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Black & White (video game)
Black & White (Lionhead Studios, EA, March 2001) is a PC god game set in Eden, known for its reinforcement-learning Creature AI, good/evil alignment system, Metacritic 90, 2.5 million PC sales, Creature Isle expansion, Black & White 2, and unavailability on digital stores.
Black Desert Online (검은사막)
Black Desert Online (검은사막) is Pearl Abyss's buy-to-play open-world action MMORPG, launched in Korea in December 2014 and the West in March 2016, known for action combat, node-worker economy, life skills, and grind-heavy RNG progression.
Black Mesa (video game)
Black Mesa: Crowbar Collective's Valve-licensed Source-engine re-imagining of Half-Life (1998); 2004 mod origins, 2012 free mod, 2015 Early Access, full release March 2020 with rebuilt Xen.
Black Myth: Zhong Kui (黑神话：钟馗)
Black Myth: Zhong Kui (黑神话：钟馗) is Game Science's second Black Myth title, a single-player action RPG starring the Taoist ghost-catcher Zhong Kui. Announced at Gamescom August 20, 2025; 15-minute gameplay trailer August 20, 2026; no release date; PC and consoles.
Black Widow (video game)
Black Widow is Atari's 1982 color vector arcade twin-stick shooter, also known as a Gravitar conversion kit, in which a spider defends a web from insects using two joysticks; remade as Black Widow: Recharged in 2021.
Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2
Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2, an upcoming Hinterland Studio first-person survival RPG sequel to The Long Dark, set in Harmont one year after the Aurora, adding co-op, Will to Live, and Permalife; Early Access planned for 2027.
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blacksad: Under the Skin is a 2019 narrative adventure game by Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive, published by Microids, based on the Blacksad comics; detective John Blacksad investigates a 1950s New York boxing scandal, Metascore 65.
Blade (Honkai: Star Rail)
Blade (刃) is a limited 5★ Honkai: Star Rail character, first Wind Destruction, HP-scaling; kit spends own HP for Hellscape, Talent follow-ups, and an HP-loss Ultimate; reworked in 3.4, Mortenax Blade (Nihility: Fire) in 4.3.
Blade & Soul (블레이드 앤 소울)
Blade & Soul (블레이드 앤 소울) is NCSOFT's wuxia martial-arts PC MMORPG, released in Korea June 2012, China 2013, the West 2016; known for fighting-game-style action combat, arena PvP, and spin-offs Blade & Soul 2, Revolution, NEO, and Heroes.
Blades of Fire
Blades of Fire (Blades of Fire, aka Project Iron) is a 2025 MercurySteam action-adventure published by 505 Games, a spiritual successor to Blade of Darkness, starring Aran de Lira and Adso, with a weapon-forging minigame; Metacritic 71, Steam Version 2.0 in 2026.
Blair Witch (video game)
Blair Witch (2019) is a first-person psychological horror game by Bloober Team, published by Lionsgate Games, released August 30, 2019 on Xbox One and PC. Ex-cop Ellis and dog Bullet search Black Hills Forest; camcorder puzzles, tracked endings, Metacritic 69.
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold is a 1993 first-person shooter for MS-DOS by JAM Productions and Apogee, built on an enhanced Wolfenstein 3D engine and released one week before Doom.
Blanka
Blanka: green-skinned Brazilian beast-man of Street Fighter II (1991), charge-character with Rolling Attack and Electric Thunder; bottom tier in ST, 4th in SF6 meta; Jason Momoa plays him in the 2026 film.
Blasphemous (video game)
Blasphemous is a 2019 2D Metroidvania action-platformer by Seville studio The Game Kitchen, starring the Penitent One in the Spain-inspired world of Cvstodia; sequel Blasphemous 2 followed in 2023.
Blastoise (カメックス)
Blastoise (カメックス, Kamex), #0009, the Shellfish Pokémon: Water-type final form of Squirtle, mascot of Pokémon Blue, with Mega and Gigantamax forms and 26 TCG cards.
