A display apparatus and a control method thereof that are configured to automatically change a display setting according to a genre of a game when the game is performed through the display apparatus. The display apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller configured to receive image information on a game, derive feature information of the image including at least one of a motion and a depth of an object included in the image based on the received image, and determine a game genre for the image based on the derived feature information; and an image display unit configured to change the display setting of a screen being provided and provide the changed display setting, when the game genre for the image is determined.