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EverQuest expansions

EverQuest expansions are commercial content packs for the MMORPG EverQuest that add zones, spells, and level-cap increases, released nearly every year since The Ruins of Kunark in 2000.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015) is a walking simulator by The Chinese Room, published by Sony for PS4 and later PC, set in the vanished 1984 Shropshire village of Yaughton, known for Jessica Curry's acclaimed choral soundtrack.

Fall Guys

Fall Guys (Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout) is a free-to-play cross-platform party royale game by Mediatonic, published by Epic Games since the March 2021 acquisition; 60-player obstacle-course elimination, launched August 2020, free to play since June 2022.

Fears to Fathom

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game series by Rayll (Mukul Negi), beginning with Home Alone in 2021; six episodes including Ironbark Lookout and Scratch Creek, framed as survivor-narrated true stories.

Fez (video game)

Fez (video game): 2012 indie puzzle-platformer by Polytron (Phil Fish, Renaud Bédard), aka FEZ, where players rotate a 3D world through four 2D views to collect 32 Cubes; five-year development, 87% critic score, ports through the 2021 Switch release.

FIFA (video game series)

FIFA video game series, EA's annual football simulation from FIFA International Soccer (1993) to 2023, about 325 million copies sold, renamed EA Sports FC after the FIFA license ended.

Fireboy and Watergirl

Fireboy and Watergirl: co-op puzzle-platformer series (also Fireboy & Watergirl) by indie developer Oslo Albet, begun as a 2009 Flash game, The Forest Temple; seven temple-themed games, shared-keyboard two-player play, elemental hazards, later HTML5, mobile, and Steam ports.

Firewatch

Firewatch (video game), Campo Santo's 2016 debut, a first-person walking simulator set in 1989 Shoshone National Forest, where fire lookout Henry talks with supervisor Delilah by handheld radio.

Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) is a 2014 indie point-and-click survival horror game by Scott Cawthon: a night guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza survives animatronics using cameras, doors, and limited power; it spawned a franchise and 2023 Blumhouse film.

Five Nights at Freddy's (video game)

Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF), 2014 indie point-and-click survival horror by Scott Cawthon in Clickteam Fusion; night guard Mike Schmidt survives animatronics Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy using cameras, doors, lights, and a draining power meter; spawned a film and near-$2 billion IP.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (FNAF 2), 2014 Scott Cawthon indie survival horror prequel set in 1987; doorless office, Freddy mask, music box, 11 animatronics; Metacritic 62; 2025 film grossed $238.6M.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is Scott Cawthon's 2015 survival horror game set in the Fazbear's Fright attraction, where players repel Springtrap with audio lures while managing audio, camera, and ventilation failures, and unlock good or bad endings through secret minigames.

Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 (FNAF 4), 2015 indie survival horror game by Scott Cawthon, fourth main series entry; a child defends a bedroom by listening for breathing, no cameras, flashlight only.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (FNaF VR) is a 2019 VR survival horror game by Steel Wool Studios and ScottGames, a minigame collection spanning the series, with flat non-VR mode, Curse of Dreadbear DLC, and a 2023 sequel.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (FNaF: SB), ninth FNaF game by Steel Wool Studios, published by ScottGames, released December 16, 2021 on PC, PS4, PS5; free-roam stealth horror starring Gregory in the Mega Pizzaplex, with Ruin DLC in July 2023.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location (FNAF 5) is Scott Cawthon's 2016 survival horror game set at Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental, released October 7, 2016.

Flappy Bird

Flappy Bird: 2013 free one-tap mobile game by Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen (.GEARS Studios); 50M+ downloads, $50k/day ad peak, removed February 2014 over addiction concerns, trademark canceled 2024, disputed 2024 crypto-linked revival.

Fortnite

Fortnite is a free-to-play online multiplayer game developed and published by Epic Games, first released in 2017, with over 350 million players and modes including Battle Royale and Creative.

Fortnite Battle Royale

Fortnite Battle Royale is Epic Games' free-to-play battle royale game, released in 2017, in which 100 players fight on one shrinking island until a single player or squad remains.

Fortnite: Save the World

Fortnite: Save the World is Fortnite's original PvE co-op campaign, up to four players building forts against monster hordes. Announced 2011, Early Access July 2017, premium until free-to-play April 16, 2026; four hero classes, Storm King boss.

Gals Panic

Gals Panic (ギャルズ・パニック) is Kaneko's 1990 adult arcade game, a Qix-style territory-claiming puzzle that reveals progressively undressing images of women, with a blue/yellow meter, 80 percent capture goal, and a long sequel series through Re:Gals Panic 2 (2025).

Geometry Dash

Geometry Dash: rhythm-based action platformer by RobTop Games (Robert Topala), iOS 2013, Steam 2014; one-touch, no checkpoints, level editor, rating system, Update 2.2 after seven years.

Gex (series)

Gex (series): Crystal Dynamics platformer trilogy (1995-1999) starring a wisecracking gecko voiced by Dana Gould; Gex, Enter the Gecko, Deep Cover Gecko; IP retained by Square Enix, revived as Gex Trilogy by Limited Run Games in 2025.

Gone Home

Gone Home (The Fullbright Company, 2013) is a first-person story exploration game set June 7, 1995, in which Kaitlin Greenbriar explores her empty family house, reconstructing sister Sam's story through environmental storytelling, with no combat or puzzles.

GuitarFreaks and DrumMania

GuitarFreaks and DrumMania (ギターフリークス) are Konami's linked 1999 Bemani arcade rhythm games played with a three-button guitar and a five-pad drum controller, featuring session mode and a song library that grew past 500 tracks before becoming GITADORA.

Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎) (video game series)

Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎) video game series: Nintendo-published games based on the Hamtaro anime, 2000-2011, on Game Boy Color, GBA, DS, and iOS, known for the Ham-Chat word-learning puzzle mechanic and titles like Ham-Ham Heartbreak.

Hello Neighbor

Hello Neighbor (2017) is a stealth horror game by Dynamic Pixels, published by tinyBuild, about sneaking into a neighbor's basement against a learning AI; critically panned (Metacritic 38) but commercially successful, spawning Secret Neighbor, Hello Neighbor 2, books, and an animated series.

Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight (Team Cherry, 2017) is a 2D Metroidvania action-adventure set in the ruined insect kingdom of Hallownest. Kickstarter-funded, Metacritic 87-90, over 1 million sales; sequel Silksong stars Hornet.

Human: Fall Flat

Human: Fall Flat is a 2016 physics-based puzzle-platformer by No Brakes Games, published by Curve Games, starring the wobbly human Bob; up to 8-player co-op, 60 million units shipped, 5,000+ Steam Workshop levels, sequel announced.

Initial D (頭文字D) (video game series)

Initial D Arcade Stage (頭文字D ARCADE STAGE) is Sega's arcade racing series based on Shuichi Shigeno's Initial D, running since 2002 on NAOMI 2, Lindbergh, and RingEdge hardware, with drift-based touge battles, card-saved car tuning, Eurobeat music, and the four-player Initial D The Arcade (2021).