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Beat 'em up
Beat 'em up, also called brawler, is a video game genre where players fight waves of enemies while moving through side-scrolling stages, distinct from one-on-one fighting games.
Biomutant
Biomutant (バイオミュータント) is a 2021 open-world post-apocalyptic action RPG by Sweden's Experiment 101, published by THQ Nordic; martial arts combat, mutations, crafting, six tribes, two endings, later PS5, Series, and Switch versions.
Blair Witch (video game)
Blair Witch (2019) is a first-person psychological horror game by Bloober Team, published by Lionsgate Games, released August 30, 2019 on Xbox One and PC. Ex-cop Ellis and dog Bullet search Black Hills Forest; camcorder puzzles, tracked endings, Metacritic 69.
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996) is a top-down action-adventure RPG by Silicon Knights, published by Crystal Dynamics, launching the Legacy of Kain series. Vampire Kain hunts the Circle of Nine across Nosgoth, feeding on blood; re-released 2024 on PS Plus, Evercade, and GOG.
Bloodborne
Bloodborne: 2015 FromSoftware action RPG for PS4, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, published by Sony. Gothic Yharnam beast-hunting, Regain/Rally system, Insight, Chalice Dungeons; never officially released on PC.
Blue Dragon (video game)
Blue Dragon (ブルードラゴン) is a 2006 role-playing video game for the Xbox 360, designed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi with characters by Akira Toriyama and music by Nobuo Uematsu.
Borderlands (video game)
Borderlands is Gearbox Software's 2009 shooter-looter for 2K, set on Pandora, blending FPS combat with Diablo-style procedural weapon loot; it founded a four-game, roughly $1 billion franchise.
Borderlands 3
Borderlands 3 is Gearbox Software's 2019 looter-shooter, the fourth main Borderlands entry, released September 13, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and Epic Games Store PC, with four Vault Hunters, dynamic co-op scaling, and a Metacritic of 81.
Bravely Default
Bravely Default (ブレイブリーデフォルト), also Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, is a 2012 Silicon Studio/Square Enix turn-based 3DS JRPG with the Brave/Default Brave Point battle system, 23 jobs, a Metacritic 85, and a 2025 Switch 2 HD Remaster.
Bravely Second: End Layer
Bravely Second: End Layer (ブレイブリーセカンド), also known as Bravely Second, is a Japanese role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS and the direct sequel to Bravely Default, released in 2016.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, 2005 Headfirst Productions first-person survival horror published by Bethesda, adapts The Shadow over Innsmouth with a sanity system, no HUD, and a troubled six-year development.
Castle Crashers
Castle Crashers is a 2008 2D beat 'em up by The Behemoth, its second game after Alien Hominid, for up to four players co-op; released on XBLA, PSN, Steam, and as Remastered, with Painter Boss Paradise DLC in 2025.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is MercurySteam and Konami's 2014 action-adventure for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, concluding the Lords of Shadow trilogy with Gabriel Belmont as Dracula; Metacritic 63, Steam 84.8% positive.
Child of Light
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal, 2014) is a 2D side-scrolling fairy-tale RPG on PC, consoles, and Switch; princess Aurora of 1895 Austria recovers the stolen sun, moon, and stars in rhyming verse, with Grandia-style turn-based combat.
Clock Tower (1995 video game)
Clock Tower (クロックタワー) is Human Entertainment's 1995 Super Famicom point-and-click survival horror game directed by Hifumi Kono, in which defenseless orphan Jennifer Simpson flees Scissorman through the Barrows mansion; Japan-only until Clock Tower: Rewind (2024).
Clock Tower (series)
Clock Tower, survival horror series by Human Entertainment begun 1995 on Super Famicom, starring Jennifer Simpson evading Scissorman; later entries include Clock Tower 3 (Capcom, 2003) and the 2024 Rewind remaster.
Code Vein
Code Vein (2019) is a Bandai Namco Studios anime-style Soulslike action RPG for PS4, Xbox One, and Steam, set among vampire-like Revenants; it sold over a million copies and received a sequel, Code Vein II, in January 2026.
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned: Criminal Origins is a 2005 first-person survival horror game by Monolith Productions and Sega for Xbox 360, later on PC, Steam, and Xbox One, starring FBI agent Ethan Thomas using melee combat and forensic tools.
Corpse Party (コープスパーティー)
Corpse Party (コープスパーティー) is a Japanese survival horror adventure series created by Makoto Kedouin. It began in 1996 and evolved into an expansive franchise of remakes, anime, and films.
Cry of Fear
Cry of Fear is a free 2013 first-person psychological survival horror game by Team Psykskallar, originally a Half-Life 1 mod, following Simon through a nightmarish Swedish town with multiple endings and co-op.
Dante's Inferno (video game)
Dante's Inferno is a 2010 Visceral Games/EA action-adventure hack-and-slash adapting Dante's Divine Comedy, with punish-or-absolve holy/unholy upgrades, God of War-style combat, a 73 Metascore, staged E3 protests, and a canceled Purgatorio sequel.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a 2006 first-person action RPG by Arkane Studios and Ubisoft, built on Source engine, starring Sareth in Ashan; praised for physics melee combat, Metacritic 72, no sequel.
Dark Souls
Dark Souls (ダークソウル) is FromSoftware's 2011 action RPG directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, a spiritual successor to Demon's Souls set in Lordran, known for bonfires, souls-based death penalties, online co-op and PvP, and spawning the Soulslike genre.
Dark Souls (video game)
Dark Souls is a 2011 action role-playing game by FromSoftware, set in the kingdom of Lordran and known for punishing, deliberate combat and its soulslike legacy.
Dark Souls II (ダークソウルII)
Dark Souls II (ダークソウルII) is FromSoftware's 2014 action RPG set in Drangleic, directed by Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, released March 2014 on PS3/Xbox 360 and April 25, 2014 on PC, with the Scholar of the First Sin edition (2015) adding DLC, 60fps, and 1–6 player online.
Dark Souls III
Dark Souls III (DARK SOULS III) is FromSoftware's 2016 dark fantasy action RPG for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, set in Lothric, adding weapon arts and Focus Points, scored 89 on Metacritic, with Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City expansions.
Darksiders II
Darksiders II (Darksiders 2) is Vigil Games' 2012 action RPG starring Death, questing parallel to Darksiders (2010) to clear War's name; Diablo-style loot, Harbinger/Necromancer skill trees, 1.4M sold, Metacritic 83, Deathinitive Edition remasters through 2024.
Darksiders III
Darksiders III is a 2018 hack-and-slash action-adventure by Gunfire Games and THQ Nordic starring Fury, who hunts the Seven Deadly Sins using four elemental Hollow forms in a Metroidvania-style world with Souls-like combat.
Darkwood
Darkwood: top-down survival horror by Poland's Acid Wizard Studio, released 17 August 2017 after Indiegogo funding and Early Access; day/night hideout survival, no jump scares; sequel by Ice-Pick Lodge announced 2025.
Dauntless (video game)
Dauntless was a free-to-play co-op monster-hunting action RPG by Phoenix Labs, announced 2016, launched 2019, with cross-play, 30 million accounts, an unpopular 2024 Awakening update, and shutdown on May 29, 2025.