There are games which are specifically forbidden in the texts such as playing with dice. There are games which are neither enjoined nor forbidden in the texts and they are of two types: 1- The games which include something that is haram such as games that involve statues or images of living beings, or which are accompanied by music. 2- The games which do not involve anything haram, and which usually do not lead to it, like most of the games we see of football (soccer), volleyball and table-tennis etc.

Video games are permissible so long as they do not get in the way of obligatory duties such as establishing prayer and honoring one's parents, and so long as they do not include anything that is haram.