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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

Starbound (Windows)
Starbound
WIN 2016-07-22
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
Diablo III (Windows)
Diablo III
WIN 2012-05-15
The Division (Windows)
The Division
WIN 2016-03-08
Destiny (PlayStation 4)
Destiny
PS4 2014-09-09
Dungeon Defenders (Windows)
Dungeon Defenders
WIN 2011-10-19
Diablo III (PlayStation 3)
Diablo III
PS3 2013-09-03
Diablo III (Xbox One)
Diablo III
XBOX1 2014-08
Borderlands 2 (PlayStation Vita)
Borderlands 2
VITA 2014-05-06
Diablo II (Windows)
Diablo II
WIN 2000-06-29

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
Mac OS Classic 2
Pandora 2
PS Vita 1

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