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Days Gone
Days Gone is a 2019 Bend Studio open-world action game for PS4, starring biker Deacon St. John surviving Freaker hordes in post-apocalyptic Oregon; ported to PC in 2021, remastered for PS5 in 2025, Metacritic 71.
DayZ (video game)
DayZ is Bohemia Interactive's multiplayer open-world zombie survival game, begun as Dean Hall's Arma 2 mod, released standalone on Steam Early Access 16 December 2013, fully released 13 December 2018, set in Chernarus with up to 60 players per server.
Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight is a 4v1 asymmetric survival horror game by Behaviour Interactive, released June 14, 2016. One Killer hunts four Survivors repairing generators; famous for horror crossovers and outlasting all genre rivals.
Dead Island
Dead Island: 2011 first-person zombie action RPG by Techland, published by Deep Silver, set on Banoi island; four characters, skill trees, co-op for four; Metacritic 71; spawned Riptide, Definitive Collection, Dead Island 2 (2023), and Dead Island 3 (2028).
Dead Island 2
Dead Island 2: 2023 first-person action RPG by Dambuster Studios, published by Deep Silver, set in zombie-quarantined Los Angeles (HELL-A). Known for its FLESH gore system, decade-long four-studio development, Metacritic 73, and 2 million first-month sales.
Dead Island: Riptide
Dead Island: Riptide is Techland's 2013 stand-alone follow-up to Dead Island, set on the island Palanai, with imported characters, hub defense missions, and mixed Metacritic scores of 57-62.
Dead Space
Dead Space: EA's sci-fi survival horror franchise begun in 2008 by Glen Schofield at EA Redwood Shores (Visceral Games), known for limb-severing combat and diegetic UI; sequels, a 2023 Motive remake, and a franchise now on hold.
Dead Space (2008 video game)
Dead Space is a 2008 science-fiction survival horror game by EA Redwood Shores, in which engineer Isaac Clarke fights Necromorphs aboard the mining ship USG Ishimura.
Dead Space (2023 video game)
Dead Space (2023) is EA Motive's from-scratch remake of the 2008 survival horror classic, released January 27, 2023 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in Frostbite, with a voiced Isaac Clarke, one-shot interconnected Ishimura, and nearly two million copies sold.
Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 is a 2011 survival horror third-person shooter by Visceral Games and EA for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, following Isaac Clarke through a Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl station on Titan, with free-flight zero-G and multiplayer.
Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 is Visceral Games' 2013 sci-fi survival horror game for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, the third main entry, adding drop-in co-op as John Carver, weapon crafting, and Kinect voice commands on the icy planet Tau Volantis.
Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition (Red Seeds Profile in Japan) is SWERY's 2010 Access Games open-world survival horror mystery about FBI agent York in Greenvale, famous for a 68% Guinness-record review swing and cult status.
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls (デモンズソウル) is FromSoftware's 2009 PS3 action RPG that founded the soulslike genre; remade by Bluepoint Games for PS5 launch, November 12, 2020.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a 2011 cyberpunk action RPG by Eidos-Montréal, a prequel set in 2027 starring augmented security chief Adam Jensen of Sarif Industries; praised (Metacritic 89) for player choice, criticized for boss fights; Director's Cut followed in 2013.
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Invisible War (Deus Ex 2) is Ion Storm's 2003 first-person action RPG sequel to Deus Ex, set in 2072 with Alex D., biomods, rival factions, and a criticized universal ammo system.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an action role-playing game released by Square Enix in August 2016, the fourth Deus Ex game and sequel to Human Revolution.
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005, Capcom, PS2; dir. Hideaki Itsuno) is a hack-and-slash prequel pitting Dante against twin Vergil, with six combat styles, D-to-SSS style ranks, a 2006 Special Edition, and a 2020 Switch port with co-op Bloody Palace.
Devotion (video game)
Devotion (還願) is a 2019 first-person psychological horror game by Taiwan's Red Candle Games, set in a 1980s apartment; delisted from Steam days after launch over a Xi Jinping meme talisman, now sold only via the studio's own store.
Diablo (video game)
Diablo (1996) is Blizzard North's action RPG, released December 31, 1996, in which heroes descend 16 randomly generated dungeon levels beneath Tristram to kill the Lord of Terror. It debuted Battle.net, three classes, random loot, and founded the action-RPG genre.
Diablo III
Diablo III, also known as Diablo 3, is a 2012 action role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment in which heroes fight demons and collect randomized loot in Sanctuary.
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (Reaper of Souls) is Blizzard's first expansion to Diablo III, released March 25, 2014 on PC and August 2014 on consoles as Ultimate Evil Edition, adding the Crusader class, Act V, level 70 cap, Adventure Mode, and Nephalem Rifts.
Diablo IV
Diablo IV (Diablo 4) is Blizzard Entertainment's 2023 open-world action RPG, the fourth mainline Diablo game, with five launch classes, the Vessel of Hatred (2024) and Lord of Hatred (2026) expansions, and a Metacritic PC score of 86.
Digimon Survive (デジモンサヴァイブ)
Digimon Survive (デジモンサヴァイブ) is a 2022 hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG by Hyde and Bandai Namco, following Takuma Momozuka and Agumon; a karma system drives evolution and endings.
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis: Capcom survival horror game (1999, PlayStation) directed by Shinji Mikami, starring Regina fighting dinosaurs; sold 2.4 million, spawned Dino Crisis 2 and 3, dormant since 2003.
Dino Crisis (video game)
Dino Crisis (1999) is Capcom's PlayStation survival horror game directed by Shinji Mikami, Resident Evil with dinosaurs; Regina investigates Ibis Island, sold 2.4 million, no remake announced.
Dishonored
Dishonored (Arkane Studios, Bethesda, 2012) is a first-person immersive sim set in plague-ridden Dunwall, where Corvo Attano's Outsider powers, Chaos system, nonlethal options, DLC, sequels, and over 100 Game of the Year awards define the series.
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is Arkane's 2017 standalone stealth game for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, following Billie Lurk and Daud's quest to kill the Outsider after Dishonored 2, with Void-drawn powers and five missions.
Divine Divinity
Divine Divinity is a 2002 single-player action role-playing game for PC by Belgian studio Larian Studios, combining Diablo-style combat with the open world and quest depth of Baldur's Gate.
Divinity II
Divinity II (Ego Draconis) is Larian Studios' 2009 action RPG in the Divinity series, later re-released as The Dragon Knight Saga and Developer's Cut; Metascore 72, dragon-morphing mechanic.
Divinity: Original Sin
Divinity: Original Sin is Larian Studios' 2014 Kickstarter-funded, classless turn-based co-op RPG set in Rivellon, a prequel to Divine Divinity; its 2015 Enhanced Edition added full voice-over, split-screen, and console releases.