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Light No Fire
Light No Fire is an unreleased open-world survival game by Hello Games, announced at The Game Awards 2023, set on a procedurally generated fantasy planet the size of Earth with multiplayer exploration, building, and dragons; no release date announced.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a 2025 Sega/RGG Studio action spin-off starring an amnesiac Goro Majima as a pirate captain in Hawaii, returning to real-time brawler combat with ship battles, released February 21, 2025.
Lisa: The Painful
LISA: The Painful (Lisa: The Painful RPG) is a 2014 RPG Maker post-apocalyptic RPG by Dingaling Productions set in Olathe, where Brad Armstrong makes permanent sacrifice choices, losing party members or limbs; Definitive Edition released July 18, 2023.
Little Goody Two Shoes (video game)
Little Goody Two Shoes is a 2023 horror narrative adventure game by Portugal's AstralShift, published by Square Enix Collective for PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox. It follows Elise in Kieferberg across day-life-sim and night Witching Hour horror, with ten endings.
Lobotomy Corporation (로보토미 코퍼레이션)
Lobotomy Corporation (로보토미 코퍼레이션) is a 2018 roguelite monster-management simulation by South Korean studio Project Moon, SCP-inspired, harvesting energy from Abnormalities; over 1 million copies sold, spawning Library of Ruina and Limbus Company.
Lode Runner
Lode Runner: 1983 puzzle-platform game by Douglas E. Smith, published by Broderbund; 150 levels, Game Generator level editor, gold-collecting and hole-digging gameplay; spawned Irem arcade and Hudson Famicom versions.
Long War (video game mod)
Long War is a fan-made total conversion mod for XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its 2013 expansion XCOM: Enemy Within, developed by the modding group Pavonis Interactive.
Look Outside
Look Outside is a 2025 survival horror RPG by Francis Coulombe, published by Devolver Digital on Steam. Set in a Montreal apartment building, 15 in-game days, The Visitor, 150 monsters, turn-based combat, multiple endings.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a non-linear puzzle adventure game by Swedish studio Simogo and publisher Annapurna Interactive, released in 2024 for PC and Nintendo Switch.
Lost in Play
Lost in Play: 2022 point-and-click puzzle adventure by Israel's Happy Juice Games, starring siblings Toto and Gal, no dialogue, Metacritic 84 Switch, iPad Game of the Year 2023, Apple Design Award Innovation 2024.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a 2025 two-part narrative adventure by Don't Nod Montréal (Life is Strange creators) about Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat, whose 1995 Michigan punk band summer and 27-years-later reunion hinge on a camcorder mechanic.
Lucid Blocks
Lucid Blocks is a 2026 single-player voxel survival sandbox by Lucy B. Locks (Eric Alfaro), built in Godot, with infinite dreamcore worlds and recipe-free Apotheosis crafting; Very Positive on Steam, no multiplayer.
Luna Abyss
Luna Abyss is a 2026 single-player story-driven first-person bullet hell action-adventure by Bonsai Collective/Kwalee Labs, starring prisoner Fawkes on a mimic moon; released May 21, 2026, Metacritic 80, team laid off weeks later.
Lunacid
Lunacid is a 2023 dark fantasy first-person dungeon crawler RPG by Kira (Akuma Kira), inspired by King's Field and Shadow Tower. Set in the Great Well; 9 classes, 75+ weapons, 37 spells, Lunacy lunar mechanic.
Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior
Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior is a 2024 action game for Windows and Switch by France's Sand Door Studio, in which rewound time is replayed by clones called Remnants.
Mad Father (マッドファーザー)
Mad Father (マッドファーザー) is a 2012 Japanese horror adventure game by sen, following 11-year-old Aya Drevis through her family's mansion, released on Steam in 2016.
Madden NFL 26
Madden NFL 26 is EA Orlando's 2025 American football game, released August 14, 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Luna, and PC, with Saquon Barkley on the cover, QB DNA and Coach DNA AI, and a reworked Franchise mode.
Maestro (2024 video game)
Maestro is a 2024 virtual reality rhythm game by French studio Double Jack, released on Meta Quest and Steam, named Meta's Game of the Year 2024.
Mafia (video game)
Mafia (2002) is an action-adventure game by Czech studio Illusion Softworks, published by Gathering of Developers, following taxi driver Thomas Angelo in 1930s Lost Heaven; it spawned Mafia II (2010), Mafia III, and the 2020 Definitive Edition remake.
Mafia II
Mafia II is a 2010 open-world action-adventure game by 2K Czech and 2K Games, following Vito Scaletta's rise in organized crime in 1940s-50s Empire Bay; remastered as Mafia II: Definitive Edition in 2020.
Mafia III
Mafia III (Mafia 3) is a 2016 action-adventure game by Hangar 13 and 2K Games, set in 1968 New Bordeaux, a fictional New Orleans, starring Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay. Praised story, criticized repetitive rackets; Metacritic 68 PS4, 62 PC.
Mafia: The Old Country
Mafia: The Old Country is a 2025 Hangar 13/2K action-adventure prequel set in early 1900s Sicily, following Enzo Favara's rise in Don Torrisi's crime family; first Mafia game on Unreal Engine 5, released August 8, 2025, Metacritic 73.
Magical Girl Witch Trials
Magical Girl Witch Trials (魔法少女ノ魔女裁判, Manosaba) is a 2025 gothic mystery visual novel by Acacia in which thirteen imprisoned witch candidates hold Danganronpa-style trials after each murder; 96% positive on Steam, 700,000 units sold.
Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion is a 1987 Lucasfilm Games point-and-click adventure by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick for the Commodore 64, which introduced the SCUMM engine and a 15-verb interface that defined the adventure game genre.
Manic Miner
Manic Miner is Matthew Smith's 1983 ZX Spectrum platform game published by Bug-Byte, starring Miner Willy across 20 caverns with an oxygen timer, Strauss's Blue Danube title music, and a BBG Entertainment authorized remake due November 5, 2026.
Manor Lords
Manor Lords is a medieval city-building and strategy game by Slavic Magic (Greg Styczeń), published by Hooded Horse, in Early Access since April 26, 2024. It sold one million copies in a day, features gridless burgage-plot building, production chains, and tactical battles.
MapleStory (메이플스토리)
MapleStory (메이플스토리) is Nexon and Wizet's free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MMORPG, launched in Korea April 29, 2003 and localized worldwide, with over 60 million subscribers by 2008 and spin-offs including MapleStory M, 2, Worlds, and N.
Marathon (video game)
Marathon (video game): Bungie's 1994 Macintosh FPS trilogy about the UESC Marathon and alien invasion, and its 2026 extraction-shooter revival set on Tau Ceti IV, released March 5, 2026.
Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play 6v6 third-person hero shooter by NetEase Games and Marvel Games, launched December 6, 2024 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with all heroes free, Team-Up Skills, destructible maps, and over 400,000 launch players.
Master of Magic
Master of Magic is a 1994 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by Simtex and MicroProse for DOS, set on Arcanus and Myrror, where wizards research spells, command races, and win by conquest or the Spell of Mastery; remade in 2022 by Slitherine.