Grid

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Uses a grid of any shape or type.

3570
games
147
platforms
Most non-polygon based games use grid of some sort in the background to align environments, props, etc. these should NOT be included in this tag. Most of these are much better described with the tile-based tag anyway. There are few games that are confusing in this, such as Minecraft and related games, but that is still tile-based and not grid-based (characters are not locked to that "grid").
Related:
* Grid move

Related: (environment rendering)
* Tile-based - can appear grid-based if the tiles are uniform sized/shaped, but notably character movement and other actions are not locked to that grid.
* Pre-rendered backgrounds

The first Grid video game was released on August 25, 1950.

SSI, Koei and Paradox Interactive published most of these games.

Child groups

Irregular grid, Triangular grid, Hexagonal grid, Rectangular grid, Microgrid, Volume grid, Grid of Wang Tiles, Cairo Pentagonal Tiling Grid, Asymmetric non-irregular grid

Platforms

Linux 798
Windows 357
MS-DOS 223
Mac OS Classic 209
Apple II E 160
BeOS 117
Mac OS X 89
Amiga 73
C64 65
TRS-80 58
BSD 55
OS/2 49
PS 46
Atari 400/800 44
Win3.1 44
Tandy Coco 43
Atari ST 42
NES 42
custom 38
ZX Spectrum 37
SNES 36
Nintendo DS 31
Amstrad CPC 30
GBA 30
Android 30
NeXT 29
PS2 26
PSP 25
GB 25
Commodore PET 23

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