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Maze game
Maze game: video game genre of navigating branching, dead-end-filled labyrinths, defined by Pac-Man (1980) and peaked in the early 1980s; spans top-down, first-person, and procedurally generated mazes.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (Piranha Games, December 2019) is an open-world BattleTech mech simulation where players run a mercenary company from 3015 through the Clan Invasion, with nine DLC packs, 4-player co-op, and Steam Workshop mod support.
Medieval II: Total War
Medieval II: Total War (Medieval 2) is a 2006 Creative Assembly/Sega strategy game, fourth in the Total War series, set 1080-1530 with 10,000-troop real-time battles, 17 factions, the Kingdoms expansion, and a major modding scene.
MediEvil
MediEvil (MediEvil series) is Sony's 1998 PlayStation action-adventure starring undead knight Sir Daniel Fortesque fighting sorcerer Zarok in Gallowmere; sequels, a 2005 PSP remake, and a faithful 2019 PS4 remake by Other Ocean followed.
Men of War
Men of War (В тылу врага 2: Лис пустыни) is a 2009 WWII real-time strategy game by Best Way and DigitalMindSoft, sequel to Faces of War, known for Direct Control, per-soldier logistics, and destructible battlefields.
Metal Slug (メタルスラッグ)
Metal Slug (メタルスラッグ) is SNK's run-and-gun franchise debuting April 1996 on Neo Geo, developed by Nazca; Marco and Tarma fight General Morden. Known for pixel art, the tank, and a 2026 30th-anniversary reboot.
Metaverse
Metaverse: persistent shared 3D virtual worlds accessed via VR, AR, or screens; term coined in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992); Meta rebrand 2021; applications in healthcare, education, gaming; interoperability and identity standards remain unsolved.
Metro 2033 (Метро 2033) (video game)
Metro 2033 (Метро 2033) is a 2010 first-person shooter by 4A Games, published by THQ, adapting Dmitry Glukhovsky's novel; Artyom crosses post-apocalyptic Moscow's metro, using bullets as currency, with a 2014 Redux remaster.
Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light is a 2013 post-apocalyptic FPS by 4A Games and Deep Silver, sequel to Metro 2033. Set in 2034, Artyom fights over the D6 doomsday device; Metacritic 82, remastered in Metro Redux.
Metroidvania
Metroidvania: a video game genre of interconnected, ability-gated worlds with backtracking, named for Metroid (1986) and Castlevania; template set by Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night, now led by indie hits like Hollow Knight and Silksong.
Micro Machines
Micro Machines: Galoob's miniature toy vehicle line launched 1986 (11 themed sets, Clemens Hedeen concept, over $1 billion US retail sales), plus Codemasters' 1991 top-down racing game series set in oversized household environments; revived by Hasbro in 2020.
Microsoft Entertainment Pack
Microsoft Entertainment Pack, also known as Windows Entertainment Pack, is a series of casual game compilations Microsoft released for 16-bit Windows between 1990 and 1992, bundling games like Minesweeper, Tetris, and FreeCell.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator: long-running flight simulation series (debut 1982), now built by Asobo Studio, simulating Earth as a streamed digital twin from Bing Maps and Azure data; MSFS 2024 is the 12th release.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) is an Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios flight sim released 18 August 2020 on PC, streaming a 2.5-petabyte Bing Maps digital twin of Earth via Azure, with live weather and air traffic; over 2 million users in six months.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) is ACES Studio's 2006 Windows flight simulator, tenth in the series, with 24,000+ airports, SimConnect SDK, missions, and multiplayer; later revived as Prepar3D and FSX: Steam Edition.
Microsoft Solitaire Collection
Microsoft Solitaire Collection, released July 28, 2012 by Microsoft Game Studios and developed by Arkadium, bundles Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, and TriPeaks with daily challenges and Xbox achievements; free with ads, Premium subscription removes them.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
Might & Magic Heroes VII (MMH7) is a 2015 Limbic Entertainment turn-based fantasy strategy game published by Ubisoft for PC, set in Ashan; Metascore 67, user score 4.9, buggy launch, community 7.5 mod, succeeded by Olden Era.
Mirror's Edge
Mirror's Edge (2008), EA DICE first-person parkour action-adventure starring Runner Faith; Metacritic 79-81, praised for visuals and momentum-based movement, criticized for combat; sequel Catalyst (2016).
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Mirror's Edge Catalyst, 2016 DICE/EA first-person parkour action-adventure for PC, PS4, Xbox One; open-world reboot starring Runner Faith in the city of Glass; Metacritic 69-74, online services shut down December 2023.
Mobile game
Mobile game: video game played on smartphones, tablets, and phones. From 1997 Nokia Snake through J2ME and the 2008 App Store to a $100B+ free-to-play market with in-app purchases.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (决胜巅峰, MLBB) is a free-to-play mobile 5v5 MOBA by Moonton, released 2016, with 1.5 billion installs, 110 million monthly users, and record-setting M Series esports.
Mortal Shell
Mortal Shell (Dungeonhaven) is a 2020 soulslike action RPG by Cold Symmetry and Playstack, released August 18, 2020 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC; known for the Harden stone-form mechanic, Resolve bar, and four shells; sequel Mortal Shell II due 2026.
Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade: TaleWorlds' medieval sandbox action-RPG series set in Calradia, begun 2008 by Armağan Yavuz; includes Warband (64-player multiplayer) and Bannerlord (2022, War Sails naval DLC 2025).
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, also called Bannerlord, is TaleWorlds Entertainment's sandbox action-RPG/strategy game set in Calradia, a prequel to Warband; Early Access March 30, 2020, full release October 25, 2022, War Sails naval expansion 2025.
Mount & Blade: Warband
Mount & Blade: Warband (2010, TaleWorlds, Ankara) is the stand-alone multiplayer expansion to Mount & Blade, adding 64-player battles, the Sarranid faction, marriage, and kingdom founding in Calradia; ~6.6M units sold, 97-98% positive Steam reviews.
Multi-user dungeon
Multi-user dungeon (MUD, also Dimension/Domain): persistent real-time multiplayer text virtual world, created 1978 by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at Essex University; ancestor of MMORPGs, with codebase families LPMud, DikuMUD, TinyMUD, MOO.
Multiplayer online battle arena
A multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), also called action real-time strategy, is a video game genre where each player controls a single hero and teams compete to destroy the enemy base.
Multiplayer video game
Multiplayer video game: games where multiple people play together or against each other, competitively or cooperatively, online or co-located. From Spacewar! (1962) to rollback netcode, toxicity research, and ESA play statistics.
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (朧村正)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (朧村正, Oboromuramasa) is Vanillaware's 2009 Wii side-scrolling action RPG set in the Genroku era, starring Momohime and Kisuke, with 108 forgeable demon blades; revived as Muramasa: Revenant Blades in February 2027.
My Summer Car
My Summer Car (Amistech Games, 2016 Early Access, 1.0 in January 2025) is a permadeath car-building and survival simulator set in 1990s rural Finland, where players assemble a Satsuma from hundreds of parts; sequel My Winter Car launched December 2025.