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Don't Starve Elsewhere
Don't Starve Elsewhere is an upcoming standalone co-op survival game by Klei Entertainment, announced April 2026 at the Triple-i Initiative for PC with no release date. It adds a jump button, magic, vertical exploration, and a lethal Fog, with returning characters Wilson, Willow, Wendy, and WX-78.
Donkey Kong (1981 video game)
Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング) is Nintendo's 1981 arcade platformer, Shigeru Miyamoto's first game, in which Jumpman (later Mario) rescues Pauline from an ape; it sold over 80,000 US units and launched Nintendo's success.
Donkey Kong 64
Donkey Kong 64 is a 1999 three-dimensional platformer developed by Rare Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It earned a Metascore of 90.
Donkey Kong Bananza
Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D platforming action-adventure game released July 17, 2025, exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, developed by Nintendo's Super Mario Odyssey team. Donkey Kong and Pauline smash through fully destructible voxel terrain underground; Metascore 91, 2.6 million units in 12 weeks.
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country: 1994 Rare/Nintendo SNES platformer with pre-rendered Silicon Graphics visuals, a $16 million US marketing campaign, 500,000-copy sellout launch, EGM 1994 Game of the Year, and two SNES sequels.
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns is a 2010 Retro Studios side-scrolling platformer for Wii reviving the SNES series, with co-op, Super Guide, Metascore 87; later 3DS, 2025 HD, and 2026 Dixie Kong update versions.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a Retro Studios platform game for Wii U (February 2014) and Nintendo Switch (May 4, 2018, with Funky Mode), in which Donkey Kong, Diddy, Dixie, and Cranky Kong reclaim their frozen island from the Snowmads.
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. (Donkey Kong Junior) is Nintendo's 1982 arcade platform sequel in which Mario, as villain, guards a caged Donkey Kong while his son climbs vines and chains past Snapjaws, Nitpickers, and Sparks to free him; ported to ColecoVision, NES, Atari 2600, and 7800.
Doodle Champion Island Games
Doodle Champion Island Games: Google's largest interactive Doodle, a 16-bit sports RPG with Studio 4°C, released July 23, 2021 for Tokyo 2020; calico cat Lucky, seven sports, seven folklore champions, four-team leaderboard.
Doom (1993 video game)
Doom (1993) is id Software's first-person shooter released December 10, 1993, in which a space marine fights demons on Mars. Known for shareware distribution, BSP rendering, multiplayer deathmatches, modding, and its 1997 open-source release.
Doom 64
Doom 64 is Midway's 1997 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, a sequel to Doom II with a modified Doom engine, colored lighting, and Aubrey Hodges' ambient score; re-released by Nightdive in 2020.
Doom II
Doom II (Doom II: Hell on Earth) is id Software's 1994 MS-DOS first-person shooter sequel to Doom, released October 1994 with the same engine, more weapons, retail-only distribution, and over 1.5 million copies sold.
Doom: The Dark Ages
Doom: The Dark Ages (DOOM: The Dark Ages) is id Software's 2025 prequel to DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal, a medieval stand-and-fight shooter built on the Shield Saw parry mechanic, id Tech 8 ray tracing, and the 2026 Revelations DLC.
Doraemon Story of Seasons
Doraemon Story of Seasons (ドラえもん のび太の牧場物語) is a 2019 farming sim crossover of Doraemon and Story of Seasons by Marvelous and Brownies, released on Switch, Steam, and PS4; Metacritic 75, 42,230-unit Japanese debut, 2022 sequel Friends of the Great Kingdom.
Dota Auto Chess (刀塔自走棋)
Dota Auto Chess (刀塔自走棋) is Drodo Studio's January 2019 Dota 2 custom mod that invented the autobattler genre: eight players draft heroes, auto-combat resolves fights, and it peaked above 100,000 concurrent players.
