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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games, 8 September 2010) is a first-person survival horror game set in 1839 Prussia; weaponless protagonist Daniel hides from monsters while managing lantern light and sanity. Won 2011 IGF awards; remaster planned for late 2026.
Among the Sleep
Among the Sleep: first-person psychological horror adventure by Norway's Krillbite Studio, played as a two-year-old. Kickstarter-funded ($248,358), released May 29, 2014; Enhanced Edition 2017; over 1 million copies sold.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a 2019 third-person open-world survival game by Panache Digital Games, published by Private Division, guiding a hominid clan through Neogene Africa from 10 to 2 million years ago via neuronal, generational, and evolutionary progression.
Astral Chain
Astral Chain is a 2019 action-adventure game by PlatinumGames, published by Nintendo for the Switch on August 30, 2019, where an officer and a tethered Legion fight extradimensional chimeras in a near-future megacity.
Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース)
Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース) is a 2012 action game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom, about a banished demigod's revenge.
Avowed
Avowed is a 2025 first-person fantasy action RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, set in Eora's Living Lands from Pillars of Eternity, released February 18, 2025 by Xbox Game Studios for PC and Xbox, later PS5, with mixed-positive reception.
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate is a Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms RPG franchise begun by BioWare in 1998 on the Infinity Engine, continued in Baldur's Gate II (2000), and revived by Larian's 2023 Baldur's Gate 3, which sold over 20 million copies and swept Game of the Year awards.
Baldur's Gate (video game)
Baldur's Gate (1998) is a BioWare computer RPG published by Interplay under Black Isle, set in D&D's Forgotten Realms on the Infinity Engine; it sold about 1.5 million copies, revived the Western RPG, and spawned Baldur's Gate II and the Enhanced Editions.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a 2001 Snowblind Studios action RPG for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and GBA, set in D&D's Forgotten Realms, with two-player local co-op, three classes, and a 2021 4K re-release.
Bastion (video game)
Bastion is Supergiant Games' 2011 debut action RPG, an action role-playing game with reactive narration by Logan Cunningham, Darren Korb's 'acoustic frontier trip-hop' score, and Jen Zee's art.
Bayonetta
Bayonetta (ベヨネッタ): 2009 PlatinumGames action game directed by Hideki Kamiya, published by Sega; witch heroine, Bullet Arts, Witch Time, Wicked Weaves; spawned Bayonetta 2, 3, and Origins.
Bayonetta (ベヨネッタ) (video game)
Bayonetta (ベヨネッタ) is a 2009 PlatinumGames action game published by Sega, directed by Hideki Kamiya, starring a witch hunting angels with Bullet Arts, Witch Time, and hair magic; ports span Wii U, Steam, Switch, and PS4.