List of Super Famicom and Super Nintendo games by genre

The following is a list of games developed and released for the Super Famicom System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. These have been classified according to established Video game genres, based on their gameplay interaction.

The list of games here is based on the two main game lists: List of Super Famicom games and List of Super Nintendo Entertainment System games.

The "Ref" column shows the page(s) used to decide the genre for a particular game. Here is a key to abbreviations used in this column:

Ball and Paddle

Maze

Hop and bop

Cinematic platformers

Shooter

First-person shooter

Multidirectional shooter

Tube and rail shooters

Adventure

Graphic adventure

Construction and management simulation

God games

Biological simulation

Role-playing

This category covers categories of Role-Playing games, including Tactical Role-Playing games. Some games with only minor RPG elements may be classified in Action Adventure games.

Sports

This category covers all depictions of any sports game. This includes games that either depict the playing of a sport or the management of a sports team(s). Racing games involving vehicles are covered under vehicular simulation.

Strategy

This category covers all combat-related strategy games. Tactical RPG's are listed in the RPG area, For other types of strategic games, see Construction and Management Simulation or Other Notable Genres / Puzzle.

Traditional

Mahjong

Gambling

Vehicle simulation

Flight

Train Driving Simulations

Party

Multi-game Collections

This section lists cartridge collections made available to these systems. These cartridges are unclassifiable under a specific genre because they include games from a number of different genres.