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video game

electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback
Class type of: electronic game, entertainment software, audiovisual work Q7889

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
type of arts, software category[6]
Subclass of
electronic game, entertainment software, audiovisual work, video games, consoles and accessories
Facet of
digital entertainment[10]
Described by source
Larousse Encyclopedia online[11]
Different from
game[24]
Has characteristic
video game genre, game mode, computing platform, video game theme, video game feature, video game graphics[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Hashtag
videogame, videogames
History of topic
history of video games
Is metaclass for
tangible good
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Video games
Model item
Super Mario Bros., Pac-Man, Half-Life, Tetris, Doom, Civilization, Spacewar!, Pong
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Video games
Partially coincident with
PC game, video game[12][13]
Practiced by
gamer
Properties for this type
P123, P136, P178, P577, P400, P479, P404, P2864, P4710, P495, P57, P5247, P2606, P5885, P5838, P5971, P5944, P600, P852, P853, P908, P914, P916, P1733, P2451, P6827, P5385, P5494, P2816, P2725, P2858, P3180, P4477, P4705, P4769, P4816, P4846, P4858, P4917, P4965, P6278, P6337, P6717, P8419, P12058, P12054, P9075, P12134, P12093, P12215, P12227, P12232, P12241, P8084, P8076, P12249, P12245, P12246, P12244, P2397, P6197, P12281, P12290, P8364, P6783, P12561, P12570, P12646, P12626, P12580, P11001, P4847, P5780, P10688, P750, P7294, P8087, P12001, P4151, P407, P437, P1476[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Studied by
game studies
Topic has template
Template:Infobox video game, Template:Infobox Galgame, Template:Infobox animanga/Game, Template:Video game gameplay[14][15][16][17]
Unicode character
🎮, 🕹, 👾[7][8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
en video game en vg en computer game en VGs en computer games en videogames en videogame en VG ar ألعاب كمبيوتر ar ألعاب الفيديو ar ألعاب فيديو ar ألعاب حاسوب ar ألعاب الحاسوب ar لعبة كومبيوتر ar لعبة فيديو ar ألعاب الكمبيوتر ar الألعاب الإليكترونية ar ألعاب الإلكترونية cs konzolová hra cs videohra
🔖 Identifiers · 103
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85143202, sh99001960, sh99001415
GND ID
4010457-6
OpenAlex ID
C3020701032, C3018412434
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ArcadeGames.jpg ↗
American Folklore Society Ethnographic Thesaurus ID
afset019623
AniDB tag ID
2800
ArchWiki article
Games
Archive of Our Own tag
Video Games
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300256888
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/4211
Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors ID
5171
BBC News topic ID
c008ql15vdxt
Show all 103 identifiers +91
BBC Things ID
91a4bb7f-d73d-4609-b900-c6a2a415b358
BNCF Thesaurus ID
5977
BVPB authority ID
106442
BabelNet ID
00021477n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13318902d
CNA topic ID
video-game, video-games
Courrier international topic ID
jeux-video
Curlie ID
Games/Video_Games/, World/Russian/Игры/Компьютерные_игры/
DR topic ID
leg-og-spil
Dagens Nyheter topic ID
dator--och-tv-spel, dator-och-tv-spel
De Agostini ID
videogame
DeCS ID
32579
Der Spiegel topic ID
computerspiele
Dewey Decimal Classification
794.8
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
198306
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
498157
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
videogame
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/electronic-game
Equivalent class
dbpedia.org, schema.org, sigma.ontologyportal.org
FAST ID
1166421
Fandom article ID
gamicus:Video_game, video-games:Video_game
Fandom wiki ID
gamicus, video-games, gamingdatabase, videogame-database, videospiele, videogamesdatabase, video-game-databank
Fanlore article ID
Video_Game
France 24 topic ID (French)
jeux-vidéo
Freebase ID
/m/01mw1
GamesIndustry.biz tag ID
topics/gaming
Gentoo Wiki article
Games, Games/es, Games/it, Games/hu, Games/ru, Games/ja
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120jfhn_
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
videojoc
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0259801
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
dataspill
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
videoigra-915272
Harper's tag
computer-games, video-games
IAB code
680
IPTC NewsCode
mediatopic/20000548
IdRef ID
02767391X
J9U entity ID
987007538909705171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
video-games
KBpedia ID
ComputerGameProgram-Graphical
Le Monde diplomatique subject ID
sujet/jeuxvid
Lemmy community ID
games@sh.itjust.works
Lex ID
computerspil
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
sj2021050639
Library of Congress Classification
GV1469.3-GV1469.45
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID
gf2022026104
MeSH concept ID
M0028277
MeSH descriptor ID
D018910
MeSH term ID
T056366
MeSH tree code
I03.450.642.693.930, L01.224.900.930
Miraheze wiki ID
crappygames, awesomegames
Moegirlpedia ID
游戏
Museum-digital tag ID
17959, 28404
NL CR AUT ID
fd1096891, ph137442
National Library of Korea ID
KSH2001010817, KSH1998043749
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX528201
New York Post topic ID
video-games
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
14244, 14283
Online Audiovisual Catalogers video game genre vocabulary ID
1001
Open Library subject ID
video_games
Out tag ID
video-games
PSH ID
12561
PhilPapers topic
video-games
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
コンピュータゲーム
Quora topic ID
Video-Games
RationalWiki ID
Video_game
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
14583-1
SVKKL authority ID
0286053-videohry
ScienceDirect topic ID
social-sciences/video-games
Stack Exchange site URL
gaming.stackexchange.com
Storia della civiltà europea ID
i-videogame
Subreddit
games, videojuegos
TOPCMB ID
jogo eletronico
TV Tropes ID
Main/VideoGames
The Advocate tag ID
video-games
The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID
1152
The Guardian topic ID
technology/games
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Video games
Topic's main category
Category:Video gaming, Category:Video games
Treccani ID
videogioco
Twitch category ID
Games + Demos
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
93422
UNESCO Thesaurus ID
concept6017
UNSPSC code
60141104
Vikidia article ID
en:Video_game, es:Videojuego, fr:Jeu_vidéo
Wikitólica ID
v/videojuegos
X (Twitter) topic ID
1070028159964262400
YSA ID
Y103900
YSO ID
17281
Yale LUX ID
concept/dadcc249-3573-4a92-ba5f-7b28bbaf920f
Yle topic ID
18-204841
Zhihu topic ID
19554169, 19596782

