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F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) is a 2005 Monolith Productions first-person shooter-horror franchise published by Sierra, known for GOAP-driven enemy AI, reflex-time gunplay, and the Alma Wade/Armacham story; sequels declined critically.

F.E.A.R. (video game)

F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) is Monolith Productions' 2005 horror first-person shooter, published by Sierra, blending Japanese-horror atmosphere, slow-motion combat, and landmark Goal Oriented Action Planning enemy AI; Metacritic 91.

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Project Origin) is a 2009 first-person shooter by Monolith Productions and Warner Bros. for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, continuing Alma's story with slow-motion combat, no co-op, and the Reborn DLC.

F.E.A.R. 3

F.E.A.R. 3 (F.3.A.R) is a 2011 paranormal horror first-person shooter by Day 1 Studios with Monolith, published by Warner Bros., for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. It added divergent co-op as Point Man and Paxton Fettel, a cover system, and scored 74 on Metacritic.

F1 24

F1 24 is a racing simulation video game developed by Codemasters and published by EA, and the official game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship.

F1 25

F1 25 (EA Sports F1 25) is a Codemasters racing sim, official game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship, released May 30, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with My Team 2.0, Braking Point 3, LIDAR tracks, and a 2026 Season Pack adding Audi, Cadillac, and MADRING.

Fable (2004 video game)

Fable (2004) is an Xbox action RPG by Big Blue Box/Lionhead, published by Microsoft Game Studios on September 14, 2004. Known for Project Ego origins, visual morality (horns/halo), The Lost Chapters, and Fable Anniversary remaster.

Fable (video game series)

Fable: action RPG series set in fairytale Albion, created by Lionhead Studios (Fable 2004, Fable II 2008, Fable III 2010), known for good/evil morality; reboot by Playground Games due February 23, 2027, first on PS5.

Fable II

Fable II is a 2008 Lionhead Studios action RPG for Xbox 360, set 500 years after Fable in Albion, known for its dog companion, one-button combat, morality simulation, and no-fail design; Metacritic 89.

Fable III

Fable III, also known as Fable 3, is an action role-playing game by Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios, released in 2010 for Xbox 360 and Windows.

Fable Legends

Fable Legends was Lionhead Studios' cancelled 4-heroes-versus-1-villain asymmetric multiplayer action-RPG set in Albion, announced 2013, free-to-play, for Xbox One and Windows 10, cancelled March 2016 with at least $75 million reportedly invested.

Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy

Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy is a collection of Final Fantasy games announced by Square Enix at E3 2006, each sharing a common crystal mythos with separate stories.

Factorio

Factorio, by Wube Software, is a 2D factory automation and management simulation first released in 2012, on Steam early access in 2016, version 1.0 in 2020, and 2.0 with the Space Age expansion in 2024; 2.1 is its last major update.

Fahrenheit (2005 video game)

Fahrenheit, called Indigo Prophecy in North America, is Quantic Dream's 2005 cinematic adventure game for PC, PS2, and Xbox, starring Lucas Kane, with Bending Stories branching, MultiView split-screen, and a 2015 Aspyr remaster.

Fall Guys

Fall Guys (Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout) is a free-to-play cross-platform party royale game by Mediatonic, published by Epic Games since the March 2021 acquisition; 60-player obstacle-course elimination, launched August 2020, free to play since June 2022.

Fallout (series)

Fallout: post-apocalyptic RPG franchise begun by Interplay in 1997, owned by Bethesda since 2007; six mainline games, SPECIAL system, 1950s retro-futurist setting, Prime Video TV series.

Fallout (video game)

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (Interplay, 1997) is a turn-based post-apocalyptic RPG by Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Brian Fargo, using the SPECIAL system after GURPS was declined; it founded the Fallout series.

Fallout 2

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a 1998 isometric turn-based RPG by Black Isle Studios and Interplay, sequel to Fallout, following the Chosen One of Arroyo seeking the GECK; made in about 8 months, scored 86 on Metacritic.

Fallout 3

Fallout 3 (2008), Bethesda's action RPG in post-apocalyptic Washington D.C., introduced V.A.T.S. pause-targeting, sold about 12.4 million copies, and spawned five DLC packs and a GOTY edition.

Fallout 4

Fallout 4 is Bethesda Game Studios' 2015 open-world action RPG set in post-nuclear Boston (the Commonwealth), released November 10, 2015, known for settlement building, crafting, a voiced protagonist, and the Far Harbor add-on.

Fallout 76

Fallout 76 (2018) is Bethesda Game Studios' online open-world multiplayer RPG set in post-nuclear Appalachia, West Virginia. Launched without human NPCs to poor reviews, it was rebuilt through free updates such as Wastelanders (2020).

Fallout Shelter

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play construction and management simulation by Bethesda Game Studios set in the Fallout universe, released on iOS in June 2015 and later on many platforms.

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, also called Fallout Tactics, is a 2001 Micro Forté and 14° East squad-based tactical combat game for PC, the third Fallout-universe game, first with multiplayer, non-canon except pivotal events.

Fallout: Bakersfield

Fallout: Bakersfield (Saur X / Red888guns, Alexander and Denis Berezin) is an unreleased GZDoom total conversion mod reimagining 1997's Fallout as a retro FPS, retelling the Necropolis sequence in Bakersfield, California; no release date.

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is a 2004 Interplay action RPG for PS2 and Xbox, the first console Fallout game and second spin-off; non-canon, linear hack-and-slash, Metacritic 64/66, distinct from Fallout Tactics (2001).

Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game by Obsidian Entertainment, set in the Mojave Wasteland around a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, where a courier pursues the stolen Platinum Chip.

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is TinyCo's 2014 free-to-play Quahog city-builder mobile game with clam premium currency, later run by Jam City, styled after The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

Fantasy Life (ファンタジーライフ)

Fantasy Life (ファンタジーライフ) is a Level-5/Brownie Brown life sim and action RPG for Nintendo 3DS, Japan 2012, West 2014; sequel FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time released May 21, 2025.

Fantasy Westward Journey

Fantasy Westward Journey (梦幻西游) is a 2D turn-based MMORPG by Chinese company NetEase, launched in January 2004 and set in the mythology of Journey to the West.

Far Cry

Far Cry is Ubisoft's open-world first-person shooter franchise, begun by Crytek in 2004. Includes Far Cry 2-6, Primal, Blood Dragon, New Dawn; 100 million unique players; Far Cry 7 unannounced.