Classic PC Games uses the following categorisation tree - please click on any of the headings to go direct to the games in that section. The number in brackets is the total games in each sub category.
Action
2D Action [7]
3D Action [4]
3D Platform [12]
Action Adventure [38]
Ball and Paddle [2]
Combat [1]
First-Person Action [1]
Maze [1]
Multi-Game Compilation [9]
Multi-Genre Action [15]
Overhead View Action [6]
Side Scrolling Combat [5]
Side Scrolling Platform [21]
Third-Person 3D Action [17]
Adult
Adult Action Game [2]
Adult Graphic Adventure [1]
Adventure
Action-RPG Adventure [6]
First-Person Adventure [5]
First-Person Graphic Adventure [12]
Interactive Movie [4]
Mystery Adventure [2]
Survival Horror [8]
Text-Based Adventure [7]
Third-Person Graphic Adventure [52]
Development Tools
3D Graphic Design [2]
Educational
Educational - General [1]
General Early Childhood [2]
Geography [7]
History [3]
Interactive Book [1]
Quiz Game [1]
Science [2]
Fighting
2D Fighting [5]
3D Fighting [3]
Puzzle
Action Puzzle [13]
Adventure Puzzle [11]
Maze Puzzle [3]
Word Game Puzzle [1]
Racing
Aircraft Racing [1]
Boat - Watercraft Racing [1]
Demolition - Combat [4]
Formula-1 - Indy Racing [7]
Futuristic Racing [4]
Go-Kart Racing [4]
Miscellaneous Racing [5]
Mission-Based Racing [7]
Motocross [2]
Motorcycle Racing [2]
Overhead View Racing [1]
Miniature - Radio Control Racing [6]
Rally - Off-Road Racing [11]
Snowmobile Racing [1]
Sports Car Racing [13]
Reference
Encyclopedia [3]
Historical Reference [1]
Miscellaneous Reference [2]
Role-Playing
First-Person Action RPG [9]
First-Person RPG [16]
Isometric Action RPG [7]
Isometric RPG [4]
Persistent World Online RPG [15]
Strategy RPG [1]
Third-Person 2D Action RPG [7]
Third-Person 2D RPG [29]
Third-Person 3D Action RPG [7]
Third-Person 3D RPG [2]
Shooter
First-Person Shooter [77]
Fixed Screen Shooter [5]
Overhead Free-Roaming Shooter [12]
Platform Shooter [7]
Side Scrolling Shooter [7]
Squad-Based Shooter [31]
Third-Person 3D Shooter [8]
Vehicle Shooter [8]
Vertical Scrolling Shooter [3]
Simulation
Business Sim [31]
Construction - Building Sim [21]
Flight Combat Sim [43]
Flight Sim [9]
Giant Robot Simulation [5]
Ground Vehicle Combat Sim [5]
Life Development Sim [10]
Miscellaneous Sim [11]
Naval Combat Sim [11]
Political Sim [1]
Singing - Voice Sim [1]
Space Combat Sim [43]
Sports Management Sim [18]
World-Building Sim [8]
Sports
Baseball [11]
Basketball [1]
Bowling [2]
Boxing [3]
Cricket [1]
Extreme Sports [3]
Fishing [1]
Football (American) [1]
Futuristic [6]
Golf [8]
Hockey [1]
Miniature Golf [2]
Miscellaneous Sports [5]
Multi-Sports [2]
Olympics [2]
Pool - Snooker [7]
Rugby [1]
Skateboarding [1]
Soccer [23]
Surfing [1]
Tennis [3]
Track And Field [1]
Wrestling [5]
Strategy
2D Real-Time Strategy [78]
2D Turn-Based Strategy [62]
3D Real-Time Strategy [55]
3D Turn-Based Strategy [15]
Action Strategy [24]
Empire-Building [21]
Traditional
2D Pinball [9]
3D Pinball [10]
Board Game [11]
Card Game [3]
Game Show [9]
Miscellaneous Traditional Game [1]
Tile Game [1]
Trivia Game [14]
Utility
File Management [1]
Screen Savers [2]
Action
Stealth [1]
Sports
BMX [1]