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2020 · Switch, PC, PS4
Set in the same beloved universe as Torchlight I and II, this shared-world action-RPG brings back many of the franchise's signature features and mechanics that captured the hearts of ARPG fans around the world. In true Torchlight style, players will team up wi...
2019 · Switch, PC, PS4
You awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to honor the Nordic Gods and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago. Unveil the secrets of the inhabitants, the artifact, and the nine realms of Yggdrasil in Apsulov: End of Gods.
2017 · Switch, PC, PS4
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake h...
Year unknown · PC, Series X|S
The Elder Scrolls VI is an upcoming single-player action RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, serving as the sixth main entry in The Elder Scrolls series and the follow-up to 2011's Skyrim. The game is built on Creation Engine 3 and entered active production in 202...
2023 · Switch, PC
Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.
Year unknown · PC
Overplasma is a combat, platforming and exploration game in alien worlds where you must face challenging enemies and obstacles as a space explorer who was in the wrong place at the wrong time!
2022 · PC
A 2D pixel art platform game where you have only one life. Traverse scenarios while becoming stronger by defeating elemental bosses.
2022 · PC
I Human machine:against machine or be one 2D Rougelike Pixel Action Game, for PC
Year unknown · PC, XONE, Series X|S
The Imperium comes and Odin calls you to war. Fight your way through this visceral gritty side scrolling viking adventure! Unite the clans and prepare your people for war!
2023 · PC
The game is cleared by upgrading the player by catching treasure chests and monsters that are continuously created, and by catching the final boss. Along with simple quests, NPCs will tell you how to play and in which direction to play.
2023 · PC
Multishot is a 2D Multiplayer Shooter Platformer Game. customize your character, change your cosmetic and fight! Take the top of the leaderboard!
Year unknown · PC
Eight Dragons 2 is a scrolling beat-'em-up where you, or you and up to 7 friends (local or online co-op), battle to liberate the city from gang rule.
Year unknown · PC
Capybara Fighters! is a 2D/3D hybrid beat-em up set in modern Tokyo. You play as the star capybara of a cafe, whose life is disrupted when the Yakuza abduct your friend. To rescue them, you'll battle through enemies, earn money, and ultimately secure a plane t...
2026 · PC
Fast-paced arena roguelike bullet heaven! Battle relentless waves, tackle mid-run challenges, unlock unique heroes with their own combat pets, equip powerful gear, weapons, and spells, and take on mighty Yonian bosses.
2024 · PC
This game is in the type of 2D platformer. It's about the revenge of a character made of drawings.
2023 · PC
A classic dungeon crawler with a spin. Instead of a brave adventurer, play as a chest-disguised mimic and defend your underground home from knightly invaders. Use a mixture of stealth and strategy to clear the floors and restore peace to the society of sentien...
Year unknown · PC
Shoot and slash your way through a perilous urban underbelly to save kidnapped magical fish! Swap between Silky-sama and her oddball friend to fell enemies with swords, guns, and a plethora of stolen skills in this quirky 2D action platformer with dramatic fin...
2018 · Switch, PC, PS4
You are the Harbinger, a skilled warrior who exists outside of time. You have foreseen the annihilation of the land known as Urralia and have been summoned to rewrite its fate. With the power to witness and alter the last moments of Urralia’s inhabitants, it’s...
2019 · Switch, PC, PS4
The all-new Action-RPG, ONINAKI tells the story of one Watcher on a journey to protect Life, after Death.
2019 · PC, PS4, XONE
A fully featured RPG with classic game mechanics and extensive lore based on Norse mythology. As all elven unicorns were taken away and cursed by witchcraft, the elves’ sole existence became endangered. Players will encounter mesmerizing locations and fantasy...
2018 · Switch, PC
An Adventure RPG in comic book style with an island setting of treasure chests and waterfalls, Tanzia combines elements of favorite classic RPGs in an open 3D world of magic and monsters.
2015 · PC
Wanderlust Adventures is an online, free-roaming, open world, action adventure RPG. Join fellow heroes online, explore vast and deadly landscapes, and capture companions to aid you in your quest. Forge powerful items, salvage artifacts, and crush the souls of...
2013 · PC, PS3, PS4
Grand Theft Auto V is a vast open world game set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. The game blends storytelling and gameplay in new ways as players repeatedly jump...
2015 · Switch, PC, PS4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red. Set in a dark fantasy world, the game follows Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter searching for his adopted daughter, Ciri, while navigating political conflicts and...
2011 · Linux, Mac, Switch
Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing the Portal Gun's mechanics and taking reven...
2011 · PC, PS3, X360
Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, story...
2004 · Android, Mac, PC
Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets. H...
2007 · Android, Linux, Mac
Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, without an explanation as to how, why or by w...
