Innovation: Games that Superbly Expanded and Defied Gaming Tropes and Genres

The world of gaming is tremendously vast and exciting these days, with a title out there for just about any preference and budget.

While many think of the biggest-selling games of each year such as your licensed sports games and the latest FPS, there are so many developers out there who have put their own unique spin on the common and established tropes of big-hit titles. This isn’t to say that these games are knockoffs – such a view couldn’t be further from the truth – as they actually expand what it means to be a game of that genre.

So, let’s dig into some of the tremendous releases which have toyed with the themes, tropes, and genres already established across gaming.

Pokémon established its own genre of monster-catching, battling, adventures a long time ago. Now comes in Temtem with its own unique take on the Pokémon formula, most notably weighing in as a PC-first title. The game is currently in early access but is already stuffed with monsters (known as Temtem), islands to explore, hours of campaign gameplay, and lots of multiplayer features in its fully online world – another way it distinguishes itself from the godfather of this genre.