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Bravely Second: End Layer
Bravely Second: End Layer (ブレイブリーセカンド), also known as Bravely Second, is a Japanese role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS and the direct sequel to Bravely Default, released in 2016.
Brawl Stars
Brawl Stars is Supercell's free-to-play mobile MOBA and battle royale shooter, soft-launched January 2018 and released globally 12 December 2018 as its fifth game, grossing over $2 billion with 500M+ downloads.
Brawlhalla
Brawlhalla is a free-to-play 2D platform fighter by Blue Mammoth Games (Ubisoft), released October 17, 2017, set in Valhalla, with 65+ million players, cross-play on PC, console, and mobile, and an annual World Championship.
Breakout (video game)
Breakout is Atari's 1976 arcade brick-breaking game, a single-player Pong variant. Prototype by Steve Wozniak in four days (~42 chips); production redesign by Gary Waters; inspired Space Invaders and Arkanoid.
Breath of Fire (ブレス オブ ファイア)
Breath of Fire (ブレス オブ ファイア) is a Japanese role-playing game series by Capcom, running from 1993 to 2016, starring the dragon-transforming hero Ryu.
Bridget (Guilty Gear)
Bridget (ブリジット) is a fictional character in Arc System Works' Guilty Gear fighting game series, a bounty hunter from England who fights with a yo-yo.
Brock (Pokémon)
Brock (タケシ, Takeshi) is the Pewter Gym Leader of Kanto in Pokémon and Ash Ketchum's longest-serving anime companion, a Rock/Ground-type trainer aiming to be a Pokémon Breeder, known for Zubat's record-quick capture and his team's many evolution methods.
Broforce
Broforce: 2D run-and-gun platformer by Free Lives, published by Devolver Digital, released October 15, 2015 after April 2014 Early Access. Parody action heroes, destructible terrain, 4-player co-op; final Broforce Forever update August 2023.
Broken Age
Broken Age: Double Fine's point-and-click adventure by Tim Schafer, funded by a record $3.3M Kickstarter in 2012, released in two acts (2014, 2015) starring Vella Tartine and Shay Volta.
Broken Arrow (video game)
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game by Steel Balalaika, published by Slitherine in 2025, featuring over 300 units and a 19-mission Baltic campaign from US and Russian perspectives.
Broken Sword
Broken Sword is Revolution Software's point-and-click adventure series created by Charles Cecil, starting with The Shadow of the Templars (1996, Circle of Blood in the US), starring George Stobbart and Nico Collard, with the 2024 Reforged remaster and Parzival's Stone in development.
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV (ブラザーフッド ファイナルファンタジーXV) is a free five-episode A-1 Pictures ONA prequel to Final Fantasy XV, directed by Soichi Masui, covering Noctis, Ignis, Gladiolus, and Prompto's backstories.
Brothers in Arms (video game series)
Brothers in Arms, Gearbox's Ubisoft-published WWII tactical shooter series (2005-2008): Road to Hill 30, Earned in Blood, Hell's Highway; suppression-and-flank squad command, 101st Airborne campaigns, cancelled Furious 4, revival in limbo.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, 2013 adventure by Starbreeze Studios directed by Josef Fares, published by 505 Games; one player controls two brothers with both thumbsticks on a quest for the Water of Life.
Browser game
Browser game: a video game played in a web browser with no download, built on HTML5, JavaScript, WebGL, and WebAssembly. Eras: Java applets, Flash (1996-2020), then HTML5; Flashpoint preserves 200,000+ titles.
Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend (Brutal Legend) is Double Fine's 2009 action-adventure and RTS hybrid starring Jack Black as roadie Eddie Riggs, with 100+ licensed metal tracks, stage battles, and a possible $100M sequel.
Bubble Bobble (バブルボブル)
Bubble Bobble (バブルボブル) is Taito's 1986 arcade platform game by Fukio Mitsuji: bubble dragons Bub and Bob trap and pop monsters across 100 single-screen levels, with co-op required for the true ending; source code lost in 1996.
Bubsy
Bubsy: video game franchise starring Bubsy the Bobcat, a wisecracking mascot platformer begun by Accolade in 1993, notorious for one-hit deaths and the panned Bubsy 3D (1996), revived by Atari with Fabraz's Bubsy 4D (2026).
Bubsy 4D
Bubsy 4D is a 3D platformer by Fabraz, published by Atari, released May 22, 2026 for PC, PS4/PS5, Switch 1/2, and Xbox for $19.99; the best-received Bubsy game, with a Black Hole Update adding 15 levels.
Buckshot Roulette
Buckshot Roulette is a 2023 indie tabletop horror game by Estonian developer Mike Klubnika (CRITICAL REFLEX, Godot engine): Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun against The Dealer. Over 6 million copies sold; Steam April 4, 2024; Xbox Game Pass July 8, 2026.
Bugdom
Bugdom is a 1999 third-person 3D platform game developed by Pangea Software for the Macintosh, in which a pill bug rescues imprisoned ladybugs from King Thorax.
Bugsnax
Bugsnax (Young Horses, 2020) is a first-person adventure on Snaktooth Island where a journalist captures 100 half-bug, half-snack creatures and feeds them to Grumpuses, transforming their bodies; PS5 launch title with Kero Kero Bonito theme song and Isle of Bigsnax DLC.
Bulbasaur (フシギダネ)
Bulbasaur (フシギダネ, Fushigidane) is Pokémon No. 0001, a Grass/Poison Seed Pokémon designed by Atsuko Nishida, one of the three first partner Pokémon of Pokémon Red and Green (1996), evolving into Ivysaur and Venusaur.
Bullet hell
Bullet hell (danmaku, 弾幕) is a shoot 'em up subgenre of dense projectile patterns dodged with a tiny hitbox, born in mid-1990s Japanese arcades via Batsugun and DoDonPachi, spread by Touhou, and distinct from the auto-attacking bullet heaven genre.
Bulletstorm
Bulletstorm: People Can Fly and Epic Games' 2011 first-person shooter (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) built around the Skillshot scoring system, energy leash, and kick; remastered as Full Clip Edition with Duke Nukem DLC in 2017, followed by Bulletstorm VR in 2024.
Bully (video game)
Bully (Canis Canem Edit in PAL regions) is Rockstar Vancouver's 2006 PS2 open-world action-adventure set at Bullworth Academy, starring 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins; enhanced Scholarship Edition 2008, Anniversary Edition 2016, sequel cancelled 2009.
Bunny Garden
Bunny Garden (2024) is a dating sim adventure by qureate for Switch and Steam, set in a bunny-girl bar where protagonist Haito Kanda raises likability with Kana, Rin, and Miuka via drinks, memory quizzes, and minigames; sequel Bunny Garden 2 followed in 2026.
Burnout (series)
Burnout: Criterion Games' arcade racing series (2001-2008), known for risk-based boost, Crash Mode, and Takedowns; Burnout 3: Takedown (2004) is its best-reviewed entry, Burnout Paradise (2008) the last mainline game.
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown is a 2004 Criterion Games arcade racer for PS2 and Xbox, published by EA, built around takedowns, Road Rage, 100 crash junctions, and a 173-medal World Tour; Metacritic 94.
Burnout Paradise
Burnout Paradise: 2008 open-world arcade racer by Criterion Games for PS3 and Xbox 360 (PC 2009), set in Paradise City with Showtime crash mode, 120 traffic-light event starts, and 8-player Freeburn online; Metascore 88; Remastered 2018.