Magicka is an action-adventure game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios. It was released via Steam for Microsoft Windows on January 25, 2011. Up to four mages of a sacred order travel to fight against an evil sorcerer and his creations. The game world is based loosely on Norse mythology, drawing inspiration from other fantasy games like Warhammer and Diablo. In expansions, the game also focuses on the Vietnam War.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is a 2006 action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Ultimate Alliance is set within the fictional Marvel Universe and features many of the superheroes, supervillains, and supporting characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The plot follows Peter Parker and Miles Morales as they come into conflict with Kraven the Hunter, who transforms New York City into a hunting ground for super-powered individuals; and the extraterrestrial Venom symbiote, which bonds itself to Peter and negatively influences him, threatening to destroy his personal relationships.
Marvel's Spider-Man is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Combat focuses on chaining attacks together and using the environment and webs to incapacitate numerous foes while avoiding damage.
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The narrative focuses on Miles' struggle to balance the duties of his civilian persona and his role as the second Spider-Man when his new home, Harlem, is threatened by a war between a high-tech criminal army called the Underground, led by the mysterious Tinkerer, and the Roxxon Energy Corporation.
Mary Skelter: Nightmares is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game for the PlayStation Vita, developed and published by Compile Heart and Idea Factory in collaboration with Dengeki Bunko under the brand name "DenPile". It was released on October 13, 2016 in Japan, September 19, 2017 in North America, and September 22, 2017 in Europe.
Mass Effect 2 is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Microsoft Game Studios and Electronic Arts. It was released for Windows and the Xbox 360 in January 2010, as well as the PlayStation 3 the following year.
Master Reboot is an action game developed by Wales Interactive. Its Steam edition was released on Oct 29, 2013.
McPixel is an independently produced puzzle video game by Polish developer Mikołaj Kamiński (also known as Sos Sosowski) in 2012.
Medal of Honor is an action game developed by Electronic Arts. Its Steam edition was released on Oct 12, 2010.
Merchant of the Skies is a 2020 simulation video game developed by Coldwild Games, who published it along with AbsoDev. It blends elements of tycoon games and economic simulation.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Konami. The gameplay focuses on fighting enemies using a sword and other weapons to perform combos and counterattacks.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami. Set in 1984, nine years after the events of Ground Zeroes, the story follows mercenary leader Punished "Venom" Snake as he ventures into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border region to exact revenge on those who destroyed his forces and almost killed him during the climax of Ground Zeroes.
Metroid Dread is a 2021 action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and Nintendo EPD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Players control the bounty hunter Samus Aran as she investigates the source of a mysterious transmission on the planet ZDR.
Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Players control the bounty hunter Samus Aran as she battles the Space Pirates and their biological experiments harnessing deposits of the chemical Phazon on the planet Tallon IV.
Minecraft: Story Mode is a discontinued episodic point-and-click video game developed and published by Telltale Games, based on Mojang Studios' sandbox game Minecraft. The game follows the same episodic format as other Telltale Games titles, such as The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands, and Game of Thrones.
Minit is a 2018 action-adventure video game developed by Jan Willem Nijman, Kitty Calis, Jukio Kallio, and Dominik Johann and published by Devolver Digital. It was released on April 3, 2018, for Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Monument Valley 2 (stylized as Monument Valley II) is an indie puzzle game developed and published by Ustwo Games. It is the sequel to the 2014 game Monument Valley.
Moonlighter is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Spanish indie studio Digital Sun and released for Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on May 29, 2018. A Nintendo Switch version was released on November 5, 2018.
Mountain is a 2014 simulation video game developed by David OReilly and published by Double Fine Productions. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and iOS in July 2014. Mountain features minimal gameplay elements; the only influence the player can have on the game is at its start, where the player is tasked to draw certain objects. The game is designed to be played in the background while the player uses other applications.
Mr. Shifty is a 2.5D beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shifty and published by tinyBuild.
NaissanceE is a first-person adventure game developed by French studio Limasse Five and released for Microsoft Windows in 13 February 2014. Players control Lucy, who navigates an expansive, abstract structure with shifting architecture and environmental challenges.
Needy Streamer Overload is a 2022 denpa-inspired visual novel created by Japanese developer Xemono and published by WSS Playground for macOS, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch, and by Alliance Arts Inc. for PS4 and PS5. The player takes on the role of a manager for a female livestreamer, making decisions for her so that she can achieve her goal of reaching one million followers within a month.
Nekopara Vol. 1 is a video game developed by NEKO WORKs. Its Steam edition was released on Dec 29, 2014.
