Story
How the story is told and who the hero is
Mature content
18+ and violence labels
Tag Tree
A taxonomy of Steam tags: every tag sorted into groups (genre, mechanics, setting, style, camera, modes), and from general to specific inside a group. Next to a tag is the number of games for the chosen period; a click opens its niche.
Version 1.0 · October 13, 2026431 tags · 10 groupsWhat changed
every game on Steam with the tag
Genre
What kind of game it is: pillar, then genre, then subgenre
- Bullet Heavenalso under Action Roguelike1,560
- Melee Action
- Metroidvaniaalso under Platformer3,526
- Souls-likealso under Action RPG3,502
- Shoot 'Em Upalso under Shooter6,893
- On-Rails Shooteralso under Shooter636
- Combat Racingalso under Racing1,570
- Action RPGalso under RPG11,769
- Action RTSalso under RTS1,530
- Action Roguelikealso under Roguelike11,764
- Action-Adventurealso under Action27,099
- Escape Roomalso under Puzzle949
- Traditional Roguelikealso under Roguelike873
- Grand & 4X
- Tactics
- Tactical RPGalso under Strategy RPG4,110
- City & Colony
- Card & Board
- Strategy RPGalso under RPG5,353
- Political Simalso under Simulation1,287
- City Builderalso under Strategy4,054
- Colony Simalso under Strategy2,366
- Open World Survival Craftalso under Survival1,224
- Jobs & Hobbies
- Vehicle Sims
- Puzzle Platformeralso under Platformer8,874
- Time Managementalso under Management6,441
- Hidden Objectalso under Puzzle9,656
- Automobile Simalso under Simulation2,406
- Team Sports
- Individual Sports
- Combat Sports
- Board & Wheels
- Cross-Genre
- Roguelike Deckbuilderalso under Card Battler2,041
Mechanics
What the player does and which systems the game has
- Combat
- Time
- World & Structure
- Progression & Items
- Building & Economy
- Activities
- Agriculturesame as Farming1,725
- Movement & Control
Setting and theme
Where, when and what about
- Eastern Fantasy
- After the Fall
- History & Eras
- War
- World War Ialso under Historical351
- World War IIalso under Historical1,272
- Crime & Mystery
- Heroes & Roles
- Society
- Nature & Places
- Animals
- Transport
- Culture
Mood and tone
How the game feels
Visual style
How it is drawn
Camera and dimension
How the game is shown on screen
Players and modes
How many people play and how
Everything else
Not about the game itself: business model, product type, player verdicts, hardware, software
- Business Model
- Product Type
- Assessments
- Hardware & Input
- Software
Version history
The tree changes when Steam adds a tag or when a tag turns out to sit in the wrong place. Every change gets a new version, and this list says what it was.
- 1.0October 13, 2026
First version. 431 tags · 10 groups
The number next to a tag is how many games on Steam carry it now. Tag names are Steam’s own and stay in English. Where the tags come from and how far the data reaches is in Help · Data.