Game Art Styles

Shading

Games with rim lighting

A strong bright edge light separating forms from the background.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)
Stylized 3D · 3D · 2025
Genshin Impact screenshot: cel-shaded, third-person, colored outlines, two-tone cel (character, environment)
Genshin Impact
Cel-shaded · 3D · 2020
Hades screenshot: painterly, hand-drawn, isometric, inked lines, rim lighting (environment)
Hades
Painterly · 2D · 2020
Ori and the Will of the Wisps screenshot: painterly, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Painterly · 2.5D · 2020
Dead Cells screenshot: pixel art, pre-rendered, side-scrolling, no outlines, rim lighting (environment)
Dead Cells
Pixel art · 2D · 2018
Call of Duty: Ghosts screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Realistic · 3D · 2013

Often combined with

Bloom 5Vibrant 5No outlines 43D 3Dark 3Hand-painted textures 3Cool 22D 2

Other shading styles

Flat / Unlit 26Two-tone cel 19Three-tone cel 1Soft gradient 41Hatching 3Halftone 1Dithered shading 10Baked lighting 10Realistic lighting 17