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by owalt 1614 days ago
A little reductive I would say? I would add at least:

* Puzzle (The Witness, Baba is You, Antichamber, Manifold Garden, ...)

* Survival/open-world (Minecraft, Terraria, Don't Starve, Subnautica, The Long Dark, ...)

* Horror (Amnesia, Outlast, Layers of Fear, Five Nights at Freddy's ...)

* Management/simulation (Factorio, Stardew Valley, Kerbal Space Program, ...)

* Metroidvanias (Cave Story, Hollow Knight, Ori and the Blind Forest, ...)

* "Walking simulators" (The Stanley Parable, Gone Home, Firewatch, ...)

Some of these maybe you'd disagree with (Are Metroidvanias just platformers? Can Minecraft still be put on a list of indie games?), but I personally think it's a crime to omit at least puzzle games and survival games. The offerings from the AAA space for those is not very impressive compared to the indie space.