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Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle) is Sega's side-scrolling beat 'em up trilogy launched on Genesis in 1991 with ex-cops Adam, Axel, and Blaze, revived in 2020 by Dotemu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush as Streets of Rage 4.
Streets of Rage 4 (ベア・ナックルIV)
Streets of Rage 4 (ベア・ナックルIV, Bare Knuckle IV) is a 2020 side-scrolling beat 'em up by Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Lizardcube, the first core series entry in about 25 years, with hand-drawn art, recoverable-health specials, combo scoring, and the Mr. X Nightmare DLC (2021).
Stronghold (2001 video game)
Stronghold (FireFly Studios' Stronghold) is a 2001 PC real-time strategy castle sim by London's Firefly Studios, blending siege combat with village management, 21-mission campaign vs the Rat, Snake, Pig, and Wolf, 8-player multiplayer.
Super Auto Pets
Super Auto Pets is a free-to-play asynchronous auto battler by Team Wood Games, first released on browser April 14, 2021, then Steam, Android, and iOS. Players buy pets and food with 10 gold per turn and win 10 arena battles; a Plaid Hat Games card version followed.
Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy: 2010 precision platformer by Team Meat (Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes), expanding the Flash game Meat Boy; Meat Boy rescues Bandage Girl from Dr. Fetus across 300+ brutal levels; Metacritic 90, 400,000+ copies sold.
Superhot
Superhot is a first-person shooter in which time moves only when the player moves, developed by the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team and released in 2016.
Survival game
The survival game is a video game genre where players keep characters alive by managing scarce resources, with breakout hits including Minecraft and the DayZ mod.
Survival horror
Survival horror: a video game genre of scarce resources and player vulnerability, coined by Resident Evil (1996) and templated by Alone in the Dark (1992), spanning Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Clock Tower, Fatal Frame, and Forbidden Siren.
SWAT 4
SWAT 4 is a 2005 tactical first-person shooter by Irrational Games, published by Sierra Entertainment, in which players lead a five-officer police SWAT team under strict rules of engagement; its only expansion is The Stetchkov Syndicate (2006).
Sweet Home (スウィートホーム) (video game)
Sweet Home (スウィートホーム) is Capcom's 1989 Famicom horror RPG, a licensed adaptation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film, directed by Tokuro Fujiwara, never released in the West, and the direct forerunner of Resident Evil and survival horror.
System Shock 2
System Shock 2 (1999) is a first-person sci-fi horror RPG by Irrational Games with Looking Glass, set on the Von Braun, built on the Dark Engine, a commercial flop that became an acclaimed immersive sim, remastered in 2025.
Tactical role-playing game
Tactical role-playing game (TRPG, also strategy RPG or SRPG, Japanese simulation RPG): an RPG subgenre combining character progression with turn-based, grid-based positional combat. Founding titles Tactics Ogre (1995) and Final Fantasy Tactics (1997); Fire Emblem and Disgaea are other pillars.
Tactical shooter
Tactical shooter: a video game subgenre spanning FPS and third-person shooters emphasizing realism, one-shot-kill lethality, planning, and teamwork; founded by Rainbow Six (1998), Counter-Strike, and Ghost Recon, now spanning competitive, extraction, and mil-sim branches.
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.
Tak and the Power of Juju
Tak and the Power of Juju is a 2003 Avalanche Software 3D platformer published by THQ with Nickelodeon for PS2, GameCube, and GBA; shaman's apprentice Tak saves the sheep-turned Pupanunu people from Tlaloc, and the franchise later spawned a 2007–2008 animated TV series.
Team Fortress Classic
Team Fortress Classic (TFC) is Valve's April 1999 class-based multiplayer shooter, a GoldSrc remake of the 1996 Quake Team Fortress mod with nine classes, CTF and VIP modes, and a proof-of-concept role before TF2.
Technology tree
Technology tree (tech tree): branching progression structure in strategy games, first in the 1980 Civilization board game and Sid Meier's 1991 Civilization video game; directed graphs of research prerequisites gating units, buildings, and abilities.
Tenchu (天誅)
Tenchu (天誅, 'divine punishment') is Acquire's ninja stealth game series, first released 1998; the first 3D stealth game, with Ki-meter stealth kills, Rikimaru and Ayame, and rights held by FromSoftware since 2004.
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.
Terranigma (天地創造)
Terranigma (天地創造, Tenchi Sōzō) is a 1995 Quintet action RPG for the SNES, published by Enix in Japan and Nintendo in Europe; starring Ark, it was never released in North America until the Clear River Games remaster due January 14, 2027.
The Callisto Protocol
The Callisto Protocol is a 2022 survival horror video game by Striking Distance Studios, set in Black Iron Prison on Jupiter's moon Callisto, where inmate Jacob Lee fights mutated prisoners called Biophages.
The Crew (video game)
The Crew is a 2014 open-world racing game by Ubisoft Ivory Tower and Ubisoft, set in an always-online recreation of the mainland United States, with servers closed in 2024.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
House of Ashes (2021) is the third Dark Pictures Anthology survival horror game by Supermassive Games, Bandai Namco-published, set in a buried Iraqi temple with five playable characters, 60+ deaths, Metascore 72.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is a 2020 survival horror game by Supermassive Games, the second entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology after Man of Medan.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is a 2019 branching-narrative horror game by Supermassive Games and Bandai Namco, the anthology's first entry, inspired by the Ourang Medan ghost-ship legend, with Shared Story and Movie Night multiplayer.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me is Supermassive Games' 2022 Season One finale, a cinematic horror game about a documentary crew trapped in a recreation of H.H. Holmes' murder-castle hotel, adding inventory, climbing, and puzzles.
The Darkness (video game)
The Darkness (2007) is a Starbreeze-developed, 2K-published first-person shooter for Xbox 360 and PS3 adapting the Top Cow comic, following hitman Jackie Estacado and his shadow-powered abilities; Metacritic 82.
The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls is Bethesda Game Studios' open-world fantasy RPG series set on Tamriel, spanning Arena (1994) through Skyrim (2011), plus the MMO The Elder Scrolls Online and the in-development The Elder Scrolls VI.
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is a 1996 open-world role-playing game by Bethesda Softworks, known for its massive procedurally generated world of Hammerfell and High Rock.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is Bethesda's 2006 open-world fantasy RPG for PC and Xbox 360, set in Cyrodiil, featuring Radiant AI, level scaling, Shivering Isles, and a 2025 Unreal Engine 5 remaster.