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101 BASIC Computer Games Series(More BASIC Computer Games)	BASIC games that appeared in the series of books by David H. Ahl beginning with 101 BASIC Computer Games.	1970 / 1985	555 games
2000 AD	Based on something published in the British 2000 AD comic magazine.	1977 / 2000	4 games
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones)	Based on the medieval epic fantasy novel series by George R. R. Martin, or its later adaptations.	1996 / 2019	9 games
Action Man	Based on the Action Man boys' action figure toy line.	2000 / 2004	4 games
Adrian Mole (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾)	Based on the Adrian Mole novels or TV series.	1985 / 1987	13 games
Aerosmith		1994 / 1996	6 games
Agatha Christie	Games based on the Agatha Christie's detective/murder mystery books.	2005 / 2023	8 games (2 characters)
AKB48	A Japanese idol girl group. The girls range in age from early teens to mid-20s	2010 / 2018	9 games
Aladdin	Based on one of the tales found in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights).	1985 / 2016	19 games (3 characters)
Alf (Gordon Shumway)	Alf survived Melmac's nuclear war. Was stranded on Earth. Despair & survivor guilt plagued him, so joked a lot & broke things. Favorite food is [gametag=domesticcats]cats[/gametag].	1987 / 1989	11 games (6 characters)
Alfonso Azpiri	Based on the creations of Alfonso Azpiri, a Spanish erotic/adult comic book artist.	1989 / 1990	14 games
Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)	Based on Lewis Carroll's books Alice in Wonderland (1865) and/or Through the Looking Glass (1871).	1984 / 2011	50 games (8 characters)
Alien	A sci-fi horror movie series featuring the famed Xenomorph aliens and Ellen Ripley.	1979 / 2019	69 games (42 characters)
Aliens versus Predator franchise (AvP)	Based on the AvP comics, books, films or other adaptations.	1992 / 2010	13 games (4 characters)
Allan Quatermain(King Solomon's Mines)	Based on any of the novels about Allan Quatermain, a master marksman, or any derivative works with him as a central figure.	1984 / 2014	5 games
Animorphs	Based on the Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate, telling the tale of six kids who combat a secret alien invasion on Earth with their power to transform into any animal they touch.		2 games (6 characters)
Arabian Nights (The Book of One Thousand and One Nights;كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة‎;هزار و یک شب)	Based on tales from the Arabian Nights book.	1981 / 2016	76 games (2 characters)
Arthur Read	(Educational) games featuring book and tv character "Arthur Read".		3 games
Austin Powers		1997 / 2003	8 games
Babylon 5	Based on the sci-fi TV series mostly written by J. Michael Straczynski.	1999 / 2011	5 games
Back to the Future	Based on the movie trilogy.	1985 / 2015	36 games
Barbie		1991 / 2015	69 games (1 characters)
Barsoom Series(Barsoom stories)	Inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom stories. The Burroughs estate has never authorized any video games (2017) so these games are all unofficial.	1989 / 1993	2 games
Batman (Caped Crusader)	A multimillionaire anti-hero by DC Comics.	1986 / 2025	145 games (5 characters)
Battlestar Galactica		1978 / 2007	9 games
Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête)	Based on the French fairytale from 18th century, first published in 1740.	1991 / 2008	6 games (2 characters)
Beowulf	Based on the Old English epic poem of Beowulf.		5 games (2 characters)
Blues Brothers		1986 / 2000	11 games (2 characters)
Bob Morane	Series of novels from the Belgian author Henri Vernes.	1987 / 1989	21 games
Bone comic	Based on the Bone comic series by Jeff Smith.	1991 / 2006	3 games (5 characters)
Bram Stoker's Dracula	A gothic horror novel written by Bram Stoker and published in 1897, introduced such famous fictional characters as the titular Dracula and Van Helsing.	1982 / 2019	68 games (3 characters)
Britney Spears			3 games
Bruce Lee		1973 / 2015	20 games
Buck Rogers (Anthony Rogers)	A sci-fi adventurer created by Philip Francis Nowlan. 1st published in Amazing Stories magazine, 1928. comics, serials, radio, and TV series followed.	1979 / 1992	21 games (15 characters)
Cabela's	Any games produced by or with license from the Cabela's hunting, fishing, camping, etc. retailer.	1998 / 2015	79 games
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Xenozoic Tales)	Based on the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs comics.	1992 / 1995	3 games
Captain America	A patriotic superhero whose fame started during WW2 when his comics were apparently very popular (in US), was later revived with The Avengers.	1987 / 2016	18 games (2 characters)
Carmen Sandiego	An educational franchise of video games, TV series, books and others.	1985 / 2012	61 games
Casper		1995 / 2010	11 games
Charlie Church Mouse	Features Charlie Church Mouse, a character appearing as maquot in several christian media, most known for "The Charlie Church Mouse Show" tv show.		5 games
Charlie's Angels		2000 / 2019	2 games (3 characters)
Chibi Maruko-chan (ちびまる子ちゃん)		1990 / 2001	12 games
Choro-Q		1984 / 2008	23 games
Cinderella(The Little Glass Slipper)	Based on the Cinderella folk tale about a woman living with her stepmother and stepsisters under unjust oppression to be whisked away on magical visit to the king's castle, originally published in 1697 and later collected by the Brothers Grimm.	1994 / 2006	4 games (1 characters)
CLAMP (クランプ)	Based on the creations of the CLAMP team.	1993 / 2006	23 games
Conan the Barbarian	Based on the Conan mythos originally created by Robert E. Howard.	1982 / 2018	22 games (5 characters)
Cool Spot	Mascot for "7 Up" since the second half of the 1980's.	1990 / 1996	19 games
Crimson Skies	Based on the Crimson Skies franchise.	1998 / 2003	2 games
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation	Based on the CSI crime fiction TV series.	2003 / 2015	22 games
Dan Dare	Based on Dan Dare comics, a British science fiction series starring the titular character, created in 1950 by illustrator Frank Hampson.	1986 / 1990	11 games
Dante's Divine Comedy	Based on the epic poem by Dante Aligheri.	1980 / 2010	6 games
David Livingstone	Inspired by David Livingstone and his exploration of central Africa.	1986 / 1991	15 games
Deadpool	A disfigured and deeply disturbed mercenary and assassin with the superhuman ability of an accelerated healing factor and physical prowess.	2013 / 2018	5 games
Dennis the Menace		1993 / 1994	5 games
Devilman (デビルマン)	Based on the manga or anime by Go Nagai.	1987 / 2000	4 games
Dick Tracy	Long running comic strip that spawned cartoons, TV shows, & movies. The original was noted for its balance of realistic violence & realistic forensics	1990 / 1991	12 games (1 characters)
Die Hard	An action movie series featuring John McClane (portrayed by Bruce Willis).	1989 / 2003	16 games
Dinotopia	Games based on Dinotopia, a fictional utopia by author and illustrator James Gurney.	1995 / 2003	3 games
Disney(Walt Disney)	Based on any of Disney's productions.	1981 / 2022	690 games (82 characters)
Doctor Who		1981 / 2019	21 games
Don Quijote de la Mancha (Don Quixote;Don Quijote;Don Quichotte)	Based on the Spanish novel written by Miguel de Cervantes in early 17th century, or its later other adaptations.	1984 / 2008	14 games
Dr. Seuss	Games that are based on media and characters from Dr. Seuss.	1984 / 2007	11 games
Dreamworks Animation	Based on Dreamworks Animation's creations.	1998 / 2014	121 games
Dukes of Hazzard	The game share setting with the Dukes of Hazzard TV series.	1983 / 2004	10 games
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Games based on characters from the 1982 movie or its short film, or book sequels. A boy befriends a extra-terrestrial botanist stranded in California.	1982 / 2016	25 games
Edgar Rice Burroughs	Based on the various literary works of Edgar Rice Burroughs or placens and/or characters thereof.		1 game
El Zorro	Based on the Zorro novels, TV serieses or whatever else that has been made of him.	1985 / 2009	10 games (138 characters)
Elvira		1990 / 2021	17 games
Evil Dead(Army of Darkness)[The Evil Dead]	A comedy horror series starring Ash Williams, a clerk at S-Mart department store.	1981 / 2022	13 games (2 characters)
Fantastic Four[Fantastic 4]		1985 / 2026	17 games (5 characters)
Felix the Cat (Baby Felix;ベイビーフィリックス)		1991 / 2002	4 games
Flash Gordon		1982 / 1990	13 games (3 characters)
Frank Herbert's Dune	Based on Frank Herbert's Dune sci-fi novel series, and/or the later expansions by Brian Herbert.	1984 / 2024	17 games (19 characters)
Frankenstein	Based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and other creations inspired by it.	1981 / 1997	25 games (2 characters)
G.I. Joe		1983 / 2009	16 games (59 characters)
Ghostbusters		1984 / 2020	49 games (12 characters)
Go! Go! Ackman (Go Go Ackman)	Series of manga by Akira Toriyama.	1994 / 1995	4 games
Godzilla	Godzilla is a iconic fictional monster featured in Japanese films and has become one of the world's most recognized movie characters. He was first seen in the 1954 film Gojira.	1980 / 2024	41 games
Golgo 13 (ゴルゴ13)		1983 / 2001	17 games
Goosebumps	Based on the children's horror novel series by R. L. Stine.	1996 / 2015	6 games
Gremlins	Based on the Gremlins movies.	1984 / 2011	28 games (8 characters)
Gunparade	A game series that has been turned into both anime and manga. Features HWT (Humanoid Walking Tank) mechas fighting off an alien invasion to Japan.	2000 / 2006	2 games
H. R. Giger	Based on H. R. Giger's artworks	1991 / 1997	11 games
Hannah Montana	American television series which debuted on 2006 on the Disney Channel.	2006 / 2009	12 games
Harry Potter	Based on J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series or its adaptations to other media.	1997 / 2018	81 games (17 characters)
Heavy Metal magazine	Based on the works in Heavy Metal, an American erotic sci-fi/fantasy magazine.	1981 / 2001	4 games
Hellboy	Games based on the Hellboy comics by Mike Mignola or the later movie or cartoon adaptations.	2000 / 2008	5 games (5 characters)
Hellraiser	Games based on the Hellraiser horror movies.		2 games
Heracles (Hercules)	Based on the tales of mythological Greek hero, Heracles, son of Zeus, or his Roman adaptation as Hercules.	1984 / 2009	34 games (2 characters)
Highlander	Based on the Highlander franchise.	1986 / 2010	7 games (2 characters)
His Dark Materials	Games based on the book series by Philip Pullman or any adaptations of it.		7 games (4 characters)
Image Comics	United States comic book publisher.	1995 / 2003	8 games (1 characters)
Indiana Jones	A character made famous in the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie, its sequels, spin-offs, books, comics, TV series & more.	1981 / 2015	77 games (10 characters)
Iron Man		1996 / 2020	20 games (2 characters)
Iron Sky	Based on the comic science fiction movie Iron Sky, dealing with Nazis attacking Earth from the dark side of the Moon.	2011 / 2012	5 games
Iron Sky Tie-in	Begins with the 2012 movie about a group of Nazis that retreated to the dark side of the moon and invaded Earth in 2018. Movies, comics, video & board games	2011 / 2017	6 games
Jack and the Beanstalk		1982 / 1996	7 games
James Bond 007	Games featuring the fictional British secret agent "James Bond", created by Ian Fleming in 1952, appearing in twelve novels and 25+ movies.	1977 / 2021	104 games
Jeopardy!	American TV game show consisting in a quiz about general knowledge.	1984 / 2012	42 games
Jīn Yōng (金庸;Louis Cha;查良鏞;查良镛)	Based on the works of Jīn Yōng, a famous and influential wuxia author.	1993 / 2000	4 games
John Carpenter's The Thing	Based on The Thing film by John Carpenter.	1982 / 2011	4 games
John Wick series		2019 / 2019	2 games
Judge Dredd		1977 / 2018	24 games (1 characters)
Jules Verne	Based on or inspired by the works of Jules Verne, a French adventure fiction author who envisioned things not feasible in his times (sci-fi).	1978 / 2005	34 games
Jurassic Park	Based on the book by Michael Crichton, its sequels and/or the movies based on them.	1990 / 2022	55 games (1 characters)
Justice League		1995 / 2017	8 games
Kamen Rider(仮面ライダー)	A henshin superhero series about the titular character who fights against a terrorist organization(s) bent on world domination.	1987 / 2016	46 games (2 characters)
King Kong	King Kong is a colossal, tragic ape, a central figure known for his size, strength, and captivity, often depicted as a symbol of the consequences of exploitation.	1976 / 2024	13 games
Kinniku Banzuke (筋肉番付;Muscle Ranking;Unbeatable Banzuke)	Japanese sports entertainment TV game show.	1999 / 2001	9 games
Knight Rider	Games based on the Knight Rider TV series from the 1980's featuring crime fighter Michael Knight and his fantastic car KITT..	1986 / 2009	12 games
Known Space	Set in the Known Space universe by Larry Niven.	1992 / 1994	2 games
Labyrinth movie tie-in	Based on the movie Labyrinth staring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie.	1986 / 1987	6 games (1 characters)
Little Red Riding Hood		1989 / 2013	6 games
Littlest Pet Shop	Based on the Littlest Pet Shop toy franchise.	2008 / 2012	5 games
Lone Wolf	Games based on the "Lone Wolf" series of gamebooks by Joe Dever.	1984 / 1991	6 games
Love Live!(ラブライブ！)	A cross-media Japanese idol franchise.	2013 / 2014	5 games
MAS*H	Based on the MAS*H media franchise.	1970 / 1985	4 games
Madballs	Based on Madballs, a toy line of bizarre head-like balls.	1987 / 2010	6 games
Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro (魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ)			1 game (3 characters)
Mark Twain	Based on Samuel Clemens' charters (Becky Thatcher, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Thomas Canty, etc.)	1988 / 1992	5 games
McDonald's(Ronald McDonald)		1983 / 2006	11 games
Men in Black franchise (Men in Black: The Series)	Based on the Men in Black movies or the cartoon series.	1997 / 2012	14 games
METRO 2033 (Метро 2033)	Based on the novel Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky (Дмитрий Глуховский).	2010 / 2015	11 games
Michel Ocelot	Based on or inspired by the works of Michel Ocelot, a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs.	2001 / 2008	7 games
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers		1992 / 2012	33 games
Monster High	Based on the fashion doll series from Mattel.	2010 / 2012	2 games
Monster Maker	Monster Maker is a traditional style card game of Japanese origin. Players swap cards(parts) to build a complete monster before their opponent.	1990 / 1991	2 games
Monty Python		1990 / 1996	9 games
Morning Musume(モーニング娘。)	O of the most successful Japanese pop idol girl groups.	2001 / 2002	2 games
Mortadelo y Filemón(Mort & Phil;Clever & Smart)	Based on the Spanish comic series Mortadelo y Filemón.	1987 / 1990	10 games
Mr. Men	A set of Childrens book from Roger Hargreaves	1984 / 1985	3 games
Munsters	Has characters from the Munsters TV show.	1990 / 2005	2 games
Murder, She Wrote TV Series	A mystery series almost exclusively involving murder & small town resident, mystery writer, & amateur detective, Jessica Fletcher.	1996 / 2014	5 games
My Little Pony[MLP]	Based on the My Little Pony franchise, featuring anthropomorphic ponies.	1994 / 2010	4 games (6 characters)