2018 · Stadia, PC, PS4
Red Dead Redemption 2 is the epic tale of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the infamous Van der Linde gang, on the run across America at the dawn of the modern age.
2013 · PS3
The Last of Us is a third-person action-adventure game featuring a mix of exploration, stealth and combat. Players face both infected creatures and hostile human enemies while progressing through varied environments. The game includes a narrative-driven single...
2018 · PC, PS4, PS5
God of War is the sequel to God of War III as well as a continuation of the canon God of War chronology. Unlike previous installments, this game focuses on Norse mythology and follows an older and more seasoned Kratos and his son Atreus in the years since the...
2007 · Mac, PC, X360
BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. The player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting n...
2009 · Mac, PC, PS3
Discover an intriguing and epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy set during a pivotal moment in history: the Italian Renaissance. Experience the freedom and immersion of an all new open world and mission structure with settings such as the rooftops and c...
2002 · Mac, PC, PS2
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations p...
2017 · Switch, WiiU
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the...
1998 · Linux, Mac, PC
Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretica...
2010 · PC, PS3, X360
Are you prepared to lose everything to save the galaxy? You'll need to be, Commander Shephard. It's time to bring together your greatest allies and recruit the galaxy's fighting elite to continue the resistance against the invading Reapers. So steel yourself,...
2013 · Linux, Mac, PC
BioShock Infinite is the third game in the BioShock series. It is not a direct sequel/prequel to any of the previous BioShock games but takes place in an entirely different setting, although it shares similar features, gameplay and concepts with the previous g...
2011 · Switch, OnLive, PC
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the h...
2016 · PS4
Several years after his last adventure, retired fortune hunter, Nathan Drake, is forced back into the world of thieves. With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate t...
2009 · Mac, Switch, Ouya
Batman: Arkham Asylum is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released in 2009, it follows Batman as he battles the Joker, who seizes control of Arkham Asylum and frees its inmates. T...
2010 · PC, PS3, X360
A modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts. Marston sets out to hunt down his old gang mates for the government,...
2017 · PC, PS4, PS5
Welcome to a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines. As a young machine hunter named Aloy, you must unravel the mysteries of this world and find your own destiny.
2013 · Android, Linux, Mac
Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark his...
2022 · Switch 2, PC, PS4
Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R. Martin, the game features an expansive ope...
2012 · PC, PS3, X360
Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and more. Encounter a diverse and realistic cast of char...
2009 · PS3
In the sequel to Drake's Fortune, Nathan Drake comes across a map that showcases the location of Marco Polo's missing ships. It takes him on a journey to find the infamous Cintamani Stone, and uncover the truth behind it.
2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the ki...
1998 · 64DD, N64, Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever cre...
2018 · PS4
Starring the world’s most iconic Super Hero, Spider-Man features the acrobatic abilities, improvisation and web-slinging that the wall-crawler is famous for, while also introducing elements never-before-seen in a Spider-Man game. From traversing with parkour a...
1996 · N64, Wii, WiiU
Mario is super in a whole new way! Combining the finest 3-D graphics ever developed for a video game and an explosive soundtrack, Super Mario 64 becomes a new standard for video games. It's packed with bruising battles, daunting obstacle courses, and underwate...
1990 · Arcade, New 3DS, SFAM
A 2D platformer and first entry on the SNES in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario World follows Mario as he attempts to defeat Bowser's underlings and rescue Princess Peach from his clutches. The game features a save system, a less linear world map, an exp...
2016 · PC, PS4, XONE
Dark Souls III is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released in March 2016, it is the fourth entry in the Souls series and the final instalment in the Dark Souls trilogy. Set in the decaying king...
2012 · PC, PS3, X360
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets...
2008 · PC, PS3, X360
Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game is played...
2015 · Android, Linux, Mac
Life Is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
2017 · Switch, Switch 2
Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his new ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure. Use amazing new abilities, like the power to capture and control objects, animals, and enemies to collect Power Moons so...
2015 · PS4
An action RPG in which the player embodies a Hunter who, after being transfused with the mysterious blood local to the city of Yharnam, sets off into a "night of the Hunt", an extended night in which Hunters may phase in and out of dream and reality in order t...
2012 · PC, PS3, X360
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy. Players recruit squad members from various species and...
2013 · Stadia, Switch, PC
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag begins in 1715, when pirates established a lawless republic in the Caribbean and ruled the land and seas. These outlaws paralyzed navies, halted international trade, and plundered vast fortunes. They threatened the power structur...
2007 · PS3, X360
Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the Animus by his 21st century descendant, Des...
2020 · PS4, PS5
The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game set five years after the events of The Last of Us. The player traverses post-apocalyptic environments such as buildings and forests to advance the story. They can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth...
