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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.

62
games
10
platforms

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

Borderlands 2 (PlayStation Vita)
Borderlands 2
VITA 2014-05-06
Diablo III (Xbox 360)
Diablo III
X360 2013-09-03
Diablo III (Mac OS X)
Diablo III
OSX 2012-05-15
Titan Quest (Windows)
Titan Quest
WIN 2006-06-26
Torchlight (Xbox 360)
Torchlight
X360 2011-03-09
Borderlands 2 (Xbox 360)
Borderlands 2
X360 2012-09-18
Pixel Privateers (Windows)
Pixel Privateers
WIN 2017-02-21
Borderlands (Windows)
Borderlands
WIN 2009-10-26
Borderlands 2 (PlayStation 3)
Borderlands 2
PS3 2012-09-18
Diablo II (Windows)
Diablo II
WIN 2000-06-29
Path of Exile (Windows)
Path of Exile
WIN 2013-10-23
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (Windows)
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
WIN 2007-03-05

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 23
X360 8
Linux 8
PS3 7
Mac OS X 5
PS4 3
Xbox One 3
Pandora 2
Mac OS Classic 2
PS Vita 1

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