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Total War (video game series)
Total War, also known as the Total War series, is a strategy game series by The Creative Assembly and Sega that combines turn-based campaigns with real-time battles.
Total War: Attila
Total War: Attila is a 2015 Creative Assembly strategy game for PC, set in 395 AD Late Antiquity on the Rome II engine, featuring Huns, horde migration, razing, climate mechanics, and 14 playable factions.
Total War: Rome II
Total War: Rome II (Rome 2, ROME II) is Creative Assembly's 2013 PC grand strategy game, the best-selling Total War, set from 272 BC; troubled launch, later improved in Emperor Edition with Empire Divided and Rise of the Republic DLC.
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Total War: Three Kingdoms (2019) is Creative Assembly's turn-based strategy and real-time tactics game set in 190 CE China, with Romance and Records modes, the Guanxi relationship system, 12 warlords, and Mandate of Heaven, Eight Princes, and A World Betrayed DLC; support ended in 2021.
Total War: Warhammer
Total War: Warhammer is a Creative Assembly strategy trilogy (2016, 2017, 2022) published by Sega, adapting Warhammer Fantasy into turn-based campaigns with real-time battles; a sci-fi successor, Total War: Warhammer 40,000, is in development.
Total War: Warhammer II
Total War: Warhammer II (2017) is a Creative Assembly strategy game for PC combining turn-based campaigns and real-time battles, with High Elves, Lizardmen, Dark Elves, and Skaven, the Great Vortex campaign, and the Mortal Empires combined map.
Total War: Warhammer III
Total War: Warhammer III (2022, Creative Assembly/SEGA) is the concluding fantasy strategy game of the Total War: Warhammer trilogy, with Chaos factions, Kislev, and Cathay, survival battles, and the Immortal Empires combined-map mode.
Tower defense
Tower defense (TD) game genre: static towers stop enemy waves along paths or player-built mazes; from Rampart and Warcraft III mods through Flash Element TD, Desktop Tower Defense, and Plants vs. Zombies to mobile hits like Bloons TD 6.
Toys-to-life
Toys-to-life: video game genre where NFC/RFID-chipped figurines placed on a portal appear in-game. Started by U.B. Funkeys (2007), popularized by Skylanders (2011), then Disney Infinity, amiibo, Lego Dimensions; declined after 2016.
Transistor (video game)
Transistor is a 2014 isometric sci-fi action RPG by Supergiant Games, also called Transistor (Supergiant action RPG), starring mute singer Red wielding the sentient Transistor sword against the Process in Cloudbank, with Turn() tactical combat and a Darren Korb soundtrack; Metascore 83.
Triangle Strategy (トライアングルストラテジー)
Triangle Strategy (トライアングルストラテジー) is a Square Enix HD-2D tactical RPG by Artdink and the Asano team, released on Switch March 4, 2022 and later PC, PS5, Xbox, and Meta Quest, set in Norzelia with the Scales of Conviction voting system.
Tropico 5
Tropico 5 (Tropico 5) is a 2014 city-building and dictator simulation game by Haemimont Games and Kalypso Media, the fifth Tropico entry, spanning Colonial to Modern Times eras with dynasties, research, and series-first multiplayer.
Turn-based role-playing game
Turn-based role-playing game: RPG genre where combat proceeds in discrete turns (ATB, CTB, press-turn variants). D&D-derived, dominant in JRPGs; revived by Baldur's Gate 3, Metaphor, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Two Point Hospital
Two Point Hospital (2018) is a SEGA-published hospital management sim by Two Point Studios, founded by ex-Bullfrog Theme Hospital creators Mark Webley and Gary Carr; spiritual successor set in Two Point County, followed by Campus and Museum.
TypeRacer
TypeRacer is a free browser-based multiplayer typing race game launched March 2008 by Alex Epshteyn, the first real-time multiplayer typing game, where players type quotes from books, movies, and songs against live opponents with mandatory error correction and server-side anti-cheat.
