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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.

71
games
13
platforms

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

Borderlands 3 (Windows)
Borderlands 3
WIN 2019-09-13
Hellgate (Windows)
Hellgate
WIN 2009-12-08
Borderlands 2 (Mac OS X)
Borderlands 2
OSX 2012-11-20
Dead Island (Windows)
Dead Island
WIN 2011-09-09
Diablo III (PlayStation 3)
Diablo III
PS3 2013-09-03
Grim Dawn (Windows)
Grim Dawn
WIN 2016-02-25
Destiny (Xbox One)
Destiny
XBOX1 2014-09-09
Torchlight (Windows)
Torchlight
WIN 2009-10-27
Destiny (PlayStation 3)
Destiny
PS3 2014-09-09
Dead Island Riptide (Windows)
Dead Island Riptide
WIN 2013-04-26
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Windows)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
WIN 2001-06-29
Path of Exile (Windows)
Path of Exile
WIN 2013-10-23
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.

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

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

Platforms

Windows 25
Linux 8
X360 8
PS3 7
PS4 5
Xbox One 5
Mac OS X 5
Pandora 2
Mac OS Classic 2
PS Vita 1
Switch 1
PS5 1
Xbox Series X 1

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