Components define what it is you are playing with. For board games, this could be dice, tokens and cards. For video games, this defines the world you play in with 3D, 2D and Open-World groupings.

Video games are unlike other types of media because they are an encounter between an interactive experience and a person. Components are one of the four ways we help you find the sorts of interactions that are the best fit for your family:

• Style of Play: How you want to play games together (Split-Screen, Co-operative, Competitive, Online).
• Game Genres: Which interactions and game structures you enjoy (Adventuring, Racing, Puzzling, Strategising).
• Game Components: The elements that you play with and the kind of world you are playing in (Dice, 3D, 2D, Cards).
• Curated Lists: What themes you want to engage with (Trust, Identity, Justice, Hope, Love).

Along with finding games for a particular system, these two aspect of video games combine to offer almost endless ways of playing games together, particularly when you consider different numbers of players and whether you play online or in the same room.

Considering the components you like playing with can help you find games that are a good fit for your family. For example, maybe you like Card games or maybe you get on better with 3D First-Person games.