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List of most popular video game genres in 2023

Logic Simplified

From role-playing and first-person shooter games to simulation ones, there is a video game genre for every gamer’s choice. 9 Most Popular Video Game Genres Dominating the Gaming Market Adventure Games Adventure games feature minimal fighting and rely rather on narrative.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

In terms of revenue, the genres that took the most damage were: #1 Racing (revenue -28%, downloads +8%) The genre was down early a third down due to a decline across all titles. And unlike Racing, Shooter games also generally saw a decline in downloads as well. while the net revenues declined by 11% to $38.2B.

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Solo dev Almar works on debut game Repunk “I’ve had some darker moments”

PreMortem.Games

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. An open-world social simulation of a whole human civilization on Mars. The indie community is amazingly helpful, but you will have to fight by yourself with every single element in your own game – and that takes time!

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The New 4X Strategy Hit, The Ants, Stands Out With Its Unique Theme and Heavy Emphasis on Social Elements

Game Refinery

As in 4X titles generally, the player is first familiarized with the base (called anthill in The Ants) and its construction mechanics and is soon introduced to the core gameplay map for some resource collecting and enemy fighting. The rough core loop is as follows: Troops collect resources and fight others on the core game map.

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All Time Favorite MS DOS Games

Game Designing

An upgrade to WarCraft, Tides of Darkness provided a number of advanced features, including fighting over sea and air (not just on land). As the last surviving marine sent to stop the demons, players must fight to keep them from destroying everything. This sequel sees players taking on the role of a ruler over one of 13 races.

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Top GBA Games by Nintendo (2023 Update)

Game Designing

While there wasn’t much of a story to this farming simulator, you had to learn to plant crops, grow livestock, and befriend other characters (non-player characters, or NPCs), in the game to move ahead. In another fighting game, instead of having scary-looking characters, players are Digimon and compete against other Digimon.

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Why I’m bailing on Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Keith Burgun

Although in most games, at least usually one or two systems are kind of fully-cooked; in this one… probably the most polished and complete thing about the game is one of the minigames (the business simulator was pretty impressive). I mean, you spend a LOT of time fighting in this game. The quests are super commodified and boring.

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