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Valkyria Chronicles (戦場のヴァルキュリア)
Valkyria Chronicles (戦場のヴァルキュリア, Senjou no Valkyria) is a 2008 Sega tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation 3, blending turn-based squad commands with real-time shooting on the fictional continent of Europa.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (戦場のヴァルキュリア4)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (戦場のヴァルキュリア4) is Sega/Media.Vision's 2018 tactical RPG, returning to the original's BLiTZ turn-based formula with Squad E's Claude Wallace, a new Grenadier class, CANVAS visuals, and Sakimoto's score; Metascore 85.
Valkyria Revolution
Valkyria Revolution (蒼き革命のヴァルキュリア) is Sega and Media.Vision's 2017 action RPG spin-off of Valkyria Chronicles for PS4, Xbox One, and PS Vita, set in Jutland's war against the Ruzi Empire; its genre change earned a Metascore of 54, the franchise's lowest.
Valkyrie Profile
Valkyrie Profile (ヴァルキリープロファイル) is a 1999 tri-Ace PlayStation RPG published by Enix, where Lenneth recruits Einherjar under a chapter-and-period system; series later includes Silmeria, Covenant of the Plume, and Elysium.
Valor Mortis
Valor Mortis is a first-person soulslike action RPG by One More Level (Ghostrunner), published by Lyrical Games, launched October 13, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series, Game Pass, and Steam; alternate-history Napoleonic Europe, resurrected soldier William, Nephtoglobin plague.
Valorant
Valorant (VALORANT) is Riot Games' free-to-play 5v5 tactical shooter, launched June 2, 2020, with Agents, 13-round matches, Vanguard kernel anti-cheat, 128-tick servers, and the four-territory VCT esports circuit.
Vampire Crawlers
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is Poncle and Nosebleed Interactive's first-person, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder dungeon crawler spin-off of Vampire Survivors, released April 21, 2026 for $9.99 on Steam, Xbox, PS5, and Switch, with ascending-mana combo card play as its core mechanic.
Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivors, also called a survivors-like or bullet heaven, is a 2021 auto-attacking roguelite by solo developer Luca Galante (poncle); it won the 2023 BAFTA Best Game award and sold over 6 million copies.
Vampire Survivors–like
Vampire Survivors–like (also survivors-like or bullet heaven): action roguelite subgenre named after the 2021 game Vampire Survivors, defined by automatic combat, escalating enemy hordes, and randomized roguelike upgrades; notable examples include Brotato, HoloCure, and Blood Dungeon.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (VTMB) is Troika Games' 2004 Source-engine action RPG set in dark Los Angeles, released buggy alongside Half-Life 2, later a cult classic sustained by Wesp5's Unofficial Patch.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is a role-playing game developed by The Chinese Room, set in modern Seattle, and starring elder vampire Phyre and Malkavian detective Fabien.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York
Coteries of New York is a 2019 visual novel by Draw Distance set in Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, casting the player as a fledgling vampire of clan Ventrue, Toreador, or Brujah in the Camarilla-Anarch struggle over New York City.
Vampyr (video game)
Vampyr (DONTNOD, Focus, 2018) is an action RPG set in 1918 London during the Spanish flu, starring vampire doctor Jonathan Reid; feeding on citizens drives progression, Metacritic 72-73, Steam Mostly Positive.
Vanquish (video game)
Vanquish (ヴァンキッシュ) is a 2010 third-person shooter by PlatinumGames, published by SEGA and directed by Shinji Mikami. Sam Gideon's ARS suit enables boost sliding and slow-motion AR mode; no multiplayer; PC 2017, PS4/XOne 2020.
Varsapura
Varsapura (雨之城) is an open-world action RPG from miHoYo/HoYoverse, produced by Cai Haoyu, revealed November 2025 with a 31-minute Unreal Engine 5 demo; Singapore-inspired setting, SEAL versus Mindrot, first confidential China Windows test July 2026, no release date.
Vega (Street Fighter)
Vega (Balrog in Japan) is Capcom's masked Spanish ninja-matador from Street Fighter II (1991), a narcissistic claw-wielding assassin; redesigned as a motion-input aerial specialist in Street Fighter V and absent from Street Fighter 6.
Venture (Overwatch)
Venture is a Damage hero in Overwatch 2, debuting April 16, 2024 in Season 10 after a March 28–31 trial. The non-binary Wayfinder Society archeologist uses a Smart Excavator with Burrow, Drill Dash, and Tectonic Shock.
Vergil (ヴァージル) (Devil May Cry)
As an antagonist in the Devil May Cry series, Vergil (ヴァージル) is the twin brother of Dante and son of Sparda, who seeks to become a full demon.
Vi (League of Legends)
Vi, the Piltover Enforcer, is a League of Legends fighter champion released December 19, 2012, designed by August Browning, known for her Cease and Desist ultimate, her jungle role, and her starring role in Arcane.
Victini (ビクティニ)
Victini (ビクティニ) is the Mythical Victory Pokémon, National Dex No. 0494, a Psychic/Fire type from Generation V with 100 in every base stat (total 600), the signature Ability Victory Star, and event-only availability, catchable in Pokémon GO since 2020.
Victoria 3
Victoria 3 is a grand strategy society simulation by Paradox Development Studio, released 25 October 2022. Set 1836-1936, it models a full global economy across 700+ regions, with politics, trade, and prestige-based diplomacy, unlike character-focused Crusader Kings or war-focused Hearts of Iron.
Victoria II
Victoria II (Vic 2) is Paradox Development Studio's 2010 grand strategy game covering 1836–1935, simulating over 200 countries with a POP population system, and expanded by A House Divided and Heart of Darkness.
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun (Victoria 1) is Paradox's 2003 grand strategy game covering 1836–1920, focused on POP-based economy, internal politics, and colonization rather than war, with sequels Victoria II (2010) and Victoria 3 (2022).
Video game
Video game: electronic game with interactive visual feedback, played on consoles, PCs, mobile, and arcade machines. From Pong (1972) to a $201.6 billion global industry in 2025, spanning developers, publishers, regulation, and education.
Video game genre
Video game genre: groups of games differentiated by shared characteristics such as mechanics, objectives, and perspective. Covers common genres, classification problems, Steam tags, and genre economics.
Video game music
Video game music: music composed for games, from Space Invaders' 1978 four-note theme to adaptive scores using horizontal re-sequencing and vertical layering, middleware like FMOD and Wwise, and growing recognition via Grammys, BAFTA, and ludomusicology.
Video Games Live
Video Games Live is a touring symphonic concert series of video game music co-created by Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, debuting at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005.
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe is a 2003 side-scrolling beat 'em up by Capcom for GameCube, with a PlayStation 2 port, known for cel-shaded visuals and time-manipulating VFX powers.
Viewtiful Joe (video game)
Viewtiful Joe is a 2003 Capcom/Clover Studio GameCube side-scrolling beat 'em up directed by Hideki Kamiya, with cel-shaded art and VFX powers (Slow, Mach Speed, Zoom); Metacritic 93, over 450,000 copies sold, later a PS2 port and sequels.
Vigor (video game)
Vigor is Bohemia Interactive's free-to-play online looter shooter set in post-war Norway, launched on Xbox Game Preview in 2018 and fully released 19 August 2019, later on Switch, PlayStation, and Steam (2024), with shelter building and extraction Encounters.