Rail shooter
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A rail shooter is the shooting game in which the player does not manually control movement. The in-game character moves for himself or herself, with objects moving in and out of the screen, as if it were "on rails". Turns and paths are predetermined, though some games give the player an option on which path to go down.
| Adventure: | 2D platformer | 3D platformer | Interactive fiction | Roguelike |
| Fighting: | 2D fighter | 3D fighter | Beat 'em up | Wrestling |
| Action: | First-person action | First-person shooter | Light gun | Rail shooter | Shmup | Stealth action | Survival horror | Third-person action | Third-person shooter | Vehicular combat |
| RPG: | Action RPG | Alternate reality game | Console RPG | MMOG | MMORPG | PC RPG | Strategy RPG |
| Strategy game: | 4XS | RTS | TBS |
| Racing: | Arcade racer | Futuristic racer | Kart racer | Simulation racer |
| Simulation: | Flight simulation | Train simulation | Life simulation | Virtual pet | Open-ended simulation |
| Sport: | Arcade sport | Extreme sport | Simulation sport | Statistical sport |
| Parlor: | Edutainment | Microgame | Music game | Party game | Puzzle |
| MMO: | MMORPG | MMOFPS | MMORTS | MMOS (MMOCB | MMOCMS | MMOSS | MMOR) |
| Misc: | Board game | Browser-based | Pinball | Side-scroller | Eroge |