Nakayoshi(なかよし)	Includes any of the characters from the Nakayoshi publications.	1993 / 2008	13 games
Nancy Drew	Based on the Nancy Drew mystery novels.	1998 / 2014	34 games (1 characters)
Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery	Games based on a series of crime novels by Nishimura Kyoutarou.	1989 / 1994	5 games
Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley Fuller Olsen)	Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner on the sitcom Full House. Both have appeared in television and films since infancy. (Source: Wikipedia).	1999 / 2003	13 games
Paddington Bear	Games based on the Paddington Bear franchise.	1983 / 2015	10 games
Pern	Based on Anne McCaffrey's book series about the planet of Pern, its genetically engineered Dragons and Dragonriders.	1983 / 2001	6 games
Perry Rhodan	A long-running series of science-fiction dime novels from Germany starring the eponymous hero.	1998 / 2008	4 games
Peter Pan		1984 / 2015	28 games (4 characters)
Phantom		1990 / 2006	10 games (1 characters)
Planet of the Apes (La planète des singes)	A successful 1963 book. An altered story was used for the famous 1968 movie version. A re-imagined movie was also made in 2001.	1983 / 2024	10 games
Playmobil	Toys.	1998 / 2000	7 games
Predator franchise	Based on the Predator movies and related comics or books.	1987 / 2022	39 games
Prime World	A cross-media franchise from Nival.	2013 / 2014	3 games
Punch and Judy	A traditional puppet show staring Pulcinella (Mr. Punch) and his wife Judy. 1st noted by scholars in the 1600s.	1983 / 1985	7 games
Puss in Boots		1986 / 2008	4 games
Queen's Blade (クイーンズブレイド)	Based on the series of sexually suggestive (ecchi) gamebooks by Hobby Japan, or their later novel, anime or manga adaptations. Notably has exclusively female cast.	2009 / 2012	3 games
Ragnarok(라그나로크)	Based on the Ragnarok manhwa series by Lee Myung-jin (이명진).	2002 / 2013	9 games
Rambo		1985 / 2014	25 games
Record of Lodoss War (Lodoss Tousenki;ロードス島戦記)		1988 / 2001	16 games
Roald Dahl	Based on the works of Roald Dahl.	1985 / 2005	7 games
Robin Hood	An archetypal character of English folk tales originating in the middle ages. With his Merry Men, known to rob from the rich to provide for the poor	1982 / 2021	68 games (18 characters)
RoboCop	A series following the life of a cyborg police officer, Alex J. Murphy.	1987 / 2004	42 games (1 characters)
Rocket Power	American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2004.	2001 / 2005	8 games
Rocky		1987 / 2002	5 games
Rogue Trooper (Nu Earth)	Based on the Rogue Trooper comics.	1981 / 2009	9 games
Sabrina The Teenage Witch (Sabrina The Animated Series)	Comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman, first published in 1971. Later adapted into a movie, a TV series (1996), several animated series (1999), and a manga (2004),	2000 / 2002	4 games
Saint Seiya(聖闘士星矢;セイントセイヤ;Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac)		1987 / 2015	10 games (1 characters)
Sānguó Yǎnyì (三国演义;三國演義;Romance of the Three Kingdoms;三國志;三国志;Sānguó Zhì;Three Kingdoms period;Sangokushi)	Based on the Sānguó Yǎnyì Chinese epic, which itself was based on the official records of the time period, Sānguó Zhì (from ~169 till ~280).	1985 / 2009	105 games
Sega Hard Girls	Multimedia series (light novels, video games, anime) that re-imagines various Sega video game consoles as anthropomorphized goddess.		1 game
Sesame Street		1981 / 2013	73 games (7 characters)
Sherlock Holmes	Based on the stories about a famous fictional detective created by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.	1980 / 2014	69 games (7 characters)
Shōnen Jump (少年ジャンプ;Jump Magazine)	Includes any of the characters from the Shōnen Jump publications.	1983 / 2019	67 games (9 characters)
Sinbad the Sailor (السندباد البحري;as-Sindibād al-Baḥri;سندباد;Sændbād;Sindbad)	A fictional sailor from Basrah whose voyages are recorded in the Arabian Nights.	1983 / 1990	17 games (1 characters)
Snow White		1983 / 2006	6 games
Spriggan('スプリガン)	Series of manga.	1991 / 1999	4 games
Spy vs. Spy	Based on the Spy vs. Spy comic strips.	1984 / 2005	35 games
Star Trek	Video games based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.	1971 / 2022	317 games (10 characters)
Star Wars	A saga about heroes, lightsabers, dualism and spaceships, created by George Lucas in 1977.	1977 / 2024	311 games (48 characters)
Stargate	Based on the Stargate movie(s) or its later TV series adaptations.	1994 / 2013	7 games
Starship Troopers	Based on the original book (from 1959) by Robert A. Heinlein or the later movie and/or the TV series adaptations.	1976 / 2005	3 games
Steve Jobs	Founder of Apple Inc, business mind behind the Apple ][ series, Macintosh, and iPod.		1 game
Stimulating Simulations	A series of software and print materials by Charles William Engel. An early edutainment series teaching computer simulation of all types.	1978 / 1984	6 games
Suikoden (水滸伝)	Based on the Shui Hu Zhuan "Water Margin / Suikoden" Chinese epic, one of the Four Great Classical novels of Chinese literature.	1989 / 2012	26 games
Super Sentai(スーパー戦隊)		1990 / 2002	3 games
Superman		1978 / 2025	39 games (1 characters)
Tarzan		1983 / 2002	22 games (2 characters)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles)		1989 / 2022	69 games (13 characters)
Terminator franchise	Based on the Terminator movies, TV series, novels or comics.	1984 / 2019	55 games (6 characters)
The A-Team		1983 / 1989	6 games (4 characters)
The Addams Family	Based on the original 1964 TV show or the later films, cartoons or other live-action shows.	1989 / 2022	22 games (9 characters)
The Adventures of Pinocchio ( Le avventure di Pinocchio)	Based on the Italian children's novel by Carlo Collodi, telling the tale of an enchanted anthropomorphic wooden doll that wants to be a real boy (human).	1993 / 2008	6 games
The Avengers(Earth's Mightiest Heroes)	A team of superheroes, appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics.	1991 / 2019	19 games (6 characters)
The Backyardigans		2006 / 2009	4 games
The Berenstain Bears		1983 / 2005	12 games
The Cat in the Hat Series	Based on The Cat in the Hat children's book series.	2003 / 2004	4 games
The Chronicles of Narnia	Based on the Chronicles of Narnia novels.	1984 / 2008	18 games
The Chronicles of Riddick		2000 / 2009	5 games (2 characters)
The Dark Crystal	Games based on the 1982 movie and the later 2019 series.	1983 / 1984	5 games (1 characters)
The Darkness	Based on the comic series by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl.	2007 / 2012	5 games (1 characters)
The Godfather	Based on "The Godfather" movies	1992 / 2009	12 games
The Hitchhiker Trilogy	A series of 5 or more books by Douglas Adams beginning with [i]The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/i].	1984 / 2004	19 games
The Incredible Hulk		1984 / 2017	32 games (8 characters)
The Jungle Book	Based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book series or its later adaptations.	1984 / 2003	18 games (1 characters)
The Karate Kid		1984 / 2022	5 games
The Last Starfighter	A 1984 sci-fi adventure film that centers on an earthling recruited to fight intergalactic battles when he passes a pilots test disguised as a coin-op	1984 / 2007	6 games
The Lion King	Based on the movies or the Timon & Pumbaa cartoon.	1994 / 2016	20 games (6 characters)
The Little Match Girl (Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne)	References Hans Christian Andersen short story about a dying child's hopes & dreams.	2002 / 2015	2 games
The Little Mermaid(Den lille havfrue)	Based on the Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, perhaps better known from Disney's animated adaptation of it where the mermaid was also given the name Ariel.	1989 / 2006	6 games
The Lord of the Rings	Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.	1982 / 2019	144 games (23 characters)
The Matrix	Based on the Matrix movie trilogy, comics or TV series.	1999 / 2021	8 games (3 characters)
The Moomins (Mumintrollen;Muumit)	A series of comic strips and books by Tove Jansson following the tales of a family of trolls that vaguely resemble bipedal hippos, originally published in Swedish in Finland.	1988 / 2009	6 games (10 characters)
The Muppets	Uses characters from the group of puppets called The Muppets, created by Jim Henson.	1983 / 2003	28 games (11 characters)
The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte)	Based on the novel by Michael Ende or its movie adaptations.	1984 / 2001	10 games (4 characters)
The Odyssey	A collect of poems from the Epic Cycle. Tales of of Odysseus after the Trojan War including his journey home & fighting to defend his wife from malevolent suiters once there		1 game
The Princess Bride	Based on William Goldman's book or movie (he wrote both). A fairy-tale-like story with 5-7 lovable rogues, a princess, & pretty much every thing else thrown in		3 games
The Punisher	A vigilante cop anti-hero from Marvel.	1990 / 2019	11 games (5 characters)
The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs;I Puffi)	The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe, created by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo.	1982 / 2013	28 games (2 characters)
The Three Stooges		1984 / 2010	9 games
The Walking Dead	Based on The Walking Dead comics or its later TV adaptation.	2003 / 2023	24 games
The Wheel of Time	Based on an epic fantasy series by Robert Jordan, and by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death.	1990 / 2012	2 games (3 characters)
The Witcher (Zaklínač;Wiedźmin)	Based on Andrzej Sapkowski's short stories telling tales of the witcher Geralt of Rivia.	2007 / 2019	13 games (7 characters)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Game includes characters and/or set in Oz at depicted in L. Frank Baum's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". There were several movie adaptations as well.	1984 / 2001	17 games (5 characters)
Thunderbirds	A popular British scifi TV show filmed almost entirely with live action martinets.	1985 / 2001	12 games (13 characters)
Time Bokan(タイムボカン;Yatterman;ヤッターマン;Yattaman;Time Fighters)		1996 / 2008	6 games
Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou)	A boy & dog journalist duo originally from the comic book series [i]The Adventures of Tintin[/i] by Hergé (Georges Remi).	1989 / 2011	21 games (3 characters)
Tom Clancy	Based on creations of Tom Clancy or sold with license to use his name.	1987 / 2019	133 games
Tron	One of the Disney's movie flops, made in 1975. Now acclaimed as "one of the most visionary movies of all time".	1982 / 2016	31 games
Ultraman (ウルトラマン;Ultra series)	Based on Ultraman and other shows of the Ultra series (such as Ultra Q and Ultra Seven).	1971 / 2013	48 games (1 characters)
Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら)	Based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi or its later anime adaptation.	1978 / 2005	13 games (5 characters)
Warhammer	Games Workshops' Warhammer franchise.		0 game
Where's Wally? (Where's Waldo?)		1987 / 1993	6 games
Willow Series	Kicked off by the 1988 fantasy film, this Lucasfilm franchise has also spawned books & comic books on which to based videogames.	1988 / 2000	6 games
Winnie-the-Pooh[Winnie the Pooh]	A series of graphic novels written by A. A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard, later adapted into cartoons and others.	1984 / 2007	27 games (8 characters)
Wolverine	A mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, powerful regenerative ability and three retractable claws in each hand.	1991 / 2017	18 games
Woody Woodpecker		1994 / 2002	10 games
World of Darkness	Based on White Wolf's World of Darkness.	2000 / 2004	6 games
World of Watches(Вселенная «Дозоров»;Vselennaya "Dozorov";Night Watch;Ночной дозор;Nochnoy Dozor)	Based on the World of Watches franchise started by the Night Watch novel by Sergei Lukyanenko (Сергей Лукьяненко) or their movie adaptations.	2006 / 2007	2 games
X-files	Games based on the TV show. X-Files features mistrust of authority, conspiracy theories & the paranormal. Has elements of detective mysteries but rarely solves anything	1998 / 2004	4 games
X-Men	A franchise by Marvel featuring mutants with superpowers.	1989 / 2018	75 games (65 characters)
Xena: Warrior Princess	Based on the Xena: Warrior Princess live-action adventure series, telling the tale of the titular warrior in archaic and fantastic Earth.	1995 / 2006	6 games (5 characters)
Xī Yóu Jì (西遊記;西游记;Journey to the West;Adventures of the Monkey God;Monkey: A Folk Novel of China;The Adventures of Monkey;西遊記;Saiyūki)	Based on the classic [i]Journey to the West[/i] Chinese novels.	1978 / 2013	28 games (4 characters)
Zeiram (ゼイラム;Zeiramu;イ・リ・ア　ゼイラム The Animation;Iria: Zeiram the Animation)	Based on the Zeiram movies by Keita Amemiya or the Iria anime adaptation.	1995 / 1996	2 games (2 characters)

themes

1977 Trinity	In 1977, Byte Magazine used this term to describe 3 new home computers that had entered the market. The Commodore PET, Apple ][, & the TRS-80 Model I.		1 game
4th wall broken	Breaks the fourth wall by addressing the player, admitting player's existence or admitting that they're actually in a game (or that they're fictional characters).	1981 / 2023	138 games
Afterlife	Deals with afterlife, whatever "life" comes after death.	1984 / 2020	31 games
Altruism	Protagonist can help others without any promise of being rewarded for it, especially if there really is no reward besides being thanked for it.		2 games
Ambiguous: Fairytale[fairy tale]	See linked fairytale-like or fairytale basis tags for proper concepts.	1984 / 2012	16 games (4 characters)
Ancient Egyptian theme	Uses an ancient Egyptian theme, but is not necessarily tied to the geographical location nor the historical culture in anything but appearance.	1979 / 2017	188 games
Anglo-Saxon mythology (English folklore)		2007 / 2012	7 games
Anti-religious	The game presents a anti-religious viewpoint.		1 game
Arabian mythology			1 game
Art Deco	An artistic direction favouring linear symmetry embraced internationally in early 20th century (1920-1930).	1993 / 2019	19 games
Art Nouveau	An artistic direction favouring organic asymmetry embraced internationally in late 19th and early 20th century (1890-1910), originated from Paris, France. Succeeded by Art Deco which similarly became international.		0 game
Arthurian myth	Based on Arthurian tales, deriving from writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth, William of Newburgh, Bede, Aneirin, Taliesin, Nennius, Gildas & various anonymous sources.	1981 / 2015	104 games (129 characters)
Balance theme	Balance between two or more opposing forces serves as a thematic element.	1989 / 2015	6 games
Boardgame Tie-in	A videogame based on a proprietary real world boardgame. Not necessarily using the same rules; it may use the same characters for instance.	1976 / 2017	244 games
Book tie-in (Novel tie-in)	Based on a book or made into a book.	1975 / 2021	805 games
British	Tea, biscuits, tophats, bowler hats, telephone boxes, startlingly British accents, and anything else associated with brits. Generally speaking uses Britishness as a theme.	1990 / 2016	18 games
C+C Music Factory	C+C Music Factory is an American dance-pop and hip hop group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés.		1 game
