Franchises

Volition action-adventure series published by THQ and later Deep Silver. It follows the 3rd Street Saints, a gang from the Saints Row district of fictional Stilwater.

Mystery Inc. adventure games. Artificial Mind and Movement's Xbox games Mystery Mayhem and Unmasked were published by THQ.

FromSoftware action-adventure series directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, following the shinobi Wolf through a reimagined Sengoku Japan with posture-based sword combat and a prosthetic arm.

Croteam first-person shooter series. Sam "Serious" Stone fights Mental, an extraterrestrial overlord who tries to destroy humanity across time.

Film tie-in games. The Xbox Shrek 2 game, developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision, follows the 2004 DreamWorks film and supports up to four players.

Konami psychological survival-horror franchise that began with Team Silent’s 1999 PlayStation original. Known for fog-shrouded towns, unreliable narrators, and creature designs that externalize characters’ guilt and trauma across remakes and spin-offs.

2012 United Front Games action-adventure published by Square Enix. Hong Kong-American cop Wei Shen goes undercover in the Sun On Yee triad.

Rebellion Developments tactical third-person shooter series. Players act as a sniper, using stealth and distance rather than direct assault.

Crossover fighting games between SNK and Capcom. SVC Chaos, developed by SNK Playmore, is a 2D fighter with characters from both companies.

Sega's high-speed platform series starring Sonic, beginning on Mega Drive in 1991. Classic 2D stages, 3D adventures, and crossovers follow the blue hedgehog against Dr. Eggman.

Bandai Namco weapons-based fighting series that began with Soul Edge in 1996. Warriors chase the cursed sword Soul Edge and its holy counterpart Soul Calibur across a historical-fantasy 16th century.

Video games based on the animated series, including Obsidian Entertainment's 2014 RPG The Stick of Truth, made with South Park Digital Studios and published by Ubisoft.

Action games based on Todd McFarlane’s Spawn. The Xbox Armageddon entry is a 3D action game using the symbiotic suit and its chains.

Video games starring Marvel Comics' Spider-Man, released across many platforms including consoles and mobile.

Action-adventure stealth series that began in 2002. NSA black-ops agent Sam Fisher of Third Echelon uses light and darkness as core gameplay.

Licensed video games based on the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and its films, spanning platformers, adventure, party, and other genres since Legend of the Lost Spatula in 2001. Most early titles were published by THQ; Activision held the license for many releases from 2013 to 2015, and THQ Nordic currently publishes the series.

Vehicular combat series begun with Bally Midway’s 1983 arcade classic Spy Hunter, later ported to home systems and revived by Midway with 2000s SpyHunter remakes and sequels culminating in Warner Bros.’ 2012 reboot.

Games based on the MAD magazine spies. The 2005 Xbox remake adds a story mode, a modern trap mode, and a 3D classic mode.

Platform series starring the purple dragon Spyro, begun by Insomniac Games on PlayStation in 1998 and later continued across consoles and handhelds by Universal Interactive, Vivendi, and Activision. After the Legend of Spyro reboot trilogy (2006–2008), the series returned with Toys for Bob’s Spyro Reignited Trilogy remasters in 2018.

EA Sports snowboarding series, short for Snowboard Supercross, created by Steve Rechtschaffner. The arcade-style races reward tricks with speed boosts. The first game launched with the PlayStation 2 on 26 October 2000 under the EA Sports BIG label. Skiing was added in SSX on Tour (2005). The last release is SSX (28 February 2012).