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The opposite of linear, non-linear is a word that is used in gaming to describe a games freeform progression. This includes sandbox and open world games. A non-linear game or path, is when a game lets the player affect where they go next. The path branches out, like a tree. Players have a choice of where to go, or what to do, next. Non-linear games are favored in certain genres like RPGs.

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Action:	Action RPG \| Dungeon crawl \| Fighting \| First-person shooter \| Fixed Third Person Shooter \| Hack & Slash \| Light gun \| MMOFPS \| Rail shooter \| Run and Gun \| Shmup \| Shooter \| Side scrolling shooter \| Stealth action \| Survival horror \| Third-person action \| Third-person shooter \| Vehicular combat
Adventure:	2D platformer \| 3D platformer \| Action-adventure \| Dungeon crawl \| Eroge \| Interactive fiction \| Metroidvania \| Open world \| Point & click adventure \| Roguelike \| Sandbox \| Text adventure \| Visual novel
Fighting:	2D fighter \| 3D fighter \| Beat 'em up \| Boxing \| Hack & Slash \| Versus fighting \| Wrestling
Racing:	Arcade racer \| Futuristic racer \| Kart racer \| MMOR \| Simulation racer
RPG:	Action RPG \| Alternate Reality \| Console RPG \| Dungeon crawl \| MMOG \| MMORPG \| PC RPG \| Roguelike \| Strategy RPG \| Tactical RPG
Simulation:	Flight simulation \| Train simulation \| Life simulation \| MMOS \| Open-ended simulation \| Simulation racer \| Simulation sport \| Virtual pet
Sport:	Arcade sport \| Extreme sport \| Racing \| Simulation sport \| Soccer \| Statistical sport
Strategy:	4XS \| Man-to-man wargame \| MMORTS \| MOBA \| Real-time strategy \| Real-time tactics \| Strategy RPG \| Tactical RPG \| Tower defense \| Turn-based strategy \| Turn-based tactics \| Wargaming
Parlor:	Edutainment \| Microgame \| Music game \| Party game \| Puzzle
MMO:	MMORPG \| MMOFPS \| MMORTS \| MMOS (MMOCB \| MMOCMS \| MMOSS \| MMOR)
Misc:	Board game \| Browser-based \| Cutscene \| Eroge \| Movie-based game \| Non-linear \| Pinball \| Side-scroller

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