Which Schema.org type to use for computer games?

Question

The Schema.org website offers a variety of types for books, movies, recipes etc., but there doesn't appear to be a specific one for computer games.

This leaves me with two options:

• CreativeWork: http://schema.org/CreativeWork
• Product: http://schema.org/Product

Bearing in mind that the website I am working on is an e-commerce site for games, I'm inclined to go with the Product option.

Unless anyone has alternate suggestions.

Answer 1

As of 11 December 2014 there is a new type available:

http://schema.org/VideoGame

This is both a subtype of a new CreativeWork type, Game, and of SoftwareApplication.

Answer 2

It seems like Software Application is the thing you’re looking for. Under Properties from SoftwareApplication the first property is applicationCategory. The description says:

Type of software application, e.g. "Game, Multimedia".

Answer 3

Actually I've just come across an extension to the product schema which defines PC Games.

http://www.productontology.org/doc/PC_game#microdata

So it looks like Product is the right option to go with, even if you don't extend it.

Hopefully this will come in handy for other developers working on e-commerce games websites like myself.