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Pyre (video game)
Pyre is Supergiant Games' 2017 party-based RPG for PC and PS4, blending a branching visual-novel story with three-on-three Rites matches in the Downside; no game-over, Metacritic 82.
Q*bert
Q*bert (also Q-Bert) is a 1982 Gottlieb arcade game designed by Warren Davis: an orange creature hops diagonally across a 28-cube isometric pyramid changing colors while dodging Coily and other enemies, ported widely by Parker Brothers.
Quake (series)
Quake is a series of first-person shooter video games by id Software, beginning with the 1996 original that pioneered true 3D worlds and online multiplayer.
Quake (video game)
Quake is a dark-fantasy first-person shooter developed by id Software and released in 1996, the first mainstream shooter with a fully 3D engine, which popularized online multiplayer and modding.
Quake 4
Quake 4 is a first-person shooter, developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Released in October 2005, it follows Matthew Kane during the invasion of Strogg homeworld.
Quake Champions
Quake Champions: id Software and Saber Interactive's arena FPS, announced 2016, Early Access August 2017, 1.0 in 2022; Champions with abilities atop classic Quake movement; became a $10 paid Steam game in September 2026 with microtransactions removed.
Quake II
Quake II: id Software's December 9, 1997 sci-fi first-person shooter set on Stroggos, unrelated to Quake; refined id Tech 2 engine, Sonic Mayhem soundtrack, Nightdive 2023 enhanced re-release.
Quake III Arena
Quake III Arena (Quake 3, id Tech 3) is id Software's 1999 multiplayer-only arena FPS with 16-player deathmatch, CTF, and Team Arena expansion; GPL source release in 2005, Quake Live remake, and DeepMind human-level CTF AI.
Quantum Break
Quantum Break is a 2016 Remedy Entertainment third-person shooter published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox One and PC, fusing gameplay with a live-action TV show whose episodes change based on in-game junction choices; Metascore 77.
Quantum Error
Quantum Error is a 2023 cosmic horror first/third-person shooter by TeamKill Media, a four-brother Wyoming studio, released on PS5 November 3, 2023. Built on Unreal Engine 5, it scored 40 on Metacritic and 3.3 from users.
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is a 2026 first-person checkpoint simulation by Brigada Games and Devolver Digital, released January 12, 2026 on Steam and Xbox PC, where players screen zombie-apocalypse survivors for infection and decide to admit, quarantine, or liquidate them.
Quest for Glory
Quest for Glory (originally Hero's Quest) is a five-game Sierra On-Line adventure/RPG hybrid series (1989-1998) by Lori and Corey Cole, set in Gloriana, with class choice, character import between games, and VGA remakes.
Quiet (Metal Gear)
Quiet is the mute, bikini-clad sniper of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), voiced and motion-captured by Stefanie Joosten, designed by Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa, and a controversially sexualized buddy character.
R-Type
R-Type is Irem's 1987 horizontal arcade shoot-'em-up starring the R-9A Arrowhead against the Bydo Empire, known for the chargeable Wave Cannon and detachable Force pod; it spawned sequels from R-Type II to R-Type Final 2 and many home ports.
R.C. Pro-Am
R.C. Pro-Am (Championship Pro-Am) is Rare's 1988 NES isometric radio-controlled racing game published by Nintendo, with 32 tracks, missiles and bombs, NINTENDO-letter car upgrades, and sequels on Game Boy and NES.
R.E.P.O.
R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is a 2025 Steam Early Access co-op horror extraction game by Sweden's Semiwork for 1-6 players, built in Unity on Photon PUN, selling about 8.7 million copies in March 2025.
Races of StarCraft
Races of StarCraft: the Terrans (exiled humans), Zerg (swarming bio-horrors), and Protoss (advanced psychics) of Blizzard's RTS series, with distinct mechanics, shields, Creep, and balance history.
Rad Racer
Rad Racer, aka Highway Star (ハイウェイスター), is Square's 1987 pseudo-3D NES racing game with red-blue anaglyph 3D glasses, eight time-attack courses, Ferrari 328 or F1 cars, and music by Nobuo Uematsu.
Radiant Historia
Radiant Historia is an Atlus/Headlock time-travel JRPG for Nintendo DS (2010), remade as Perfect Chronology for 3DS (2017). Protagonist Stocke uses the White Chronicle across parallel timelines; grid-based combat; Metacritic 85; composer Yoko Shimomura.
Radical Dreamers
Radical Dreamers – Le Trésor Interdit – (ラジカル・ドリーマーズ) is a 1996 Japan-only Satellaview text adventure bridging Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, starring Serge, Kid, and Magil, first released in the West in the 2022 Chrono Cross remaster.
Rage (video game)
Rage (2011) is id Software's post-apocalyptic first-person shooter, published by Bethesda, built on id Tech 5 with megatexture technology; released October 3, 2011 on PC, Mac, PS3, Xbox 360; Metacritic 81; sequel Rage 2 in 2019.
Rage 2
Rage 2 (RAGE 2) is a 2019 open-world first-person shooter by Avalanche Studios with id Software, published by Bethesda, sequel to 2011's Rage; released May 14, 2019 on PC, PS4, Xbox One, praised for combat, criticized for its barren open world.
Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인)
Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인) is Gravity's Korean Norse-mythology MMORPG, launched commercially in Korea in 2002, expanded to dozens of countries, listed Gravity on NASDAQ, and spawned sequels and mobile spin-offs.
Raichu
Raichu (ライチュウ), National Pokédex No. 0026, is the Electric-type Mouse Pokémon evolved from Pikachu with a Thunder Stone; its Alolan form adds Psychic type, and Mega Raichu X/Y appear in Pokémon Champions.
Raid: Shadow Legends
Raid: Shadow Legends (RAID) is Plarium's free-to-play turn-based dark fantasy collection RPG set in Teleria, launched 2019 on iOS and Android, later PC, with 900+ gacha-summoned Champions, 100M+ downloads, and heavy licensed crossovers.
Raiden (Metal Gear)
Raiden (雷電) is the Metal Gear series protagonist introduced in Metal Gear Solid 2 (2001), a VR-trained FOXHOUND recruit and former Liberian child soldier ('Jack the Ripper') later turned cyborg ninja starring in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013).
Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
Raiden (Mortal Kombat) thunder god of Earthrealm, based on Japanese Raijin and Big Trouble in Little China; franchise staple since 1992, with Dark Raiden corruption arc and mortal champion role in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023).
Raiden (雷電) (video game)
Raiden (雷電) is a 1990 vertical-scrolling arcade shoot 'em up by Seibu Kaihatsu, piloting the Raiden fighter against the Cranassian invasion; it sold about 17,000 cabinets, spawned Raiden II–V and Raiden Fighters, and was ported widely as Raiden Trad and The Raiden Project.
Rance (series)
Rance (ランス) is AliceSoft's adult RPG/strategy game series, 1989's Rance: Quest for Hikari to 2018's Rance X, ten mainline games set in the Planner-System Rudrasaum world, including Sengoku Rance.
Rare Replay
Rare Replay: 2015 Xbox One compilation of 30 Rare and Ultimate Play the Game classics, released for Rare's 30th anniversary at $29.99, with 10,000 gamerscore, Snapshot challenges, Rare Revealed extras, and GoldenEye 007 added digitally in 2023.