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Animal Crossing: Wild World (おいでよ どうぶつの森)
Animal Crossing: Wild World (おいでよ どうぶつの森) is Nintendo's 2005 Nintendo DS social simulation game, the series' first handheld entry, directed by Hisashi Nogami; it sold 11.75 million copies and its online service ended in 2014.
Ann Takamaki (高巻杏)
Ann Takamaki (高巻杏), codename Panther, is a Phantom Thief in Persona 5 and spin-offs, a fire-attribute whip user whose Persona is Carmen; voiced by Nana Mizuki and Erika Harlacher.
Anna Williams (Tekken)
Anna Williams (アンナ・ウィリアムズ), the "Scarlet Lightning", is Nina Williams's younger sister and rival in Bandai Namco's Tekken series, introduced in Tekken 1994, absent only from Tekken 4, and a Season 2 Tekken 8 DLC fighter (April 2025) wielding the Lovely Tom rocket launcher.
Anno 117
Anno 117: Pax Romana is a 2025 city-building and economic simulation game by Ubisoft Mainz, set in the Roman Empire's Pax Romana, released for PC and consoles on November 13, 2025.
Anno 1404
Anno 1404, released in North America as Dawn of Discovery, is a 2009 city-building and economic simulation game developed by Related Designs and published by Ubisoft.
Anno 1602
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World (1602 A.D. in North America) is a 1998 real-time city-building strategy game by Max Design and Sunflowers, the first Anno game, set on the island world of Anker; Germany's best-selling game with over a million copies sold.
Anno 1800
Anno 1800 is a 2019 city-building and real-time strategy game by Ubisoft Blue Byte set in the Industrial Revolution, with tiered population needs, production chains, Old World and New World maps, trade routes, and DLC seasons; Metacritic 81/100.
Anno 2205
Anno 2205 is a 2015 city-building and economic simulation game by Blue Byte and Ubisoft, in which the player colonizes the Moon to end an energy crisis.
Another Code: Recollection
Another Code: Recollection is a January 19, 2024 Nintendo Switch collection by Arc System Works and Nintendo remaking Another Code: Two Memories (Trace Memory) and Another Code R, the latter previously unreleased in North America, with 3D visuals, voice acting, and hint systems.
Another Crab's Treasure
Another Crab's Treasure is a 2024 soulslike/3D platformer by Aggro Crab starring hermit crab Kril, whose shell is stolen by a loan shark; he wears trash as shells granting abilities, in a polluted ocean setting, released April 25, 2024 on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch.
Another World (video game)
Another World (Out of This World in North America) is a 1991 cinematic platformer by Éric Chahi, made almost solo for Amiga and Atari ST, published by Delphine Software, starring Lester on an alien planet, later ported to over 25 platforms and held by MoMA.
Anran
Anran (안란) is a fire-wielding Damage (flanking DPS) hero in Blizzard's Overwatch, sister of Wuyang, launched February 10, 2026 in The Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest, with an Ignition burn mechanic, dual ultimate, and a Season 2 face redesign after fan criticism.
Anthem (video game)
Anthem (BioWare/EA, 2019) is an online-only live-service looter shooter with flying Javelin exosuits. Sold ~5 million copies, scored 59 on Metacritic; Anthem NEXT was canceled in 2021 and servers shut down January 12, 2026.
Anthology of the Killer
Anthology of the Killer is a collection of nine comedy-horror adventure games by Stephen Gillmurphy. The games follow BB through a surreal world of forbidden museums and serial killers.
Ao Oni (青鬼)
Ao Oni (青鬼) is a 2004 freeware Japanese horror puzzle game by pseudonymous developer noprops, built in RPG Maker XP, where players flee a randomly appearing blue oni; it spawned novels, films, anime, mobile sequels, and 2024 Switch/Steam remakes.
