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Life (video games)
Life (video games) covers the lives mechanic, the limited chances before a game session ends, from arcade Pac-Man to Candy Crush timers, plus whole-life games, life sims, Conway's Game of Life, and The Game of Life adaptations.
Life simulation game
A life simulation game, also called an artificial life game, is a video game genre where players manage characters' daily lives, usually without defined goals.
Lineage II (리니지 II)
Lineage II (리니지 II), also called Lineage 2, is NCSoft's fantasy MMORPG set in Aden, launched in Korea October 2003 and North America April 2004, known for open-world PvP, karma penalties, clans, and castle sieges.
List of battle royale games
The list of battle royale games covers the genre's defining titles, from mod origins through PUBG, Fortnite Battle Royale, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty: Warzone.
List of eroge
The list of eroge, or Japanese erotic games, gathers documented titles from Yakyuken, widely considered the first, in 1979 to Leaf's visual novels of the 1990s.
List of fighting games
List of fighting games: overview of the fighting game genre, from Heavyweight Champ (1976) and Street Fighter II to SF6, MK1, and Tekken 8, covering subgenres, franchise sales (Mortal Kombat 83M+), rollback netcode, and esports.
List of Roblox games
List of Roblox games: user-created 3D experiences on the Roblox platform (launched 2006), with over 40 million titles. Top games include Brookhaven RP (80.6B visits), Adopt Me!, and Blox Fruits (60.7B visits).
List of Sim video games
List of Sim video games: the Maxis/Electronic Arts simulation family from SimCity (1989) through SimAnt, SimEarth, SimTower, and The Sims series (2000-2014), plus Project Rene and The Sims Hub.
List of skateboarding video games
List of skateboarding video games, also covering Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Skate, Skater XL, and Session: Skate Sim. Chronological survey from Atari's 720° (1986) through EA's Skate series to skate. (2025) and Skate Story.
List of Story of Seasons video games
List of Story of Seasons video games, the English name since 2014 for Marvelous's Bokujō Monogatari (formerly Harvest Moon) farming sims, covering Story of Seasons (2014), Friends of Mineral Town, Pioneers of Olive Town, A Wonderful Life, Doraemon crossovers, and Grand Bazaar (2025).
List of The Sims video games
List of The Sims video games: EA's life-sim franchise, mainline games The Sims (2000), The Sims 2 (2004), The Sims 3 (2009), The Sims 4 (2014), plus spin-offs like The Sims Medieval, MySims, Castaway, and mobile titles FreePlay and Mobile.
List of vehicular combat games
The list of vehicular combat games covers video games in which players fight from armed vehicles, spanning 1970s origins to Twisted Metal, Carmageddon, and Vigilante 8.
List of video game genres
List of video game genres: action, shooters, RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox, puzzle, roguelike, and more, classified by gameplay mechanics rather than setting; no universal taxonomy exists, and Steam tags plus hit-rate data show sandbox, FPS, and RPG leading.
List of video games based on anime or manga
Video games based on anime or manga, also called anime licensees, are licensed games adapting specific Japanese manga or anime series such as Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, and Attack on Titan, distinct from games merely styled like anime.
Live A Live (ライブ・ア・ライブ)
Live A Live (ライブ・ア・ライブ) is Square's 1994 Super Famicom anthology JRPG directed by Takashi Tokita with music by Yoko Shimomura; its 2022 HD-2D remake gave it its first worldwide release.
Lollipop Chainsaw
Lollipop Chainsaw: 2012 Grasshopper Manufacture hack-and-slash by Suda51, starring cheerleader Juliet Starling; remastered as RePOP by Dragami Games in 2024; sequel Back2Back announced 2026.
Lords of the Fallen (2023 video game)
Lords of the Fallen (2023) is a dark-fantasy soulslike action-RPG by Hexworks/CI Games, released 13 October 2023 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S. Axiom/Umbral dual-realm mechanic, 2.5M+ sales, UE5, reboot of the 2014 game.
Lost Ark (로스트아크) (video game)
Lost Ark (로스트아크) is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online action role-playing game by Smilegate RPG, launched in South Korea in 2018 and worldwide by Amazon Games in 2022.
Lost Odyssey (ロストオデッセイ)
Lost Odyssey is a 2008 Japanese role-playing game by Mistwalker and feelplus for Xbox 360, directed by Daisuke Fukugawa with Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi leading the team.
Maneater (video game)
Maneater (ShaRkPG) is Tripwire Interactive's 2020 open-world action RPG where the player is a bull shark, growing from pup to megashark; sold over 14 million copies; sequel Maneater 2 due 2027.
MapleStory 2 (메이플스토리2)
MapleStory 2 (메이플스토리2) was Nexon's free-to-play 3D voxel MMORPG sequel to MapleStory, launched in Korea in 2015 and globally in October 2018 with a cosmetic-only cash shop; global service closed May 27, 2020, Korea in 2025.
Mass Effect (video game)
Mass Effect («Эффект массы») is BioWare's 2007 sci-fi action RPG for Xbox 360, PC, and PS3 (2012), starring Commander Shepard against Saren and the geth, with Paragon/Renegade dialogue, Mako exploration, Unreal Engine 3, and over 90 awards in 2007.
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2 is BioWare's 2010 sci-fi action RPG, the trilogy's second chapter, directed by Casey Hudson. Released January 26, 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC; Metacritic 96, 120+ awards, team-building story ending in a suicide mission.
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 3 (2012), BioWare's action RPG concluding the Mass Effect trilogy, has Commander Shepard unite the galaxy against the Reapers; its three-choice ending sparked the Retake Mass Effect 3 controversy and the free Extended Cut DLC.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda is a 2017 BioWare/EA action RPG, the fourth Mass Effect game, following the Ryder Pathfinders to the Andromeda galaxy; it received mixed reviews (Metacritic ~70) and no story DLC.
Massively multiplayer online game
Massively multiplayer online game (MMO, MMORPG): persistent online worlds for hundreds or thousands of simultaneous players, from MUD1 (1978) and EverQuest to World of Warcraft (12 million subscribers, ~$9.2 billion revenue); covers sharding, instancing, virtual economies, gold farming, and subscription versus free-to-play models.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game): persistent online role-playing worlds descended from MUD1 (1978), Ultima Online, EverQuest, and World of Warcraft; known for guilds, subscription and free-to-play monetization, and client-server architectures.
Master X Master
Master X Master (MXM, 全职大师) was NCSoft's free-to-play dual-hero action MOBA for PC, released June 21, 2017; its Tag System let players swap two Masters mid-combat. Servers closed January 31, 2018 after about seven months.
Masters of Albion
Masters of Albion is a god game by Peter Molyneux's studio 22cans, in Steam Early Access on PC since 22 April 2026. Players build towns by day with the God Hand and defend them at night; set in Fable's Albion universe but not a Fable game.
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3 is a 2012 third-person shooter by Rockstar Games, the first Max Payne not made by Remedy, set in São Paulo. Released May 15, 2012; Metacritic 86; about 3 million sold-in; Dan Houser later called it a failure.