Game subgenres that hasn't been named yet (but they deserved to)

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

Sometimes game genre is born but that fact may have not been noticed for quite a long time. Guyz, any ideas?

I've been playing the helluva Spider-Man games (and finished so many especially last year) and besides 1-on-1 fighting games, beat'em ups, 2D platform games etc., some of them deserves to be put into very specific subgenre. I'll call it just Spider-Man simulator. To make Spider-Man simulator you need to merge open world with complex web-swinging mechanics and you reach ultimate Spider-Man experience that 2D or linear titles lacked. S-M simulator games so far:

Spider-Man 2 (2004 console version NOT PC)
Ultimate Spider-Man
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man (2018)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Spider-Man 2 (2023, haven't played that one but it's obvious that it belongs here)

 

[Avonaeon]

I think the newer just cause games are kinda similar to the spider men

 

[Ezekiel]

Almost none at all. This is how really stupid terms like character action (popularized by Giantbomb) originate. They're just action games.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

They're just action games.

This term doesn't mean shit.

 

[Machocruz]

Genres are supposed to be broad and we had enough 30 years ago. We don't need a new one every time mfs are too lazy to describe in sentences what you do in the game exactly.

 

[El Presidente]

Is there a name already for the Vampire Survivors clones?

 

[Ezekiel]

Genres are supposed to be broad and we had enough 30 years ago. We don't need a new one every time mfs are too lazy to describe in sentences what you do in the game exactly.

Yeah, was going to say, just making up a blanket term usually doesn't give you enough information anyway. Explain the game if "action" is not specific enough.

 

[caffeine]

Is there a name already for the Vampire Survivors clones?

Turn off your brain-lites

 

[Chuck Norris]

Yahtzee Croshaw has done three of those:

Jimminy Cockthroat = Used to describe bland, open-world, crafting survival games that only includes the aforementioned mechanics and features as a mean to drag out the player's playtime, thus making the game boring and chore-like (Assassin’s Creed Clones)

Spunkgargle Weewee = Used to describe overly linear first person shooters that emphasize a basic story, overly dramatic cutscenes and/or setpieces designed to be more of a spectacle rather than a challenge to the player (CoD Clones)

Ghost Train Ride = Used to describe action games that are a repetitive sequence of three elements - expository sections ("The Queue"), spectacular but rigid set pieces ("The Thrill") and some token gameplay which is often dull ("The Gift Shop") (Uncharted Clones)

 

[Halfling Rodeo]

Vampire Survivors clones

Vampire Survivors clones

 

[Elttharion]

Is there a name already for the Vampire Survivors clones?

Bullet Heaven seems like the most common name for the 'genre'. Steam even hosted a fest with that name.