Ape Escape (サルゲッチュ)
Ape Escape (Saru Getchu, サルゲッチュ) is Sony's 1999 PlayStation 3D platformer, the first game requiring the DualShock, in which players catch time-traveling monkeys with right-stick gadgets; it spawned sequels and the Astro Bot legacy.
Apex Legends
Apex Legends is Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play battle royale hero shooter, released February 4, 2019 in the Titanfall universe; 50 million players in 24 days, 20 Hz servers, seasonal live service, Switch delisted August 2026.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (逆転裁判4)
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (逆転裁判4, Gyakuten Saiban 4) is Capcom's 2007 Nintendo DS courtroom adventure, fourth Ace Attorney entry, starring rookie lawyer Apollo Justice with the bracelet-based Perceive system, set seven years after a disbarred Phoenix Wright's trilogy era.
Arbiter (Halo)
Arbiter (Halo): Covenant title for disgraced Sangheili warriors on suicide missions; best known as Thel 'Vadam, playable deuteragonist of Halo 2 (2004), voiced by Keith David, later a postwar Sangheili leader.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a usually coin-operated game machine, which may be mechanical, electronic, or video-based; US arcades peaked at about 10,000 in 1982 before the 1983 crash.
Arco (video game)
Arco is a 2024 tactical RPG published by Panic for PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X. Set in a Mesoamerican-inspired fantasy frontier, it features simultaneous turn-based, gridless combat and scored 86 on Metacritic.
Arctic Eggs
Arctic Eggs is a 2024 surreal first-person physics cooking game by The Water Museum and CRITICAL REFLEX, released May 16, 2024, in which a disgraced Poultry Peddler fries eggs for residents of a far-future Antarctic settlement.
Arena Breakout (暗区突围)
Arena Breakout (暗区突围) is a free-to-play mobile extraction shooter by Tencent's MoreFun Studios, published by Level Infinite, released worldwide July 14, 2023 on iOS and Android; players loot, fight, and must extract alive to keep gear.
Arena of Valor
Arena of Valor (AoV, 傳說對決), formerly Strike of Kings, is Tencent TiMi Studio Group's 5v5 mobile MOBA, the international version of Honor of Kings, released in Taiwan in 2016 by Garena, with 200 million registered players and Asian Games and Esports World Cup esports.
Ark: Survival Evolved
ARK: Survival Evolved (stylized ARK) is Studio Wildcard's 2017 open-world dinosaur survival game, Steam Early Access June 2, 2015, full launch August 29, 2017 on PC, Xbox One, PS4; taming, tribes, PvP/PvE, five paid expansions.
Arkanoid
Arkanoid (Taito, 1986) is a block breaker arcade game, a reworking of Atari's Breakout with the Vaus paddle, power-ups, 33 rounds, and the boss DOH; it defined the brick-breaker genre and spawned many sequels and ports.
Arknights (明日方舟)
Arknights (明日方舟) is a 2019 free-to-play anime tower defense gacha mobile game by Shanghai's Hypergryph, published globally by Yostar from January 2020; set on Terra, it passed $700M revenue by 2021 and spawned the anime Prelude to Dawn and the 2026 spin-off Arknights: Endfield.
Arknights: Endfield
Arknights: Endfield (明日方舟：终末地) is Hypergryph's free-to-play 3D real-time strategy RPG, released worldwide January 22, 2026, combining semi-open world ARPG combat with AIC factory automation on Talos-II.
Arlecchino (Genshin Impact)
Arlecchino (The Knave, born Peruere) is a 5-star Pyro polearm character in Genshin Impact, released April 24, 2024 in Version 4.6. Fourth of the Fatui Harbingers and head of the House of the Hearth, she turns the Bond of Life debuff into a damage resource.
Arma Reforger
Arma Reforger is Bohemia Interactive's 2022 Cold War military simulator sandbox on the Enfusion engine, set on Everon, Arland, and Kolguyev, with Conflict, Game Master, and Combat Ops modes, and serving as the testbed for Arma 4.