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video game

electronic game with user interface and visual feedback
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Summary

video game is a type of arts[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of type of arts entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,315 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: software category[3]
  • Subclass of: electronic game[4], entertainment software[5], audiovisual work[6], video games, consoles and accessories[7]
  • Commons category: Video games[8]
  • Unicode character: 🎮[9], 🕹[10], 👾[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Video gaming[12], Category:Video games[13]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Video games[14]
  • Facet of: digital entertainment[15]
  • Described by source: Larousse Encyclopedia online[16]
  • Partially coincident with: PC game[17], video game[18]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox video game[19], Template:Infobox Galgame[20], Template:Infobox animanga/Game[21], Template:Video game gameplay[22]
  • Has characteristic: video game genre[23], game mode[24], computing platform[25], video game theme[26], video game feature[27], video game graphics[28]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/VideoGame[29], https://schema.org/VideoGame[30], https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=VideoGame[31]
  • Different from: game[32]
  • Properties for this type: P123[33], P136[34], P178[35], P577[36], P400[37], P479[38], P404[39], P2864[40], P4710[41], P495[42], P57[43], P5247[44], P2606[45], P5885[46]

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Influence

Things named for video game include animation, comics, and games[47], a subculture[48], in People's Republic of China[49] and Video Game Museum[50], a website[51], founded in 1999[52].

Why It Matters

video game has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

It has been cited as an influence by The Protomen[55], a musical group[56], founded in 2003[57].

Entities named for it include animation, comics, and games[47], a subculture[48], in People's Republic of China[49] and Video Game Museum[50], a website[51], founded in 1999[52].

FAQs

Who did video game influence?

video game has been cited as an influence by The Protomen[55].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 4w 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
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=VideoGame"
  2. 4w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → v/videojuegos
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14483: v/videojuegos"
  3. 6w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX528201
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX528201"
  4. 6w ago · Qzekrom · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → dator--och-tv-spel, dator-och-tv-spel
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Subclass of: audiovisual work"
  5. 6w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → dator--och-tv-spel, dator-och-tv-spel
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: dator--och-tv-spel, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22881152|Dator- och tv-spel (#22881152)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|"
  6. 8w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → games, videojuegos
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: videojuegos, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144670431|videojuegos (#144670431)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Direct"
  7. 10w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P123, P136, P178 +79
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Properties for this type: Title"
  8. 10w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P123, P136, P178 +79
    Unicode character → 🎮, 🕹, 👾
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Properties for this type: Language of work or name"
  9. 11w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Properties for this type → P123, P136, P178 +79
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Properties for this type: Game mechanics"
  10. 14w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 198306
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 198306"
  11. 14w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → v/videojuegos
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||als, si */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  12. 15w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → v/videojuegos
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: v/videojuegos, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  13. 16w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → computer-games, video-games
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Fandom article id: gamicus:Video_game"
  14. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → computer-games, video-games
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: computer-games, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916907|computer games (#289916907)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  15. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0286053-videohry
    Social media followers → —
    Youtube channel id → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0286053-videohry, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  16. 21w ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Social media followers: 89,600,000±99,999"
  17. 22w 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 +3
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 17281, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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