Cacophonic voice(Cacophonous voice)	One person speaking in multiple overlapping or alternating voices. Often used for demonic or otherworldly beings, especially those that represent group minds.	1994 / 2021	55 games
Canon	Considered to be officially canon in the wider array of other canonical material, or retells the already existing canonical material without contradicting them or presenting too out-of-place additional elements.	1979 / 2015	51 games
Catastrophe (Events gone horribly wrong)	Depicts a major unexpected disaster or events caused by it.	1981 / 2013	24 games
Celebrity Tie-In	Features at least 1 celebrity for the sake of featuring them.	1988 / 2014	17 games
Celtic mythology (Irish mythology)		1982 / 2013	14 games
Character-driven[character driven]	Events evolve as per choices of the main characters rather than events outside of their control.	2012 / 2015	2 games
Child labor	Depicts people under age of ~15 working regular jobs.		1 game
Chinese mythology	Features Chinese mythology prominently.	1987 / 2014	10 games (2 characters)
Chinese theme		1984 / 2015	38 games
Cliffhanger	The ending leaves the fate of the protagonist(s) unresolved or in a precarious situation.	1996 / 2021	101 games
Coerced (Blackmailed)	The protagonist is involved simply because they've been somehow coerced into it.	1985 / 2017	24 games
Comic relief	Involves a humorous person(s) or scene(s) in otherwise serious work, usually to alleviate the built up tension.	2006 / 2016	13 games
Comic tie-in(Graphic novel tie-in)	Based on or made into a comic.	1979 / 2018	436 games
Commercial mascot	Even commercial mascots can be protagonists of video games.	1991 / 2011	26 games
Competition entry	Created originally for a competition. May have been developed farther since.	1993 / 2017	33 games
Computer In-Jokes	These are developer/hacker in-jokes that many games reference.		0 game
Corruption	Deals with corruption, swaying or completely turning away from ones integrity, ideals, moral principles and/or virtues.	1984 / 2024	12 games
Crude(Vulgar)			2 games
Culture themes	Any tags describing thematic elements based on cultures.		0 game
Daredevil theme	Revolves around pleasing an audience (including technical or real judges) by performing dangerous looking feats.	1988 / 2016	10 games
Daylight horror	Horror fiction in daylight or otherwise well lit locations.	2000 / 2021	25 games
Demographics(Target audiences)	Any tags covering target audiences.	1993 / 2011	0 game
Destiny (Fate;Fatalism)	Deals with the subject of destiny and fate.	2000 / 2018	27 games
Door gag (Freleng door gag;Hall of doors gag)	A comedy gag that involves a character entering one door but unexpectedly exiting another, often employed in chases. Chase order may change. Unexpected characters and other gags may appear.	1983 / 2014	7 games
Dualism (Dualistic conflict)	Conflict of two extremes. Can be either internal or external conflict with the player on either side or having choices between the two.	1974 / 2021	700 games
Egyptian mythology	Features Egyptian myths and deities.	1985 / 2014	26 games (9 characters)
Electronic Games Arcade Awards (Arkie Awards)	Electronic Games gave awards from 1980-1993 to game released the previous year (1979-1992)		1 game
Entangled	The protagonist is caught up in the events more or less by accident.	1985 / 2016	31 games
Environmentalism	A social movement, politics, or philosophy concerned with the natural environment and its conservation.	1983 / 2011	8 games
Epic of Gilgamesh	Based on the Epic of Gilgamesh.		0 game (2 characters)
Erotic comic tie-in	Based on an erotic comic.	1990 / 2001	9 games
European comic tie-in	Based on or made into European comic.	1983 / 2016	312 games (41 characters)
Everyone's dead	The protagonist and possibly few friends are the last survivors, or find themselves in a place or situation where everyone else is dead or shortly dead upon encountering them, though not counting hostile monsters or similar.	1993 / 2023	70 games
Evil is Good	Evilness, cruelty, etc. are presented as desirable traits.	1992 / 2020	63 games
Evil military (Evil military command)	Military is depicted as evil, aggressive, or otherwise heedless of how the normal people suffer of their actions.	2002 / 2009	2 games
Evil Wizard	The ancient Evil Wizard archetype. Personification of the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely".	1980 / 2014	4 games
Eyecandy	Any concepts that exist primarily for the reason that they're cool, impressive or otherwise make things more interesting without actually contributing anything tangible for gameplay.		0 game
Falsely accused (Framed)	The protagonist is falsely accused of committing some (likely horrible) crime and much of the story involves proving that you didn't do it, simply running away from the law, or otherwise attempting to cope with it.	1981 / 2017	66 games
Feminine	Deals with or features (in significant manner) clothing, cosmetics, fragrances, romance, & other subjects in a feminine depiction or attempting to appeal to female audiences.	2002 / 2012	15 games
Fetish: Bondage	Caters to people with fetish for bondage.		1 game
Fighting Network Rings	Trademarked as RINGS, is a Japanese combat sport promotion	1992 / 1995	3 games
First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar	A lesser used Tolkien setting. Begins with the Awakening of the Elves. Ends with Morgoth's overthrow 65,390 solar years later. Documented primarily in [i]The Silmarillion.[/i].		3 games
Free Software (Libre Software)	Licenses approved by the Free Software Foundation.		0 game
Free will	Deals with the subject of free will.	1998 / 2017	19 games
Freeman Dyson	Includes theoretical concepts invented by Freeman Dyson.		1 game
Friendship beatdown(Beat into submission)	You gain (some) friends/allies by beating them up first, or animals/monsters become tame pets via similar means.	1989 / 2017	36 games
From another time	The protagonist of the story is somehow dragged from their own time and flung into some other time period. Possible causes are magic, extended stasis sleep (e.g. cryogenic storage), time travel, and some others.	1986 / 2017	18 games
From another world (Outsider protagonist)	The protagonist of the story is somehow dragged from their home world, dimension or whatever and flung into an unknown world where they were summoned to or just accidentally stepped through a trans-dimensional portal and got stuck there.	1981 / 2021	212 games
Frozen time (Cultural stagnation;Scientific stagnation)	A place where cultural, scientific and other advances (or progress/change) seem to have ceased to occur or have become endless variations of the old. Essentially innovation itself has become absent.	1993 / 2010	3 games
Futuristic	Involves more advanced technology than the set time period would suggest, or has currently theoretical or experimental technology in practical everyday use.	1984 / 2018	122 games
Game show tie-in (Reality show tie-in)	Based on or inspired by a TV game show.	1982 / 2014	326 games
Gaseous Entities (Cloud Creatures)	Creatures that appear to be made of gas.	1982 / 2003	6 games
Genders	Any tags relating to genders, gender bias, or such.		0 game
Gentrification	Deals with the subject of Gentrification. Shifting an urban community toward affluence; typified by displacing poor residents in favor of wealthier		1 game
Gilligan's Island	Games that make reference to the TV show, "Gilligan's Island"	1990 / 2015	5 games (7 characters)
Good versus Evil		1990 / 2017	31 games
Gothic Arts	Draws inspiration from Gothic art and fiction.	1996 / 2017	23 games
Greco-Roman mythology (Roman mythology;Greek mythology)	Features aspects of Greek and/or Roman mythology.	1981 / 2016	206 games (17 characters)
Greco-Roman theme(Greek theme;Roman theme)[Greco-Roman setting]	Includes a Greco-Roman setting, yet not necessarily tied to the geographical location(s) nor the historical culture(s) in anything but appearance.	1985 / 2022	99 games
Halloween	Pumpkins, ghosts, witches, costumes, candy, & the colors of black & [i]especially[/i] orange. Not to be confused with Harvest Festival or All Hallows Eve	1985 / 2019	36 games
Hero theme	Deals with heroism, what heroes do to be heroes, how to become a hero, and possibly how to lose hero status.	2004 / 2014	10 games
Holiday	Uses any holiday as a thematic or plot element.	1983 / 2015	152 games
Hollywood licensed	Based on a movie licensed from a company associated with movie making in the region of Los Angeles, California known as "Hollywood".	1990 / 2015	12 games
Huge forearms	Instead of biceps, forearms of characters (especially male and generally masculine ones) are abnormally large, commonly widening towards the fingers and often with no apparent wrist.		1 game
Indian mythology (Hindu mythology;Vedic mythology;Buddhist mythology)	Features Indian, Hindu, and/or Vedic mythology. Perhaps best known for beings like Kali, Rakshasa, Nāga, Shiva, Deva, and so forth.	1991 / 2014	4 games
Interspecific conflict (Conflict between species)	Depicts some form of conflict between two or more species.	1983 / 2017	196 games
Ironic Artwork	The box, cover, or some other included artwork with the game is ironic.	1984 / 1993	10 games
Ironic Title	The title of the game is ironic.		1 game
Japanese mythology	Features Japanese mythology prominently.	1986 / 2019	26 games (4 characters)
Japanese theme	Includes a Japanese theme, yet is not necessarily tied to the geographical location nor the actual culture in anything but appearance.	1987 / 2019	23 games
Judeo-Christian mythology	Based on parts of bible canon, the canon writings of Jewish, Samaritan, Christian holy texts and/or related texts & traditions, as theme or plot point	1982 / 2014	46 games (59 characters)
Klaatu barada nikto	References a line from the original (B&W) classic sci-fi film, The Day the Earth Stood Still. In it, this phase could halt a genocidal police robot.	1984 / 2017	51 games
Lampshaded[lampshade hanging;suspension of disbelief]	Parts where player is expected of "suspension of disbelief" are pointed out in some more or less obvious manner.		1 game
Light versus Dark		1984 / 2014	18 games
Live action TV series tie-in	Based on or made into a non-animated TV series.	1971 / 2017	657 games
Magical technology (Magitek;Magitech)	The presence of any technology powered by magic or comprised of magical components.	1988 / 2021	28 games
Maneki-neko (Lucky Cat;Beckoning Cat)	A Japanese good luck talisman	2011 / 2014	6 games
Manga tie-in (Manhwa tie-in)	Based on manga or made into manga.	1982 / 2017	587 games
Mature	Includes themes generally seen as suitable only for the mentally mature, judging who is right or wrong to do something is hard or impossible, no clear perpetrators or they're greatly sympathized with, good actions can be harmful, etc.		0 game
Maze of Twisty Little Passages all Alike	Makes reference to one of the 12 variants of this phrase in Adventure: The Colossal Cave.		3 games
Mechanical voice (Robot voice;Computer voice)	Despite running on a game system capable of natural speech & a story setting with capable technology, computers, robots, objects, or characters use rhythmic & mechanical speech	1999 / 2014	6 games
Mesoamerican mythology (Aztec mythology;Maya mythology)	Features any pre-Columbian mesoamerican mythologies, including Mayan and Aztec myths.	1984 / 2014	4 games (1 characters)
Mesopotamian mythology (Babylonian, Assyrian, Sumerian or Akkadian mythology)	Features aspects of Babylonian, Assyrian, Sumerian or Akkadian mythologies.	1984 / 2011	25 games (3 characters)
Mexican theme	Depicts Mexican culture, folklore, customs, and such prominently.	2005 / 2014	9 games
Mono-ethnic	For some bizarre reason, player encounters only members of the same ethnic group as if no other exists.		0 game
Monster theme	Monsters are a theme of the game rather simply just opponents to fight.	1995 / 2016	19 games
Movie theme	Uses movies as a thematic element, likely blatantly referencing several and borrowing their characters or other recognizable elements.	1983 / 2016	16 games
Movie tie-in	Based on a movie or made into a movie.	1975 / 2020	1939 games
Multiple perspectives	Involves playing the same events with multiple characters, revealing multiple perspectives on what occurred.	1998 / 2019	29 games
Music theme		1982 / 2020	97 games
Mystery	Includes investigation of a mystery.	1982 / 2020	191 games
Mythic figure (Folkloric figure;Legendary figure)	The story centers around one or more specific mythic figures, with the player assuming their role or working closely with them.	1984 / 2015	13 games (5 characters)
Nationalism(Patriotism)[chauvinism]	Has notable nationalistic/patriotic tones or theme.	2004 / 2015	17 games
Nazis(Neo-Nazis)[Nazi Germany]		1981 / 2015	97 games
Ninja theme	Ninjas serve as a main thematic element, regardless if any of them are ever seen.	1987 / 2018	69 games
Non-linear story	The story does not follow a strict chronological order of events.	1991 / 2016	23 games
Non-Tolkienian(Non-Tolkien Fantasy)	Diverges from the ever popular Tolkienian type of fantasy by not having Tolkien Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and some other features of fantasy that are normally attributed to Tolkien who seems to have established the standard form of fantasy worlds.	1985 / 2021	77 games
Norse mythology	Features Norse mythology prominently.	1983 / 2019	77 games (6 characters)
Nudity: Inhuman (Non-humanoid nudity)	Shows fully or partially nude non-human (or non-humanoid) beings, mainly when "naughty bits" are showing, such as breasts/nipples, genitalia or anus. Likely done for shock value or comedy.	1982 / 2016	29 games
Object plot		1981 / 2014	34 games
Obligation(Responsibility;Duty)	The protagonist is involved because it's their obligation, whether real, personal or imagined one.	1998 / 2016	43 games
Old Arabian theme (Medieval Islam theme;Ancient Near East theme;Medieval Middle East theme;Islamic Golden Age theme;Arabian Nights theme)	Presents a theme similar to that of (pre) medieval Arabian peninsula and that of the Islamic Golden Age, covering an approximate time period from 7th century BCE till 16th century CE.	1981 / 2018	113 games
Open-ended	The ending leaves open some issues, hints on others or otherwise gives similar message.	1991 / 2021	127 games
Order versus Chaos (Law versus Chaos;Law versus Anarchy)		1994 / 2014	9 games
Organization Mascot	A mascot designed primarily to promote an idea for an group (especially but not limited to a non-profit group) rather than for a profitable product.		1 game
Organization Tie-in	A tie-in for an organization (especially but not limited to a non-profit one) rather than a for-profit business and/or product.		1 game
Oriental theme		1984 / 2016	21 games
Original author approval (Original author recognition)	The original author of the material the game is based on recognizes the work as somehow significant or otherwise approves it.	1985 / 2009	4 games
Original author scorn	The original author of the material the game is based on has expressed distaste or such for the work.		1 game
Orwellian	A variant of dystopian fiction focusing on invasion of privacy, state controlling citizens' everyday lives, and heavy use of pro-government propaganda, as well as other things.		2 games
Other language: lolspeak (kitty pidgin)		2009 / 2011	4 games