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🔗 Connections
Examples 4834+
Tetris, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Roblox, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto III, Fortnite +4826 more
← Product or material produced 76+
Electronic Arts, Paradox Interactive, Hasbro, Gainax, Naughty Dog, Take-Two Interactive, Toys "R" Us, DICE +68 more
← Field of work 51+
Hideo Kojima, John Carmack, Masahiro Sakurai, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, Justin Roiland, Shinji Mikami, Eiji Aonuma, Computer and Video Games +43 more
Subtypes 28+
multiplayer video game, adventure video game, single-player video game, role-playing video game, action game, strategy video game, mobile game, indie game +20 more
Model item 8
Tetris, Super Mario Bros., Pac-Man, Half-Life, Pong, Doom, Civilization, Spacewar!
Has characteristic 4
computing platform, video game genre, video game graphics, game mode
Has these parts 3+
level, virtual camera system, video game graphics
On focus list of Wikimedia project 3
Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Video games
Topic has template 3
Template:Infobox video game, Template:Infobox animanga/Game, Template:Video game gameplay
Subclass of 2
electronic game, audiovisual work
Topic's main category 2
Category:Video games, Category:Video gaming
← Genre 2+
experience point, Cybernet
← Uses 2+
gamer, playtest
Different from 1
game
History of topic 1
history of video games
Instance of 1
software category
Is metaclass for 1
tangible good
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Video games
Partially coincident with 1
PC game
Practiced by 1
gamer
Studied by 1
game studies
Topic's main Wikimedia portal 1
Portal:Video games
← Depends on software 1+
expansion add-on
← Used by 1+
critical hit
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Summary

video game is a type of arts[1]. It is a type of electronic game[2], entertainment software[3], audiovisual work[4], and video games, consoles and accessories[5].

Body

Influence

Things named for video game include animation, comics, and games[39], a subculture[40], in People's Republic of China[41].

Why It Matters

Entities named for video game include animation, comics, and games[39], a subculture[40], in People's Republic of China[41].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [4] ↑ . Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition. copyright.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . larousse.fr. larousse.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 106442
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 106442, batch #294593"
  2. 4d ago · Vickvvy · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [pt] label: videojogo"
  3. 19d ago · Yuriklim · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → electronic game that involves interaction with a user interf
    Der Spiegel topic ID → computerspiele
    "Created claim: Der Spiegel topic ID: computerspiele"
  4. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/VideoGame, https://schema.org/VideoGame, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    "Created claim: Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=VideoGame"
  5. 7w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikitólica ID → v/videojuegos
    "Created claim: Wikitólica ID: v/videojuegos"
  6. 8w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID → XX528201
    "Created claim: National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX528201"
  7. 9w ago · Qzekrom · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens Nyheter topic ID → dator--och-tv-spel, dator-och-tv-spel
    "Changed claim: Subclass of: audiovisual work"
  8. 9w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens Nyheter topic ID → dator--och-tv-spel, dator-och-tv-spel
    "Created claim: Dagens Nyheter topic ID: dator--och-tv-spel, Matched to Dator- och tv-spel (#22881152) in DN to…"
  9. 10w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → games, videojuegos
    "Created claim: Subreddit: videojuegos, Matched to videojuegos (#144670431) in Subreddit Direct…"
  10. 13w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P123, P136, P178 +79
    "Created claim: Properties for this type: Title"
  11. 13w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P123, P136, P178 +79
    Unicode character → 🎮, 🕹, 👾
    "Created claim: Properties for this type: Language of work or name"
  12. 13w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P123, P136, P178 +79
    "Created claim: Properties for this type: Game mechanics"
  13. 17w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID → 198306
    "Created claim: Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 198306"
  14. 17w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikitólica ID → v/videojuegos
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  15. 18w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikitólica ID → v/videojuegos
    "Created claim: Wikitólica ID: v/videojuegos, batch #260063"
  16. 19w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → computer-games, video-games
    "Changed claim: Fandom article ID: gamicus:Video_game"
  17. 20w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → computer-games, video-games
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: computer-games, Matched to computer games (#289916907) in Harper's…"
  18. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0286053-videohry
    Social media followers → —
    YouTube channel ID → —
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0286053-videohry, batch #259497"
  19. 24w ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → —
    "Removed claim: Social media followers: 89,600,000±99,999"
  20. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → game studies
    MeSH concept ID → M0028277
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Video games
    Has characteristic → video game genre, game mode, computing platform +1
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 17281, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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