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Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ)
Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ), known in some releases as Puyo Pop, is a Japanese competitive falling-block puzzle series created by Compile in 1991 and owned by Sega since 1998.
Puzzle video game
Puzzle video game genre: games where puzzle-solving is the main activity and pleasure, from Tetris (1984) and The Witness to match-3 and merge mobile titles; $4.9bn H1 2026 mobile spending.
Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인)
Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인) is Gravity's Korean Norse-mythology MMORPG, launched commercially in Korea in 2002, expanded to dozens of countries, listed Gravity on NASDAQ, and spawned sequels and mobile spin-offs.
Rhythm game
Rhythm game genre: music video games scored on timing precision. Key titles DDR (1998), Pump It Up (1999), Guitar Hero (2005), Rock Band (2007); 18% of US market at 2008 peak; Beat Saber leads VR today.
Rock Band
Rock Band: Harmonix's music rhythm game franchise (2007, MTV Games) for guitar, bass, drums, and vocals; over 18 million units sold, $1 billion franchise, four main entries through Rock Band 4 (2015).
Rock Band (video game)
Rock Band, 2007 Harmonix/MTV Games rhythm game for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2; four-player guitar, bass, drums, vocals; $169.99 bundle; billion-dollar franchise; Rock Band 4 delisted October 5, 2025.
Rock Band 4
Rock Band 4 is a 2015 music rhythm game by Harmonix for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in which players perform lead guitar, bass, drums, and vocals with instrument controllers.
Rocksmith
Rocksmith is Ubisoft's 2011 music game series teaching real guitar and bass via note detection, spanning Rocksmith 2014 (Metacritic 87), Remastered (1,570 songs), and the 2022 subscription service Rocksmith+.
Rocksmith 2014
Rocksmith 2014 Edition (Remastered, 2016) is Ubisoft's real-guitar learning game using the Real Tone USB cable and note detection; over 1,500 DLC songs; delisted from stores October 23, 2023.
RuneScape
RuneScape is Jagex's fantasy MMORPG set in Gielinor, launched free-to-play in January 2001, with over 300 million accounts. Two versions exist: RuneScape 3 (29 skills) and Old School RuneScape (2013, 2007-based, 23 skills).
Seven minutes in heaven
Seven minutes in heaven, also called seven minutes in the closet, is a kissing party game at teenage parties in which two participants spend seven minutes alone in a closet.
Slither.io
Slither.io: free-to-play multiplayer snake game launched March 2016 by Steve Howse (Lowtech Studios); eat pellets to grow, boost at 2x speed by shedding mass, kill rivals by head-on-body collisions; HTML5 servers hold 600 players.
Sokoban (倉庫番)
Sokoban (倉庫番, Sōkoban, warehouse keeper) is a 1982 Thinking Rabbit puzzle game by Hiroyuki Imabayashi: push-only crate puzzles, PSPACE-complete, NP-hard, and the template for the box-pushing puzzle genre.
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set thousands of years before the Star Wars films, launched by BioWare in 2011.
Taiko no Tatsujin (太鼓の達人)
Taiko no Tatsujin (太鼓の達人) is a Japanese rhythm game series created by Namco in 2001, in which players hit a taiko drum in time with scrolling notes.
TERA (테라) (video game)
TERA (테라, The Exiled Realm of Arborea): Korean action MMORPG by Bluehole Studio, launched 2011, known for non-targeting True Action Combat; PC servers closed June 30, 2022, console version continued under Krafton.
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is ZeniMax Online Studios' MMORPG set in Tamriel, launched April 4, 2014. Buy-to-play with ESO Plus and Crown Store; shifted to free seasonal content in 2026; set nearly 1,000 years before Skyrim.
The Lord of the Rings Online
The Lord of the Rings Online, commonly abbreviated LOTRO, is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, launched in 2007.
The Matrix Online
The Matrix Online (MxO) was a 2005-2009 PC MMORPG set in the Matrix films, developed by Monolith, later run by Sony Online Entertainment, known for live events and flexible classes.
The Secret World
The Secret World (Secret World Legends) is Funcom's 2012 contemporary-horror MMORPG where every conspiracy is true; classless 500-skill progression, real-world investigation missions, Illuminati/Templars/Dragons factions, 200k launch sales, free-to-play 2017 relaunch.
The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle: philosophical first-person puzzle game by Croteam (Zagreb), written by Tom Jubert and Jonas Kyratzes, published by Devolver Digital, released December 11, 2014; 120+ puzzles, Elohim narrative, 85% Metacritic, Road to Gehenna DLC, Reawakened remaster 2025.
TypeRacer
TypeRacer is a free browser-based multiplayer typing race game launched March 2008 by Alex Epshteyn, the first real-time multiplayer typing game, where players type quotes from books, movies, and songs against live opponents with mandatory error correction and server-side anti-cheat.
Ultima Online
Ultima Online (UO), launched September 24, 1997 by Origin Systems, is the pioneering graphical sandbox MMORPG set in Britannia: skill-based progression, simulated ecology, player housing, the 2000 Trammel/Felucca PvP split, ~250,000 peak subscribers, and ongoing Broadsword operation.
Universal Paperclips
Universal Paperclips (Frank Lantz, NYU Game Center, 2017) is a free browser incremental game about an AI maximizing paperclip production across three phases: manufacturing, drones, and space exploration, ending with the universe converted to clips.
Wizard101
Wizard101 is a free-to-play turn-based deckbuilding MMORPG by KingsIsle Entertainment, launched September 2, 2008. Players enroll at Ravenwood Academy in one of seven magic schools and save the Spiral's worlds using collectible spell-card combat.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a monthly-subscription MMORPG by Blizzard Entertainment, released in November 2004, set in Azeroth, and still running as retail, Classic, and World of Warcraft: Forever.
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (BfA) is Blizzard's seventh WoW expansion, released August 2018: faction war across Kul Tiras and Zandalar, level cap 120, Allied Races, Azerite Heart, Island Expeditions, Warfronts, Uldir raid, Visions of N'Zoth finale.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Blizzard's third WoW expansion (December 7, 2010), raised the level cap to 85, added worgen and goblin, remade Azeroth via Deathwing, and sold 4.7 million copies in a month; re-released as Cataclysm Classic in 2024.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, fourth WoW expansion released September 25, 2012, added the pandaren race, monk class, level cap 90, pet battles, and Pandaria; re-released as Remix (2024) and Classic (July 2025).
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
Warlords of Draenor, fifth World of Warcraft expansion by Blizzard, launched November 13, 2014. Set on alternate-timeline Draenor against the Iron Horde; introduced Garrisons, level cap 100, Ashran PvP; subscribers fell from 7.4 to 5.6 million.