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Quake Champions
Quake Champions: id Software and Saber Interactive's arena FPS, announced 2016, Early Access August 2017, 1.0 in 2022; Champions with abilities atop classic Quake movement; became a $10 paid Steam game in September 2026 with microtransactions removed.
Radiant Historia
Radiant Historia is an Atlus/Headlock time-travel JRPG for Nintendo DS (2010), remade as Perfect Chronology for 3DS (2017). Protagonist Stocke uses the White Chronicle across parallel timelines; grid-based combat; Metacritic 85; composer Yoko Shimomura.
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.
Ready or Not (video game)
Ready or Not: tactical first-person SWAT shooter by VOID Interactive, set in Los Sueños. Early access Dec 2021, 1.0 Dec 2023, consoles July 2025; 13 million sold, Team17 split and 2022 Steam removal controversies.
Real-time strategy
Real-time strategy (RTS) games, also called estrategia en tiempo real, are continuous-time strategy video games defined by Dune II (1992), which coined the name; Warcraft, Command & Conquer, Age of Empires, and StarCraft defined the 1990s boom and esports.
Redfall
Redfall: open-world co-op vampire-hunting FPS by Arkane Austin, published by Bethesda Softworks, released May 2, 2023 on Xbox Series X|S and PC; four heroes, mixed reviews, bugs, Arkane Austin closed May 2024.
Remnant 2
Remnant II (Remnant 2) is a 2023 third-person looter-shooter soulslike by Gunfire Games and Gearbox Publishing, sequel to Remnant: From the Ashes, with procedural campaigns, archetypes, three-player co-op, and three DLC expansions.
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.
RimWorld
RimWorld is a sci-fi colony simulation game by Ludeon Studios and Tynan Sylvester, in early access from 2013 and version 1.0 on October 17, 2018, driven by an AI Storyteller that paces events to generate stories.
Rise of Nations
Rise of Nations (2003) is a Big Huge Games real-time strategy game published by Microsoft, designed by Brian Reynolds, with 18 civilizations, 8 ages, borders, attrition, and Conquer the World; not to be confused with the Roblox game.
RoboCop: Rogue City
RoboCop: Rogue City is a 2023 first-person action game by Teyon and Nacon based on the 1987 film, released November 2, 2023 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, with Peter Weller voicing RoboCop and the Unfinished Business expansion in 2025.
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.
Rogue Company
Rogue Company is a free-to-play third-person tactical hero shooter by First Watch Games and Hi-Rez Studios, released 2020, with 4v4/6v6 modes, Rogues heroes, and full cross-play.
Roguelike
Roguelike: video game genre named for Rogue (1980), with procedural generation, permadeath, turn-based grid play; defined by the 2008 Berlin Interpretation; roguelites like Hades add metaprogression.
Roguelike deck-building game
Roguelike deck-building game: genre fusing in-run deck construction with permadeath runs, defined by Dream Quest (2014) and Slay the Spire (2019); key titles include Monster Train and Balatro (5M sales, 2024).
Role-playing video game
Role-playing video game (RPG), also CRPG or JRPG: a video game genre of character progression, quests, and combat rules descended from Dungeons & Dragons, spanning Western, Japanese, action, and MMORPG traditions.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World
RollerCoaster Tycoon World (RCTW), 2016 theme park sim by Nvizzio Creations and Atari, fourth mainline RCT entry; spline coaster editor, Steam Workshop, launched one day before Planet Coaster to Mostly Negative reviews (26% of 1,980).
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國志, Sangokushi) is Koei Tecmo's turn-based grand strategy series on Three Kingdoms-era China, launched December 1985, spanning 37 titles, over 9 million shipped copies, and the Dynasty Warriors spin-off.
Rule of Rose
Rule of Rose is a 2006 Punchline psychological survival horror game for PlayStation 2, set in 1930s England, starring Jennifer and her dog at an orphanage ruled by the Aristocracy of the Red Crayon; banned in the UK, Metacritic 59, cult classic.
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).
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a Ukrainian first-person survival horror series by GSC Game World set in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, spanning Shadow of Chernobyl (2007), Clear Sky, Call of Pripyat, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (2024).
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, GSC Game World's open-world survival horror FPS in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, released November 20, 2024 on PC and Xbox after wartime development, using Unreal Engine 5 and A-Life 2.0.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is a 2010 survival horror first-person shooter set in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, developed by GSC Game World as the third game in the series.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, once titled Oblivion Lost, is a 2007 survival horror shooter by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World, set in a mutated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Salt and Sanctuary
Salt and Sanctuary: 2D soulslike action RPG by Ska Studios (James and Michelle Silva), released March 2016 on PS4, later PC, Vita, Xbox One, Switch; salt as XP, 20+ bosses, over 1 million sold.
Samurai Warriors (戦国無双)
Samurai Warriors (戦国無双, Sengoku Musou) is Koei Tecmo and Omega Force's hack-and-slash series, launched 2004, set in Japan's Sengoku period; five mainline games, over 8 million units sold, latest entry Samurai Warriors 5 (2021).