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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

Grim Dawn (Windows)
Grim Dawn
WIN 2016-02-25
Hellgate: London (Windows)
Hellgate: London
WIN 2007-10-30
Borderlands (PlayStation 3)
Borderlands
PS3 2009-10-20
Shadow Warrior 2 (Windows)
Shadow Warrior 2
WIN 2016-10-13
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (Xbox One)
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
XBOX1 2014-08-26
Starbound (Windows)
Starbound
WIN 2016-07-22
Torchlight (Windows)
Torchlight
WIN 2009-10-27
Diablo III (PlayStation 4)
Diablo III
PS4 2014-08
Pixel Privateers (Windows)
Pixel Privateers
WIN 2017-02-21
Borderlands 2 (Windows)
Borderlands 2
WIN 2012-09-18
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Windows)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
WIN 2001-06-29
Borderlands (Windows)
Borderlands
WIN 2009-10-26

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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