There’s an adult video game for any mood or play style that you can imagine. That also means that you’re going to come across some genres that you know almost nothing about, as you find new games and expand your library of favorites. Adult video games have been around for decades and there’s no lack of people willing to make new ones to fit the genre molds that they like the best. If you’re coming across new games that look interesting, but have no idea what they’re like, here’s a list of the most popular adult video game formats explained.
Simulation Games
Simulation games are games that simulate and mimic things that you’d be able to see in the real world. The Sims, for instance, is a game series that perfectly illustrates what a simulation game can be. You take control of a character and do all the things you’d do in the real world. What makes this series fun is the massive community of modders behind it. All it takes is one or two mods and you can turn this family game into an intense adult sim that lets you live out all your deepest fantasies.
Visual Novels
Visual Novels are a completely different game format. Instead of living out every detail of a life or a job, these formats let you take a much more passive approach. The world of visual novels is vast, so there are lots of genres within the format, but it all essentially comes down to games with text that you read while you see images in the background. They’re literal novels that you read in a game with some mechanics thrown in.
VR Games
VR games have gone from science fiction to household mainstays and that’s a very good thing. These games take place in virtual reality, and you typically need a piece of hardware to play them. They simulate reality and let you play through the game while making you feel like you’re in the world and taking part in the action. It’s a fully immersive genre that’s constantly growing in popularity and adult VR games are showing up in more places every day.
3D Games
3D games take advantage of three-dimensional geometry to create worlds that feel much more realistic than their 2D counterparts. Most modern games are in 3D and that’s also the case for adult video games. When you come across an adult game that lets you turn a character around and interact with their entire body, you’re playing a 3D game. They’re so common that most gaming platforms don’t bother giving them their own sections on their sites.
RPG
RPG stands for role-playing games and they have their evolution based in tabletop gaming. These are adult games that let you take on the role of a fictional character and carry out their responsibilities to advance and win the game. They’re typically adult games with plots and storylines that you have to follow, as opposed to sandbox games where you simply do whatever you want. Games that task you with dating other characters or living through high school are very often RPG.
Interactive Fiction
Interactive fiction is a genre of adult games that lets you type out text to interact with the created environment. These can also be called text adventures and were some of the first adult games to ever be created. What sets them apart from other games is their lack of graphics. You simply read a narrative and type your reaction to what’s on the screen. Some of these games only let you advance if you can type the exact phrase that’s been programmed to advance the story.
Match 3
Match 3 games are simple puzzle games with falling tiles that you can manipulate in order to connect them with other similar tiles. Matching three or more of these tiles will make them disappear, letting you continue to play and netting you points. If you fall behind and the screen fills up, the game is over. The adult versions of these games typically have people in the background who take off more of their clothes with every level you hit or get into hotter adult action.
Strategy Games
Adult strategy games cover lots of other genres, but the basic ideas are always the same. You’re in charge of the management of a business or battle, and you have to use strategy to make sure you win. Some good examples of these games are harem battle games. You have to use strategy to build your harem and manage your stable. Then you have to plan out the battle that takes place and make sure you use the right characters with the right powers at the right times.
Clicker Games
Clicker games can be very passive challenges that often just have to be open in your browser for the game to advance. You’re given a scene and all you have to do is click to build your score and open upgrades. These upgrades usually lead to automatic clicking features that take the work of tapping or clicking your mouse out of the equation. These adult games can be fighting games between sexy characters or businesses, like brothels, that you have to click to run.
Dating Sim
Dating sim games can be considered the most common form of actual games that you can find on the internet. They’re an evolution of visual novels and RPGs. You’re tasked with a single character, or a group of characters that you must seduce and date to win the game. This can be anything from carrying out fetch quests to talking to them and learning about their backstories. Your reward for winning usually comes in the form of sex scenes.
Many Genres to Explore
The are many genres of adult games that you can explore, and you never know what you’re going to come across when you do. The genre is simply the style of game. What happens within it is what makes the games fun and unique to play.