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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

The Division (Windows)
The Division
WIN 2016-03-08
Diablo III (Windows)
Diablo III
WIN 2012-05-15
Titan Quest (Windows)
Titan Quest
WIN 2006-06-26
Borderlands 2 (PlayStation 3)
Borderlands 2
PS3 2012-09-18
Destiny (PlayStation 4)
Destiny
PS4 2014-09-09
Borderlands 2 (Windows)
Borderlands 2
WIN 2012-09-18
Borderlands (Windows)
Borderlands
WIN 2009-10-26
Terraria (Windows)
Terraria
WIN 2011-05-16
Diablo III (Xbox 360)
Diablo III
X360 2013-09-03
Torchlight (Windows)
Torchlight
WIN 2009-10-27
Torchlight II (Windows)
Torchlight II
WIN 2012-09-30
Borderlands (PlayStation 3)
Borderlands
PS3 2009-10-20

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

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