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11	* [[spoiler:[[AdventureGame Adventure]]]]: Run around collecting stuff.
12	** [[spoiler:HiddenObjectGame]]: Rummage through a guy's trash looking for clues about his personal life.
13	* [[spoiler:ArtGame]]: Look at scenery and listen to music. May also include some gameplay, but no guarantees.
14	* [[spoiler:[[FightingGame Fighting]]]]: Trade attacks with an opponent.
15	** [[spoiler:[[BeatEmUp Beat 'Em Up]]]]: Very uneven battle with food on the ground.
16	* [[spoiler:FirstPersonShooter]]: Try to fight despite having no awareness of your feet.
17	** [[spoiler:ThirdPersonShooter]]: You can see your feet now, but your view is shifted to one side.
18	** [[spoiler:LooterShooter]]: Pick up the loot after the fight, see what serves you and [[BetterOffSold sell what doesn't]]. Level up.
19	* [[spoiler:IdleGame]]: Do some tedious task repeatedly in a game that takes excruciatingly long to complete. The game itself encourages you to not play it.
20	* [[spoiler:[[PlatformGame Platforming]]]]: Jump carefully.
21	** [[spoiler:PlatformHell]]: Asshole game designer tries to frustrate you.
22	* [[spoiler:PuzzleGame]]: A Sisyphean exercise in block arrangement.
23	* [[spoiler:RacingGame]]: [[DrivesLikeCrazy Drive like you're terrifyingly sane]].
24	* [[spoiler:RealTimeStrategy]]: Think fast before the enemies wipe you.
25	* [[spoiler:[[RolePlayingGame Role-Playing]]]]: [[LevelGrinding Beat the crap out of woodland creatures]], [[KleptomaniacHero rob the houses of people]] [[WelcomeToCorneria who can only say one sentence]], [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts and repeatedly get ripped off by hotels]] until you save the world.
26	** [[spoiler:{{MMORPG}}]]: In an endless test of patience, your success rests in the hands of the internet.
27	** [[spoiler:{{Roguelike}}]]: Get lost, [[YetAnotherStupidDeath die stupidly]].
28	* [[spoiler:RhythmGame]]: Hit various buttons in the right order at the right time. Quickly.
29	* [[spoiler:[[ShootEmUp Shoot-Em-Up]]]]: Shoot enemies, dodge bullets. May have [[BulletHell lots of bullets]].
30	** [[spoiler:BulletHell]]: There are an absurdly large number of bullets. Most have no chance of hitting anything.
31	* [[spoiler:Simulator]]: Experience every detail of operating a vehicle or managing a business, especially the boring parts.
32	* [[spoiler:SurvivalHorror]]: Try not to die. [[CosmicHorrorStory Or go insane]]. [[NightmareFuel Or wet yourself]].
33	* [[spoiler: TowerDefense]]: Enemies cannot fire and try to run to the exit instead.
34	** Alternatively: Take increasingly convoluted preventative measures to keep [[ZergRush an apparently endless number of things]] from getting to the other side of the screen. Almost nothing at your disposal can move from wherever you put it.
35	* [[spoiler:TurnBasedStrategy]]: Think carefully or else the enemy will outperform you.
36	** Or: [[GodwinsLaw invade Poland]] from the comfort of your home!
37	** [[spoiler: FourX]]: A disembodied, faceless leader micromanages every unit and every settlement of an empire.
38	** [[spoiler: StrategyRPG]]: Have TheBigGuy beat the boss within an inch of his life so that the TagalongKid can finish him off.
39	* [[spoiler:VisualNovel]]: Click through dialogue and occasionally answer multiple choice questions.
40	** [[spoiler:DatingSim]]: Get your pathetic life in order so you can hook up with a hottie.
41	* [[spoiler:WideOpenSandbox]]: Do whatever you want.

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