2010 · Mac, PC, PS3
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is an action-adventure game set in Rome, where Master Assassin Ezio Auditore takes on the Templar Order. Players recruit and command a Brotherhood of Assassins to dismantle the corrupt powers entrenched in the city. The game combin...
2012 · Android, Linux, Mac
The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of...
2020 · Mac, Switch, PC
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while gett...
1988 · Arcade, famicom, 3DS
Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges. The game features more diverse movement opti...
1991 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES
Venture back to Hyrule and an age of magic and heroes. The predecessors of Link and Zelda face monsters on the march when a menacing magician takes over the kingdom. Only you can prevent his evil plot from shattering the land of Hyrule. In your quest, you'll...
2011 · Switch, PC, PS3
Dark Souls is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released in September 2011 as a spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls, it is set in a dark, medieval fantasy world. It is renowned for its challenging...
2014 · PS4
The Last of Us Remastered is an updated release of the PS3 game The Last of Us. It is identical to the PS3 version but runs at a 1080p resolution and incorporates character models with a higher resolution. There are also improved shadows and lighting, upgraded...
1998 · PS1, PS3, PSP
Metal Gear Solid is a stealth game created by Hideo Kojima which follows the MSX2 video games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Despite a transition to 3D, Metal Gear Solid's gameplay remains similar to his predecessors. The game utilizes a traditional...
2005 · Android, Meta Quest 2, NGC
Resident Evil 4 is the sixth installment in the Resident Evil series and is often noted for its departure from the fixed camera angles of earlier titles. It introduced an over-the-shoulder third-person perspective, faster-paced gunplay, and more dynamic contro...
2016 · Mac, Switch, PC
Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...
2020 · Stadia, Mac, Switch 2
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world action-adventure game set in Night City, a sprawling metropolis driven by power, glamour, and body modification. Players assume the role of V, a mercenary outlaw in pursuit of a unique implant that holds the key to immortality....
2010 · Android, Linux, Mac
Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure. Players take the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.
2001 · Android, Mac, PC
Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment. For the first time, players are put at the heart o...
2006 · PC, PS3, X360
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the fourth game in the Elder Scrolls story, is set within the province of Cyrodiil, the heartland and Imperial capital of Tamriel. Emperor Uriel Septim VII is assassinated in flight from his own palace, but just before he dies h...
2002 · PC, PS2, XBOX
Mafia is a 3D action crime epic set in the seedy underworld of the 1930's. Rise from the lowly but well-dressed Footsoldier, to an envied and feared Made Man in an era of mob hits, car chases, and bootlegging. Earn a reputation as a tough enforcer, daring geta...
2015 · Switch, PC, XONE
The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a young orphan destin...
2015 · Switch, PC, PS4
Batman: Arkham Knight is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios, released in 2015. It is the final installment in the Arkham series. Players control Batman as he faces Scarecrow, who unites Gotham's criminals to destroy the Dark Knight. The m...
2012 · PC, PS3, WiiU
Assassin's Creed III is an open-world action-adventure game set primarily in 18th-century Colonial America during the American Revolution. Players control two characters across the story: Haytham Kenway, a British Templar operating during the French and Indian...
2003 · Android, Mac, Switch
Choose Your Path! Set 4,000 years before the Galactic Empire, you are the last hope for the Jedi Order and the Republic - can you master the ways of the Force to become their savior? Or will you fall to the dark side and achieve ultimate power? Hero, villain,...
2011 · PS3
A search for the fabled "Atlantis of the Sands" propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake on a trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert. When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake's quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains...
2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...
2019 · Mac, PC, PS4
Resident Evil 2 is a remake of 1998's Resident Evil 2. The game was not developed with the intent of improving the original, but rather a reimagining of the original story with redesigned maps, characters and story elements. Gameplay mechanics are more similar...
2014 · Linux, Mac, PC
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which takes place in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. The game take...
2011 · Linux, Mac, PC
This third-person dark fantasy Western RPG and sequel to The Witcher (2007), featuring multiple endings and branching narrative paths, follows the travels of Geralt of Rivia, witcher, who, after being falsely accused of regicide, sets out to clear his name and...
2019 · Stadia, PC, PS4
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is an action-adventure game set in a reimagined late 1500s Sengoku-era Japan. Players control Wolf, a shinobi on a mission to rescue his kidnapped lord and seek revenge on his enemies. The game emphasizes precise sword combat, stealt...
2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality. Combat involves firearms, stealth, and melee weapons, while semi-open hub areas o...
2014 · PC, PS3, PS4
Wolfenstein: The New Order is an action-adventure shooter game played from a first-person perspective. It is the semi-sequel to 2009's Wolfenstein, however utilizes very little from the game and drops any direct references to veil or supernatural. To progress...
