Catergories/Genres on Steam Store?

[Kazio]

I understand where to go for categories. Its Steam Store>Categories>See the list of games for the category you selected.

With that being said, why are the categories never aligned with what you select. Every time I select "Horror" for example. It shows a bunch of games in the featured games above which are never really horror. Most games are not even remotely close to the horror genre and it comes up in the results. It will even show tags of the game and none of them will have to do with the genre you selected.

I know on the left hand side I can try to edit and filter the search a bit, but why is it so broken in the first place? When I look for Horror, I want to find games that fall in line with that. I can't be the only one having this issue or noticing this, so why hasn't this been fixed yet? Its been going on for quite some time.

[rawWwRrr]

Because the dev, publisher, players, are all choosing categories and tags.

My pet peeve is Driving. When I look into Driving, my expectations are games whose main focus is driving But the category/tag is filled with any game that has even the slightest association with driving. One mission has you driving from one side of the map to other and nothing more? Driving game.

So I feel your pain, as many others do. Nothing to do about it except to pick your way through it all

[Kazio]

Автор сообщения: rawWwRrr

Because the dev, publisher, players, are all choosing categories and tags.

My pet peeve is Driving. When I look into Driving, my expectations are games whose main focus is driving But the category/tag is filled with any game that has even the slightest association with driving. One mission has you driving from one side of the map to other and nothing more? Driving game.

So I feel your pain, as many others do. Nothing to do about it except to pick your way through it all

Yeah, I'm hoping this will reach someone or people enough to where it can be fixed at some point. Its the main thing with lots of online services. Why have it there if it doesn't work properly..

[Doctor Zalgo]

Roleplaying is the worst because people just go 'oh, pacman is a game where you play a role therefore its roleplaying'.

[Kazio]

Автор сообщения: Doctor Zalgo

Roleplaying is the worst because people just go 'oh, pacman is a game where you play a role therefore its roleplaying'.

For Horror, its random Jrpgs,graphic novel dating sims,shooters, but nothing even with a drop of actual horror in it. lol its frustrating, because we don't pay to use Steam in itself, but we do pay for "licenses" on here. I wish they would at least fix this stuff seeing how there's no good reason not too.

[Seraphita]

Pretty sure horror fits scary. And if those jrpgs, graphic novels and shooters have some horror elements, I regret to inform you that you will have to accept it as that. o.O

[Kazio]

Автор сообщения: Seraphita

Pretty sure horror fits scary. And if those jrpgs, graphic novels and shooters have some horror elements, I regret to inform you that you will have to accept it as that. o.O

Trust me, I get it. Some games have horror/spooky elements to them. I'm not really saying anything against those type of games. At the time of me replying to you right now, these are some of the games that show up for me right when I select the "Horror Category" on Steam, "Metaphor,Liar's Game,Black Myth Wukong,Fallout 76, Drova, and Final Fantasy 16.

There's plenty more, but that's to give you an idea of what comes up right when its selected. There's absolutely no reason why any of these games should show up in the horror category, especially at the top of the list as a "popular title" for horror.

[Mr. Smiles]

Yes, there is much overlap between different genre tags. Sometimes it is good to find games that might have elements of something you want, but if you rely on it to say what the focus of a game is, you will likely be disappointed.