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are usually colourful and friendly looking. The games are usually aimed at a younger audience.

Racing
The racing game genre is fairly straight forward. Players can race computer or human opponents around race tracks and can customise or buy new vehicles to race with.

Simulation
Games such as the Sims are included in this genre. Games which simulate reality and allow the player to manipulate things as they would in real life are simulations.

Sports
Sports games allow the player to take part in a sport they enjoy, or may not normally take part in, and play against the computer or other humans. There is a large variety of sports games ranging from the well known to the obscure and fictional.

Stealth

This genre allows the player to sneak about a level to find out hidden information or complete an objective. Players will usually be given weapons that force them to be stealthy so that they can use them without raising any alarms.

Strategy
Strategy games allow the player to build units and initiate strategic battles against computer or human opponents. Strategy games are sometimes based off of real life events and battles, although there are some fictional based ones as well.

Survival Horror

In this genre the player must survive the game while avoiding being eaten or killed by a variety of terrifying opponents. These types of games can be very disturbing and may contain gore and blood in higher rated games. There are also elements of horror involved.

This is just a small sample of the vast variety of genres available to players.

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