# 🎮 Video game emoji

🎮 Video game is an emoji in the games set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: controller and entertainment.

- Emoji: 🎮
- Unicode name: video game
- Code points: U+1F3AE
- Category: Activities, Games
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :video_game:
- Keywords: controller, entertainment, game, video
- Page: https://emojichart.com/video-game-emoji

## What it means

A game controller with buttons and a directional pad or control sticks. Gamers use it for video games, gaming sessions, console and PC play, and streams or game nights.

## How to type 🎮

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “video game”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “video game”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “video game”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “video game”.
- GitHub: Type :video_game: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mando de videoconsola | juego, mando, mando de videoconsola, videojuego |
| Français (fr) | jeu vidéo | jeu vidéo, joystick, manette, playstation, xbox |
| Deutsch (de) | Gamepad | Gamepad, Gaming, Unterhaltung, Videospiel |
| Italiano (it) | gamepad | console, gamepad, giocare, gioco, joystick, videogioco |
| Português (pt) | videogame | controle, game, jogo, jogos, playstation, video, videogame, xbox |
| Nederlands (nl) | videogame | controller, game, gamecontroller, playstation, spel, videogame, videospel, xbox |
| Svenska (sv) | tv-spel | kontroll, spel, tv-spel, tv-spelskontroll |
| Polski (pl) | gra wideo | do gier, gamepad, gra, gra wideo, konsola, kontroler, pad |
| Türkçe (tr) | video oyunu | kontrol cihazı, oyun, oyun konsolu, oyun kontrol cihazı, video oyunu, xbox |
| Русский (ru) | видеоигры | play, playstation, station, видеоигры, игры, компьютер, компьютерные, приставка |
| Українська (uk) | ігровий контролер | відеогра, гра, джойстик, ігровий контролер, контролер, управління |
| Ελληνικά (el) | βιντεοπαιχνίδι | playstation, xbox, βιντεοπαιχνίδι, διασκέδαση, παιχνίδι, χειριστήριο, ψυχαγωγία |
| العربية (ar) | لعبة فيديو | ألعاب, إكس بوكس, العاب كمبيوتر, بلاي ستايشن, جويستك, فيديو غايم, لعبة فيديو |
| עברית (he) | משחק וידאו | ג׳ויסטיק, וידאו, מחשב, משחק, קונסולה, שלט משחק |
| فارسی (fa) | بازی ویدیویی | بازی, بازی ویدیویی, دسته, کنترل‌کننده |
| हिन्दी (hi) | वीडियो गेम, कंट्रोलर | कंट्रोलर, खेल, गेम, मनोरंजन, वीडियो गेम, वीडियो गेम, कंट्रोलर |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভিডিও গেম | কন্ট্রোলার, খেলা, নিয়ন্ত্রক, ভিডিও গেম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | video game | game, hiburan, kontrol, pengontrol, permainan, video |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | trò chơi điện tử | giải trí, tay điều khiển, thiết bị điều khiển, trò chơi, trò chơi điện tử |
| ไทย (th) | วิดีโอเกม | เกม, จอยสติ๊ก, วิดีโอเกม |
| 日本語 (ja) | テレビゲーム | ゲーム, コントローラ, テレビゲーム, ビデオゲーム |
| 한국어 (ko) | 비디오 게임 | 게임, 게임패드, 비디오 게임, 엔터테인먼트, 컨트롤러 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 游戏手柄 | 手柄, 游戏, 游戏手柄, 游戏控制器, 电子游戏 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 電玩 | xbox, 遙控器, 電動, 電玩 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): videospeletjie
- Akan (ak): video agorͻ
- Albanian (sq): videolojë
- Amharic (am): የቪዲዮ ጨዋታ
- Armenian (hy): տեսախաղ
- Assamese (as): ভিডিঅ’ গেম
- Azerbaijani (az): video oyun
- Bashkir (ba): видеоуйын
- Basque (eu): bideo-jokoa
- Belarusian (be): відэагульня
- Bosnian (bs): video igre
- Breton (br): cʼhoari video
- Bulgarian (bg): видеоигра
- Burmese (my): ဗီဒီယို ဂိမ်း
- Cantonese (yue): 電視遊戲
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 电视游戏
- Catalan (ca): videojoc
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᏴᎵᏛᏍᎩ ᏗᏁᎵᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 電子遊戲
- Chuvash (cv): курмаллӑ вӑйӑ
