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Klonoa
Klonoa (Kaze no Klonoa, "Klonoa of the Wind") is Namco's 2.5D side-scrolling platformer series begun with Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PS1, 1997), followed by Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (PS2, 2001), a 2008 Wii remake, and the 2022 Phantasy Reverie Series remaster.
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna (ナックルズ・ザ・エキドゥナ) is Sega's red echidna from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994), guardian of the Master Emerald on Angel Island, Sonic's gliding, climbing rival, later voiced by Idris Elba in films and a 2024 Paramount+ series.
Koopa Troopa
Koopa Troopa: Bowser's turtle soldier in Nintendo's Super Mario games, debuting in Super Mario Bros. (1985); stomping it yields a kickable shell, and it is playable in six Mario Kart titles from Super Mario Kart (1992) onward.
Kratos (God of War)
Kratos is the protagonist of Sony Santa Monica's God of War franchise (2005-present), a Spartan demigod who destroyed the Greek pantheon and, from the 2018 reboot, appears as Atreus's father in Norse Midgard; over 21 million franchise sales by 2012, Dave Bautista cast in the Amazon series.
Kung Lao
Kung Lao is a Mortal Kombat fighting game character, a Shaolin monk and descendant of the champion Great Kung Lao who fights with a razor-rimmed hat, debuting in Mortal Kombat II (1993).
Lara Croft
Lara Croft, British archaeologist protagonist of Tomb Raider, created by Toby Gard at Core Design, debuted 24 October 1996; rebooted 2013–2018, now in Amazon Games era with Legacy of Atlantis (2027) and Catalyst (2028).
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, also known as LCGoL, is a 2010 isometric twin-stick action-adventure by Crystal Dynamics, the first co-op Lara Croft game, starring Lara and Totec against the demon Xolotl.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, also Lara Croft: TOO, is a 2014 isometric twin-stick co-op action-adventure by Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix for PS4, Windows, and Xbox One, sequel to Guardian of Light and its first four-player Lara game.
Lavender Town
Lavender Town (シオンタウン) is the Kanto Pokémon graveyard town with the seven-story Pokémon Tower, whose eerie theme music inspired the debunked Lavender Town Syndrome creepypasta about child suicides.
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.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead is Valve and Turtle Rock's 2008 four-player co-op zombie shooter for PC and Xbox 360, known for its AI Director, four five-map campaigns, Versus mode, and its controversial 2009 sequel.
Legacy of Kain
Legacy of Kain: dark fantasy action-adventure series set in Nosgoth, begun with Blood Omen (1996, Silicon Knights/Crystal Dynamics); Soul Reaver (1999, Amy Hennig) introduced realm-shifting; revived via 2024-2026 remasters and Ascendance.
Legend of Mana
Legend of Mana (聖剣伝説 Legend of Mana) is Square's 1999 PlayStation action RPG, fourth Mana series entry, set in Fa'Diel with the Land Creation artifact-placement system, 68 quests, Yoko Shimomura's score, and a 2021 HD remaster with Ring Ring Land.
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.
Leon S. Kennedy
Leon S. Kennedy, full name Leon Scott Kennedy, is a fictional US agent and central protagonist of Capcom's Resident Evil series, debuting in Resident Evil 2 (1998).
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.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (ライトニング リターンズ) is Square Enix's 2013 action RPG concluding the FFXIII saga; Lightning alone fights with a Schemata system under a 13-day doomsday clock, on PS3, Xbox 360, and Steam.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, also known as Like a Dragon 8, is a 2024 turn-based role-playing game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega, set in Hawaii.
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.
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Link is the recurring hero and player character of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, bearer of the Triforce of Courage; most games feature a different incarnation of the character.
List of Ace Attorney characters
Cast of Capcom's Ace Attorney courtroom adventure series, created mainly by Shu Takumi: Phoenix Wright, Maya Fey, Miles Edgeworth, Apollo Justice, Franziska von Karma, Godot, and Klavier Gavin, designed as 'real but not real' and localized to Los Angeles.
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 Assassin's Creed characters
Characters of Assassin's Creed: Desmond Miles, Altaïr, Ezio Auditore, Connor, Bayek and Aya, Alexios and Kassandra, Layla Hassan, Naoe and Yasuke, plus Templars, Isu, and historical figures across Ubisoft's Animus-framed franchise.
List of Bandai Namco video games
List of Bandai Namco video games: titles published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco/Namcot, BANDAI NAMCO Games from 2006), spanning Pac-Man, Tekken, Tales of, Gundam, Dragon Ball, and FromSoftware's Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
List of Castlevania characters
Castlevania characters: the Belmont Clan vampire hunters (Simon, Trevor, Rose), Dracula and his lieutenants, and allies like Sypha Belnades, Grant Danasty, and Alucard across Konami's games, the Netflix series, and the 2026 game Belmont's Curse.
List of Crash Bandicoot characters
The Crash Bandicoot characters are a cast of heroes and villains, first appearing in the 1996 PlayStation game, and include the floating mask Aku Aku.
List of Crash Bandicoot video games
Crash Bandicoot games list: Naughty Dog's 1996–1999 PlayStation titles (Crash 1–3, Crash Team Racing), post-2000 entries, and the Activision-era revival with N. Sane Trilogy (2017), Crash 4: It's About Time (2020), and Crash Team Rumble (2023).
List of Danganronpa characters
Danganronpa characters (ダンガンロンパ) are the Ultimate-titled students, Monokuma, and antagonists of Spike Chunsoft's murder-mystery franchise by Kazutaka Kodaka, spanning Trigger Happy Havoc, Goodbye Despair, and V3: Killing Harmony, each with a 16-student killing game cast.