Dota Underlords
Dota Underlords (刀塔霸业) is Valve's free-to-play auto battler for Steam, Android, and iOS, adapted from the Dota Auto Chess mod; announced June 13, 2019, open beta June 20, 2019, eight-player matches with shared hero pools and Underlord characters.
Downwell (video game)
Downwell is a 2015 vertical action roguelike by Moppin (Ojiro Fumoto), published by Devolver Digital, in which a boy descends a procedurally generated well using Gunboots that shoot downward and slow his fall; released Oct 15, 2015 on iOS and PC, later PS4, Vita, Switch, Android.
Dr. Mario World
Dr. Mario World (ドクターマリオ ワールド) was Nintendo's free-to-start mobile puzzle game for iOS and Android, launched July 10, 2019, with upward gravity, Stage/Versus/Skill Summit modes, and diamonds; service ended November 1, 2021.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) is Sega's Western localization of Compile's Puyo Puyo for Sega Genesis, reskinned with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog characters; a Kraftwerk-styled prototype and Kirby's Avalanche sibling mark its history.
Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish
Dracozolt (パッチラゴン), Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish are the four hybrid Fossil Pokémon of Pokémon Sword and Shield, made by mismatching Bird, Fish, Drake, and Dino fossils; Dracovish was banned from OU for Fishious Rend.
Dracula (Castlevania)
Dracula (Castlevania): recurring vampire lord antagonist of Konami's Castlevania series since Akumajo Dracula (1986), final boss in nearly every game, master of Castlevania, enemy of the Belmont clan; also the Netflix series villain voiced by Graham McTavish, reprised in Belmont's Curse (2026).
Drag x Drive
Drag x Drive (ドラッグ アンド ドライブ) is Nintendo's 3v3 wheelchair basketball game for Switch 2, released August 14, 2025 for $19.99, played by holding both Joy-Con 2 like mice; Metacritic 60.
Dragon Ball Legends (ドラゴンボール レジェンズ)
Dragon Ball Legends (ドラゴンボール レジェンズ) is Bandai Namco's free-to-play one-finger card action battle mobile game, released May 2018 on iOS and Android; 3-on-3 real-time PvP, Arts Cards, Rising Rush, Shallot story, over 40 million users.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (ドラゴンボール Sparking! ZERO) is a 3D arena fighting game by Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco, the first Budokai Tenkaichi sequel in 17 years, released October 2024 with 182 characters, 3 million first-day sales, and Unreal Engine 5 destructible arenas.
Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト) (video game)
Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト), also released as Dragon Warrior, is Chunsoft's 1986 Famicom RPG by Horii, Nakamura, Toriyama, and Sugiyama; it sold 1.5 million copies in Japan, founded the JRPG template, and spawned the Erdrick trilogy.
Dragon Quest II
Dragon Quest II (ドラゴンクエストII 悪霊の神々) is Enix and Chunsoft's 1987 Famicom RPG, the second Dragon Quest, introducing a three-hero party, a doubled world, ship travel, and the Erdrick trilogy's middle chapter.
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Dragon Warrior IV) is a 1990 NES RPG, fourth in the Dragon Quest series, told in five chapters; remade on PlayStation, DS, and mobile, with party chat only in mobile English versions.
Dragon's Dogma 2
Dragon's Dogma 2 (ドラゴンズドグマ 2) is Capcom's open-world action RPG, released March 22, 2024 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC; first mainline sequel since 2012, Pawn companion system, Metascore 86, Dark Arisen expansion due October 9, 2026.
Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)
Dragon's Lair is a 1983 laserdisc arcade game by Cinematronics, the first LaserDisc arcade game released in the United States, conceived by Rick Dyer and animated by Don Bluth.
Dragonite (カイリュー)
Dragonite (カイリュー, Kairyu) is #0149, a Dragon/Flying Kanto Pokémon evolving from Dratini via Dragonair, with 600 base stats and the Multiscale ability. A Dragon Dance sweeper in Smogon OU, it gained Mega Dragonite in Pokémon Legends: Z-A (2025).