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Charlie Charlie challenge
Charlie Charlie challenge (juego del lápiz, Juego de la Lapicera): pencil-and-paper divination game, Spanish-speaking schoolyard origin, viral May 2015 via #CharlieCharlieChallenge; pencil movement explained by gravity, not a Mexican demon.
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.
Chibi-Robo!
Chibi-Robo! (ちびロボ！), aka Plug Into Adventure!, is Skip Ltd./Nintendo's 2005-2006 GameCube adventure about a 4-inch robot helping the Sanderson family, with battery, happy points, and utilibot mechanics.
Child of Light
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal, 2014) is a 2D side-scrolling fairy-tale RPG on PC, consoles, and Switch; princess Aurora of 1895 Austria recovers the stolen sun, moon, and stars in rhyming verse, with Grandia-style turn-based combat.
Chiptune
Chiptune (chip music, 8-bit music): electronic music made with or emulating the sound chips of 1980s-90s computers and consoles like the Commodore 64, Amiga, and Game Boy, with trackers such as LSDj and Nanoloop and a global subculture.
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.
Chloe Frazer
Chloe Frazer, fictional treasure hunter of Naughty Dog's Uncharted series; debuted in Uncharted 2 (2009), voiced by Claudia Black; stars in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017) hunting the Tusk of Ganesh in India with Nadine Ross.
Chocobo (series)
Chocobo (series), Square Enix's Final Fantasy spin-off line starring the bird Chocobo; spans the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon roguelikes, Chocobo Racing, Chocobo Tales, and Chocobo GP (2022).
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.
Chris Redfield
Chris Redfield is a Capcom Resident Evil protagonist, debuting 1996 as a S.T.A.R.S. sharpshooter, later a B.S.A.A. captain; lead of RE5, RE6, RE7's Not a Hero, and Village.
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.
Chun-Li
Chun-Li (春麗) is a fictional Chinese martial artist and Interpol officer in Capcom's Street Fighter series, introduced in 1991's Street Fighter II as the franchise's first playable female character.
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.
Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is a 2015 city-building simulation by Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive, Paradox's fastest-selling game with 45 million players, 60+ DLC packs, a 2023 sequel, and development moved to Iceflake Studios in 2026.
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.
City of Heroes
City of Heroes: superhero MMORPG by Cryptic Studios and NCsoft, launched April 28, 2004 in Paragon City; 180,000 first-year subscribers; closed November 2012; revived by licensed Homecoming server since 2024.
City-building game
City-building game: simulation genre where players zone, build, and manage cities as a mayor-planner. Founded by SimCity (1989, Maxis, Will Wright); led today by Cities: Skylines (2015, Colossal Order); R-C-I zoning and budget management define play.
Civilization (series)
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based 4X strategy series created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley in 1991 at MicroProse, developed by Firaxis Games under 2K, spanning seven main entries and over 34 million units sold.
Civilization (video game)
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based 4X strategy series begun by MicroProse in 1991, designed by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley, in which players grow a civilization from 4000 BC to modern victory paths; it spawned the 4X genre and remains the bestselling strategy franchise.
Civilization IV
Civilization IV (Civ 4), Firaxis/2K turn-based 4X strategy game released October 25, 2005; first 3D Civilization, Metacritic 94, 3 million copies, expansions Warlords and Beyond the Sword.
Civilization V
Sid Meier's Civilization V is a 2010 Firaxis turn-based 4X strategy game on a hex map with one-unit-per-tile combat and city-states, expanded by Gods & Kings (religion, espionage) and Brave New World (trade, ideologies), Metacritic 90.
Civilization VI
Civilization VI (Sid Meier's Civilization VI) is Firaxis's 2016 turn-based 4X strategy game, sixth in the series since 1991. Known for unstacked cities with 12 district types, adjacency bonuses, eureka boosts, five victory conditions, Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions, and over 5.5 million copies sold.
Civilization VII
Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Civ 7) is Firaxis/2K's 2025 turn-based 4X strategy game, released February 11, 2025, known for its three-Age system with civilization switching and its mixed launch reception.
Civilization: Beyond Earth
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a 2014 Firaxis 4X turn-based strategy game for Windows, Mac, and Linux, built on the Civilization V engine, with a tech web, Harmony/Purity/Supremacy Affinities, and the Rising Tide expansion.
Civilization: Call to Power
Civilization: Call to Power (CTP1), Activision's 1999 turn-based 4X strategy game under Hasbro license, a Civilization II successor with slavery mechanics, sea and space cities, timeline to 3000 AD, and sequel Call to Power II.