Persian mythology (Iranian mythology)	Based on actual Persian mythology.	2010 / 2011	2 games (1 characters)
Personal gain (Self enrichment;Indulgence;Greed;Lust)	The protagonist is involved due to strong desire to gain something, regardless what it is specifically, covering things like health, wealth, fame, skill, power, friends, a loved one, servants, etc.	1981 / 2019	90 games
Phosphor Screen Display (Green Screen Display;Amber Screen Display;Page White Display)	Screens in the game, or the main display of the game [i]simulates[/i] old style monochrome monitors such as the amber, green, or page white displays.	1983 / 2019	11 games
Pirate theme	Pirates serve as a main thematic element, regardless if any pirates are ever seen.	1982 / 2019	86 games
Plot-driven[Plot driven]	Plot evolves as per character actions and events external to the characters rather than character choices or development.	1990 / 1992	0 game
Plugh reference	This is a word that can be used in Adventure: The Colossal Cave, but doesn't do anything. Some games make reference to it in source or publicly.	1976 / 1993	4 games
Professional wrestling (Pro wrestling)	Professional wrestling is a form of performance art where the athletes engage in simulated sporting matches.	1984 / 2018	304 games (2 characters)
Recursive reference	Player can find references back to the original source material (or to itself), such as copies of the source material (or copies of itself), whether or not the player can interact or use them.	1990 / 2016	21 games
Red Scare (Communist threat)	Communists are expanding their territory, spying on non-communist nations, sabotaging non-communist infrastructure, spreading pro-communist propaganda, waging all out war on non-communists, and so forth.	1981 / 2016	62 games
Redeeming beatdown(Redemption in death)	Some characters redeem themselves as a result of being beaten up or at the moment before their death (due to being beaten up), often revealing they had been mind-controlled or brainwashed.	1991 / 2016	35 games
References the number 69,105	A number used in computer jargon to refer to a generic large quantity. Many Infocom products make reference to this number.	1980 / 2014	107 games
Religion (Faith)[belief system]	Religion is a major plot device or theme.	1979 / 2018	53 games
Reluctant hero	The hero of the story is badgered into doing What-Must-Be-Done. They may later accept their fate or even embrace it, but for some time they express their doubts, inadequacy, and general reluctance for the task.	1997 / 2008	5 games
Retelling	Retells a classic tale. Often with a twist.	2006 / 2018	22 games
Retro-future (Retro-futurism;Retro Sci-Fi)	The 20s to 60s "World of Tomorrow".	1982 / 2018	76 games
Retroactive continuity	Disregards or blatantly changes facts established in [i]earlier[/i] games or related works.	1999 / 2017	18 games
Revenge	Revenge plays a significant role in the plot. The protagonist is out to exact vengeance upon someone out there and struggles through countless difficulties to ultimately reach their goal.	1990 / 2017	106 games
Rogues	Character container group		0 game
Rouges	A character container group		0 game
Satirical	Vices, follies, abuses, & shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming a person or group to improve. Usually humors.	1981 / 2019	5 games
Science theme	Deals with scientific discovery or experimenting with practical implementation of theoretical sciences. Commonly to devastating effect.	1995 / 2013	28 games
Secret conflict (Secret war)	Depicts a conflict which all involved try to keep a secret for one reason or another.	2004 / 2017	21 games
Self sacrifice	Features self sacrifice as important theme. Usually heroic, selfless, and otherwise valiant deed to endanger yourself to save others.	2001 / 2018	21 games
Serious	Presented in an overall serious tone, especially if the subject matter is serious, though not necessarily completely devoid of humor (e.g. hidden jokes, word play, etc.).	1976 / 2022	1512 games
Seven deadly sins (Cardinal vices;Cardinal sins)	Deals with the seven deadly sins of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride in some manner.	2005 / 2018	30 games
Seven Holy Virtues (Seven Heavenly Virtues;Seven Contrary Virtues;Catholic Seven Virtues)	Chastity, Temperance, Charity, Diligence, Patience, Kindness, Humility. In contrast to the seven deadly sins	2009 / 2012	4 games
Sex: Inhuman (Non-humanoid)	Depicts non-human sex (activity), such as animal or monster. Likely done for shock value or comedy.	1997 / 2014	10 games
Silent void (Silent space)	No sound is transmitted across the vacuum of space.	2008 / 2013	7 games
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (Arthur C. Clarke)	Based on the creations of Arthur C. Clarke, a famous British science fiction author.	1972 / 2008	6 games
Slavery		1988 / 2024	123 games
Slavic mythology		2000 / 2015	8 games
Sloppy Code	A lot of source code is sloppy but these games are exceptional poorly coded. Editors are advised to seek multiple opinions before labeling.		1 game
Source material: Epic [epic poem]	Based on some epic.	2007 / 2010	8 games
Soviet invasion (Russian invasion;Red Army invasion)	Soviets, Russians or the Red Army has decided to invade one country or another.	1988 / 2008	13 games
Sports theme	Has the theme of one or more sports but you don't get to actually play them.	1970 / 2011	48 games
Star Wars: Old Republic (First Republic;Golden Age of the Old Republic)	A time period that started about a thousand years before Anakin Skywalker's birth, the beginning of which was marked by the Ruusan Reformation.	2003 / 2016	8 games (16 characters)
Star Wars: Skywalker epoch(Post-Imperial period)	An era marked by the birth of Anakin Skywalker.	1982 / 2015	164 games (24 characters)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	An 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. It relates an incident of chemically induced split-personality, revealing the evil & good within a single individual	1988 / 2001	5 games
Stranger Danger	These games include the idea or warning that all strangers can potentially be dangerous especially in cases of a child interacting with strangers.		1 game
Super power theme	Deals with super powers.	2003 / 2014	19 games
Superhero theme (Supervillain theme)	Superheroes and supervillains with various superpowers or extraordinary skills/traits.	1979 / 2023	418 games
Tabletop Game Tie-in	A videogame based on a real world tabletop game. Not necessarily using the same rules; it may use the same characters for instance.	1986 / 2017	17 games
Tabletop RPG tie-in(Pen and paper RPG tie-in)	Based on a tabletop RPG.	1992 / 2021	44 games
Technology theme	Deals with technology, its use and implementation. Commonly how it destroys or replaces old values as humanity becomes more dependant on it.	1993 / 2023	60 games
Tékumel	An [b]extensive[/b] fantasy & magic setting with Medieval & arcane technology by M. A. R. Barker. Spawned the Empire of the Petal Throne tabletop RPG (1975)		1 game
Terrorism (Counter-terrorism)	Deals with terrorism or player witnesses such acts. Regardless if the actual perpetrators are ever seen.	1980 / 2013	75 games
The Gulag Archipelago	These games make reference the once illegal book [i]The Gulag Archipelago[/i]		1 game
Theatre Production Tie-in	Based on a Theatre Production or made into a Theatre Production (stage show, Shakespeare, Broadway, school play, etc...)	1985 / 1986	6 games
Theme Park Ride tie-in (Thrill Ride tie-in)	Tie-in with a real thrill ride / theme park ride.	1988 / 2003	5 games
THX-1138 (THX 1138)	References George Lucas' movie, [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/]THX-1138[/url].	1987 / 2017	62 games
Tie-in or based-on	Anything created as a tie-in product to something else or based on someone else's creation.		0 game
Toy Tie-in	Based on a real toy or series of toys.	1983 / 2014	216 games
Treachery (Betrayal)	Treachery serves as a major plot point or thematic element.	2005 / 2017	21 games
TV cartoon tie-in	Based on or were made into a cartoon show.	1981 / 2017	747 games
Universal language (Universal translator;Universal tongue)	Despite speaking in multitude of languages, participants in the conversations clearly understand each other, or everyone speaks some universal language that just happens to be English or equivalent.	1992 / 2024	41 games
Urban Legend (Rumor)	Has a persistent and wide spread and widely believed urban legend or unproven rumor associated with them.	1982 / 1994	3 games
Useless adults[adults are useless;incompetent adults]	Adults within the depicted setting are surprisingly useless, leaving it to the kids (from toddlers to teenagers) to save the day.	1995 / 2016	10 games
War	Either depicts a whole war, part of it, or events somehow directly caused by one. Regardless if the protagonist takes part in any military conflict.	1970 / 2022	992 games
Weapon plot	The main plot of the game is about one or more weapons.	1985 / 2020	63 games
Webcomic tie-in		2008 / 2013	14 games
Xenophobia	The story or gameplay involves xenophobia, fear or dislike of anything strange or alien.	1992 / 2024	13 games
Ye Olde English	Uses old sounding English by sprinkling various archaic words in, regardless if this is correct use of the old English language or not.	1993 / 2015	8 games

entities

A113(A1-13;A-113)	A reference to classroom A113 in California Institute of the Arts started by former students attending classes there, namely Brad Bird followed by John Lasseter.	2008 / 2013	15 games
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Games based on movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.	1982 / 2019	45 games
Asociación Española de Distribuidores y Editores de Software	Content rating system in Spain.		0 game
Atlantis	Features the mythological island of Atlantis either as location or theme.	1978 / 2015	56 games
BAFTA award(British Academy of Film and Television Arts)	Any award granted by BAFTA.	1997 / 2012	6 games
Chupa Chups	Chupa Chups is a real world candy making company.		4 games
Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (特定非営利活動法人コンピュータエンターテインメントレーティング機構;Tokutei Hieiri Katsudō Hōjin Computer Entertainment Rating Kikō)[CERO]	A Japanese non-profit video game rating organization established in 2002-07.		0 game
Dark Horse Entertainment	A production & distribution company of Comics, movies, and TV (unlike companies such as Marvel or DC). However, popular association of franchises with DH is common.	2000 / 2008	5 games
Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association [ELSPA]	Former European computer and video game rating system, replaced by the PEGI ratings in 2003.		0 game
Entertainment Software Rating Association (اسرا)[ESRA]	Video game content rating system used in Iran. Unrated games are considered illegal and thus not sold there.		0 game
Entertainment Software Rating Board [ESRB]	A content rating system that is mandated by the ESRB member companies in US & Canada to get games licensed on console platforms or sold at select retailers		0 game
Game Rating Board (게임물등급위원회;Geimmul Deung-Geub-Wiwonhoe)	A South Korean government run video game content rating board, split off from the more generic Media Rating Board in 2006. Publicly available games must have GRB's rating clearly visible/available to be legal.		0 game
Grimms' Fairy Tales(Grimms Märchen;Children's and Household Tales;Kinder- und Hausmärchen)[Brothers Grimm]	Based on any of fairy tales attributed to or found in the Brothers Grimm collection (last edition of which contained over 200 stories), very few of which were actually written by the brothers themselves.	1983 / 2015	42 games
Jim Henson's Creature Shop	Created by Jim Henson or his Creature Shop, or is otherwise related to their works.	1981 / 2006	71 games (1 characters)
King Features Syndicate	Print syndication for many popular comics of the 20th century.		0 game
Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron)	A German Air Force fighter pilot during World War I officially credited with 80 air combat victories.		1 game
Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson)	American celebrity, singer, musician, pop dancer, and inventor.	1989 / 2011	22 games (1 characters)
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev [Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв]	An economist, agricultural economist, Nobel laureate, reformer, and once Soviet statesman of Russian-Ukrainian heritage.	1988 / 1991	10 games
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς;Odusseus;Ulysses)		1981 / 2000	13 games (1 characters)
Pan European Game Information [PEGI]	A self-regulatory European [i]content[/i] rating system developed by ISFE so [i]parents[/i] can make somewhat informed purchases. Established in 2003-04.		0 game
People			0 game
Pixar	Based on Pixar's creations.	1995 / 2022	129 games (12 characters)
Real life musician	Related to any specific real life musician or group of musicians, such as a band, a musician, a singer or a composer.	1982 / 2020	108 games (6 characters)
Real Life Professional Athlete	Clearly related to any specific real life athlete. The name has to appear in the game title.	1980 / 2016	712 games (27 characters)
RMS Titanic	Video games centered around the Titanic strive to capture the essence of the historic vessel and its doomed inaugural journey.	1982 / 2013	14 games
SCP Foundation(SCP Wiki)	Based on the creations on the SCP collaborative writing wiki.		1 game
Sega Rating	In-house game content rating system for Japanese games used by Sega from 1994 to 2000. Later supplanted by CERO.		0 game
Stock footage	Includes stock footage, commonly things like WW2, Hiroshima bombing, JFK, etc. recordings.	1996 / 2011	12 games
Syndicat des Editeurs de Logiciels de Loisirs [SELL]	A content rating system from June 1998 to the arrival of PEGI in 2003, the organisation rated the content of video games in France.		0 game
The History Channel (History)		2003 / 2007	9 games
The Independent Game Rating System [TIGRS]	An independent and self-applied game rating system that has 3 age ratings with several variable (and optional) content descriptors.		0 game
Town & Country Surf Designs (T&C)	A company that makes surfboards, surfwear, accessories, & licenses it brand & cartoon characters, "Da' Boys", for clothing & videogames.	1988 / 1992	2 games (3 characters)
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle [USK]	A German game rating organization.		0 game
Warner Bros.	Based on any of Warner Bros.' productions.		0 game

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36 Dramatic Situations	A morphological list created by Georges Polti.		0 game
Aarne-Thompson classification	Any tags that describe something found from the Aarne-Thompson classifications.		0 game
Abduction (Kidnapping)	A kidnapping or abduction is included in the plot. A ransom or other demand may or may not be involved.	2000 / 2014	7 games
Abstract Theme (Abstract Concept;Abstract Genre)	Does not represent anything clearly real or tangible, such as being a shootout between triangles and circles.	1977 / 2021	360 games
Acknowledged protagonist silence[Acknowledged silence]	The protagonist's constant silence is actually acknowledged by other characters instead of being handwaved.	2014 / 2018	8 games
