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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a 2021 narrative-driven text-based RPG by Sever Studio and 101XP set in the Blessed Arknian Empire, following a commoner through five life stages, three Lots, stat checks, and a resurrection system.

The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure

The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure is a 2000 platform game for PlayStation and Game Boy Color by Paradox Development and Torus Games, published by Activision, covering both Lion King films with Scar and Zira as bosses; Metacritic 30.

The Long Dark

The Long Dark: first-person exploration-survival game by Canada's Hinterland Studio, Kickstarter 2013, Steam Early Access 2014, 1.0 release August 1, 2017. Survival Mode sandbox plus five-episode WINTERMUTE story; Episode Five launched March 31, 2026; sequel Blackfrost announced.

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online, commonly abbreviated LOTRO, is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, launched in 2007.

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, also known as Battle for Middle-earth II, is a 2006 real-time strategy game by EA Los Angeles for Windows and Xbox 360.

The Lost Wild

The Lost Wild is an upcoming first-person survival horror game by British studio Great Ape Games, in which a stranded woman evades dinosaurs as wild animals.

The Matrix Online

The Matrix Online (MxO) was a 2005-2009 PC MMORPG set in the Matrix films, developed by Monolith, later run by Sony Online Entertainment, known for live events and flexible classes.

The Matrix: Path of Neo

The Matrix: Path of Neo is a 2005 Shiny Entertainment action game published by Atari for PS2, Xbox, and PC, letting players fight as Neo through the trilogy's action scenes, with a Focus slow-motion mechanic and an alternative city-sized Agent Smith ending.

The Medium (video game)

The Medium (video game): Bloober Team's 2021 psychological horror game for Xbox Series X/S, PC, and PS5. Medium Marianne explores Poland's Niwa Resort via dual-reality split-screen gameplay, no combat, Yamaoka soundtrack.

The Midnight Walk

The Midnight Walk is a 2025 first-person dark fantasy claymation adventure by MoonHood, published by Fast Travel Games, for PS5, PSVR2, and PC; the Burnt One and Potboy walk to Moon Mountain, closing eyes to navigate by sound.

The Need for Speed

Need for Speed is Electronic Arts' arcade racing franchise, launched in 1994 with Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed. About 25 titles across 30 years, known for police pursuits and car customization; latest mainline game is Unbound (2022), with Criterion now focused on Battlefield.

The Neverhood

The Neverhood (Klaymen Klaymen: Neverhood No Nazo) is a 1996 claymation point-and-click adventure for PC by Doug TenNapel's The Neverhood Inc., published by DreamWorks Interactive, using 3.5 tons of clay, with a Terry Scott Taylor score and 1998 sequel Skullmonkeys.

The Nomad Soul

The Nomad Soul (Omikron: The Nomad Soul), Quantic Dream's 1999 debut action-adventure game, set in the domed city of Omikron with body-swapping reincarnation and music by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.

The Operative: No One Lives Forever

The Operative: No One Lives Forever (NOLF) is a 2000 Monolith Productions stealth FPS for Windows, published by Fox Interactive, starring 1960s spy Cate Archer; famed for humor, never re-released due to divided rights.

The Orange Box

The Orange Box: Valve's five-game 2007 compilation (Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, Portal, Team Fortress 2), released October 10, 2007 for $49.99 PC/$59.99 console; Metacritic 96, Portal won 30+ GOTY awards.

The Order: 1886

The Order: 1886 is a 2015 Ready at Dawn third-person shooter, a PS4 exclusive set in alternate-history Victorian London where Knight Galahad fights Half-breeds; it scored 63 on Metacritic and its sequel was canceled.

The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)

The Oregon Trail (1971), also OREGON, is a text-based educational computer game by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger, released by MECC in 1975, simulating an 1848 wagon journey from Independence, Missouri to Oregon.

The Oregon Trail (2021 video game)

The Oregon Trail (2021) is Gameloft Brisbane's officially licensed Apple Arcade successor to the 1971 educational game, later ported to Switch, PC, and PlayStation, with Native American playable characters and consultant-reviewed representation.

The Oregon Trail (series)

The Oregon Trail (series) is a line of educational computer games begun in 1971 by Rawitsch, Heinemann, and Dillenberger and published by MECC, simulating an 1848 wagon journey to Oregon; 65 million copies estimated sold.

The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds: 2019 single-player first-person sci-fi RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, published by Private Division; Fallout creators Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky co-directed; set in corporate-run Halcyon colony; sequel released October 29, 2025.

The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds 2 is Obsidian Entertainment's first-person sci-fi action RPG sequel, released October 29, 2025 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS5, and Game Pass, set in the rift-torn colony of Arcadia.

The Outlast Trials

The Outlast Trials is a co-op survival horror game by Red Barrels, a Cold War-era prequel to Outlast and Outlast 2. Early Access May 18, 2023; full release March 5, 2024; four Rigs, seasonal content, and the Invasion PvP mode.

The Planet Crafter

The Planet Crafter (Miju Games) is a first-person survival-crafting terraforming sim; Early Access March 2022, 1.0 April 10, 2024, 2M+ sold, Terraforming Index 0 to 5 trillion across 15 stages, co-op, moons updates and Planet Humble/Toxicity DLC.

The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン)

The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン), founded April 1998 as Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, manages the Pokémon brand, games, trading card game, licensing, and shops worldwide.

The Precinct (video game)

The Precinct is a 2025 top-down open-world police action game by Fallen Tree Games, published by Kwalee, set in 1980s Averno City as rookie cop Nick Cordell Jr.; Metacritic 66, Steam Very Positive.

The Quarry (video game)

The Quarry is a 2022 interactive horror game by Supermassive Games and 2K, spiritual successor to Until Dawn, following nine camp counselors at Hackett's Quarry with 186 endings, co-op modes, and Movie Mode.

The Rise of the Golden Idol

The Rise of the Golden Idol is a 2024 point-and-click detective puzzle game by Color Gray Games and Playstack, sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol, with 20 interconnected 1970s cases, Metacritic 85, and four DLC cases.

The Rogue Prince of Persia

The Rogue Prince of Persia is a 2D roguelite action-platformer by Evil Empire and Ubisoft, a Dead Cells spiritual successor. Steam Early Access May 27, 2024; full release August 20, 2025; Switch December 16, 2025; 90% positive Steam reviews.

The Roottrees are Dead

The Roottrees are Dead is a genealogy-research deduction game by Jeremy Johnston and Robin Ward (Evil Trout), set in a simulated 1998 internet; free on itch.io in 2023, remastered with Roottreemania on Steam January 15, 2025.

The Saboteur

The Saboteur is a 2009 open-world action game by Pandemic Studios and EA, set in Nazi-occupied Paris, starring Irish race car driver Sean Devlin, inspired by William Grover-Williams, with a black-and-white will-to-fight visual system.