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WWE 2K24
WWE 2K24, the 2024 Visual Concepts wrestling game published by 2K, released March 8, 2024, with Cody Rhodes, Belair, and Ripley covers, a 200+ roster, Showcase of the Immortals, and 2026 online shutdown.
WWE 2K26
WWE 2K26 is a 2026 professional wrestling video game by Visual Concepts and 2K, released March 13, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and Steam. CM Punk cover star, 400+ roster, four new match types, Ringside Pass battle-pass DLC.
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Apocalypse (1997) is Mythos Games' third X-COM title, designed by Julian Gollop, published by MicroProse. Set in Mega-Primus, it pairs a real-time Cityscape with real-time or turn-based tactical combat; it shipped 120,000 units by July 1997.
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (MicroProse, 1995) is a turn-based strategy sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense, built on the same engine, set underwater in 2039, and known for much higher difficulty.
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
X-Men vs. Street Fighter is Capcom's 1996 arcade tag-team fighting game, the first in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, pairing X-Men and Street Fighter characters; its Saturn port was near-arcade-perfect while the PlayStation port dropped tag play.
Xevious
Xevious (ゼビウス) is Namco's 1982 vertical scrolling arcade shooter by Masanobu Endo, starring the Solvalou with Zapper and Blaster weapons, hidden Sol secrets, and GAMP storyline; a genre-defining Japanese classic with many ports and Xevious 3D/G sequels.
Xiao (Genshin Impact)
Xiao is a 5-star Anemo Polearm character in Genshin Impact, released in Version 1.3, an adeptus and last surviving Yaksha who deals damage with Plunging Attacks during his HP-draining Burst, Bane of All Evil.
Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
Xion (シオン, Shion) is a Kingdom Hearts character, the fourteenth member of Organization XIII introduced in 358/2 Days (2009); actually a Replica of Roxas made from Sora's memories, erased from memory, later returning in Kingdom Hearts III.
Yandere Simulator
Yandere Simulator is a stealth action game by YandereDev (Alex Mahan), in development since March 31, 2014, in which schoolgirl Ayano Aishi eliminates rivals for Senpai (Taro Yamada); built in Unity, PC-only, first rival Osana released 2020.
Yapyap
Yapyap (YAPYAP) is a magic-themed co-op horror game by Maison Bap, released February 3, 2026 on Steam: up to six wizard minions vandalize a rival's tower using voice-activated spells; 500,000 copies sold in a week.
Yo-kai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ) (video game)
Yo-kai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ) is Level-5's first Yo-kai Watch RPG for Nintendo 3DS, released Japan 2013, West 2015-2016. Players befriend invisible Yo-kai in Springdale; semi-automatic 3v3 battles, eight tribes, 1.58 million Western sales, Metacritic 76.
Yo-kai Watch 2 (妖怪ウォッチ2)
Yo-kai Watch 2 (妖怪ウォッチ2) is a Level-5 Nintendo 3DS RPG released in Japan July 10, 2014 as Bony Spirits/Fleshy Souls (元祖/本家), with Psychic Specters (真打) as the third version; 350+ Yo-kai, time travel, Blasters co-op.
Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee: 2017 3D collectathon platformer by Playtonic, ex-Rare makers of Banjo-Kazooie; £2.09m Kickstarter, released April 11, 2017; Metacritic 68; remade as Yooka-Replaylee in 2025.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a Good-Feel side-scrolling platform game released for Nintendo Switch 2 on May 21, 2026, in which Yoshi explores a talking encyclopedia named Mr. E, discovering and naming creatures.
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) is Nintendo's 1995 SNES platform game starring Yoshi carrying Baby Mario, using the Super FX 2 chip for 2D sprite scaling effects; released August 5, 1995, with 4.12 million international shipments.
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (イースVI) is Nihon Falcom's 2003 action RPG, the sixth Ys game and the first in 3D, starring Adol Christin on the Canaan islands with three elemental swords; XSEED re-released it on PC in 2015.
Ys X: Nordics (イースX -NORDICS-)
Ys X: Nordics (イースX -NORDICS-) is a Falcom action RPG released in Japan September 28, 2023 and in the West October 25, 2024, following Adol Christin and Karja Balta, bound by Mana Cuffs, fighting the Grieger in Obelia Gulf with the two-character Cross Action system.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection: Konami/Digital Eclipse compilation of 14 Game Boy-era Yu-Gi-Oh! games (1998–2004) for Switch and Steam, released February 27, 2025 for the card game's 25th anniversary, with online dueling in Duel Monsters 4 and a Quarter Century Secret Rare Harpie's Feather Duster bonus card.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour (遊戯王デュエルモンスターズNIGHTMARE TROUBADOUR) is Konami's first Yu-Gi-Oh! game for Nintendo DS, released 2005; 1000+ cards, touch-screen dueling, 3D monster battles, wireless multiplayer, Battle City story.
Yusuke Kitagawa (喜多川 祐介)
Yusuke Kitagawa (喜多川 祐介), codename Fox, is the artist of the Phantom Thieves in Atlus's Persona 5: a Kosei High art student, Madarame's former disciple, with the Persona Goemon, Ice magic, and a Fire weakness.
Zagreus (Hades)
Zagreus is the protagonist of Supergiant Games' 2020 roguelike Hades, son of Hades, voiced by Darren Korb, who repeatedly escapes the Underworld; based on an obscure Aeschylus-mentioned figure, brother of Hades II's Melinoë.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Link no Bōken) is Nintendo's 1988 NES action-RPG sequel to The Legend of Zelda, with side-scrolling combat, experience levels, 8 spells, and the first Dark Link battle.
Zero (Drakengard)
Zero is the protagonist of the 2013 action role-playing game Drakengard 3, created by director Yoko Taro: an Intoner who hunts her five sisters across a medieval fantasy world.
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (Japanese: Good People Die) is a 2012 adventure visual novel by Chunsoft for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita, the second Zero Escape game.
Zero Hour (video game)
Zero Hour (video game): tactical FPS by Bangladesh's AttritoM7 Productions, Steam early access 2020, 1.0 in 2024; 5v5 PvP and co-op set in Bangladesh, distinct from C&C Generals Zero Hour.
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is ZA/UM's espionage RPG, released May 21, 2026 on PC. Players control disgraced spy Hershel Wilk (CASCADE) in Portofiro, using dice skill checks, no combat, Conditioning, and Exertion.
Zero Time Dilemma
Zero Time Dilemma (Zero Escape: Toki no Dilemma) is a 2016 adventure game by Chime, the third Zero Escape entry by Kotaro Uchikoshi, set in 2028 between 999 and Virtue's Last Reward, told in non-linear 90-minute memory-wiped fragments with a Decision Game requiring six deaths.
Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
Zhongli (钟离) is a 5-star Geo Polearm character in Genshin Impact, released in Version 1.1 (2020); the former Geo Archon Morax and Wangsheng Funeral Parlor consultant, famed for the game's strongest Jade Shield with 20% resistance shred.
Zibai
Zibai is a 5-star Geo Sword character in Genshin Impact, released February 3, 2026 (version Luna IV). Also the Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare, she is a DEF-scaling on-field DPS built around the Lunar-Crystallize reaction with Hydro and Geo teammates.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (ZAMN) is a 1993 LucasArts top-down comedy-horror shooter published by Konami for SNES and Sega Genesis, where Zeke and Julie rescue ten neighbors per level from B-movie monsters across 55 levels, with SNES purple-blood censorship versus Genesis red blood.