres | Sub-genres | Explanation |
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TGs | Â | VGs that have been played in other medium for relatively long time [23] |
SGs |  | VGs that are played to do relatively daily activities [22] or that are played based on players’ imagination for things that are difficult to be realized in real world [24] |
SVGs | RTS | VGs where players take an active role in making the desired results by engaging relevant thinking process in VG playing; thinking the strategies by themselves [22] |
TBS | VGs where VG guides the thinking process of players [22] | |
AVGs | FPS | VGs played in the perspective of players [22] |
TPGs | VGs played by using the avatars of the players whose experience relies on the arrangement of space and time in game environments [22] | |
FGs | RPGs | VGs where players take the active control over avatars in the exploration of the environment, completion of quests and competing/battling with enemies [17] |
Adventure games | VGs that players explore and investigate the VG environment in slow pace by focusing on problem solving [17] |