Nier is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Set over a thousand years later, the story follows the player-named protagonist attempting to find a cure for a terminal illness afflicting a young girl named Yonah.
Nier: Automata is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. It is the sequel to Nier (2010).
Night in the Woods is a 2017 single-player adventure video game developed by Infinite Fall and Secret Lab and published by Finji. Set in a world of zoomorphic humans, the story follows a young woman named Mae, who drops out of college and returns to her hometown to find unexpected changes.
No More Heroes is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Wii. The game follows Travis Touchdown, an otaku who wins a beam katana in an auction, from which he inadvertently becomes involved in the United Assassins Association and forced to kill assassins higher in rank to prevent them from targeting him.
Obscure (stylized as ObsCure) is a survival horror video game developed by Hydravision Entertainment and published by DreamCatcher Interactive in North America, Ubisoft in China and MC2-Microïds in other territories for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was released on September 30, 2004, in Australia, October 1, 2004, in Europe, and on April 6, 2005 in North America.
Observation is an adventure video game developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital. The game, described as sci-fi thriller, puts the player in control of a space station AI in order to recover from the sudden, mysterious loss of its crew. Observation was released for Windows and PlayStation 4 on 21 May 2019 and for Xbox One on 25 June 2020.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an action-adventure video game developed by Finnish studio Cornfox & Bros. It focuses on an unnamed boy protagonist's quest to find his lost father and defeat the living fortress, Oceanhorn.
Odallus: The Dark Call is a 2015 action-adventure platform game in the vein of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, developed by Brazilian indie studio Joymasher. The game was originally released for Microsoft Windows, and was later released for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
One Finger Death Punch is a beat 'em up video game developed and produced by Canadian indie studio Silver Dollar Games. It was originally released for Xbox 360 on June 24, 2013 and Microsoft Windows on March 3, 2014, then was ported to Android on March 25, 2015 and ported to iOS on June 12, 2015.
Opus Magnum is a puzzle-based programming game developed by Zachtronics. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac in December 2017, following about two months of early access.
Ori and the Blind Forest is a Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released for Windows and Xbox One in March 2015, and for Nintendo Switch in September 2019.
Osmos is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Canadian developer Hemisphere Games for various systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, OnLive, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android. It was designed by Eddy Boxerman, founder of Hemisphere and a former developer at Ubisoft Montreal.
Outer Wilds is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game follows the player character as they explore a planetary system stuck in a 22-minute time loop that resets after the sun goes supernova and destroys the system.
Oxenfree is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Night School Studio. It was released for OS X, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2016.
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals is a supernatural mystery/horror graphic adventure game developed by Night School Studio and published by Netflix Games. The game was released for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows on July 12, 2023. A sequel to Oxenfree (2016), the game takes place five years after the events of the original game.
Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening is a 1998 point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment for Windows and Macintosh. This game was ported to Android under the title Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightning in April 2014.
Papers, Please is a 2013 puzzle simulation video game by Lucas Pope, developed and published independently through his production company 3909. In Papers, Please, the player takes the role of a border-crossing immigration officer in the fictional dystopian country of Arstotzka, which maintains a longstanding state of mutual political hostility with its neighboring countries.
Paratopic is a 2018 first-person video game, released for Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The game uses a graphical style reminiscent of 32-bit era graphics. Later that year, a "Definitive Cut" edition added new locations and objects. Paratopic won the "Excellence in Audio" category at the 2019 Independent Games Festival Awards.
Peggle is a casual puzzle video game developed by PopCap Games. Initially released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X systems in 2007, it has since had versions released for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, the Nintendo DS (with the help of Q Entertainment), Windows Mobile, iOS, Zeebo, and Android; the game has also been ported as a Java application, and an extended minigame incorporated into the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft.
Pentiment is a 2022 adventure role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The player is tasked with investigating the murders of prominent individuals. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 15, 2022. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 versions were released on February 22, 2024. It received positive reviews from critics and won a Peabody Award in 2023.
Penumbra: Overture is an action game developed by Frictional Games. Its Steam edition was released on Mar 6, 2009.
Penumbra: Requiem is an expansion pack to the game Penumbra: Black Plague developed by Frictional Games.
Persona 4, released outside Japan as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. The game takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside in 2011 as a player-named protagonist moves into the town of Inaba from the city for a year.
Persona 5 Royal is the expanded edition of the role-playing game Persona 5. In modern-day Tokyo, a student known as Joker and the Phantom Thieves confront corrupt adults by entering supernatural Palaces. Royal adds characters and a further story beyond the original game.