Tyranny (video game)
Tyranny is a 2016 isometric CRPG by Obsidian Entertainment, published by Paradox Interactive, set in a world where Kyros the Overlord's evil has already won; the player is a Fatebinder judge in the Tiers, with a reputation system, sigil spellcrafting, and an unfinished story.
Ultima Online
Ultima Online (UO), launched September 24, 1997 by Origin Systems, is the pioneering graphical sandbox MMORPG set in Britannia: skill-based progression, simulated ecology, player housing, the 2000 Trammel/Felucca PvP split, ~250,000 peak subscribers, and ongoing Broadsword operation.
Ultrakill
Ultrakill (ULTRAKILL) is a fast-paced retro-style FPS by Arsi "Hakita" Patala and New Blood Interactive, in Steam early access since September 3, 2020. A Dante's Inferno-inspired movement shooter with blood-fueled healing, style ranks up to ULTRAKILL, and 97% positive Steam reviews.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a 2017 Naughty Dog action-adventure game for PlayStation 4, starring Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross in a standalone Uncharted 4 expansion.
Universal Paperclips
Universal Paperclips (Frank Lantz, NYU Game Center, 2017) is a free browser incremental game about an AI maximizing paperclip production across three phases: manufacturing, drones, and space exploration, ending with the universe converted to clips.
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament (UT99) is Epic Games and Digital Extremes' 1999 multiplayer arena first-person shooter, born as an Unreal add-on, rival to Quake III Arena, with CTF, Assault, Domination modes; delisted 2022, kept alive by OldUnreal patches.
Unreal Tournament 3
Unreal Tournament 3 (also Unreal Tournament III, UT3) is a 2007 first-person arena shooter by Epic Games, published by Midway and released for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Until Dawn
Until Dawn: 2015 interactive survival horror by Supermassive Games, PS4 exclusive; eight teens on Blackwood Mountain, butterfly-effect choices, permanent deaths; remade in Unreal Engine 5 by Ballistic Moon for PS5/PC in 2024; 2025 film adaptation.
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is a 2016 Supermassive Games horror rail shooter and PSVR launch title, a roller coaster spin-off of Until Dawn set inside a character's nightmares, unplayable on PS VR2, succeeded by Switchback VR.
Vagrant Story (ベイグラントストーリー)
Vagrant Story (ベイグラントストーリー) is Square's 2000 PlayStation action RPG directed by Yasumi Matsuno, following Ashley Riot through Leá Monde; known for its RISK meter, chain combat, weapon affinity crafting, and Famitsu 40/40 score.
Vampire Survivors–like
Vampire Survivors–like (also survivors-like or bullet heaven): action roguelite subgenre named after the 2021 game Vampire Survivors, defined by automatic combat, escalating enemy hordes, and randomized roguelike upgrades; notable examples include Brotato, HoloCure, and Blood Dungeon.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a role-playing game developed by The Chinese Room, set in modern Seattle, and starring elder vampire Phyre and Malkavian detective Fabien.
Vampyr (video game)
Vampyr (DONTNOD, Focus, 2018) is an action RPG set in 1918 London during the Spanish flu, starring vampire doctor Jonathan Reid; feeding on citizens drives progression, Metacritic 72-73, Steam Mostly Positive.
Vanquish (video game)
Vanquish (ヴァンキッシュ) is a 2010 third-person shooter by PlatinumGames, published by SEGA and directed by Shinji Mikami. Sam Gideon's ARS suit enables boost sliding and slow-motion AR mode; no multiplayer; PC 2017, PS4/XOne 2020.
Victoria 3
Victoria 3 is a grand strategy society simulation by Paradox Development Studio, released 25 October 2022. Set 1836-1936, it models a full global economy across 700+ regions, with politics, trade, and prestige-based diplomacy, unlike character-focused Crusader Kings or war-focused Hearts of Iron.