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Loot 'em up

Game genre theme

A placeholder genre for the rather poorly described genre of games that focus on large quantities of procedurally generated loot that the player is constantly evaluating and swapping out on.

65
games
10
platforms

Alternate names: Looter
Name variations: looter game, looter-shooter, looter shooter

Hellgate: London (Windows)
Hellgate: London
WIN 2007-10-30
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (Windows)
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
WIN 2014-03
Borderlands 2 (Windows)
Borderlands 2
WIN 2012-09-18
Titan Quest (Windows)
Titan Quest
WIN 2006-06-26
Torchlight (Xbox 360)
Torchlight
X360 2011-03-09
Borderlands (PlayStation 3)
Borderlands
PS3 2009-10-20
Diablo III (Xbox One)
Diablo III
XBOX1 2014-08
Grim Dawn (Windows)
Grim Dawn
WIN 2016-02-25
Path of Exile (Windows)
Path of Exile
WIN 2013-10-23
Torchlight II (Windows)
Torchlight II
WIN 2012-09-30
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (Windows)
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
WIN 2007-03-05
Diablo III (PlayStation 3)
Diablo III
PS3 2013-09-03

The first video game about Loot 'em up was released in 2000.

Blizzard Entertainment, 2K Games and Blizzard has published most of these games

Implied: Item generator

The original Borderlands is often described as the de facto exemplar of the genre. Diablo and games like it are close follow up.

Platforms

Windows 24
X360 8
Linux 8
PS3 7
Mac OS X 5
PS4 4
Xbox One 4
Mac OS Classic 2
Pandora 2
PS Vita 1

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