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Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles

Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles is a 2008 Gameloft-developed, Ubisoft-published Nintendo DS and mobile prequel to Assassin's Creed, set in 1190, following Altaïr's hunt for the Chalice; Metacritic 58, ports delisted in 2013.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is a 2009 action-adventure game for the PlayStation Portable, part of the Assassin's Creed franchise, following Altaïr as he pursues the last Templars to Cyprus.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010, Ubisoft Montreal) is the third Assassin's Creed game, set in Renaissance Rome with Ezio Auditore, introducing assassin recruitment and the series' first multiplayer.

Assassin's Creed: Memories

Assassin's Creed: Memories is a 2014 free-to-play iOS card battler and RPG by Ubisoft, set in Abstergo's mobile Animus across eras from the Third Crusade to feudal Japan, with 20v20 guild battles; Metascore 48, later shut down.

Assassin's Creed: Pirates

Assassin's Creed: Pirates, a 5 December 2013 Ubisoft Paris mobile spin-off of Black Flag, stars captain Alonzo Batilla hunting La Buse's treasure through ship-only naval combat; Metascore 67, later delisted.

Assetto Corsa

Assetto Corsa: 2014 Kunos Simulazioni PC racing simulator (Steam Early Access 2013), laser-scanned circuits, advanced tyre model, huge modding scene, 20M+ franchise users; sibling title Assetto Corsa Competizione.

Assetto Corsa Rally

Assetto Corsa Rally (ACR) is a rally simulation by Supernova Games Studios with Kunos Simulazioni, published by 505 Games, in Steam Early Access since November 13, 2025; first rally game with laser-scanned stages, Unreal Engine 5 rendering, Assetto Corsa Evo physics.

Asteroids (video game)

Asteroids (video game): 1979 Atari vector-graphics arcade game by Ed Logg and Lyle Rains; over 70,000 cabinets, Atari's best-selling arcade game; sequels Asteroids Deluxe, Space Duel, Blasteroids, Recharged.

Astral Chain

Astral Chain is a 2019 action-adventure game by PlatinumGames, published by Nintendo for the Switch on August 30, 2019, where an officer and a tethered Legion fight extradimensional chimeras in a near-future megacity.

Astro Bot

Astro Bot (アストロボット) is a 2024 3D platformer by Team Asobi for PS5, released September 6, 2024; 6 galaxies, 80+ levels, 150 PlayStation cameos, Metascore 94, Game of the Year 2024.

Astro Bot (series)

Astro Bot is a platform game series by PlayStation Studio Team Asobi in Tokyo, starring Astro, a small robot mascot who debuted in the 2018 VR game Astro Bot Rescue Mission.

Astro's Playroom

Astro's Playroom (ASTRO's PLAYROOM) is a free 3D platformer by Team Asobi pre-loaded on every PlayStation 5, released November 12, 2020. It showcases DualSense haptic feedback and adaptive triggers across four PS5-component-themed worlds and celebrates PlayStation history.

Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース)

Asura's Wrath (アスラズ ラース) is a 2012 action game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom, about a banished demigod's revenge.

Atelier (video game series)

Atelier (アトリエ) is Gust's alchemy-themed JRPG series since 1997, beginning with Atelier Marie; over 25 mainline games, 8 million+ units sold, known for synthesis crafting, time limits, and sub-series like Arland, Dusk, and Ryza.

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (ライザのアトリエ ~常闇の女王と秘密の隠れ家~)

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (ライザのアトリエ) is Gust's 2019 alchemy RPG for PS4, Switch, and Steam, launching the Secret trilogy starring Reisalin Stout, with real-time hybrid combat and a node-based synthesis system.

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (2025) is a Gust/Koei Tecmo open-world JRPG starring Yumia Liessfeldt, the first Atelier on Xbox, and the series' fastest selling entry.

Atomfall

Atomfall is a 2025 single-player survival-action game by Rebellion Developments, set in a 1962 quarantine zone after the Windscale fire, released day one on Game Pass for PC, PlayStation and Xbox, with leads-based investigations and a barter economy.

Atomic Heart

Atomic Heart: 2023 first-person action RPG by Mundfish, set in an alternate 1955 Soviet utopia where agent P-3 fights rogue robots at Facility 3826; Metacritic 70, 10 million players, sequel announced.

Atomic Heart 2

Atomic Heart 2 (Atomic Heart II) is Mundfish's upcoming action-adventure RPG sequel to Atomic Heart, announced June 6, 2025 at Summer Game Fest; retrofuturistic alternate-history setting, global-scale story, Unreal Engine 5, PC and consoles, 2026 release reported.

Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人) (video game)

Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人), also released as A.O.T. Wings of Freedom, is Omega Force's 2016 hack-and-slash action game published by Koei Tecmo for PS4, PS3, Vita, Xbox One, and PC, featuring ODM-gear titan combat; not to be confused with its 2018 sequel or the 2026 Attack on Titan 3.

Auto battler

An auto battler, also called auto chess, is a strategy game genre where players draft units and watch fights resolve automatically. It emerged from a 2019 Dota 2 mod.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is a 2026 1v1 fighting game based on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, developed by Gameplay Group International with Paramount, launched July 22, 2026 on PS5, PC, and Switch, with Xbox delayed to September 3.

Avowed

Avowed is a 2025 first-person fantasy action RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, set in Eora's Living Lands from Pillars of Eternity, released February 18, 2025 by Xbox Game Studios for PC and Xbox, later PS5, with mixed-positive reception.

Axie Infinity

Axie Infinity (Sky Mavis, 2018) is a play-to-earn blockchain game where players battle NFT creatures called Axies to earn SLP and AXS tokens. Peaked in the Philippines, suffered a $600M Ronin bridge hack, and pivoted to the free, non-crypto Axie Infinity: Origins.

Azur Lane (碧蓝航线)

Azur Lane (碧蓝航线) is a 2017 Chinese side-scrolling shooter RPG by Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi with WWII warships as anime girls, published by Yostar in Japan and English, with 300+ ships, a 7% SSR rate, and a 2019 TV anime.

B.J. Blazkowicz

William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz is the fictional American soldier-spy protagonist of id Software's Wolfenstein series from Wolfenstein 3D (1992) to MachineGames' alternate-history New Order games; Polish-American, born 1911, grandfather of Commander Keen.

Baba Yetu

Baba Yetu, Christopher Tin's Swahili Lord's Prayer theme for Civilization IV (2005), re-recorded with the Soweto Gospel Choir on Calling All Dawns, won the 2011 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), the first video game music Grammy.

Baby Bonnie Hood

Baby Bonnie Hood, Bulleta (バレッタ) in Japan, is Capcom's Little Red Riding Hood-inspired human bounty hunter in Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior, 1997), the only full human and only gun-using fighter in the series.

Baby Shaker

Baby Shaker: 99-cent iPhone game by Sikalosoft, sold on Apple's App Store April 20, 2009; players shook the phone until X marks appeared over a crying baby's eyes; removed after two days following outrage and an Apple apology.

Baby Steps (video game)

Baby Steps: physics-based open-world walking simulator by Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch, published by Devolver Digital, released September 22, 2025 on PS5 and PC; players manually control each leg of Nate, a 35-year-old, to climb a mountain.