List of Video Game Fandoms
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There are many categories of video games, and a fair amount of overlap and confusion occurs. The following fandoms are generally considered video game fandoms by their fans.
Let's Play series on Youtube are also popular as a form of transformative work. As a result, there is also Let's Play RPF.
Console Games
Games released originally, primarily or solely for a gaming console. Some may have PC ports made after the fact. (For simplicity's sake, games released simultaneously for consoles and for PCs will be included in this category.)
Eastern Console Games
- Bayonetta
- Bravely Default
- Castlevania
- Devil May Cry
- Donkey Kong series
- Dragon Quest Series
- Earthbound/Mother series
- The Evil Within
- Final Fantasy series
- Golden Sun series
- Hakuōki
- Harvest Moon series
- Inazuma Eleven
- Kid Icarus
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Kirby series
- The Legend of Zelda series
- Mario Kart series
- Mega Man series
- Metal Gear series
- Okami
- Persona series
- Pokémon series
- Professor Layton series
- Resident Evil (Biohazard) series
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Sengoku Basara
- Silent Hill
- Skies of Arcadia
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Splatoon
- Star Ocean series
- Suikoden series
- Super Mario Bros. series
- Super Smash Bros. series
- Tales of series
- Valkyrie Profile series
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Zero Escape series
Western Console Games
- Assassin's Creed series
- Baldur's Gate series
- Bastion
- Bioshock series
- Borderlands series
- Detroit: Become Human
- Deus Ex series
- Dishonored series
- Don't Starve
- Dragon Age series
- The Elder Scrolls series
- Fable series
- Fallout series
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Grand Theft Auto series
- inFAMOUS series
- The Last of Us series
- Life is Strange series
- Mass Effect series
- Neverwinter Nights
- Overwatch
- Portal series
- Prototype series
- Psychonauts
- Saints Row series
- Tomb Raider series
- Transistor
- Uncharted series
- Until Dawn
- The Walking Dead Telltale Video Game
- WATCH DOGS series
Computer Games
Games released originally, primarily or solely for PCs.
- Guild Wars series
- Ib (video game)
- King's Quest
- League of Legends
- OFF (video game)
- Quest for Glory
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R series
- StarCraft
- Undertale / Deltarune
- Warcraft / World of Warcraft
- The Witcher (video game)
First-Person Shooter Games (FPS)
Games played from the point of view of a character, usually with guns
- Bioshock
- Borderlands (video game)
- Call of Duty
- Destiny (video game)
- Far Cry
- Halo series
- Left 4 Dead
- Mass Effect - third-person action RPG /shooter hybrids
- Overwatch
- Team Fortress 2
Dating Simulators & Visual Novels
- Asago Academy
- Clannad
- Dangan Ronpa/Super Dangan Ronpa 2
- DRAMAtical Murder
- Dream Daddy
- Fate/stay night
- Hatoful Boyfriend
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series
- Uta no Prince-sama
Browser-Based Games
Often played entirely in one's browser, sometimes using a pool of limited actions.
- Elsword
- Fallen London (formerly Echo Bazaar)
- Flight Rising
- Global Pokedex Plus
- Minecraft
- Neopets
Mobile Games
Games released primarily as tablet or smartphone applications.
- Angry Birds
- Ensemble Stars
- Love Live! School Idol Project
- Mystic Messenger
- Pokémon Go
- Touken Ranbu
- Zombies, Run!