Figure 7
The bar chart displays game genre frequencies from 2014 to 2024, sorted by year on the vertical axis and count on the horizontal axis. The genres include Simulation, Strategy, Simulation and Strategy, Simulation and Role-Playing Game, and Puzzle and Adventure. The Simulation genre consistently appears across all years, with a sharp peak at 10 in 2020. Strategy genre shows up in 2014, 2018, 2023, and 2024, reaching its highest in 2024. Simulation and Strategy is represented in most years, reaching 3 in 2020. Simulation and Role-Playing Game is present in 2021 and 2022, and Puzzle and Adventure appears only in 2020. The genre distribution indicates Simulation as the dominant category across the observed period.Distribution of games by genre between 2014 and 2024
Source: Authors’ own work