- Croatian (hr): videoigrica
- Czech (cs): videohra
- Danish (da): videospil
- Estonian (et): videomäng
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): comando de consola
- Faroese (fo): kontrollari
- Filipino (fil): video game
- Finnish (fi): videopeli
- Galician (gl): videoxogo
- Georgian (ka): ვიდეო თამაში
- Gujarati (gu): વિડિઓ ગેમ
- Hausa (ha): wasan bidiyo
- Hungarian (hu): videojáték
- Icelandic (is): tölvuleikur
- Igbo (ig): egwuregwu vidio
- Irish (ga): cluiche ríomhaire
- Javanese (jv): game video
- Kalaallisut (kl): videospil
- Kannada (kn): ವೀಡಿಯೋ ಗೇಮ್
- Kazakh (kk): бейне ойын
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەينە ويىن
- Khmer (km): ដៃហ្គេម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): videwo y’umukino
- Konkani (kok): व्हिडियो गेम
- Kyrgyz (ky): видео оюну
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Silob’wachib’al rech etz’anem
- Lao (lo): ວີດີໂອເກມ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): video juegos
- Latvian (lv): videospēle
- Lithuanian (lt): vaizdo žaidimas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gamepad
- Luxembourgish (lb): Videospill
- Macedonian (mk): видеоигра
- Malay (ms): permainan video
- Malayalam (ml): വീഡിയോ ഗെയിം
- Maltese (mt): video game
- Marathi (mr): व्हिडिओ गेम
- Mongolian (mn): видео тоглоом
- Māori (mi): kēmu ataata
- Nepali (ne): भिडियो गेम
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Vídió Gem
- Northern Sotho (nso): papadi ya bidio
- Norwegian (no): videospill
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): videospel
- Odia (or): ଭିଡିଓ ଗେମ୍‍
- Oromo (om): tapha suurasagalee
- Pashto (ps): ویډیو لوبې
- Punjabi (pa): ਵੀਡੀਓ ਗੇਮ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بصری کھیڈ
- Quechua (qu): video pukllay
- Romanian (ro): joc video
- Romansh (rm): controller
- Sardinian (sc): videogiogu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): geama video
- Serbian (sr): видео игра
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): video igra
- Shan (shn): ဝီးတီးဢူဝ်းၵဵမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ويڊيو راند
- Sinhala (si): වීඩියෝ ක්‍රීඩාව
- Slovak (sk): videohra
- Slovenian (sl): videoigra
- Somali (so): cayaarta maqal-muuqal
- Swahili (sw): mchezo wa video
- Tajik (tg): бозии видеоӣ
- Tamil (ta): வீடியோ கேம்
- Telugu (te): వీడియో గేమ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ቪድዮ ጸወታ
- Tongan (to): vaʻinga vitiō
- Tswana (tn): motshameko wa bidio
- Turkmen (tk): wideo oýun
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): gamepad
- Urdu (ur): ویڈیو گیم
- Uyghur (ug): ئېلېكتىرونلۇق ئويۇن
- Uzbek (uz): video o‘yin
- Welsh (cy): gêm fideo
- Wolof (wo): powum wideo
- Xhosa (xh): umdlalo wevidiyo
- Yoruba (yo): Ere-idaraya Fidio
- Zulu (zu): umdlalo wevidiyo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3AE` |
| HTML | `🎮` |
| CSS | `\1F3AE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3AE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3AE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8E AE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFAE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8E%AE` |

## Questions

### What does the 🎮 video game emoji mean?

A game controller with buttons and a directional pad or control sticks. Gamers use it for video games, gaming sessions, console and PC play, and streams or game nights.

### How do I type the 🎮 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “video game”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :video_game:.

### When was the 🎮 emoji added?

🎮 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🎮?

U+1F3AE. In HTML you can write 🎮, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3AE}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/video-game-emoji