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Sandbox game
Sandbox game: open-ended video game genre with no fixed goal, exemplified by The Sims, Grand Theft Auto III, and Minecraft; distinct from open-world games, top Steam genre by hit rate (27.3%).
Satisfactory
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory automation game by Coffee Stain Studios, set on planet Massage-2(AB)b for FICSIT. Early Access June 8, 2020; 1.0 September 10, 2024; consoles November 4, 2025; distinct from Factorio's 3D freeform building.
Saw (video game)
Saw (Saw: The Video Game) is a 2009 survival horror game by Zombie Studios, published by Konami for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, starring Detective David Tapp escaping Jigsaw's asylum traps; mixed reviews, followed by Saw 2: Flesh and Blood.
Scarlet Nexus
Scarlet Nexus (スカーレットネクサス) is Bandai Namco Studios' 2021 Brain Punk action RPG with dual protagonists Yuito and Kasane, psychokinetic combat, SAS squad powers, Metacritic 80, and 2 million copies sold.
Scorn (video game)
Scorn is a 2022 first-person horror adventure game by Serbian studio Ebb Software, released October 14, 2022 on Xbox Series X|S and PC via Game Pass, PS5 in 2023. Giger- and Beksiński-inspired puzzle exploration with divisive combat; Metacritic 70.
Seaman (video game)
Seaman (シーマン) is a 1999 Dreamcast virtual pet game by Yoot Saito's Vivarium, published by Sega: players raise a rude human-faced fish, talk to it via a microphone, with Leonard Nimoy narrating; over one million sold.
Second Life
Second Life: 3D online virtual world launched June 2003 by Linden Lab, founded 1999 by Philip Rosedale. User-built world with Linden Dollar economy; $3.2 billion spent in first decade; still operating with mobile beta.
Secret of Mana
Secret of Mana (聖剣伝説2, Seiken Densetsu 2) is Square's 1993 SNES action RPG starring Randi, Primm, and Popoi; known for three-player co-op via Super Multitap, real-time combat, ring menus, and Hiroki Kikuta's score; remade in 3D in 2018 to mixed reviews.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, also known as Sekiro, is a 2019 action-adventure game by FromSoftware, published by Activision, set in Sengoku-era Japan and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki.
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.
Shadow Warrior 2
Shadow Warrior 2 is a 2016 first-person looter-shooter by Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital, sequel to the 2013 Shadow Warrior reboot, starring Lo Wang with four-player co-op, procedural levels, and Metacritic 78 (PC).
Shadowrun Returns
Shadowrun Returns is a 2013 turn-based tactical RPG by Harebrained Schemes, Kickstarter-funded at $1.8 million, set in cyberpunk Seattle 2054, with the Dead Man's Switch campaign and Dragonfall DLC.
Shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up, often shortened to shmup, is a video game genre where the player pilots a ship fighting masses of enemies, peaking in 1980s arcades.
Shooter game
Shooter game: action video game genre centered on defeating enemies with firearms or long-range weapons, split into FPS and TPS perspectives. Spans Space Invaders (1978) to Battlefield 6; among the most popular genres worldwide.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC) is Firaxis's 1999 turn-based 4X strategy game published by EA, a Civilization spin-off set on Planet/Chiron with seven ideological factions, social engineering, mindworms, and the Alien Crossfire expansion; PC Gamer rated it 98%.
Sifu (video game)
Sifu is a 2022 kung fu beat-'em-up by Paris studio Sloclap; deaths age the protagonist (starting at 20, fatal past 70), built on motion-captured Pak Mei kung fu, selling over 4 million copies with a Netflix film in development.
Sim racing
Sim racing: racing video games played with wheels, pedals, and force-feedback hardware, from iRacing to Gran Turismo 7. Grew from Papyrus's 1989 Indianapolis 500 simulation into FIA-sanctioned esports with F1 Sim Racing and national championships.
SimCity
SimCity (originally Micropolis) is Will Wright's 1989 Maxis city-building simulation where the player-mayor zones residential, commercial, and industrial land; it spawned a series, The Sims, and widespread classroom use in urban planning education.
SimCity (2013 video game)
SimCity (2013) is a city-building simulation developed by Maxis Emeryville and published by Electronic Arts, the first mainline SimCity entry since SimCity 4 in 2003.
SimCity 2000
SimCity 2000 is Maxis's 1993/1994 isometric city-building simulation, sequel to SimCity. Sold over 300,000 copies in four months, topped world charts for half a year, and was ported widely.
SimCity 4
SimCity 4 (2003), Maxis/EA city-building simulation, fourth main SimCity, designed by Will Wright. Known for regional play with neighbor deals, a statistical spreadsheet simulation, Rush Hour expansion, and a lasting NAM modding community.
Simulation video game
Simulation video game genre: games modeling real or fictional systems like cities, vehicles, farms, or economies. Founded around SimCity (1989, Will Wright, Maxis); includes The Sims, flight and truck sims, god games, colony sims, and serious games.
Siren (サイレン) (video game)
Siren (サイレン), aka Forbidden Siren, is a 2003 PS2 survival horror game by Project Siren/Japan Studio, directed by Keiichiro Toyama, set in the cursed village of Hanuda and known for its sightjacking mechanic.
Six Days in Fallujah
Six Days in Fallujah is a tactical first-person shooter by Highwire Games and Victura recreating the 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah; originally a 2009 Atomic Games-Konami project, it entered Steam Early Access June 22, 2023.
Slime Rancher
Developed by Monomi Park, the game Slime Rancher involves Beatrix LeBeau wrangling slimes on a planet a thousand light-years from Earth. It sold six million copies in 2017.
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.
Smite (video game)
Smite is a free-to-play third-person MOBA by Titan Forge Games and Hi-Rez Studios, released March 25, 2014, where players control 100+ mythological gods; a Unreal Engine 5 sequel, Smite 2, entered alpha in 2024.
Snake (video game genre)
Snake (video game genre): line-growing arcade genre from the 1976 Gremlin game Blockade; Nokia's 1997 6110 version by Taneli Armanto reached ~350 million phones; later Slither.io and .io variants.
Sniper Elite
Sniper Elite is Rebellion Developments' third-person WW2 stealth-sniping series, begun in 2005 on Xbox, starring Karl Fairburne, known for the X-Ray kill cam, with Sniper Elite: Resistance (2025) as latest entry.
Sniper Elite 4
Sniper Elite 4 is a 2017 third-person stealth shooter by Rebellion for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, set in WW2 Italy with sniper Karl Fairburne; known for X-ray kill cams, wind and gravity ballistics, and 12-player multiplayer.