For several years we have been witnessing a growth in the number of articles and books on video games. This fad concerns research in the human sciences and the work of videogame designers, as well as analyses resulting from inaugural debates between narratologists and ludologists. The aim of this article is to draw up an inventory of these Game Studies. After describing the context of their emergence, and without being exhaustive, the author examines the literature in this field. He focuses primarily on the most structuring issues.