1985 · Arcade, famicom, fds
A side scrolling 2D platformer and first entry in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. follows Italian plumber Mario as he treks across many levels of platforming challenges featuring hostile enemies to rescue Princess Peach from the evil king Bowser.
2005 · PS2
An open-world action/adventure game in which a young wanderer, along with a stolen magical sword and his steed companion, trespasses a cursed land, makes a deal with an ancient being to bring a sacrificial victim back to life, and sets off to fulfill his end o...
2018 · PC, PS4
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive narrative adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2018. Set in a near-future Detroit where androids serve humans, the story follows three android protagonists—Kara, Connor, and Markus—who shape the city...
2007 · Wii, WiiU
A 3D platformer and first Wii entry in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario Galaxy sees Mario jump across planets and galaxies with varying items, enemies, geographies and gravity mechanics in order to reach his enemy Bowser, who has attacked the Mushroom Ki...
2004 · PS2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the prequel to the entire Metal Gear series. Most of the series' defining gameplay elements have been carried over and as before, Snake must use stealth and wits rather than brute force to infiltrate enemy zones and eliminate...
2010 · PC, PS3, X360
Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure game set in the fictional American city of Empire Bay between 1945 and 1951. Players control Vito Scaletta through a story-driven campaign involving organized crime, navigating an open world on foot or by vehicle. Ga...
2011 · PC, PS3, X360
Assassin's Creed Revelations is a third-person action-adventure stealth game set primarily in Constantinople during the rise of the Ottoman Empire. Players control an aging Ezio Auditore as he searches for five keys to unlock a library built by Altair, while a...
2014 · Switch, PC, PS3
South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing game set in the town of South Park, developed in collaboration with series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Players control a new kid who joins a city-wide live-action role-playing game among the local child...
2013 · Android, Mac, PC
The Wolf Among Us is a five-episode series from the creators of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead. Based on Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo), an award-winning comic book series, it is an often violent, mature and hard-boiled thriller where the characters a...
2007 · PS3
A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The search turns deadly when Nat...
2015 · PC, PS3, PS4
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear. The game has a complex story with long cut-scene sequences, but there are fewer and they are shorter compared to earlier Metal Gea...
2014 · Stadia, PC, PS3
Discover the most diverse Far Cry world ever created. With terrain spanning from lush forests to the snowcapped Himalayas, the entire world is alive… and deadly. From leopards, rhinos, black eagles, and vicious honey badgers, Kyrat is home to abundant wildlife...
2014 · Stadia, PC, PS3
Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. C...
2011 · Mac, PC, PS3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games (Treyarch for the Wii version), with Raven Software having assisted in development and published by Activision.
2022 · PC, PS4, PS5
God of War: Ragnarök is the ninth installment in the God of War series and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Continuing with the Norse mythology theme, the game is set in ancient Norway and features series protagonists Kratos, the former Greek God of War, and h...
2010 · PC, PS3, PS4
Heavy Rain is a cinematic psychological thriller from game developer Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Dealing with a range of adult themes, the game revolves around a sophisticated plot and strong narrative threads that explore a complex moral...
2010 · Mac, PC, PS3
BioShock 2 is the second game of the BioShock series and the sequel to BioShock. It continues the grand storyline of the underwater metropolis Rapture. BioShock 2 capitalizes and improves upon the high-quality effects, unique gameplay elements, and immersive a...
2020 · PS4, PS5
Uncover the hidden wonders of Tsushima in this open-world action adventure. Forge a new path and wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Tsushima. Challenge opponents with your katana, master the bow to eliminate distant threats, develop stealth tactics...
2017 · Stadia, PC, PS4
Assassin’s Creed Origins is an action-adventure game set in ancient Egypt at the end of the Ptolemaic era. The story follows Bayek, a Medjay tasked with protecting the people, as personal tragedy draws him into a wider conflict that leads to the origins of the...
2017 · Switch, PC, PS4
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a single-player action-adventure game set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Norse mythology and Celtic culture. Players control Senua, a Pict warrior who journeys into the Norse underworld to rescue the soul of her dead lover...
2017 · Stadia, Mac, Switch 2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the first game of the Resident Evil series to switch from 3rd-person to fully 1st-person perspective. A complete refresh of gameplay systems simultaneously propels the survival horror experience to another level. It is as much hor...
2014 · PC, PS3, PS4
Dragon Age: Inquisition is a role-playing game and the third main game in the Dragon Age series. It is set in the Thedas continent, the same fantasy world as the two previous games. It consist of two large countries: Ferelden (from Dragon Age: Origins) and Orl...
