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List of most popular video game genres in 2023

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9 Most Popular Video Game Genres Dominating the Gaming Market Adventure Games Adventure games feature minimal fighting and rely rather on narrative. Players typically interact with the environment and other characters in order to solve puzzles containing clues to advance in the gameplay. Which gaming genres should you choose?

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Tips For Writing a Video Game Story That WORKS

The Bottom Feeder

During those hours of walking and fighting (and, in Baldur's Gate 3, searching 20000 identical crates), players will forget a ton of story. Portal was a solid 2 hour puzzle game. Each chapter had exactly one very memorable, hateable villain to fight. A lot of people don't want sandboxes. Remember Persona 5 ?

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

The decline of the whole genre in the Western markets was caused by a decline in two of the most significant sub-genres: Brawlers and Fighting Games. When looking at time spent in games, Creative Sandbox games such as Roblox and Minecraft dominate growth in many markets. The Brawlers sub-genre is pretty much Brawl Stars.

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Garrisons 2.0

Grid Sage Games

While some players enjoy puzzling out creative ways to get ahead, at the extreme end it eventually devolves into optimal tedium which is overall harmful to the experience. Failing that (gets blasted in a fight? hacking attempts unsuccessful?),

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