Adaptation	Adapts a story from different entertainment format while attempting to retain it without significant alteration.		0 game
Aesop (Fable;Parable;Moral lesson)	The story exists wholly or partially to teach a lesson to the player, often a moral one delivered at the end.	2007 / 2010	7 games
After the End	Not simply post apocalyptic, but the apocalypse occurred for good, the previous world ended, and whoever remains are not those who'd you expect.	1998 / 2015	9 games
Alpha funding[Early Access]	Used a type of pre-release funding model where those who pre-order the game (fund it) during its development phase get their hands on alpha, beta, and other [i]very[/i] early development builds as they're made.	2009 / 2021	496 games
Ambush	The protagonist can be or is ambushed once or more often over the course of the story.		3 games
Anagrams	Involves re-ordering graphemes (letters) to form a new word or a sentence.	1979 / 2010	20 games
Anarchy		2005 / 2007	2 games
Animation techniques			0 game
Anno Domini / Before Christ	These games specifically use Anno Domini / Before Christ (A.D. or B.C.) dates.	1987 / 2016	5 games
Antagonists	Any tags pertaining to the antagonist(s), the characters that oppose the player character's work.		0 game
Anti-villain (Well intentioned antagonist)	The antagonist is not as evil as they might initially seem. May even go so far that you might question your own actions in bringing down their plans.	1992 / 2024	60 games
Arc words	A word or phrase that appears repeatedly without explanation, except maybe much later, that may or may not have significant meaning.	2007 / 2016	13 games
Archaic technology	Old technology is used to accomplish things that one would expect to see only with more advanced technology.	2000 / 2006	5 games
ARG event	Was part of an ARG (but is not an ARG itself), usually by being patched to include ARG related content for the duration of the event.	2008 / 2017	30 games
At last moment(In the nick of time)	Dramatic escapes, bomb defusals, arrivals, projectile hits, etc. happen at the last possible moment.	1989 / 2016	36 games
Australian Classification Board (Office of Film and Literature Classification)[ACB;OFLC]	The Australian Classification Board is a statutory (mandatory) classification body formed by the Australian Government which classifies films, video games and publications for exhibition. Formerly OFLC.		0 game
Author avatar(Author surrogate;Self-insertion)[author character]	The author appears as themselves or as disguised character within the setting.	1990 / 2015	24 games
Authority fetish	Fetish for people in authority, such as bosses, teachers, police, parents, etc.		1 game
Automated war	Depicts a war mostly waged by nonsentient or remote controlled automatons.	1988 / 2015	24 games
Awards			0 game
BDSM	Deals with any part of the BDSM spectrum of fetishes and paraphilia, which covers bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadomasochism, sadism and masochism.	1996 / 2015	19 games
Bechdel/Wallace (Bechdel's law;Bechdel rule;Bechdel test)	Passes the Bechdel/Wallace test's 3 rules: it must have (1) at least two females in it who (2) talk to each other about (3) something else than a man or men.	1999 / 2016	20 games
Beeping computers(Blinkenlights)	Computers beep, blip, and flash lights almost constantly in normal/idle operation, especially mainframe (headless) style computers.	1994 / 2017	26 games
Beneficial curse	The protagonist is subjected to one or more curses or similar that turn out to be more beneficial than not.	1998 / 2016	12 games
Black speech[hell speech]	A type of spoken language that is stereotypically associated with demons, demonologists and/or Evil. Often sounding guttural, corrupted, unnatural, and otherwise menacing.	2004 / 2016	4 games
Bleep censor[beep censor]	A monotone beep tone used to censor profanity, risque dialog, or similar. Often used for comedic effect.	2009 / 2017	9 games
Bloodlines (Hereditary rights;Hereditary traits;Lineages)	Plays with the concept that something extraordinary is passed along down the bloodline.	1998 / 2017	40 games
Blue humor (Sex comedy)[blue humor;blue comedy]	Humor that is off-color, risqué, indecent or profane. Usually dealing with sexual subjects.	1991 / 2020	25 games
Bookends[Book ends]	A literary device where an element at the beginning of the story repeats at the end. Often with the protagonist returning where the story started.	1997 / 2019	53 games
British Board of Film Classification [BBFC]	A british non-governmental organisation responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify videos, DVDs and some video games under the Video Recordings Act 2010.		0 game
Broken teaching (Broken morals;Broken Aesop)[broken lesson]	The story tries to teach something, often some highly moral thing, yet fails to stay true to it itself or otherwise contradicts it.		1 game
Cameo appearance	An appearance of a known person in work of fiction, often short and insignificant for the work itself.	1989 / 2007	4 games
Cartoon violence	Depicts violence and especially its effects in cartoony manner.	1989 / 2017	25 games
Cassandra dilemma (Cassandra curse)	Deals with Cassandra dilemma somehow, with someone warning others of a danger, but no-one believes them (reasons vary).	2001 / 2019	4 games
Catch phrase			1 game
Censorship	Any tags describing any form of censorship, whether intended as censorship or not.		0 game
Chapters (Episodes;Acts)	The story is split into chapters or similar segments.	1991 / 2020	132 games
Chekhov's Gun	A literary technique whereby something seemingly insignificant (e.g. an ignored prop) introduced early on gains much greater role later.	1986 / 2019	27 games
Child lock	Includes a child lock feature that censors or otherwise removes features of the game deemed inappropriate for children.	2000 / 2014	9 games
Childish	Any tags that make games more childish, making distinctions between any two things clearer and things normally hard to identify glaringly easy as well as judging situations or intentions simple, good is always good, evil is always evil.		0 game
Christmas(Xmas)	Includes settings, music, visuals, or other traditions commonly associate with the holiday known as Christmas.	1981 / 2017	132 games (35 characters)
Circling birdies(Seeing stars)	Characters who are stunned or disoriented literally have stars, birds, or such circling around them or their head.	1991 / 2016	25 games
City of Gold	Generally rumors and hearsay of cities of extreme wealth with gold paved streets and so forth. Often abandoned long ago.	1984 / 2014	21 games
Civil service	Player functions in scope of any civil service (government funded non-military organization).	1985 / 2015	11 games
Civil unrest (Civil disorder;Civil strife)	Involves or simulates civil unrest, usually in form of disruptive protests (e.g. sit-ins), illegal parades, riots, or heightened crime (e.g. sabotage) against the cause of the unrest.	2010 / 2013	4 games
Class conflict(Class warfare;Class struggle)	Deals with tension or antagonism arising from competing socioeconomic interests and desires between people of different social classes.	1986 / 2014	4 games
Classic wizards	Wizards and possibly other magic users are depicted in their age old robes and pointy hat get up.	1993 / 2015	39 games
Classics			0 game
Cold open	An opening where something from later events is shown before starting from the real beginning.	2009 / 2015	11 games
Comedy			0 game
Comic injuries(Comedic injuries)	Some or all injuries are presented in comical manner, especially if this breaks realism.	1988 / 2021	22 games
Consequentialism[the end justifies the means]	Plays with the concept of consequentialism, that the end justifies the means. Meaning any actions, right or wrong, are judged (morally) by their outcome rather than the actions themselves.	2007 / 2008	3 games
Constructed language (Planned language)	Uses a constructed language - a language consciously created by an individual or a group - of any kind.	1989 / 2011	5 games
Continuity variations			0 game
Contrarians (Opposition for sake of opposition)[anarchists;anarchism]	Includes people who vocally question or aggressively oppose a ruling body or similar seemingly out of principle to oppose such.	2003 / 2010	10 games
Cosmic horrors[Extraterrestrial horrors;Alien horrors]	Deals with supernatural horrors that come from the depths of space.		1 game
Cosmicism	Deals with occult and mixing or procreation between human and alien species,		1 game
Cosplay		2004 / 2009	3 games
Creator versus creation(Conflict between creator and creation)	Depicts creator and their creation struggling with each other.	1994 / 2017	22 games
Creatorcentrism (Creator nationalism;Creator provincialism)	Something the creator associates with (race, nation, city, type of government, religion or philosophy, etc.) is brought into much more important role than it actually is or should be.	2003 / 2015	10 games
Crimes	Any tags that describe things that most cultures and law systems view as crimes.		0 game
Crude humor (Vulgar humor;Off-color humor)		1993 / 2014	3 games
Cult following	Generally anything with dedicated fanbase, especially one that outlives the game itself and/or its developers/publishers.	1994 / 2017	23 games
Cult video game		2001 / 2010	7 games
Curiosity	The protagonist exhibits unhealthy levels of curiosity and finds themselves in a difficult situation.	1985 / 2010	2 games
Cutesy	Excessively employs visuals, designs, etc. that primarily would be described as [i]cute[/i].	1990 / 2022	26 games
Damsel in distress	A classic scenario of a fair maiden in some form of distress - often kidnapped by some Evil Person - from which the protagonist is trying to rescue her.	1980 / 2021	684 games
Dark humor (Black comedy;morbid humor)	Humor that makes light of taboo and/or depressingly serious subjects to entertain, cause discomfort, and/or provoke serious thought on the subject.	1975 / 2024	47 games
Dark is Evil (Black is Evil)	Dark, black, or simply dimmer things are depicted as evil or evil things are consistently clothed/colored dark and anything that becomes evil gains darker coloration.	2002 / 2018	19 games
Dark is Not Evil	Dark, black, or simply dimmer things are notably not actually evil or bad as common tropes in western media and culture make them to be.	1999 / 2018	23 games
Dark secret			1 game
Deceptive packaging (Deceptive cover art;Misleading packaging)	The game is sold in packaging that shows notable content that is not in the game. Likely result of the cover being commissioned by out-of-house artist who has little to no idea what the game itself is about.	1989 / 2012	10 games
Dehumanization[dehumanisation]	People, human or otherwise, are somehow dehumanized beyond what they actually are, often with the express purpose of removing moral conundrums about harming such people.		1 game
Demiurge	Deals with the concept of demiurge, an artisan figure responsible for the fashioning and the maintenance of the physical universe.		1 game
Demographic: Children	Clearly marketed as a game for children (pre-teens), possibly even exclusively so.	1992 / 2014	11 games
Demographic: Elementary (Ages 6-10)	Created primarily for the elementary aged players. Likely educational to some degree.		0 game
Demographic: Female	Clearly marketed as a game for females, possibly even exclusively so.	1972 / 2012	6 games
Demographic: Male(Target audience: Male)	Clearly marketed as a game for males, possibly even exclusively so.		1 game
Demographic: Mature (Adult)	Created primarily for mature players. Commonly dealing with subjects not deemed appropriate for younger folks, are extremely realistic or intellectual/philosophical.	1983 / 2019	5 games
Demographic: Preschool (Ages 3-6)	Created primarily for the preschool aged players, generally ages 3-6. Does not require understanding of written language to play but may have spoken instructions and such.		1 game
Demographic: Teen	Created primarily for the teenage players.	2012 / 2013	2 games
Demographic: Young adult (Adult;Ages 16 and above)	Created primarily for adults or adult minded players, commonly for ages 16 and above.		0 game
Demon pact(Pact with the Devil;Faustian bargain)	Story deals with a pact made with a demon, a devil, or other such otherworldly entity that is presented as or implied to be somehow dangerous or bad idea to deal with.	2002 / 2019	11 games
Descriptive names(Meaningful names)	Characters (and possibly objects) are named in rather descriptive manner [i]from birth[/i]. Commonly going unnoticed or unmentioned within mythos. Alternatively everyone has a title that describes them far too well.	2004 / 2020	17 games
Desecration (Profanation)	Player witnesses or participates in desecration of spiritual/religious (sacred/holy) icons, sites, or such. Regardless of who or what is the perpetrator or target.	1994 / 2006	6 games
Diorama	The game world is presented as a diorama, an artificial construction similar to a real location or a reconstruction of one, where player can see evidence of this clearly or with closer inspection.	1998 / 2015	42 games
Disabilities and disorders	Any tags that show presence of people with disabilities or disorders in games.		0 game
Discontinuity (Continuity error;Plot error)	Fails consistency with source material or previous works without claiming retcon or reboot (or where such is impossile, such as not owning the associated mythos), or even consistency with itself.	2001 / 2011	5 games
Double entendres (Innuendo)		2005 / 2011	17 games
Dramatics	Any tags describing concepts that make the depicted events more striking, dramatic, theatric, or such. Generally speaking, overplaying things to make them more apparent, memorable or otherwise entertaining.		0 game
Early childhood	Intended for young children. Unrelated to ESRB rating.	1987 / 2003	46 games
Early ending	One or more endings are found much earlier than others that is not achieved by failing. Often not canonical, though not necessarily.	1985 / 2017	15 games
Early start	The story begins well before the actual conflict or event begins, likely for the purposes of establishing how different things are because of it or to introduce the player to the cast.		0 game
Electronic sports(Competitive gaming;Professional gaming;Cybersport)[e-sports]	Used in any notable e-sports event.	2007 / 2014	4 games
Empire	Depicts an imperial geopolitical entity, ruled by either a monarch or an oligarchy (small group of individuals).	1973 / 2014	8 games
End time (Armageddon;Ragnarok;Apocalypse)	Deals with a prophesied end of the universe.	1996 / 2016	17 games
Endings			0 game
Endless conflict (Endless war)[eternal conflict]	The back story or overall plot involves an endless conflict, one that has been fought since the dawn of time or for so many generations that those who started it are no longer around, and likely will continue to be fought for as long as both sides remain.	1996 / 2021	38 games
Ephebophilia	A paraphilia towards mid-to-late adolescent (post-pubescent) people.		1 game
Epigraph	A phrase, quotation, or poem at the beginning of the work. Sometimes (also) at the end.	1998 / 2017	17 games
Epilogue	A portion of a story delivered after the end, usually bringing closure to any loose ends or seeing the cast off.	2011 / 2020	11 games