2016 · PC
The Black Death is a dark multiplayer survival game set during a plague-ridden medieval era.
1995 · Arcade, neogeoaes, PS1
The King of Fighters '95 is a 1995 fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the sequel to The King of Fighters '94 and the second game in The King of Fighters series. It is also the first game in the series to be ported to o...
2011 · PS3, X360
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is a crossover fighting game developed by Capcom in collaboration with Eighting. The game features characters from both Capcom's video game franchises and comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was released for...
1991 · Arcade, neogeoaes, PS3
Fatal Fury is a fighting game developed by SNK and released for arcades in 1991. Players choose from a roster of martial artists and compete in one-on-one battles using punches, kicks, and special moves. The game introduced a two-plane fighting system that all...
2010 · Arcade, PC, PS3
An arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV was released by Capcom in December 2010, titled Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. Arcade Edition added Yun, Yang, Evil Ryu and Oni to the roster, as well as changes to the existing characters.
2021 · Switch, PC, PS4
"MELTY BLOOD" is a series of 2D fighting games based on TYPE-MOON's visual romance novel "Tsukihime". Since the game's original release on PC in 2002, it has also had a number of ports for arcade, PlayStation 2, and Steam. Now, at long last, the "MELTY BLOOD"...
2003 · Arcade, neogeoaes, PS2
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos primarily utilizes the command system of The King of Fighters series, incorporating light/strong kicks, punches, cancels and charging attacks. Unlike its predecessor, Capcom vs. SNK 2, this game lacks both air guards and a "groove sys...
2022 · PC, PS4, PS5
The King of Fighters XV, is the fifteenth installment of The King of Fighters series. Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV! Classic popular characters, heroes and villains revived from the dead, new challengers, and more!
2011 · 3DS
The ultimate version of Street Fighter makes its seamless transition to the Nintendo 3DS with Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition. The console experience is now in the palm of your hand with rich new features that utilize the capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS t...
2001 · Arcade, DC, PS1
An updated version of the original Capcom vs. SNK titled Capcom vs. SNK Pro was released on the Arcade Sega NAOMI GD-ROM hardware (2000), Dreamcast (2001) and PlayStation (2002), the latter suffering from slight load times between rounds and downgraded graphic...
2018 · Arcade, Switch, PC
Play as iconic heroines from SNK’s history in a new, two-on-two tag-team fighting game. Players can activate a variety of Special Moves with the press of a button, and make use of special items to turn the tide of battle. One of the competitors will be Yuri Sa...
2025 · PC, PS4, PS5
26 years on, a brand-new entry in the Fatal Fury series is set to arrive on the scene! FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses and an innovative REV System that supercharges the excitement. Here, at long last, a ne...
2017 · Switch, PC, PS4
Slice Dice & Rice is an indie fighting game with no health bars. Inspired by Bushido Blade, it revolves around the idea of finding an opening in opponents defense and ending the round with a single, clean hit.
2017 · Android, iOS
Skullgirls is a 2D Fighting RPG packed with unique, colorful characters to collect, upgrade, and customize as you search for the mysterious SKULLGIRL! Custom controls designed specifically for mobile allow you to effortlessly execute a wide variety of amazing...
2003 · NGC, XBOX
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO is the same game but with minor changes in gameplay and the inclusion of an EO ("Easy Operation") system that allows the player to perform specific attacks by simply moving the right analog stick in a certain direction. Like all other home...
2023 · Switch, PC, PS4
God of Rock blends rhythm-based gameplay with fighting game mechanics in tense 1v1 matches. Choose from a dozen unique fighters, each with their own design, mechanics, and harmonic attacks. Soften up your opponent by executing normal moves and building meter b...
2022 · Switch, PC, PS4
Capcom is taking you back to the stadium with another collection of your favorite classic hits! Come see what's changed, and what's completely new, in Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium!
2024 · Switch, PC, PS4
SNK and CAPCOM legends clash in this star-studded crossover fighting game! The 2003 arcade hit SVC CHAOS is back and better than ever! SVC CHAOS—a dream match of epic proportions! Worlds collide as 36 iconic characters across various series from SNK (mainly T...
2008 · Arcade
Arcana Heart 2 is the sequel to Arcana Heart. It was the first game in the series to be developed and published by Examu after the rights of the franchise had been transferred to the company from Yuki Enterprise. It was also the first game for Examu's propriet...
1994 · SFAM, SNES
A 2D fighting game for the Super Famicom. It was the sequel to Godzilla: Battle Legends, and the second Godzilla game released for the Super Famicom platform, the other being Super Godzilla. In the game, players select from one of eight different monsters from...
1998 · Arcade
Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty is Fuuki's first of two attempts at making a one-on-one 2D fighting game; its sequel, Asura Buster, is the second. The story revolves around the search for the eponymous Sword of Dynasty in a war-torn world. The game features eig...
