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Dante's Inferno (video game)
Dante's Inferno is a 2010 Visceral Games/EA action-adventure hack-and-slash adapting Dante's Divine Comedy, with punish-or-absolve holy/unholy upgrades, God of War-style combat, a 73 Metascore, staged E3 protests, and a canceled Purgatorio sequel.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a 2006 first-person action RPG by Arkane Studios and Ubisoft, built on Source engine, starring Sareth in Ashan; praised for physics melee combat, Metacritic 72, no sequel.
Dark Souls
Dark Souls (ダークソウル) is FromSoftware's 2011 action RPG directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, a spiritual successor to Demon's Souls set in Lordran, known for bonfires, souls-based death penalties, online co-op and PvP, and spawning the Soulslike genre.
Dark Souls (video game)
Dark Souls is a 2011 action role-playing game by FromSoftware, set in the kingdom of Lordran and known for punishing, deliberate combat and its soulslike legacy.
Dark Souls II (ダークソウルII)
Dark Souls II (ダークソウルII) is FromSoftware's 2014 action RPG set in Drangleic, directed by Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, released March 2014 on PS3/Xbox 360 and April 25, 2014 on PC, with the Scholar of the First Sin edition (2015) adding DLC, 60fps, and 1–6 player online.
Dark Souls III
Dark Souls III (DARK SOULS III) is FromSoftware's 2016 dark fantasy action RPG for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, set in Lothric, adding weapon arts and Focus Points, scored 89 on Metacritic, with Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City expansions.
Darksiders II
Darksiders II (Darksiders 2) is Vigil Games' 2012 action RPG starring Death, questing parallel to Darksiders (2010) to clear War's name; Diablo-style loot, Harbinger/Necromancer skill trees, 1.4M sold, Metacritic 83, Deathinitive Edition remasters through 2024.
Darksiders III
Darksiders III is a 2018 hack-and-slash action-adventure by Gunfire Games and THQ Nordic starring Fury, who hunts the Seven Deadly Sins using four elemental Hollow forms in a Metroidvania-style world with Souls-like combat.
Darkwood
Darkwood: top-down survival horror by Poland's Acid Wizard Studio, released 17 August 2017 after Indiegogo funding and Early Access; day/night hideout survival, no jump scares; sequel by Ice-Pick Lodge announced 2025.
Dating sim
Dating sim (ren'ai simulation game): a video game genre of courting pre-scripted characters via affection meters, stat raising, and time management; pioneered in Japan, mainstreamed by Tokimeki Memorial (1994), with the female-oriented otome branch.
Dauntless (video game)
Dauntless was a free-to-play co-op monster-hunting action RPG by Phoenix Labs, announced 2016, launched 2019, with cross-play, 30 million accounts, an unpopular 2024 Awakening update, and shutdown on May 29, 2025.
Days Gone
Days Gone is a 2019 Bend Studio open-world action game for PS4, starring biker Deacon St. John surviving Freaker hordes in post-apocalyptic Oregon; ported to PC in 2021, remastered for PS5 in 2025, Metacritic 71.
DayZ (video game)
DayZ is Bohemia Interactive's multiplayer open-world zombie survival game, begun as Dean Hall's Arma 2 mod, released standalone on Steam Early Access 16 December 2013, fully released 13 December 2018, set in Chernarus with up to 60 players per server.
Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight is a 4v1 asymmetric survival horror game by Behaviour Interactive, released June 14, 2016. One Killer hunts four Survivors repairing generators; famous for horror crossovers and outlasting all genre rivals.
Dead Island
Dead Island: 2011 first-person zombie action RPG by Techland, published by Deep Silver, set on Banoi island; four characters, skill trees, co-op for four; Metacritic 71; spawned Riptide, Definitive Collection, Dead Island 2 (2023), and Dead Island 3 (2028).
Dead Island 2
Dead Island 2: 2023 first-person action RPG by Dambuster Studios, published by Deep Silver, set in zombie-quarantined Los Angeles (HELL-A). Known for its FLESH gore system, decade-long four-studio development, Metacritic 73, and 2 million first-month sales.
Dead Island: Riptide
Dead Island: Riptide is Techland's 2013 stand-alone follow-up to Dead Island, set on the island Palanai, with imported characters, hub defense missions, and mixed Metacritic scores of 57-62.
Dead Space
Dead Space: EA's sci-fi survival horror franchise begun in 2008 by Glen Schofield at EA Redwood Shores (Visceral Games), known for limb-severing combat and diegetic UI; sequels, a 2023 Motive remake, and a franchise now on hold.
Dead Space (2008 video game)
Dead Space is a 2008 science-fiction survival horror game by EA Redwood Shores, in which engineer Isaac Clarke fights Necromorphs aboard the mining ship USG Ishimura.
Dead Space (2023 video game)
Dead Space (2023) is EA Motive's from-scratch remake of the 2008 survival horror classic, released January 27, 2023 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in Frostbite, with a voiced Isaac Clarke, one-shot interconnected Ishimura, and nearly two million copies sold.
Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 is a 2011 survival horror third-person shooter by Visceral Games and EA for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, following Isaac Clarke through a Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl station on Titan, with free-flight zero-G and multiplayer.
Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 is Visceral Games' 2013 sci-fi survival horror game for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, the third main entry, adding drop-in co-op as John Carver, weapon crafting, and Kinect voice commands on the icy planet Tau Volantis.
Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition (Red Seeds Profile in Japan) is SWERY's 2010 Access Games open-world survival horror mystery about FBI agent York in Greenvale, famous for a 68% Guinness-record review swing and cult status.
DEFCON (video game)
DEFCON (DEFCON: Global Thermonuclear War) is a 2006 real-time strategy game by Introversion Software, inspired by WarGames, in which up to six players wage nuclear war on a vector world map; Metacritic 84.
Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a 2003 Warcraft III custom map by Eul, expanded by Guinsoo and IceFrog, that defined the MOBA genre and led to Valve's Dota 2.
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls (デモンズソウル) is FromSoftware's 2009 PS3 action RPG that founded the soulslike genre; remade by Bluepoint Games for PS5 launch, November 12, 2020.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a 2011 cyberpunk action RPG by Eidos-Montréal, a prequel set in 2027 starring augmented security chief Adam Jensen of Sarif Industries; praised (Metacritic 89) for player choice, criticized for boss fights; Director's Cut followed in 2013.
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Invisible War (Deus Ex 2) is Ion Storm's 2003 first-person action RPG sequel to Deus Ex, set in 2072 with Alex D., biomods, rival factions, and a criticized universal ammo system.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an action role-playing game released by Square Enix in August 2016, the fourth Deus Ex game and sequel to Human Revolution.
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005, Capcom, PS2; dir. Hideaki Itsuno) is a hack-and-slash prequel pitting Dante against twin Vergil, with six combat styles, D-to-SSS style ranks, a 2006 Special Edition, and a 2020 Switch port with co-op Bloody Palace.