Adventure-RPG: the main emphasis of the game are on Exploring and Story, less on Character Development
Rogue-like: the main emphasis of the game are on Exploring and Character Development, less on Story. Often features permanent death if a character dies and random generated levels.
Hack & Slash: many enemies, most of them easy to kill, respawning of enemies, much loot
J-RPG: Manga Style graphics, turn based combat, Eastern style CRPG
W-RPG: Western style CRPG
MMORPG: Many players are questing simultaneously online
Puzzle-RPG: the game's main emphasis are puzzles
Non-Combat: the game features no combat
Action: the combat is real time without pause
Strategic: additional troop (not your party) management available
Tactical: the game puts an emphasis on player tactical skill over character skill, often multiple squads (party splitting) are possible
Sneaker: combat is possible, avoiding it with stealth is better
Thief-like: combat is possible, avoiding it with stealth is better, thief-skills are essential (lock picking, ambush, hiding, sneaking,…)
Shooter: combat is mostly ranged and requires hand eye coordination and reflexes from the player
Sandbox: open environment where a lot of content is organized around simulation rather than story
Dungeon Crawler: closed environment where a lot of content is organized around dungeon interaction (traps, levers, buttons, teleports, riddles…) rather than story.
