Such analysis was not included in the original paper, so here is an attempt to categorize some common genres according to the MDA taxonomy:
- Action Game: Challenge, Fantasy, Sensation
- Action-Adventure: Challenge, Fantasy, Sensation, Narrative
- Fighting Game: Challenge, Fantasy, Sensation, Competition
- Multiplayer Shooter: Challenge, Fantasy, Sensation, Competition (competitive online), Fellowship (team-based online)
- Adventure Game: Challenge, Narrative
- Environmental Narrative Game: Narrative, Discovery
- Horror Game: Narrative, Sensation
- Immersive Sim: Sensation, Fantasy, Challenge, Discovery, Expression, Narrative
- Puzzle Game: Challenge
- Role-Playing Game: Submission (see Extra Credits on RPGs
)- Eastern RPG: Submission, Narrative
- MMORPG: Submission, Competition, Expression, Fantasy, Fellowship
- Roguelike: Submission, Challenge, Discovery
- Western RPG: Submission, Fantasy, Expression
- Dungeon Crawler: Submission, Fantasy, Expression, Challenge (plus Fellowship and Competition if Co-Op Multiplayer is included)
- Sandbox RPG: Submission, Fantasy, Expression, Discovery
- Narrative RPG: Submission, Fantasy, Expression, Narrative
- Stealth-Based Game: Challenge, Discovery, Fantasy, Sensation
- Strategy Game: Challenge, Competition (online), Discovery, Expression, Fantasy
- Visual Novel: Narrative, Sensation (art)
- Wide-Open Sandbox: Discovery, Expression