BlazBlue: Central Fiction
BlazBlue: Central Fiction (ブレイブルー セントラルフィクション) is Arc System Works' fourth main BlazBlue fighting game and the final Azure Saga entry, released in arcades from November 19, 2015 and on consoles, Steam, and Switch, with 35+ characters, Overdrive and Active Flow systems, and 2022 rollback netcode.
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (ブレイブルー クロスタッグバトル) is Arc System Works' 2018 2v2 tag fighting game crossing BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth, and RWBY, with 20 base characters, Smart Combos, and a Cross Gauge.
Blaziken (バシャーモ)
Blaziken (バシャーモ, Bursyamo), the Blaze Pokémon, is National Dex #257, a Fire/Fighting Pokémon introduced in Generation III, final form of Torchic with a Mega Evolution via Blazikenite, base 530 stats, and the hidden ability Speed Boost.
Bleach Rebirth of Souls
Bleach: Rebirth of Souls (BLEACH) is a Tamsoft-developed, Bandai Namco-published 1v1 fighting game released March 2025 on PS4/PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, covering Bleach's story through the Arrancar arc with a Konpaku life-stock battle system.
Blippo+
Blippo+ is a 2025 live-action FMV channel-surfing TV simulator from YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, Noble Robot, and Panic, set on alien Planet Blip. Launched on Playdate May 2025, Steam/Switch September 23, 2025; Metacritic 83.
Blitzkrieg (video game)
Blitzkrieg is a 2003 real-time tactics video game set in World War II, developed by the Russian studio Nival Interactive as the first entry in the Blitzkrieg series.
Blood (video game)
Blood is a 1997 MS-DOS horror first-person shooter by Monolith Productions on the Build engine, starring undead gunslinger Caleb versus the demon Tchernobog; expansions Plasma Pak and Cryptic Passage, sequel Blood II, remastered as Fresh Supply (2019) and Refreshed Supply (2025).
Blood Message
Blood Message is an upcoming NetEase/24 Entertainment AAA single-player action-adventure set in 848 AD Tang China, following messenger Pei Changguan and his son Ning on a 1,000-mile journey to Chang'an during the Shazhou uprising.
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996) is a top-down action-adventure RPG by Silicon Knights, published by Crystal Dynamics, launching the Legacy of Kain series. Vampire Kain hunts the Circle of Nine across Nosgoth, feeding on blood; re-released 2024 on PS Plus, Evercade, and GOG.
Bloodborne
Bloodborne: 2015 FromSoftware action RPG for PS4, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, published by Sony. Gothic Yharnam beast-hunting, Regain/Rally system, Insight, Chalice Dungeons; never officially released on PC.
Bloodborne PSX
Bloodborne PSX is a free 2022 fan demake of Bloodborne by Lilith Walther (LWMedia), reimagining the PS4 exclusive as a PS1-era Unreal Engine 4 game ending at Father Gascoigne; removed from itch.io by Sony via MarkScan in February 2025.
BloodRayne
BloodRayne is a video game series about Rayne, a dhampir agent of the Brimstone Society fighting Nazis in the 1930s; three games by Terminal Reality and WayForward, plus a poorly received 2005 Uwe Boll film.
BloodRayne (video game)
BloodRayne (2002) is Terminal Reality's third-person action game for Majesco starring Rayne, a dhampir Brimstone Society agent fighting Nazis and supernatural threats between the world wars; known for blood-feeding, harpoon and wrist-blade combat, mixed Metacritic scores (65-76), 2004 sequel, 2006 Uwe Boll film, and 2020 Terminal Cut remaster.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a retro 2D action platformer by Inti Creates, released in 2018 as a Kickstarter stretch-goal homage to classic Castlevania, with four playable characters.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a 2019 2.5D metroidvania action RPG by ArtPlay, directed by Koji Igarashi, funded by a record $5.5 million Kickstarter; it sold 2 million copies by 2023 and received updates through 2024.