2023 · Mac, Switch, PC
Throw your hat, risk your life. Crush your opponents hat before they crush yours in this fast-paced, hat-based fighting game. King of the Hat is a fast-paced, hat based, multiplayer game. In this cutesy dystopian world everyone is born with a hat that hosts th...
2014 · Android, iOS
Street Fighter IV: Arena is a mobile fighting game based on the Street Fighter IV line of games. It introduces leveling-up and social game trappings to the mix. This title was exclusive to Korea.
2017 · Android, iOS
A new warrior has entered the ring! Take control of 25 world warriors and test your mettle against players from around the world. Street Fighter 4: Champion Edition perfects the winning gameplay formula by offering higher resolution graphics, three new charac...
2007 · PC
Akatsuki Blitzkampf, also known as Akatsuki Denkō Senki in Japan, is a dōjin 2D fighting game, developed by the dōjin circle SUBTLE STYLE. It is a final retitled version of Akatsuki Prototyp 1.
2020 · PC
Gameplay heavily inspired by Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Sonic Smackdown brings the fast paced combos and intuitive controls to the Sonic franchise. You'll be able to pull off combos at blazing speeds which only Sonic and crew are capable of!
1993 · Arcade
Godzilla is an arcade game developed by Banpresto and released to Japanese arcades in 1993.
A free update to Hinokakera: The Fragments of Innocent Sinner. It introduces the two Reinforce modes chosen during character select, Assault and Technical, used in every following entry. The combat was updated to fit the pace of contemporary anime fighters, wi...
2021 · PC
Enter the mind of Pitcher vs. Batter, the sweet drama of Baseball! Battle the local teams to unlock pitches and achieve your Baseball Dream!
2008 · PC
The third major version of Hinokakera, adding 3 playable characters and a visual novel-style story mode.
2010 · PC
The fourth major version of Hinokakera, following in the footsteps of its predecessors with its mix of 2D and 3D fighter mechanics. Tweaks have been made to the combat system and character balance, but most importantly, this version features noticeably updated...
2021 · Arcade, PC
Arcana Heart 3 Lovemax Sixstars!!!!!! Xtend, the free update for Arcana Heart 3 Lovemax Sixstars!!!!!! It includes 2 new playable characters (as paid DLC), a new Arcana, 2 new stages, and an upgraded 16:9 aspect ratio.
2025 · Switch, PC, PS4
Dive into the heart of ancient Japan in Two Strikes, a 2D combat extravaganza with breathtaking hand-drawn animations. As a fearless samurai, warrior monk, or daring outlaw, engage in electrifying duels where every strike can be your last.
2022 · Switch, PC
Use sword and spell combos to slash and blast through hordes of attacking enemies! Guard break a bosses defenses, find an opening, then obliterate them for good with a well placed super deadly attack! Satisfying 3D side scrolling action with game-play elements...
2022 · Android, Linux, Mac
DracoFighter is a solo-developed 2D fighting game with a focus on accessibility and local multiplayer, with movesets that are easy to learn but harder to master. Explore the stories of these hand-animated characters in a futuristic world led by dragons!
Year unknown · Linux, PC
Sakura X Clash: Last Millenial Spring is an IKEMEN-based fighting game, that pays homage to arcade classics such as The King of Fighters and Street Fighter. sXc also uses NGPC-styled graphics and aesthetic, aiming for a simple yet deep gameplay experience, mak...
Year unknown · Platform unknown
Puchimals is a physics-based 2.5D fighting game set in a world where cute, chubby animals settle their differences by duking it out in giant mechs. Due to a lack of exercise (certainly not caused by overuse of mechs in everyday life), obesity and mech combat h...
Year unknown · PC
A doujin 1v1 fighting game featuring several animal characters, created with 2D Fighter Maker '95. The version available online is labelled "Test Version +", but is unfinished. Most of the fighters are playable, but some (Byufero, Tarshow & Need) are unfinishe...
2025 · PC, PS5
Take control of an assortment of superb mechs and engage in thrilling combat with other enthusiasts on the same battlefield! In addition to original mecha, well-known IPs such as "Mazinger Z" and “Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God” also ready for the mecha wa...
2024 · PC
Following the success of "Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm," the new game introduces a parallel world filled with fresh characters and meticulously optimized gameplay. The game combines high-quality pixel graphics with a straightforward gameplay style accessible...
2008 · PC
A doujin fighting game featuring the cast of My-HiME (also known as Mai-HiME).
2019 · PC
Crabby Friends is a doujin fighting game whose cast features a diverse bunch of giant, anthropomorphized crabs.
