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Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit (Epic MegaGames, 1994) is a DOS shareware platformer by Arjan Brussee and Cliff Bleszinski; the gun-toting rabbit Jazz rescues Eva Earlong from Devan Shell, with a 1998 sequel.
Kick Off (series)
Kick Off, Anco's 1989 Dino Dini soccer series for Amiga and Atari ST, defined by an independent ball and After Touch; peaked with Kick Off 2 (1990), rivaled Sensible Soccer, ended with the poorly received 2016 Revival.
Layers of Fear
Layers of Fear is a 2016 first-person psychological horror game by Poland's Bloober Team, following a painter descending into madness in an ever-shifting Victorian mansion.
League of Legends: Wild Rift
League of Legends: Wild Rift is Riot Games' free-to-play 5v5 mobile MOBA, announced October 2019, in regional beta from September 2020, with ~20-minute matches, no PC cross-play, and a China-centered esports scene.
Leisure Suit Larry
Leisure Suit Larry, aka Larry Laffer series, adult comedy adventure game franchise created by Al Lowe at Sierra On-Line in 1987, based on Softporn Adventure; classic run 1987-1996, revived by CrazyBunch's Wet Dreams games (2018, 2020), delisted October 2026.
Lemmings (series)
Lemmings is a puzzle video game series where players assign skills like digging and building to guide green-haired crowds to safety, starting with DMA Design's 1991 Amiga game.
Life Is Strange
Life Is Strange (2015) is Dontnod Entertainment's five-episode narrative adventure published by Square Enix, following Max Caulfield's time-rewind power, Chloe Price, and the Rachel Amber mystery in Arcadia Bay; it won the 2016 BAFTA for Story and spawned a franchise.
Limbo (video game)
Limbo (2010) is a monochrome puzzle-platformer by Copenhagen studio Playdead, released on Xbox Live Arcade July 21, 2010. A boy searches for his sister; sold 3M+ copies, Metacritic 90, IGF 2010 award winner.
List of Angry Birds video games
List of Angry Birds video games: Rovio's franchise from the original 2009 iOS slingshot puzzle through Angry Birds 2, Seasons, Rio, Star Wars, spin-offs, remakes, and delistings.
List of The Simpsons video games
The Simpsons video games are a catalog of about 25 licensed adaptations spanning more than 30 years, from Konami's 1991 arcade beat 'em up to EA's mobile Tapped Out.
List of video games by Team17
The list of video games by Team17 catalogs more than 110 games from the British developer, whose own franchises include Worms and Alien Breed, alongside published indie hits like Overcooked! and DREDGE.
Little Nightmares II
Little Nightmares II is a 2021 suspense-adventure game by Tarsier Studios, published by Bandai Namco, starring Mono and Six on a journey to the Signal Tower; Metacritic 82, with an Enhanced Edition on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Switch 2.
Magic: The Gathering video games
Magic: The Gathering video games are digital adaptations of the trading card game, including the 1997 MicroProse RPG Shandalar, Duels of the Planeswalkers (2009), and the current official clients MTG Arena and Magic Online.
Minecraft
Minecraft is a sandbox video game by Mojang Studios where players build and break blocks in 3D worlds, with no set goal; Microsoft bought Mojang for $2.5 billion in 2014.
Minecraft (franchise)
Media franchise built around the 2009 sandbox game Minecraft by Swedish developer Markus "Notch" Persson, owned by Microsoft since its 2014 purchase of Mojang.
Minecraft: Story Mode
Minecraft: Story Mode (A Telltale Games Series) is Telltale and Mojang's 2015 episodic adventure game starring Jesse, who battles the Wither Storm; later ported to Netflix and now delisted.
Monkey Island
Monkey Island: comedic point-and-click pirate adventure series begun by Lucasfilm Games in 1990, created by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman; known for SCUMM, insult sword fighting, Guybrush Threepwood, no-death design, and Return to Monkey Island (2022).
Monument Valley (video game)
Monument Valley (ustwo games, April 2014) is an isometric mobile puzzle game guiding Princess Ida through Escher-inspired impossible architecture; won the 2014 Apple Design Award and BAFTAs, spawned Monument Valley 2 and 3.
MVP Baseball (video game series)
MVP Baseball, EA Sports' MLB-licensed baseball game series (2003-2005) from Vancouver, successor to Triple Play; known for MVP 2005's Owner Mode, Hitter's Eye, and Jon Dowd, ended when EA lost the MLB license to 2K.
Myst (series)
Myst (series): Cyan's puzzle-adventure franchise (1993-2024) of exploring Ages via linking books in the D'ni universe; Myst was the best-selling PC game of the 1990s with over 15 million copies sold with Riven.
Mystery Case Files
Mystery Case Files (MCF) is Big Fish Games' hidden object puzzle adventure series, launched with Huntsville in 2005; 23 titles, 4 spin-offs, 4.6 million desktop units, and the origin of the hidden object genre.
Neko Atsume (ねこあつめ)
Neko Atsume (ねこあつめ, Kitty Collector) is Hit-Point's idle mobile cat-collecting game for iOS and Android: place food and toys, photograph visiting cats, over 10 million downloads; sequel Neko Atsume 2 released October 20, 2024 with a Cat's Club subscription.
Newgrounds
Newgrounds: Tom Fulp's user-submitted portal for games, animation, audio, and art across four Portals; community blam/save voting, Flash-era peak in 2008, survival via Ruffle and HTML5, Supporter subscriptions.
NFL 2K
NFL 2K: Visual Concepts' Sega-published American football game series (1999–2004, Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox/GameCube), Madden NFL's rival; ended with ESPN NFL 2K5 at $19.99 when EA took exclusive NFL rights; revived as mobile NFL 2K Playmakers.
NHL (video game series)
NHL (EA Sports NHL) is EA Vancouver's annual licensed ice hockey video game series, running from EA Hockey (1991) through NHL 27; NHL '94 is its landmark entry, and it has had no competitor since NHL 2K11 (2011).
Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods: 2017 narrative adventure game by Infinite Fall (Holowka, Benson, Hockenberry), published by Finji, funded on Kickstarter at $209,375. Mae Borowski, a 20-year-old college dropout, returns to the declining town of Possum Springs.
No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is a 2016 space exploration and survival game by Hello Games, set in a procedurally generated universe of over 18 quintillion planets; its poor launch was reversed by years of free updates.
Omori (video game)
Omori (OMORI) is a 2020 psychological horror RPG by OMOCAT, LLC, inspired by EarthBound and Undertale, funded on Kickstarter in 2014, released December 25, 2020 on Steam, with a turn-based emotion-system combat and about 2.3–2.9 million estimated Steam sales.
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest (Definitive Edition) is a 2015 Metroidvania platformer by Moon Studios, published by Microsoft, for Xbox One, PC, and Switch; Metascore 88, energy-orb save system, over 10 million copies sold.
Outlast
Outlast (2013) is a first-person survival horror game by Montreal's Red Barrels; a journalist with a camcorder explores Mount Massive Asylum with no combat, night-vision batteries, and the Whistleblower DLC.