Ethics Organization of Computer Software(一般社団法人コンピュータソフトウェア倫理機構;Ippan Shadan Hōjin Computer Software Rinri Kikō)	One of the content rating boards in Japan.	2008 / 2010	2 games
Euthanasia(Mercy killing;Assisted suicide)	Player witnesses or participates in administrating euthanasia, killing someone solely to end their suffering (if unrecoverable) or alternatively assisting in suicide in cases where it is to end the person's suffering (again, if unrecoverable).	2006 / 2015	8 games
Evil by default	People or creatures are labeled as being evil, especially when being evil is the primary trait rather than extension of some actual evilness such as cruelty.	2010 / 2014	6 games
Evil is ugly(Evil makes you ugly)	Evil beings are depicted as ugly and being evil turns you ugly (or conversely, being ugly makes you evil).	1996 / 2014	15 games
Evil vs Evil (Evil against Evil)	The plot has two or more "evil" entities, groups, or such competing or fighting against each other. Often with the player on the side of the "lesser" evil, or in case of comedy the "greater" evil.	1990 / 2020	49 games
Evil wins (Bad guy wins)		1992 / 2021	37 games
Exhibitionism	Caters to people who enjoy exhibitionism. A compulsion to gain attention by displaying one's sexual characteristics in inappropriate places.	2011 / 2012	2 games
Expired copyright	Anything that no longer is protected by copyright laws, international or local.		0 game
Fairy tale basis[based on a fairy tale]	Based on any traditional fairy tale.	1980 / 2017	36 games
Fairy tale-like(Fable-like)		1978 / 2022	13 games
Fake names (Fake brands;Generic names)	Certain recognizable things, items, people, or such, are named in differing but likely similar manner. Most commonly firearms are subject to this.	1993 / 2020	25 games
Fallacies			0 game
False ending	The story builds up for conclusion, but instead there's a plot twist or something else that causes the story to continue on.	1985 / 2017	58 games
False protagonist	A character is initially made to appear as the protagonist but is later proven false, usually by that character dying without accomplishing anything significant and the story continuing with the real protagonist.	1993 / 2018	30 games
Fan funding (Fan funded development)	Accepted or requested fans to make pre-orders or otherwise donate money for the development process.	1981 / 2018	48 games
Fanservice (ファンサービス)[Fan service]	Uses any kind of fanservice, usually characterized by the display of things or events even when there's no need for them in terms of gameplay or story.	1983 / 2024	285 games
Fascism[fascist state]	Depicts a fascist government or otherwise deals with fascism – an ideology that puts the state above all else, often leading to citizens being oppressed, abused, and disregarded whenever it benefits the state regardless of impact to the nation's citizens.	2002 / 2014	24 games
Faux Cyrillic (Faux Russian)	Using Cyrillic letters in latin text, making it look Russian even if it's meant to be readable by non-Russians. Pronounced completely differently if one understands Cyrillic.	1987 / 2010	4 games
Fear of Nothing	Player (character) is lead to believe something scary is out there, but ultimately there isn't anything. Repeatedly.	1999 / 2015	23 games
Featureless nudity (Censored nudity)	Nude characters have a notable lack of visible genitalia or even nipples.	1985 / 2017	21 games
Federation	Some form of a federation is in major role in the storyline.	2006 / 2014	5 games
Female dominant cast	All or most of the cast and important characters, or even of all characters, are female.	1993 / 2022	126 games
Festivals (Holidays;Holy Days)			0 game
Fetish: Humiliation(Erotic humiliation)	[i]Consensual[/i] psychological humiliation performed in order to produce erotic excitement or sexual arousal.		1 game
Fetish: Hypnosis and Mind Control	Caters to people with fetish for hypnosis, compulsion, mind control, or any variation of such.		2 games
Fetish: Mothers (MILFs)	Caters to people with fetish for mothers.		1 game
Fetish: Spouses (Married women;Married men)	Caters to people with fetish for spouses (of other people).		1 game
Fetish: Students (Schoolgirls;Schoolboys)	Caters to people with fetish for students.	1986 / 2010	7 games
Fetish: Transformation(TF)	Caters to people with fetish for transformation, turning from one species to another or just body transformation, usually with heavy emphasis on the process of transformation and the transformed parts later.	2011 / 2014	3 games
Fetish: Twins	Caters to people with fetish for twins.		1 game
Feudal society (Manorialism)	Depicts a feudal society.		0 game
Fictional language	Uses any form of fictional language.	1982 / 2015	2 games
Fight fire with fire[fighting fire with fire]	Plays with the concept of fighting fire with fire.	2005 / 2009	11 games
Film grain (Old film effect)	Depicted as if through some old or poor quality film by overlaying film grain or other effects that simulate deteriorated film over the whole screen, possibly muting or tinting colors as well.	2001 / 2018	33 games
First contact	Deals with a first contact with previously unknown civilization, species, or such.	1995 / 2015	19 games
Flawed protagonist	The protagonist has a major psychological character flaw, such as choosing actions based on their fears rather than actual evidence.	2008 / 2017	13 games
Flesh versus Steel (Biological versus Mechanical)		1994 / 2017	22 games
Foreshadowing	Dialog, text, imagery, or other things that seem meaningless at the time encountered, but actually tell of coming events.	2010 / 2012	5 games
Foretelling (Self spoilers)	Protagonist is told of future events before they happen.		1 game
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse		1985 / 2015	44 games (4 characters)
Frame story		2007 / 2016	14 games
Friendship[friends]	Deals with friendship, friends, camaraderie, or other similar concepts.	1991 / 2019	25 games
Funeral	Player can or must attend a ritual concerning an individual's death.	1971 / 2013	10 games
Future Language	Game includes words from a language (fictional and constructed) that developed some time after the present.		1 game
Game production & development	Any tags referring to how the game was developed/produced (not with what or such).		0 game
Game Software Rating Regulations(遊戲軟體分級管理辦法;Game Software Rating Management Regulations)	Video game content rating system used in Taiwan since July 2006.		0 game
Game terminology	Characters use gaming terminology in-mythos. Commonly dungeons and quests pop up in strange places.	2007 / 2017	10 games
Game Theory	The study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers.		0 game
Genders are Different	Male and female (or more) characters have access to different stats, skills, items, quests, plots, etc in a balanced way, even if minimally so.	1984 / 2015	9 games
Gimmick	Includes a unique or quirky feature that somehow makes the game stand out of the others of its kin. Commonly focused on in any marketing.	2007 / 2012	20 games
Gluten Free	Game's creator claims the game is gluten free.		1 game
Good prevails (Justice prevails)	For some inexplicable reason, being on the side of good, justice, love or some other generally positive thing somehow grants you power to defeat those that oppose it. Or at least so the wielder of that power would have you believe.	2002 / 2004	2 games
Greek pottery art	Uses Greek pottery art style in significant quantities.	2011 / 2015	4 games
Grey vs Grey	The plot has two or more entities, groups, or such competing or fighting against each other where neither side can be clearly identified as somehow good, just, or other more positive thing than the other(s).	2011 / 2018	5 games
Group sex	Sexual activity involving more than two participants.	2010 / 2011	2 games
Guro (Ero guro;エログロ;Torture porn;Snuff)[eroguro]	A mixing of the erotic and grotesque imagery or using grotesque imagery for pornographic purposes. Usually involves graphic murder and torture.	2008 / 2013	2 games
Harmony versus Discipline		1998 / 1999	2 games
Hebephilia	A paraphilia towards early-to-mid adolescent (pubescent) people.	2003 / 2012	2 games
Heroic		1996 / 2016	9 games
Hidden motives[hidden agenda;secret motives;secret agenda]	The motives of the protagonist are hidden from the player, leading into plot twist when they're actually revealed.	1994 / 2017	3 games
Hollywood conventions	Any tags describing conventions of Hollywood movies.		0 game
Human superiority	Humans are depicted, one way or another, somehow superior to all other beings.	2005 / 2017	12 games
Humanitarianism[humanitarians]			1 game
Identity crisis	Either the protagonist has self doubt about their identity, what they are or should be, or they're presented with compelling or undeniable evidence that they truly are not what they thought themselves to be.	1998 / 2017	22 games
Ideology	The protagonist is involved due to ideological reasons.	2003 / 2016	13 games
Imperfect recovery	Player can't ever recover fully from received wounds, transformations, and such.	2006 / 2013	6 games
Implied Nudity	Characters appear to be nude without showing private areas.	1990 / 2014	7 games
In-jokes			0 game
Infallible (Infallible protagonist)[infallibility]	The protagonist is treated as an infallible person, incapable of doing or being wrong.		3 games
Inherent right (Birthright;Inherent entitlement)[right to rule]	Deals with some sort of inherent right to something. Commonly involves reclaiming something that is held by someone without the right to it.	1986 / 2010	14 games
Insistent alternate naming(X by different name)	The depicted mythos is insistent on using a non-standard, uncommon, or completely made up name for something pretty much everyone already knows by some other name (a name that is often never mentioned).	2002 / 2014	16 games
Interquel	A sequel and prequel to two other works published after those other works.	2010 / 2013	6 games
Irony		2007 / 2009	4 games
Japanese idols	Features Japanese idols or is about idols in the Japanese style.	1987 / 2014	20 games
Jargon (Technobabble)	Player is subjected to technical, scientific or other terminology most people are not expected to understand, whether this is fictitious (technobabble) or factually accurate.	1998 / 2020	22 games
Jiggle physics (Breast physics)[boob physics]	Breasts and possibly other anatomical bits are given oddly great attention to their jigglyness, regardless if this is actually simulated physics or part of predesigned animation.	1994 / 2020	81 games
Joke Hardware Specifications (Joke System Requirements)	Rather than list system requirements, game makers use the system specs to joke at, mock, or insult customers.		3 games
Jump scares	Sudden unexpected events – usually accompanied by flash of contrast, color, light, or such and loud noise after relative silence – with the aim of causing the player to reflexively "jump" due to supposed fright/panic.	1995 / 2016	15 games
Killer application	A game that proves the core value of some greater piece of technology.	1978 / 2006	12 games
Laser bolts (Slow lasers)	Within the depicted mythos, LASER weapons fire bolts of light rather than end-to-end connecting beams that hit their target in an instant.	1978 / 2017	94 games
Late start (Late involvement)	The issue, conflict, or whatever the story is about has been going on for quite some time now but only now does your character get involved. Or he's been involved all along, but only now [i]you[/i] get to play as him/her.	2003 / 2014	22 games
Legal disputes (Lawsuits)	Subjected to one or more legal disputes, possibly even lawsuits.	1982 / 2017	49 games
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender(LGBT;GLBT)	Any tags referring to LGBT culture.		0 game
Literary mood	Any tags dealing with mood the game is delivered in. Mostly in terms of the setting, sounds, music, and such.		0 game
Literary tone	Any tags dealing with tone the game is delivered in. Mostly in relation to narration, dialog, and the things that happen.		0 game
Living diorama	Aspects of a diorama are presented as living entities, especially when unexpected. Such as miniature reconstruction of a battlefield with "real" people fighting in it, or a dollhouse with "real" people living in it.	1988 / 2021	35 games
Living legend	Involves one or more characters (possibly the protagonist(s)) who are practically legends while still alive. People recognize them for the things they've done in the past, the things they can do, or the people they know.	2004 / 2013	30 games
Lost in translation	Any translated versions of the game are perceived by many (fans) to be significantly inferior to the original language version, or are wildly different in tone, meaning, or such.	2005 / 2016	5 games
Ludum Dare(Ludum Dare 48;LD48;LDJAM)	Originally created for Ludum Dare, a rapid game development jam and competition.	2007 / 2015	7 games
Macho (Machismo)	Overtly or exaggeratedly masculine.	1992 / 2017	68 games
Mad science	Mad scientists require that science itself is capable of adhering to their unhinged view of scientific discovery.	1983 / 2011	28 games
Magical	Gives the appearance of something magical, but does not necessarily elaborate on the actual workings.	1975 / 2024	101 games
Malapropisms(Dogberryism)	A type of comedy where similar sounding words are used to create a strange or nonsensical utterances.	1996 / 2012	2 games
Mandate of Heaven (天命;Tiānmìng;Divine Right of Kings)	Plays with the concept of Mandate of Heaven.	1998 / 2007	4 games
Marketing Buzzwords(Marketing Techno Babble;Marketing Concept Terms)	Confusing/Vague/Misleading terms designed to create a concept about the hardware and/or product even if the the term is actual and/or applicable.	1988 / 2011	47 games
Mecha musume (メカ少女;Mecha shoujo)	A variant of [i]moe anthropomorphism[/i] where military hardware are given [i]moe[/i] qualities.	2006 / 2011	9 games
Memes	Commonly internet memes.		0 game
Meta-story (Story within a story;Nested story)[Story-within-a-story]			1 game
Metafiction(Metastory;Story within story;Fiction within fiction)	Fiction about fiction or fiction in fiction. Usually when a story is presented within a story in more tangible way.	1993 / 2020	37 games
Metagaming(Trial and error)	Requires using knowledge the protagonist would not have without the player supplying it from previous attempts or external sources.	1983 / 2024	81 games
Midas' touch (Double-edged sword)	Includes a weapon, item, skill, ability or anything else that is both beneficial and detrimental, especially if such a thing [i]must[/i] be used.	1997 / 2017	39 games
Might makes right	Plays with the concept that the winner, victor or such is right, just, blessed, truthful, etc.	2009 / 2013	2 games
Miscommunication [Imperfect communication]	It is normal for communication to be perfect in fiction unless it is for plot, thus this signifies such troubles occur either on their own or as part of the plot.	1992 / 2024	14 games
Mockbuster(Knockbuster)	Created with apparent aim to cash in on the fame of another title, usually recognizable by either near identical name or by near identical gameplay (clone).	1990 / 2014	3 games
Moe anthropomorphism (萌え擬人化;Moe gijinka)	Gives [i]moe[/i] qualities to non-human beings, objects, concepts, and such.	2006 / 2011	8 games
Monologues (Soliloquies)[monologs;soliloquy]	The protagonist(s) speaks to themselves, either to reveal their thoughts, their knowledge, opinions, or other things to the player. Including internal monologues.	1991 / 2017	36 games