2024 · PC
Traintracks Combat is a fighting game set on the Chicago CTA. Choose your commuter and duke it out at the California blue line stop.
Year unknown · PC, PS4, PS5
Fight for the fate of imagination in this fast-paced 2D fighter inspired by classic arcade games and 80s/90s action figures. Master air combos, EX moves, assists, and super attacks with a roster of wild off-brand toy legends.
2024 · PC
This is a wave-type game, where the more you play, the more difficult the game becomes!
1997 · SNES
A Taiwanese bootleg 2D demake for the Genesis and SNES of the 3D Namco fighting game of the same name.
Year unknown · PC
PUNCH CHAMPS is a tactical 2D brawler where every move counts. Master one-hit KOs, parries and dodges because precision is your path to victory. Customise your fighter, outsmart your rivals and rise to GOAT status in this boxing showdown!
2025 · PC
Chaotic 2v2 action where all 4 players clash at the exact same time! Master the frame-perfect parry mechanic and equip one of 6 powerful Gems to alter your team's playstyle. Play with 3 friends in smooth online matches powered by GGPO rollback netcode.
2012 · Mobile
Soulcalibur Mobile is a fighting game designed for Java-based cellphones, heavily based on Soulcalibur IV. Features four stages from Soulcalibur IV and seven characters to play as.
Year unknown · PC
For the first time ever, Saturday AM’s iconic manga heroes unite in a crossover fighter! Tag in Sano, Cast, and more fan favorites to battle it out in explosive 2.5D combat where worlds collide.
Year unknown · PC
In Smush Bois, you smush sentient malformed fruits, goblins, and frogs in a psychedelic & fast paced multiplayer platformer fighting game.
2026 · PC
The anime waifu platform-fighter you never knew you needed!
Year unknown · PC
Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game. Learn new moves from every opponent you defeat to build your fighter’s unique style. Battle through tense retro-arcade duels with a choice of simple or motion inputs to master your moveset and claim your...
2026 · PC
Two buttons. Pure, explosive speed. A lightning-fast action roguelite you play with just two buttons. Forge your own combat style with builds that shift every run, and chase that rush of pure dopamine through gorgeous visuals.
2021 · Switch, PC, PS4
It Takes Two is a cooperative action-adventure game designed exclusively for two players, playable in local split-screen or online. Players control Cody and May, a married couple transformed into dolls, as they travel through fantastical environments based on...
2021 · Switch, PC
Bämeräng is a fast paced boomerang fighting game for two to four players. Fight for the favor of the goddess in an outlandish, colorful world in this local multiplayer game.
2019 · PC
Andrew Yang is unstoppable on his path to presidency! Play through all of the ups and downs of his campaign journey as you battle the other candidates, the naysayers and of course President Trump!
2020 · PC
Knight Club + Is a casual 2-4 player action platform-fighting game that brings traditional fighting game elements into an unlocked, free form movement playstyle. Equip your favorite armaments and do battle against your friends locally or online!
2024 · Linux, Mac, PC
Hitmen Havoc is a cartoony 2D arena shooter for 2-8 players. Dive into relentless party battles with a variety of weapons and abilities. 8 unique characters, and multiple dynamic arenas. It's perfect for friends or foes seeking exciting, competitive gameplay.
2023 · Linux, Mac, PC
Island Bender is a physics-based couch-fighting earthbending game with up to 6 players. Throw rocks at each other, collect power-ups, and master your bending style to beat your opponents.
2023 · Android, PC
Wreck League reigns as an unrivaled battleground, where the most powerful mechs you can create clash with others’ fighters in an unforgiving competition of skill and dominance. Build your mech, sharpen your abilities in training mode, then face the ultimate ch...
Year unknown · Genesis/MegaDrive
A fan adaptation of beat 'n up game River City Girls, adapted into a 1v1 homebrew fighting game for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis.
2024 · PC
Engage in fast-paced local PvP matches while unearthing ancient relics and harnessing their power to conquer your rivals. Dodge deadly traps, utilize your grappling hook, activate mystical runes, and master each relic to defeat your opponents and reign victori...
Year unknown · PC
Magi, spirits and occultists clash with colorful crystal orbs and explosive teleportation! Mystics Ablaze is a deep and spectacular couch fighting game for 2-4 players unlike anything you’ve ever played.
2026 · PC
Space Aces is an indie space shooter that plunges you into an online universe full of action, strategy, and fierce competition. Step into the cockpit and evolve from a rookie pilot into the most feared Ace in the galaxy!
2026 · PC
Horse & Horse is a chaotic medieval party PvP game where warrior horses battle across dynamic arenas filled with traps, platforms, and unpredictable hazards. Players can fight with melee weapons, ranged gear, magic, shields, and mythical equipment while trying...
