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Papa Louie
Papa Louie is a fictional chef and video game franchise by Flipline Studios, founded 2004, beginning with the 2006 Flash platformer When Pizzas Attack! and the Papa's restaurant management games.
Paper Mario
Paper Mario: Nintendo/Intelligent Systems RPG series starring a papercraft Mario, begun on N64 (2000) with timed action-command turn-based combat; best known entry The Thousand-Year Door, remade on Switch in 2024.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Paper Mario: Color Splash is a 2016 action-adventure role-playing game for the Wii U, developed by Intelligent Systems, in which Mario restores color to Prism Island with a paint hammer.
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo Switch, July 17, 2020; Intelligent Systems/Nintendo). Mario and Olivia battle King Olly's Folded Soldiers using timed ring-puzzle battles, the 1,000-Fold Arms, and confetti repairs; Metacritic 80.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is Intelligent Systems' turn-based Mario RPG, released on GameCube October 11, 2004 and remade for Switch May 23, 2024; known for stage-audience battles, Action Commands, badges, and 1.94 million Switch units sold.
Parasite Eve (video game)
Parasite Eve (パラサイト・イヴ), Squaresoft's 1998 PlayStation 'cinematic RPG' and survival-horror hybrid based on Hideaki Sena's novel; Aya Brea fights mitochondria entity EVE in New York; sold ~2M, spawned two sequels, dormant since 2010.
Payday (video game series)
Payday is a co-op heist first-person shooter series by OVERKILL Software and Starbreeze: PAYDAY: The Heist (2011), PAYDAY 2 (2013), and PAYDAY 3 (2023), known for stealth-versus-loud heists and long live-service support.
Peggle (series)
Peggle (series), PopCap Games' casual puzzle franchise begun with Peggle Deluxe (2007); pachinko- and pinball-inspired ball-bouncing to clear 25 orange pegs, with Peggle Masters, Ode to Joy Extreme Fever, and sequels Peggle Nights, Peggle 2, and Peggle Blast.
Pentiment (video game)
Pentiment is a 2022 narrative adventure game by Obsidian Entertainment, directed by Josh Sawyer, following artist Andreas Maler through murders in 16th-century Bavarian Tassing and Kiersau Abbey, with no designated culprit and manuscript-style art.
Persona (ペルソナ) (series)
Persona (ペルソナ) is Atlus's RPG series, a 1996 school-themed spin-off of Megami Tensei. Social Links, calendar life simulation, and Persona fusion define Persona 3 through 5; Persona 6 was announced in 2026.
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, titled Persona 2: Punishment (ペルソナ2 罰) in Japan, is a 2000 Atlus role-playing game for the PlayStation and the third Persona entry.
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (ペルソナ2 罪)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (ペルソナ2 罪) is Atlus's 1999 PlayStation JRPG set in Sumaru City, where rumors become reality. Unlocalized on PS1 (Hitler villain taboo), it reached English via a 2011 PSP remake; Eternal Punishment is its sequel.
Persona 3 (ペルソナ3)
Persona 3 (ペルソナ3) is Atlus's 2006 PlayStation 2 JRPG about students fighting Shadows in the Dark Hour. It introduced the calendar and Social Link systems and spawned FES, Portable, and the 2024 remake Reload.
Persona 3 Reload
Persona 3 Reload (ペルソナ3 リロード) is a 2024 video game by Atlus, a full remake of the 2006 PlayStation 2 role-playing game Persona 3 with modernized presentation and combat.
Persona 4 (ペルソナ4)
Persona 4 (ペルソナ4) is Atlus's 2008 PlayStation 2 JRPG, set in rural Inaba, where students investigate supernatural murders via the TV World. Metacritic 90; Golden (2012) 93; remake Persona 4 Revival due February 18, 2027.
Persona 5
Persona 5 (ペルソナ5) is Atlus's 2016 JRPG about high school Phantom Thieves stealing corrupt hearts in Tokyo, directed by Katsura Hashino; Metacritic 93, Royal 95, over 13 million Persona 5-branch sales.
Persona 5 Strikers
Persona 5 Strikers (Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers) is a 2021 Omega Force/P-Studio action RPG sequel to Persona 5 on PS4, Switch, and PC, replacing turn-based combat with musou-style action across Japanese jails.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (ペルソナQ シャドウ オブ ザ ラビリンス) is a 2014 Atlus 3DS dungeon-crawler RPG crossover of Persona 3 and 4 casts with Etrian Odyssey map-drawing gameplay; Metacritic 83, ~258,741 Japan sales.
Petz
Petz is the PF. Magic virtual pet series begun with Dogz (1995) and Catz (1996), rendered from ballz and linez, later owned by Ubisoft, whose PC games ended with Petz 5 (2002); Petz 4 remains the community favorite.
Phantasy Star (ファンタシースター)
Phantasy Star (ファンタシースター) is Sega's science fantasy RPG series begun December 1987 on the Sega Mark III/Master System, starring Alis in the Algol system, continued by Phantasy Star Online (2000) and PSO2 (2012).
Phasmophobia (video game)
Phasmophobia: co-op psychological horror game by Kinetic Games (Daniel Knight), Steam Early Access 18 Sep 2020, ~25 million copies sold, 20+ ghost types, 1.0 delayed to 2027, Blumhouse film planned.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (逆転裁判)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (逆転裁判, Gyakuten Saiban) is Capcom's 2001 Game Boy Advance courtroom visual novel by Shu Takumi, localized on DS in 2005; defense attorney Phoenix Wright exposes witness contradictions using evidence.
Pikachu
Pikachu (ピカチュウ) is the Electric-type mouse Pokémon, Pokédex #0025, designed by Atsuko Nishida and the mascot of the Pokémon franchise since the 1997 anime, fronting a $100bn media empire.
Pikmin
Pikmin is a real-time strategy video game series by Nintendo, created by Shigeru Miyamoto, whose players lead plantlike creatures to collect treasure and battle wildlife.
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies (PvZ) is a 2009 PopCap tower defense game by George Fan: plants bought with sun defend a house from zombie waves. iPhone launch sold 300,000 copies in nine days; Replanted remaster arrived 2025.
Poison (Final Fight)
Poison is a Capcom fictional character debuting as a Mad Gear gang enemy in Final Fight (1989), later playable in Final Fight Revenge and Street Fighter X Tekken, and the subject of a long-running gender-identity dispute.
Pokémon (video game series)
Pokémon video game series: Game Freak RPGs begun with Red/Green (Japan, February 27, 1996), nine generations, 1,025 creatures, over 515 million software units shipped, VGC competitive circuit, and the 2026 battle-focused Pokémon Champions.
Pokémon (ポケットモンスター)
Pokémon (ポケットモンスター) is a Japanese media franchise of creature-collecting games, cards, and apps, jointly trademarked by Nintendo, Creatures, and GAME FREAK; over 260 million games sold by 2014, with tenth-generation Pokémon Winds and Waves coming to Switch 2 in 2027.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (ポケットモンスターブラック２・ホワイト２) are 2012 Game Freak Nintendo DS RPGs, the series' first direct sequels, set in Unova two years later, with the Pokémon World Tournament, Pokéstar Studios, Join Avenue, and 7.81 million copies sold.
Pokémon Black and White
Pokémon Black and White (ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト) are Game Freak's 2010–2011 Nintendo DS Generation V RPGs set in Unova, based on New York City, with 156 new Pokémon, seasonal cycles, Triple and Rotation Battles, reusable TMs, and 15.64 million copies sold.