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4X
4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) is a strategy game subgenre coined by Alan Emrich in 1993 for Master of Orion; archetypal titles include Civilization and Stellaris, with mobile 4X revenue exceeding $7 billion in 2025.
7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die, also known as Seven Days to Die, is a zombie survival game by The Fun Pimps featuring a horde attack every seventh in-game night.
A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time is a 2017 3D collectathon platformer by Gears for Breakfast, Kickstarter-funded at nearly 10x goal, starring Hat Kid collecting Time Pieces across five worlds; DLC includes Seal the Deal and Nyakuza Metro.
A Way Out (video game)
A Way Out (video game): co-op-only action-adventure by Hazelight Studios, published by EA, directed by Josef Fares, released 23 March 2018. Two prisoners, Leo and Vincent, escape in an always-split-screen game with Friend Pass free second-player access.
Action game
Action game: a broad video game genre built on reflexes, timing, and coordination, covering platformers, fighting games, and fast puzzles; shooters split off as their own genre, and subgenre terms have no industry standard.
Action role-playing game
Action role-playing game (ARPG): video game genre fusing real-time combat with RPG leveling, loot, and stats; began with Dragon Slayer and Hydlide (1984), spans Diablo-style loot games, Zelda-style adventures, and Soulslikes.
Action-adventure game
Action-adventure game: video game genre blending action combat with adventure-style exploration, puzzle solving, and story; from Western Gun (1975) and Adventure (1980) through Zelda, Tomb Raider, and open-world titles; about 23% of games sold on GAMIVO.
Active Time Battle
Active Time Battle (ATB) is Square's JRPG combat system, invented by Hiroyuki Ito and debuting in Final Fantasy IV (1991), used in Final Fantasy IV through IX, blending turn-based menus with real-time gauges.
Adopt Me!
Adopt Me! (Roblox pet-adoption game by NewFissy and Bethink, now Uplift Games): 425M+ players, 44.4B visits, 1.92M CCU record; egg hatch odds, Neon/Mega Neon fusion, trading economy, scams, and safety debates.
Adventure game
An adventure game, or adventure gaming, is a video game genre in which the player explores an interactive story and solves puzzles, with emphasis on narrative rather than reflexes.
After Burner
After Burner (アフターバーナー) is a 1987 Sega AM2 arcade combat flight game directed by Yu Suzuki, an F-14 Super Scaler shooter with hydraulic cabinets; After Burner II added a throttle, and After Burner Climax followed in 2006.
Agar.io
Agar.io, browser and mobile MMO cell-eating game by Matheus Valadares, released April 28, 2015, published by Miniclip; launched the .io genre with Slither.io and Diep.io, peaked at 60 million monthly players in 2015.
Age of Empires
Age of Empires: historical real-time strategy franchise by Ensemble Studios (founded by Tony Goodman, Dallas) and Microsoft, starting 1997; includes Age of Empires II (1999), Age of Mythology, Age of Empires IV (2021), and Definitive Editions; bestselling strategy franchise.
Age of Empires (video game)
Age of Empires, often abbreviated AoE, is a historical real-time strategy video game by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft that founded the Age of Empires series in 1997.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (AoE2 DE) is the 2019 remaster of the 1999 RTS by Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, and Wicked Witch, with 4K graphics, 30+ civilizations, 10 expansions, and an active esports scene.
Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III (AoE3) is a 2005 Ensemble Studios/Microsoft real-time strategy game set in the colonial era, known for its Home City card-shipment system; remastered as the 2020 Definitive Edition with ongoing DLC.
Age of Empires IV
Age of Empires IV is a 2021 medieval real-time strategy game by Relic Entertainment and World's Edge, published by Xbox Game Studios; 8 launch civilizations, 4 campaigns, later expansions and PS5/Xbox ports.
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology is Ensemble Studios' 2002 real-time strategy spin-off of Age of Empires, with Greek, Egyptian, and Norse civilizations, favor-gathered myth units, heroes, and single-use god powers; remade as Retold in 2024.
Agony (2018 video game)
Agony (Madmind Studio, Playway S.A., 29 May 2018) is a first-person survival horror set in hell with demon possession; Kickstarter-funded, censorship controversy, Agony Unrated edition, Metacritic 47 on PC.
Alan Wake
Alan Wake is a 2010 psychological action thriller by Remedy Entertainment, released on Xbox 360 and later PC, in which horror writer Alan Wake searches Bright Falls for his missing wife using light-based combat; it spawned Alan Wake 2 (2023).
Alan Wake II
Alan Wake II (Alan Wake 2) is Remedy Entertainment's 2023 survival horror sequel, starring Saga Anderson and Alan Wake, released October 27, 2023 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, Metacritic 89.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a 2012 standalone spin-off of Alan Wake by Remedy Entertainment, released on Xbox Live Arcade and PC, in which Alan Wake fights his evil double Mr. Scratch in Arizona inside a Night Springs episode, with a Story Mode and Fight Till Dawn arcade mode.
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation (2014) is a first-person survival horror game by Creative Assembly and Sega starring Amanda Ripley, hunted by an adaptive AI Xenomorph on Sevastopol station; a sequel was announced in 2026.
Allison Road (video game)
Allison Road was an unreleased first-person survival horror game by British studio Lilith Ltd, a P.T.-inspired spiritual successor to Silent Hills; its Kickstarter and Team17 publishing deal collapsed, it was cancelled June 2016, revived August 2016, and never shipped.
Alone in the Dark (1992 video game)
Alone in the Dark (1992) is a DOS survival horror game by Infogrames directed by Frédérick Raynal, set in Derceto mansion with Edward Carnby and Emily Hartwood; the first 3D survival horror game and direct influence on Resident Evil.
Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol is a 2010 espionage action RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, published by SEGA, starring agent Michael Thorton. Known for its timed Suave/Aggressive/Professional dialogue stances, deep choice-and-consequence reactivity, 2019 delisting, and 2024 GOG restoration.
Alternate reality game
Alternate reality game (ARG): interactive networked narrative using the real world as platform and transmedia storytelling; TINAG fiction, rabbit holes, puppetmasters; began with The Beast (2001), I Love Bees (2004), Perplex City (2005-2007).
America's Army
America's Army: free U.S. Army first-person shooter series launched July 4, 2002, the first game produced directly by the U.S. Military as a recruitment tool; 15 million players by 2018, servers later shut down.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (AAMFP) is a 2013 first-person horror game by The Chinese Room, published by Frictional Games, sequel to The Dark Descent; set in 1899 London, Oswald Mandus, Metacritic 72, 120,000 first-week sales.
Amnesia: Rebirth
Amnesia: Rebirth (Frictional Games, 20 October 2020) is a first-person survival horror sequel to The Dark Descent, following Tasi Trianon in 1937 Algeria with a fear-based transformation mechanic replacing the sanity meter; over 100,000 copies sold by March 2021.