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Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty: United Offensive, also called COD UO, is Gray Matter Interactive's 2004 PC expansion pack for Call of Duty, adding Bastogne, Sicily, and Kursk campaigns, vehicles, and Domination, Capture the Flag, and Base Assault multiplayer modes.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Techland, Ubisoft, May 22, 2013) is a linear western FPS with an unreliable-narrator story, Concentration slow-motion, arcade Score Attack, and cel-shaded art; later on Xbox One and Switch.
Caravan SandWitch
Caravan SandWitch is a 2024 no-combat exploration adventure by France's Studio Plane Toast (Dear Villagers), following Sauge across the Provence-inspired planet Cigalo in a van, searching for her missing sister Garance; released on PC, PS5, Switch, and later mobile.
Castle Wolfenstein
Castle Wolfenstein is a 1981 top-down stealth action-adventure game by Silas Warner's Muse Software for the Apple II, in which a prisoner escapes a Nazi castle with secret war plans; it pioneered disguises, holdups, and sound-based alerts.
Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain
Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain is a free 3D platformer by Maddy Makes Games (EXOK), released January 30, 2024 for Celeste's sixth anniversary; built in about two weeks with TrenchBroom, open-sourced on GitHub for Windows and Linux.
Chaos;Head (カオスヘッド)
Chaos;Head (カオスヘッド) is a 2008 Nitroplus visual novel, first entry of the Science Adventure series, starring Takumi Nishijo in Shibuya; its delusion trigger system and expanded version Chaos;Head NoAH (2009) define it.
Chase
Chase is a turn-based computer game where the player evades robots by luring them into collisions; written in Dartmouth BASIC around 1970, it influenced Berzerk and Robotron 2084.
Chivalry 2
Chivalry 2 is a 2021 multiplayer hack and slash action game by Torn Banner Studios, in which up to 64 players wield medieval melee weapons in team battles.
Choo-Choo Charles
Choo-Choo Charles (also called Charlie) is a 2022 open-world survival horror game by Two Star Games' solo developer Gavin Eisenbeisz: upgrade a train with scrap to fight a roaming spider train, released 9 Dec 2022 on Steam.
Choplifter
Choplifter is a 1982 Dan Gorlin hostage-rescue helicopter game published by Brøderbund for the Apple II; 64 hostages, no score, dual side/forward view, 9,000 first-month sales, Sega arcade remake, ports, and Choplifter HD.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, sequel to Citizen Sleeper by Jump Over the Age (Gareth Damian Martin), published by Fellow Traveller; narrative dice RPG released January 31, 2025 at $24.99 on PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, set in the Starward Belt with stress and contract systems.
City of Heroes
City of Heroes: superhero MMORPG by Cryptic Studios and NCsoft, launched April 28, 2004 in Paragon City; 180,000 first-year subscribers; closed November 2012; revived by licensed Homecoming server since 2024.
Civilization (video game)
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based 4X strategy series begun by MicroProse in 1991, designed by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley, in which players grow a civilization from 4000 BC to modern victory paths; it spawned the 4X genre and remains the bestselling strategy franchise.
Civilization VII
Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Civ 7) is Firaxis/2K's 2025 turn-based 4X strategy game, released February 11, 2025, known for its three-Age system with civilization switching and its mixed launch reception.
Civilization: Beyond Earth
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a 2014 Firaxis 4X turn-based strategy game for Windows, Mac, and Linux, built on the Civilization V engine, with a tech web, Harmony/Purity/Supremacy Affinities, and the Rising Tide expansion.
Civilization: Call to Power
Civilization: Call to Power (CTP1), Activision's 1999 turn-based 4X strategy game under Hasbro license, a Civilization II successor with slavery mechanics, sea and space cities, timeline to 3000 AD, and sequel Call to Power II.
CloverPit
CloverPit is a 2025 roguelite by Panik Arcade and Future Friends Games in which the player spins a demonic slot machine in a cell to pay ever-growing debt deadlines, using charms and tickets; sold 1 million copies.
Clutch (video game)
Clutch is a single-player combat racing game for PC released in 2009 by Russian studio Targem Games, set in a zombie-filled city abandoned after an LHC catastrophe.
Code Vein II
Code Vein II (CODE VEIN II) is Bandai Namco Studios' action RPG sequel to Code Vein, released January 29-30, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam; a Revenant Hunter time-travels with Lou to prevent the Resurgence.
Colossal Cave Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure (aka Adventure, ADVENT), text adventure by Will Crowther (1976, FORTRAN, PDP-10, BBN) expanded by Don Woods (June 3, 1977, Stanford AI Lab, 350-point version); based on Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, inspired Zork, Sierra, and the adventure genre; Hall of Fame 2019.
Comic Party (こみっくパーティー)
Comic Party (こみっくパーティー) is a 1999 Leaf doujinshi-making visual novel for Windows, ported to Dreamcast (2001) and PSP (2005) by Aqua Plus, with a 2001 anime; Japan-only, no Western release.
Commandos: Origins
Commandos: Origins is a 2025 real-time tactics stealth game by Claymore Game Studios and Kalypso Media, a WWII prequel to the 1998 Commandos series with six commando classes, 14 missions, 2-player co-op, and a Metacritic score of 71.
Conan Exiles
Conan Exiles is Funcom's open-world survival game set in the Conan the Barbarian universe; released fully May 8, 2018 after 15 months in Early Access, known for thralls, base building, Isle of Siptah, and the 2026 Unreal Engine 5 Enhanced edition.
Conscript (video game)
Conscript (CONSCRIPT) is a 2024 top-down pixel-art survival horror game by solo developer Jordan Mochi (Catchweight Studio), published by Team17, set at the Battle of Verdun, 1916; a French soldier searches for his missing brother.
Consume Me
Consume Me: 2025 indie life-sim RPG by Hexecutable (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson). Semi-autobiographical high-school story about dieting and disordered eating; won IGF 2025 Seumas McNally Grand Prize and a 2026 Apple Design Award.
Content Warning
Content Warning is a 2024 Landfall co-op horror game on Steam where 2-4 players film monsters in the Old World to go viral on SpöökTube. Free for 24 hours on April 1, 2024, it hit 204,439 peak concurrent players, 6.2 million claims, and 1 million paid sales at $7.99.
Contraband Police
Contraband Police is a 2023 first-person border-inspection simulation game by Polish studio Crazy Rocks, published by PlayWay S.A., set in 1981 Acaristan; released on PC March 8, 2023 and PS5/Xbox Series X|S November 7, 2025, with Metacritic 77.
Control Resonant
Control Resonant (formerly Control 2) is Remedy Entertainment's 2026 action-adventure RPG sequel to Control, released September 24, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, starring Dylan Faden with the shapeshifting melee weapon Aberrant in a warped Manhattan.
Coral Island (video game)
Coral Island is a 3D tropical farming and life sim by Indonesia's Stairway Games, funded by a $1.6M Kickstarter, in Early Access October 11, 2022, full release November 14, 2023; 70+ characters, 25 romanceable, 4-player co-op, reef restoration.
Costume Quest 2
Costume Quest 2 is Double Fine's 2014 Halloween-themed turn-based RPG, sequel to Costume Quest, released on eight platforms via Midnight City. Twins Reynold and Wren use costumes and time travel to stop dentist Dr. Orel White; Metacritic PC score 68.