Video Game shows a game controller. 🎮️ Video Game is an emoji from the Activities category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F3AE and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🎮️ Video Game mean?
Video Game shows a game controller. It represents gaming, consoles, esports and having fun, and is used for game nights and streams.
The 🎮️ Video Game emoji belongs to the games & hobbies group of the Activities category. It is commonly associated with controller, entertainment, game and video. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :video_game: to insert it.
Video Game emoji codes
| Emoji | 🎮️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F3AE |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🎮 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🎮 |
| CSS | \1F3AE |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3AE} |
| Python | \U0001F3AE |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%8E%AE |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8E AE |
| Shortcode | :video_game: |
How to type 🎮️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “video game”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “video game”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “game”.
- HTML: write
🎮in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Video Game keywords
- controller
- entertainment
- game
- video
Frequently asked questions
What does 🎮️ mean?
Video Game shows a game controller. It represents gaming, consoles, esports and having fun, and is used for game nights and streams.
How do I copy and paste the Video Game emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🎮️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🎮️ Video Game added to Unicode?
Video Game was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Games & Hobbies emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.