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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Akatsuki no Minuet) is Konami's 2003 Game Boy Advance Metroidvania produced by Koji Igarashi, set in 2035 Japan, starring Soma Cruz and its Tactical Soul system of 100+ enemy souls; Metacritic 91, sequel Dawn of Sorrow.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001) is Konami's Game Boy Advance launch Metroidvania starring Nathan Graves, known for its DSS card magic system, 91 Metacritic score, dark-screen criticism, and 2021 Advance Collection re-release.
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Akumajo Dracula: Yami no Juin) is Konami's 2005 PS2/Xbox 3D action RPG starring Devil Forgemaster Hector, with the Innocent Devil familiar system, crafting, and stealing, set three years after Dracula's Curse.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (悪魔城ドラキュラ 蒼月の十字架)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (悪魔城ドラキュラ 蒼月の十字架) is Konami's 2005 Nintendo DS Metroidvania, direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow, starring Soma Cruz with the Tactical Soul system, soul-forging, and touchscreen Magic Seals; Metacritic 89, re-released in the 2024 Dominus Collection.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is Konami's 2003 PlayStation 2 3D action-adventure prequel, produced by Koji Igarashi, starring Leon Belmont in 1094; Metascore 79, sequel Curse of Darkness.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010, PS3/Xbox 360) is MercurySteam's reboot of Castlevania, produced by Dave Cox and supervised by Hideo Kojima, following Gabriel Belmont of the Brotherhood of Light; Metacritic 83, followed by Mirror of Fate and Lords of Shadow 2.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (Sadame no Makyō) is a 2013 MercurySteam 2.5D Castlevania for Nintendo 3DS, second in the Lords of Shadow trilogy, later released as Mirror of Fate HD; Metascore 72.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997, Konami, PlayStation) is a 2D action-RPG starring Alucard exploring Dracula's inverted castle; directed by Koji Igarashi, scored by Michiru Yamane, template of the Metroidvania genre.
Castorice (遐蝶)
Castorice (遐蝶) is a five-star Quantum Remembrance damage dealer in Honkai: Star Rail, released in Version 3.2 (April 2025). Her kit drains ally HP to build Newbud and summon the memosprite dragon Netherwing, and she carries the game's first global passive.
Catherine (キャサリン) (video game)
Catherine (キャサリン, Kyasarin) is Atlus's 2011 PS3/Xbox 360 action-puzzle adventure about Vincent's love triangle with Katherine and Catherine, with nightmare block-climbing stages; Full Body (2019) added Rin, 500+ puzzles, and 18 endings.
Catherine and Katherine
Catherine and Katherine are the two love interests of Atlus's 2011 puzzle game Catherine: Vincent Brooks chooses between girlfriend Katherine (K) and succubus Catherine (C), driving a freedom-versus-order meter and 8 endings, 13 in Full Body.
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.
Centipede (video game)
Centipede (video game): 1981 Atari fixed-shooter arcade game by Ed Logg and Dona Bailey; trackball control, descending 12-segment centipede, mushrooms, spider, flea, scorpion; sequel Millipede (1982); remake Centipede: Recharged (2021).
Chain Chomp
Chain Chomp: chained, ball-shaped metal guard-dog enemy of Bowser's army in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise; debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988), inspired by Miyamoto's childhood dog encounter, also an item in Mario Kart and Bow Wow in Link's Awakening.
Chain Chronicle (チェインクロニクル)
Chain Chronicle (チェインクロニクル, チェンクロ) is SEGA's 2013 free-to-play smartphone tower-defense RPG set in Yggdra; over five million downloads, global version closed, Japanese version still running.
Chandelure (シャンデラ)
Chandelure (シャンデラ, Chandela), the Luring Pokémon, #609, is a Ghost/Fire final evolution of Litwick introduced in Gen V, with 520 BST, huge Special Attack, low Speed, and a Legends: Z-A Mega Evolution.
Chao Garden
Chao Garden (チャオガーデン) is the Sonic series virtual pet minigame introduced in Sonic Adventure (1998), where players raise Chao creatures; expanded in Sonic Adventure 2 and portable as the GBA Tiny Chao Garden.
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.
Characters of Final Fantasy V
Characters of Final Fantasy V: the five playable heroes Bartz Klauser, Lenna, Faris, Galuf, Krile, villain Exdeath and Gilgamesh, from Square's 1992 job-system JRPG, with reception and translation history.
Charlie Nash (Street Fighter)
Charlie Nash (チャーリー・ナッシュ) is a Street Fighter character, Guile's mentor, introduced in Street Fighter Alpha (1995), presumed dead, and resurrected with a redesigned rushdown moveset in Street Fighter V (2016).
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.
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (チョコボの不思議なダンジョン)
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (チョコボの不思議なダンジョン) is a 1997 PlayStation roguelike by Square and Banpresto, first in the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon series; Japan-only, about 1.17 million copies sold.
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.
Christie (Dead or Alive)
Christie (クリスティ, Kurisuti) is a British assassin and Shequan (snake fist) fighter in Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive series, debuting in Dead or Alive 3 (2001), created by Tomonobu Itagaki, voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi in DOA6, and played by Holly Valance in the 2006 film.
Chrono Cross
Chrono Cross (クロノ・クロス) is Square's 1999 PlayStation JRPG sequel to Chrono Trigger, directed by Masato Kato with music by Yasunori Mitsuda. Serge crosses two parallel worlds with over 40 party members, Element-based combat, 12+ endings, and a 2022 Radical Dreamers remaster.
Chrono Trigger (クロノ・トリガー)
Chrono Trigger (クロノ・トリガー) is Square's 1995 Super Famicom RPG by the Dream Team of Sakaguchi, Horii, and Toriyama, with music by Yasunori Mitsuda. Crono travels five eras to stop Lavos; 13 endings via New Game+; ported to PS1, DS, mobile, and Steam, never remade.
Cid Highwind
Cid Highwind (シド・ハイウインド), Final Fantasy VII's foul-mouthed pilot and first permanent-party Cid: Shinra Space Program dreamer, airship captain, spear user whose Highwind Limit deals 18 hits, later softened in Rebirth.
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.