2025 · PC
2D Traditionally Hand Animated Fighting Game based on the Animated Adventures of Zack in Time project
2011 · Linux, Mac, PC
Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining...
2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch
A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging...
2016 · Android, Linux, Mac
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrow...
1997 · PS1, PS3, PSP
The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navi...
2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start t...
2001 · PS2
The second entry in the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill 2 is a narrative-focused third-person psychological survival horror game with emphasis on combat, exploration and puzzle-solving elements which follows James Sunderland, a man who receives a letter, se...
2012 · PC, PS3, PS4
A third-person adventure game in which the player, controlling a robed figure, makes a pilgrimage through a desert landscape to a rugged mountain with a beacon of light in the distance while uncovering the history of their people, rescuing and cooperating with...
2019 · Mac, PC
Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investigating a murder. The game emphasizes dialogue and skill-based choices, with charact...
2016 · PS3, PS4
Persona 5, a turn-based JRPG with visual novel elements, follows a high school student with a criminal record for a crime he didn't commit. Soon he meets several characters who share similar fates to him, and discovers a metaphysical realm which allows him and...
2001 · PS2
Final Fantasy X is the tenth main installment in the FF series and the first title released on sixth-generation consoles. It was also the first game to feature fully three-dimensional areas rather than including pre-rendered backdrops, and the first to include...
2004 · Android, Linux, Mac
1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. NOW. By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsive...
2007 · PC, PS3, X360
Mass Effect is an action role-playing game set in the year 2183. The player takes the role of Commander Shepard, a customizable character who serves as Executive Officer aboard the SSV Normandy. After a routine mission goes wrong, Shepard assembles a squad and...
2010 · PC, PS3, X360
In this first-person Western RPG, the player takes on the role of Courier 6, barely surviving after being robbed of their cargo, shot and put into a shallow grave by a New Vegas mob boss. The Courier sets out to track down their robbers and retrieve their carg...
2016 · PC, PS4, XONE
Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive guns, and fast, fluid...
2012 · Android, Linux, Mac
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside th...
2007 · Mac, PC, PS3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare differs from previous installments of the Call of Duty series. Previous Call of Duty games have a distinct three country-specific campaign style, while Call of Duty 4 has a more film-like plot with interlaced story lines from the...
2001 · Android, Mac, PC
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Max Payne is a relentless s...
2008 · PC, PS3, X360
Fallout 3 from the creators of the award-winning Oblivion, featuring one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival a...
2015 · PC, PS4, PS5
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to the world of Fallout 4, their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and...
2009 · Mac, PC, PS3
Dragon Age: Origins is a third-person role-playing game described as a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights franchises. Players create their own character by customizing gender and appearance as well as choosing a race and class. Combat...
2000 · Mac, PC
Like its predecessor, Diablo II is an action role-playing game with dark fantasy and horror themes. The player controls a new hero attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The game's 4 acts feature a variety of locations and settings to...
2023 · Stadia, Linux, Mac
An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.
2009 · Mac, PC, PS3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2...
2017 · PC, PS4, XONE
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
2007 · Linux, Mac, PC
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a first-person shooter set in the aftermath of the Citadel's destruction. Players control Gordon Freeman as he and Alyx Vance travel through forests and underground tunnels toward a resistance base, facing Combine forces and new ene...
2010 · Mac, PC, PS3
Call of Duty: Black Ops is the seventh main Call of Duty game and the sequel to Call of Duty: World at War. The game differs from most previous installments, which would involve a usual three-country campaign, while Call of Duty: Black Ops features two playabl...
2012 · Android, Stadia, Linux
A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and massacre those within, a...
2008 · PC, PS3, X360
Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on all platforms through October 2008. The game puts the player in cont...
2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch
Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, speci...
2009 · Linux, Mac, PC
Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game, the sequel to Valve Corporation's Left 4 Dead. The Game builds upon cooperatively focused gameplay and Valve's proprietary Source engine, the same game engine used in the original Left 4 Dead. Set...
1993 · Jaguar, Genesis/MegaDrive, SNES
Sticks and stones might make him groan, but clay really ticks him off! Bad Mister Frosty is the name, and action is the game. Fists and feet will fly (and other parts) as Frosty and his friends smack it out in head-to-head fighting action. ClayFighter is a fi...
2012 · Linux, Mac, PC
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. Two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, compete in objective-based rounds across various game modes including bomb defusal...
2016 · Switch, PC, PS4
Join the fight for the future in the world of Overwatch and choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash a dizzying array of extraordinary powers and weapons. Engage your enemies...
Game DNA / Methodology
WhatIsLike compares every game with Athos'Code using genres, themes, perspective, game modes, world design, and defining mechanics. The highest-ranked games share the most of these characteristics with the starting game.