Monomyth(The Hero's Journey)	Uses the archetypal story pattern known as monomyth or hero's journey.	2012 / 2019	2 games
Morphology			0 game
Mother Nature (Personified nature)	Nature is presented as somehow conscious entity.	1993 / 2019	13 games
Multicultural aliens	Aliens and other non-humans are depicted as having multiple different cultures and possibly ethnicities within single species instead of the usual monoculture that fiction writers often end up with.	2009 / 2010	0 game
Multilingual	Uses multiple languages regardless of player's locale or language settings. These never require player to actually understand more than their own.	1990 / 2020	72 games
Murder (Homicide)	Player witnesses unlawful murder of someone or personally murders someone.	1985 / 2019	32 games
Mythologies			0 game
Narrative(Story)[Narration]			0 game
Narrator		1999 / 2018	84 games
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot	A hodgepodge of various Cool Things in same setting where one would generally not expect to see them together. Essentially a fake crossover.	1993 / 2018	54 games
No 4th wall[no fourth wall]	The fourth wall is broken or completely ignored at such regularity it might as well not exist.	1991 / 2017	35 games
Non sequiturs[non sequuntur]	One or more events or sequences encountered along the main plot that make little to no sense and/or contribute nothing to the plot while still seeming somehow significant (but aren't).		1 game
Non-explosive vehicles			0 game
Non-human rights	Deals with basic rights of non-humans or other sentient beings other than the ruling one. Or how much a non-human can be considered a real person or have value as a person comparable to the main species (humans in most cases).	1994 / 2012	7 games
Nonlinear Narrative	Regardless of chronology of gameplay & presentation of story, the story itself is not linear.		1 game
Normality denied[just want to be normal]	A central character, usually the protagonist, voices that they "just want to be [i]normal[/i]" or that their "abnormality" is a curse, but this is denied to them somehow.		1 game
Nudism [nudists]	Player encounters characters or cultures exhibiting nudist-like behaviour, or possibly being one themselves.	1992 / 2011	14 games
Nudity	Contains one or more instances of nudity of any degree, though generally of female breasts or genitalia of either gender, sexually intended or not.	1984 / 2022	324 games
Obscure Release	These were deficiently announced/advertised compared to other ports or other games of the same publisher; Hidden in their package; obscure on publisher's homepage, etc	1989 / 2022	61 games
One of the enemy	One on your side, possibly you, were among the ranks of your current enemy or are somehow perceived to be one of them.	1995 / 2017	11 games
Onomatopoeia	Words that sound what they represent, originally invented for use in comics with additional styling variations to farther emphasize the actual sounds.	1977 / 2019	34 games
Origin story	Tells how a character became what people have come to know them as.	2013 / 2019	11 games
Original language: Chinese	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally Chinese, any other languages are translations from this.	2008 / 2015	5 games
Original language: Czech	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally Czech, any other languages are translations from this.	1990 / 2011	5 games
Original language: English	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally English, any other languages are translations from this.		1 game
Original language: French	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally French, any other languages are translations from this.	1997 / 2016	14 games
Original language: German	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally German, any other languages are translations from this.	1996 / 2017	39 games
Original language: Japanese	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally Japanese, any other languages are translations from this.	2001 / 2016	16 games
Original language: Korean	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally Korean, any other languages are translations from this.	2000 / 2013	4 games
Original language: Russian	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally Russian, any other languages are translations from this.	2003 / 2016	38 games
Original language: Spanish	The story, voice overs, dialogue and any texts are originally Spanish, any other languages are translations from this.		1 game
Pacifism	Either promotes or somehow rewards pacifistic behaviour, especially when such behaviour is unexpected or does not have any immediate benefits.	2008 / 2019	21 games
Pandora's box	The protagonist is unwittingly the cause of the depicted misery, and possibly tries to undo the damage they did. Or the plot otherwise follows a similar theme.	1998 / 2015	37 games
Parental controls		1991 / 2014	13 games
Past-life memories[memories of past life;memories of past lives]	Deals with memories of past life or lives.	1999 / 2017	13 games
Patient Zero[patient 0]	Story involves patient zero, the first person infected with a virus, disease, or such.	1984 / 2017	14 games
Pedophilia	A paraphilia towards pre-pubescent people.		1 game
Penalty Imposed on one Gender	An unsurmountable penalty, perhaps arbitrary, is imposed on a characters based solely on gender. For instance, a cap on strength.	1993 / 2015	2 games
Personality development(Character development)	As part of the game player develops the personality of their character(s). Not karma/alignment development, but really good old character development as it is in actual role playing games and non-video game fiction.	2015 / 2016	5 games
Perspective flip	Either the same game or another in a series shows how things look from the side of the "bad guys", often making them appear not as bad as you had previously assumed or given to understand.	1986 / 2016	40 games
Player exposition	Player is made aware of things the protagonist does not and could not know, regardless if this has any use for progressing in the plot. Commonly involves a cinematic showing what the antagonist is doing at the time.	1991 / 2020	72 games
Plethora of References (Excessive referencing)	Has excessive number of references to movies, culture, games, etc.	1985 / 2018	51 games
Plot points	All tags that define plot points and have no better parent tag.		0 game
Political corruption (Police corruption)	People with public power, such as members of the government or its various departments (e.g. law enforcement), abuses the power vested on them, such as accepting bribes, showing favouritism to things that do not benefit the whole, etc.	2001 / 2014	17 games
Power corrupts	Plays with the concept that power ultimately corrupts anyone who uses or even gains it (regardless of use), often regardless of what that power is, be it wealth, political, social, magical, or anything else.	1989 / 2023	25 games
Predicted apocalypse(Prophecised apocalypse)	Deals with any real-world predicted or prophecised apocalyptic event.	2003 / 2012	3 games
Prisoner's Dilemma	A situation in which 2 players each have 2 options whose outcome depends crucially on the simultaneous choice made by the other (often as 2 separated prisoners contemplating confession)		1 game
Prologue	Initial portion of the overall story that mostly introduces the primary character(s) and the setting to the player but does little if anything for the actual story. Also possibly to make whatever starts the actual story seem more dramatic.	1997 / 2020	90 games
Prophecy	Deals with a prophecy or similar portent(s).	1998 / 2018	57 games
Protection complex	Deals with obsessive desire to protect others (those dear to the character, those who can't defend themselves, or even [i]everyone[/i]). Often the protagonist has this, but can include any major character.	1999 / 2017	39 games
Pseudo sexism	Prominently depicts one gender taking a specific role without anyone forcing, demanding, or voicing remarks that role is the appropriate one for them. In other words, the role is depicted as natural for them.		2 games
Public sex			1 game
Punk	A subculture recognizable by attitudes of predicative disaffirmation towards established authority. And by music, visual art, literature, film & fashion	1996 / 2014	5 games
Purple prose	A literary method where one consistently uses extravagant descriptions instead of something more normal.	2001 / 2009	8 games
Racism / speciesism	Depicts racism and/or speciesism; possibly with the player character partaking in it, fighting against it, or simply witnessing it.	1988 / 2018	34 games
Rating: ACB G (General Exhibition)	These films and computer games are for general viewing.	1994 / 2022	221 games
Rating: ACB G8+	General for children over 8 years of age. This rating has since been changed to PG to parallel that of film ratings.	2001 / 2002	4 games
Rating: ACB M (Recommended for mature audiences;OFLC Mature)	Contains material that is not recommended for persons under 12 years of age.	2001 / 2023	149 games
Rating: ACB M 15+	Material classified M15+ is not recommended for people under 15 years of age. Nonetheless, there are no legal restrictions on access. This rating has since been changed to M to parallel film ratings.	1999 / 2003	3 games
Rating: ACB MA 15+	The content is considered unsuitable for exhibition by persons under the age of 15. Persons under this age may only legally purchase or exhibit MA15+ rated content under the supervision of an adult guardian. This is a legally restricted category.	2004 / 2021	91 games
Rating: ACB PG (Parental Guidance Recommended)	Not recommended for playing by persons under 15 without guidance from parents or guardians.	1999 / 2023	201 games
Rating: ACB R18+		2013 / 2019	19 games
Rating: ACB RC (Refused Classification)	Refused classification by ACB/OFLC, effectively banning them in Australia.	2004 / 2013	3 games
Rating: aDeSe 13+	For 13 and older	1996 / 2003	12 games
Rating: aDeSe 16+	For 16 and older	1998 / 2002	3 games
Rating: aDeSe 18+	For 18 and older		1 game
Rating: aDeSe TP	For all audiences	2001 / 2004	12 games
Rating: BBFC 12	Nobody younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12-rated game.	1995 / 2014	24 games
Rating: BBFC 15	For 15 and older.	1993 / 2017	72 games
Rating: BBFC 18	Only adults are admitted.	1996 / 2014	54 games
Rating: BBFC PG (Parental Guidance)	All ages admitted, but certain scenes may be unsuitable for children under 8.	1994 / 2014	6 games
Rating: BBFC U (Universal)	All ages admitted, there is nothing unsuitable for children over 4.	2005 / 2012	12 games
Rating: CERO A	For all ages.	1999 / 2022	389 games
Rating: CERO B	For ages 12 and up.	1997 / 2023	286 games
Rating: CERO C	For ages 15 and up.	1998 / 2022	274 games
Rating: CERO D	For ages 17 and up.	1995 / 2021	132 games
Rating: CERO Z	For ages 18 and up. The only CERO rating that is restrictive (the others presumably can be sold to anyone).	2003 / 2020	64 games
Rating: ELSPA 11	For Ages 11+.	1993 / 2003	187 games
Rating: ELSPA 15	For Ages 15+.	1994 / 2024	105 games
Rating: ELSPA 18	For ages 18+	1994 / 2002	10 games
Rating: ELSPA 3	For Ages 3+.	1991 / 2010	467 games
Rating: EOCS 18		2008 / 2010	2 games
Rating: ESRA 15+			1 game
Rating: ESRB AO (Adults Only)	For ages 18 and up.	1997 / 2015	21 games
Rating: ESRB E (Everyone)	Suitable for everyone. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and infrequent use of mild language.	1989 / 2022	1709 games
Rating: ESRB E 10+	For ages 10 and older. Contains content that might be considered unsuitable for children under 10 years of age.	2001 / 2023	490 games
Rating: ESRB Early Childhood (EC)	Contains no material that adults would find inappropriate for their children. This content is very mild in impact. Specifically intended for young children and are usually educational.	1994 / 2011	7 games
Rating: ESRB K-A (Rating: ESRB Kids to Adult)	These titles will appeal to people of many ages and tastes. Titles may contain minimal violence, some comic mischief (i.e. slapstick and gross-out comedy), or some crude language. Existed from 1994 to 1997, then replaced by E (Everyone) rating.	1991 / 2010	296 games
Rating: ESRB M (Mature)	For 17 and older.	1990 / 2021	874 games
Rating: ESRB T (Teens)	For ages 13 and older. Includes content that might be considered unsuitable for children under 13 years of age.	1989 / 2023	1704 games
Rating: GRB +12	Has content suitable for ages 12 and older. Younger may play with parental supervision.	2005 / 2023	39 games
Rating: GRB +15	Has content suitable for ages 15 and older. Younger may play with parental supervision.	2005 / 2021	38 games
Rating: GRB +18	Has content suitable for ages 18 and older. Younger may play with parental supervision.	2005 / 2019	40 games
Rating: GRB ALL	Suitable for all ages.	2005 / 2022	38 games
Rating: GSRR General Public(普遍級)	General Public: Appropriate for all ages. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/GSRR_G_logo.svg/80px-GSRR_G_logo.svg.png[/img]	2010 / 2016	8 games
Rating: GSRR Parental Guidance 12(輔12級)	Parental Guidance 12: prohibited to anyone under 12. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/GSRR_PG_12_logo.svg/80px-GSRR_PG_12_logo.svg.png[/img]	2012 / 2023	4 games
Rating: GSRR Parental Guidance 15(輔15級)	Parental Guidance 15: prohibited to anyone under 15. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/GSRR_PG_15_logo.svg/80px-GSRR_PG_15_logo.svg.png[/img]	2009 / 2023	17 games
Rating: GSRR Protected(保護級)	Protected: prohibited to anyone under 6. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/GSRR_P_logo.svg/80px-GSRR_P_logo.svg.png[/img]		2 games
Rating: GSRR Restricted(限制級)	Restricted: prohibited to anyone under 18. [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/GSRR_R_logo.svg/80px-GSRR_R_logo.svg.png[/img]	2012 / 2016	12 games
Rating: PEGI 12	For ages 12 and older. Covers mild violence and suggestive themes.	1996 / 2023	728 games
Rating: PEGI 16	For ages 16 or older. May contain suggestive themes, moderate violence, crude humor, and/or references to gambling/drugs.	1995 / 2022	525 games
Rating: PEGI 18	For ages 18 and older. May contain graphic violence, strong sexual content, gambling, drugs, vulgar language, etc.	2003 / 2022	324 games
Rating: PEGI 3	Ages 3 and over. May contain at most very mild violence and suggestive themes. Primarily edutainment games for children.	1995 / 2020	730 games
Rating: PEGI 7	Ages 7 and over. Mild violence and/or suggestive themes. May contain disturbing or frightening scenes.	2000 / 2022	399 games
Rating: RSAC Level 0 (All)	Suitable for all; no offensive content.		0 game
Rating: RSAC Level 1	Mild offensive content, revealing clothing but no nudity, mild expletives, creatures (excluding humans) injured or killed.		0 game
Rating: RSAC Level 2	Mild offensive content, partial nudity, clothed sexual behaviour, mild expletives (including sexual references), creatures (including humans) injured or killed but only little blood.		0 game
Rating: RSAC Level 3	Moderate offensive content, blood & gore, vulgar language, nudity outside of sexual contexts, and non-explicit sex.		0 game
Rating: RSAC Level 4	Strong offensive content, gratuitous violence, rape and other sex crimes, explicit sex, crude language, etc.		0 game
