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Role-playing games let you assume the role of a protagonist, customizing their abilities, equipment, and appearances. Through exploration, dialogue, and strategic combat, players navigate worlds, uncover lore, complete missions, and level up their characters.

Taking place after a huge catastrophe (eg. man made or natural disaster). See also the more political theme dystopian.

Games where the primary goal is keeping the player character alive under harsh circumstances such as dwindling resources or a hostile environment.

Subgenre of Horror, where player's character is usually more vulnerable and under-armed, usually focusing on evasion, stealth and/or puzzle-solving, rather than combat.