Y8 Updates Game Categories to Reflect Current Player Preferences Created by Y8 Games Published on February 20, 2026

Y8 Updates Game Categories to Reflect Current Player Preferences

Y8 has updated its game category structure to better reflect how players discover and choose games today. Alongside the introduction of the Kids & Educational category, several existing categories have been refined to improve clarity and alignment with current gameplay expectations.

These updates focus on reducing overlap, improving discoverability, and ensuring the category system reflects real player behaviour rather than legacy genre definitions.

Updated category names

As part of this update, Y8 revised several long-standing category names to better group related gameplay styles and reduce ambiguity.

Previous categories and their updated names:

  • Fighting → Action & Fighting
  • Action & Adventure → Adventure & RPG
  • Strategy & RPG → Strategy & Defense
  • Driving → Driving & Racing
  • For Girls → Girls & Lifestyle
  • Skill → Skill & Precision
  • Thinking → Puzzle & Thinking
  • Management and Sim → Management & Simulation

These changes group games in a way that more closely matches how players associate genres during browsing and discovery.

Categories remaining unchanged

Several categories already aligned well with player expectations and remain unchanged:

  • Shooting
  • Sports
  • Arcade & Classic
  • Fun & Crazy

These categories continue to represent clearly defined gameplay styles that players recognise and use consistently.

Introducing the Kids & Educational category

Alongside category refinements, Y8 introduced the Kids & Educational category to provide a dedicated space for age-appropriate and learning-oriented games.

This category brings together games focused on creativity, basic skills, puzzles, and guided play, making discovery easier for parents, educators, and younger players.

A player-first approach to categorisation

These updates reflect a player-first approach to platform organisation. Rather than relying on historic labels, the category structure has been adjusted based on observed browsing behaviour and player choices.

The goal is to make discovery faster, navigation clearer, and category boundaries more intuitive across both desktop and mobile devices.

Looking ahead

Y8 will continue to review and refine its category structure as player preferences and usage patterns evolve. Category organisation is treated as an ongoing process, ensuring the platform remains clear, relevant, and easy to navigate as the catalog grows.