Rating: Sega Rating 18 (推奨年齢　年齢制限　１８才以上)	Unsuitable for People Under 18. Games rated Unsuitable for People Under 18 contain mature themes such as violence or adult situations, but appear to contain no blatant nudity.	1994 / 1999	49 games
Rating: Sega Rating 18 X Rated (Ｘ指定　１８才以上)	Unsuitable for People Under 18 - X Rated. Games that are X Rated contain nudity and very adult situations. Several Strip Mahjong games fall under this category, as well as the Sega Saturn release of Mortal Kombat II.	1995 / 1996	7 games
Rating: Sega Rating All Ages (推奨年齢　全年齢)	Suitable for All Ages. May contain violent content but nothing too extreme.	1994 / 2010	388 games
Rating: Sega Rating Violent Actions (暴力などの表現が含まれています)	Violent Actions are Included in the Soft: More of a warning that violence exists within the game rather than an age restriction. Not suited for younger players, but software carring this label can be sold to those under the age of 18.	1995 / 1998	4 games
Rating: SELL 12	For ages 12 and older.	1996 / 2003	37 games
Rating: SELL 16	For ages 16 and older.	1997 / 2002	17 games
Rating: SELL 18	For ages 18 and older.		2 games
Rating: SELL Tous Publics	For all audiences.	1997 / 2003	122 games
Rating: TIGRS Adult			1 game
Rating: TIGRS Family		2012 / 2014	3 games
Rating: TIGRS Teen		2010 / 2014	2 games
Rating: USK 0	No age restrictions.	1995 / 2017	65 games
Rating: USK 12	Restricted for those below the age of 12.	1994 / 2023	111 games
Rating: USK 16	Restricted for those below the age of 16.	1995 / 2021	64 games
Rating: USK 18	Restricted for those below the age of 18.	1995 / 2021	40 games
Rating: USK 6	Restricted for those below the age of 6.	1995 / 2022	77 games
Rating: VRC GA	General Audiences: Appropriate for all audiences. No blood or graphic violence. No profanity, no mature sexual themes and no usage of drugs or alcohol.	1991 / 1996	221 games
Rating: VRC MA-13	Mature Audiences: Parental Discretion Advised. The game was suitable for audiences thirteen years of age or older. Game could have some blood in it and more graphic violence than a "GA" game.	1992 / 1995	75 games
Rating: VRC MA-17	Mature Audiences: Not appropriate for minors. The game was suitable for audiences seventeen years of age or older. Games could have lots of blood, graphic violence, mature sexual themes, profanity, drug or alcohol usage.	1992 / 1994	6 games
Ratings			0 game
Recap(Previously happened;Recapitulation)[recap sequence]	More or less briefly retells what happened in previous game of the series when it is relevant to the current story. Usually to set up the premise, either as a memory refresher or to bring up to speed players who skipped the previous game.	2001 / 2016	28 games
Recreational Software Advisory Council [RSAC]	A content rating organization in USA established in response to existing controversy and possible government enforced regulation. Replaced by ESRB later on.		0 game
Recurrence	Something from a previous game in a series appears again.	1997 / 2021	32 games
Recurrence: Character (Plot character;Plot creature;Plot monster)	One or more characters from previous game(s) in a series appear again, regardless if they have the same status as they held before.	1997 / 2021	64 games
Recurrence: Creature	One or more (iconic) creatures from a previous game(s) in a series appear again. Especially for cases when this is unexpected.	2004 / 2008	3 games
Recurrence: Location	One or more (iconic or otherwise recognizable) location from a previous game(s) in a series appear again.	1999 / 2019	22 games
Recurrence: Missing	Something that recurrently appears in all or most other games in the series, making it an expected recurrence, does not do so in this.		0 game
Recurrence: Object	One or more (iconic) objects from a previous game(s) in a series appear again.		2 games
Redemption (Salvation;Absolution;Reparation;Atonement)	Plot deals with redemption. Saving honor, face, soul, or whatever else to restore worth of oneself (or possibly family, partner, friend, etc.) either in their own eyes or in the eyes of others.	2000 / 2012	17 games
Refers to Alice in Wonderland	Borrows text, characters, ideas from, or refers to "Alice in Wonderland" without being based on it.	1987 / 2015	18 games
Refers to The White Snake	Borrows text, characters, ideas from, or refers to the fairy tale known as "The White Snake" without being based on it.	1990 / 2002	9 games
Refers to the Wizard of Oz	Borrows text, characters, ideas from, or refers to The Wizard of Oz without being based on it.	1985 / 2011	31 games
Reimagining	Conceives the old in a new way, maintaining the basic storyline, timeline, characters and so forth but retelling the story in a different way and possibly with significant alterations to the setting itself. In essence an unfaithful adaptation.	1992 / 2020	29 games
Religion: Christian	Has significant Christian religious content, characters performing related rituals, repeating or rewording attributed teachings, etc.	1984 / 2015	28 games
Religion: Fictional	Has significant content in form of a fictional religion, characters performing related rituals, repeating or rewording its teachings, etc.	2007 / 2015	7 games
Religion: Judaism	Has significant Judaic religious content, characters performing related rituals, repeating or rewording its teachings, etc.	1996 / 2010	7 games
Religion: Shinto	Has significant Shinto religious content, characters performing related rituals, repeating or rewording its teachings, etc.	2008 / 2011	2 games
Rite of passage (Gauntlet)[gantlet]	Involves any rite of passage, a ritual where one's status changes to another (commonly adulthood).		1 game
Rivalry		2007 / 2015	2 games
Rogues Gallery	The term comes from superhero comics where instead of one notable antagonist, a group of unrelated antagonists take jabs at the protagonist. Possibly even banding together against the protagonist.	2009 / 2011	6 games
Saṃsāra (Wheel of life;Cycle of rebirth)	Deals with the concept of saṃsāra : cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Regardless if it's specifically related to the various religions or simply similar to the basic idea of it.	1999 / 2019	12 games
Schism (Splinter organization)[splinter group]	Story involves a splinter organization or similar, often with radically different views, methods, or level of involvement with outside matters.	2000 / 2010	4 games
Secondary antagonist	Features an antagonist that is separate (not an underling or similar ally) of the main one. Occasionally the secondary antagonist goes undefeated in actual play and are either left as too unimportant, sequel hook, or mopped up in the ending cutscenes.	1998 / 2020	35 games
Secret mission	Protagonist is doing a job that is kept secret from everyone except few key people who need to know.	1984 / 2014	64 games
Self-censorship	Contains certain potentially offensive material, but has been "sufficiently" obscured, such as through mosaic blur or only hearing the sounds of the activity rather than seeing it.	1991 / 2020	25 games
Sequel hook	Part of the ending suggests there's going to be a sequel.	1992 / 2022	178 games
Sex (Sexual activity)	Involves scenes where sexual activity occurs or is implied to occur, regardless of the length, details, involvement of intercourse, or such.	1995 / 2021	52 games
Sex theme(Sexual themec)			1 game
Sexism[sexist]	Discrimination based on gender, forcing of gender roles on people, etc.	2010 / 2011	3 games
Sexual interests (Sexual fetishes;Paraphilias)	Any content depicted in fetishist manner; as one of the main sources for supposed sexual gratification.		0 game
Shared setting (Shared universe)	Shares the setting/universe of the tie-in material, but besides that has little to do with it.	1992 / 2021	94 games
Shock humor			1 game
Side story	Includes one or more side stories that progress with the main plot but are largely unrelated to it, possibly with the player character occasionally influencing them.		1 game
Slang	Games that make noticeable use of slang words or phrases.		5 games
Slapstick		2002 / 2014	5 games
Soul bond (Soul pact;Psychic bond;Empathic bond)	The protagonist is or becomes intricately bonded to someone or something else in a manner much deeper than friendship, loyalty, love or such.	1999 / 2005	5 games
Soylent Green	The food, it's people. Plays with the concept where humans or other sentient beings are processed into food or other products, likely to be sold back to their own kind.	1997 / 2015	6 games
Speech bubbles	A visual delivery method for dialog with possible visual cues on tone, quality, and other factors.	1982 / 2017	11 games
Speech: Constructed language (Artificial language)	The characters speak some constructed language.		3 games
Spiritual successor (Spiritual sequel)		1991 / 2022	65 games
Spoilers	Tags that function as spoilers in almost all cases, usually by describing a plot twist element.		0 game
Spoken onomatopoeia(Spoken sound effects)	Uses spoken onomatopoeia (or human imitations) as sound effects rather than actual sounds.	2009 / 2014	10 games
Spoonerisms(Marrowsky)	A type of linguistic comedy where consonants, vowels, or morphemes are swapped.	2011 / 2012	2 games
Story has notable deuteragonist	A deuteragonist is almost or even as important as the protagonist & may switch from working for or against the protagonist at various times.	1990 / 2004	2 games
Story of a Daring Enterprise (Heist)	Elements include a Bold Leader, an Object, and an Adversary	1982 / 2016	36 games
Story of Crime Pursued by Vengeance	Elements include a criminal and an avenger.	1993 / 2015	11 games
Story of Deliverance	Elements include an unfortunate, a threat, & a rescuer.	1985 / 2013	4 games
Story of Supplication	Elements include persecutor, supplicant, & a power in authority who's decision is doubtful.	1985 / 2013	4 games
Strange bedfellows (Enemy of my enemy;Allied with the enemy)	Plays with the proverb "enemy of my enemy is my friend" to a degree or has some other similarly strange alliance, such as two enemies allying to defeat a common but greater enemy.	1998 / 2014	32 games
Striptease		1982 / 2017	136 games
Substitute speaker	The protagonist doesn't speak (much), but there's another character who handles most of the talking for them.	2003 / 2018	8 games
Superheros (Costumed Crime Fighters)	Defined by extraordinary: themed costumes, skills, strong morals, motivation, enemies, headquarters, & back story.	1988 / 2005	2 games
Supernatural phenomena			0 game
Surreal	Games foster intense unbelievable/irrational reality.	1983 / 2021	203 games
Surreal humor(Absurdist humor)			1 game
Symbolic[symbolism]	Has significant quantity of symbolic content, things that can't be understood by their literal meanings but rather by what they represent.	2001 / 2009	4 games
Taboos (Social stigmas)	Taboos that occur in most cultures (cross-cultural taboos).		0 game
Tangible abstracts (Personifications)	Abstract concepts are given physical form.	1984 / 2016	44 games (1 characters)
Tech fanservice	Fanservice for technologically oriented individuals. Usually providing long camera panning shots across vehicles or other technical wonders, transformation sequences, or excessive detailing of their features.	1999 / 2023	39 games
Technocracy	Depicts a technocratic nation, community, or similar which is ruled by technical experts (scientists, engineers, etc.).	2003 / 2013	4 games
Temporal incursion (Time tampering)		1991 / 2017	31 games
The Destroyer	Story involves an entity who will destroy the world, universe, or even beyond at the end of days. Usually they do this because it is their duty to do so or was created specifically for that purpose by a Creator entity or similar.	1996 / 2018	27 games
The unnamed	There's an item, person, people, or some other entity that people refuse to name.	2001 / 2010	3 games
Theocracy	Depicts a government governed with divine guidance, usually by clergy but can be any religiously driven official(s) or possibly quite literally by some divine being.	2007 / 2012	8 games
Tie-in continuity	Conceived as a piece of the same continuity as the tie-in material, either as a sequel, prequel or a different viewpoint of the same events.	2004 / 2010	6 games
Tie-in variants			0 game
Time skip	The story skips a long time period at some point.	1983 / 2016	66 games
Toilet humor (Scatological humor)[toilet humour;scatological humour]	Humor/comedy that focuses on excrement, flatulence, and other real or supposed activities in bathroom.	1991 / 2018	38 games
Tragic ending (Sad ending)		1993 / 2017	42 games
Transhumanism (Human augmentation;Eugenics)	Deals with the general theme of human augmentation, especially when this is part of the gameplay itself.	1985 / 2018	79 games
True names	Plays with the concept that names have power, especially "true" names.	1991 / 2008	6 games
True story	Claims to be re-enactment of what really happened out there, or based on something that really happened (without too much artistic freedom thrown in).	2003 / 2015	3 games
Truth	Uses truth as a significant plot or thematic element.		1 game
Un-canonical	The depicted story is not considered to be canon for the series they belong to.	1974 / 2021	174 games
Unconvincing armor (Bikini armor)	Characters, especially females, wear armor that's unconvincingly sparse in body coverage and protection, much like a bikini, or is thin and form-fitting like a bodysuit.	1982 / 2018	66 games
Unethical science	Performing experiments in the wild, without consent from the subjects, lying to the subjects on the nature of the experiments done to them, or even without the subjects' knowledge they're being experimented on at all.	1995 / 2015	17 games
Unexpected situation		1986 / 2016	47 games
Unready	The protagonist gets sent or goes of their own choice to do their job before their training is finished.		1 game
Unreliable narrator[unreliable narration]	The narrator (or narration) is at least partially unreliable in terms of what information is given. Half-truths, excessive embellishment, and outright lies are likely methods of delivery.	1997 / 2022	53 games
Unwanted responsibility	The protagonist is laid with some great responsibility, or they perceive it as such and must either deal or come to terms with it.	1997 / 2008	5 games
Urban legends (Urban myths)	Based on urban legend(s) or such feature prominently in the story or gameplay.	1999 / 2012	6 games
Vicious cycle (Vicious circle)[virtuous circle;virtuous cycle]	A cyclic thing that reinforces its own existence, commonly something bad happens that is ended which ensures the bad thing happens again. In stories the depicted events often involve breaking out of that endless cycle.	1993 / 2019	41 games
Videogame Rating Council	Introduced by Sega of America in 1993 to rate videogames released in the USA on Genesis, Sega-CD, Game Gear and some computer games. Later supplanted by ESRB.		0 game
Virtues			0 game
Vitalism (Life energy;Vital spark;Prana;Qi;Anima)[chi;life force]	Life energy or such is a more or less tangible substance.	1997 / 2020	8 games
Voodoo (Hoodoo;Vodou)	Deals with voodoo beliefs and their practitioners. Popularly characterized with voodoo dolls, zombie servants, and black magics as well as Jaimaican, Cuban or Haitian accents of the practitioners.	1991 / 2014	16 games
Vulgar language(Swearing;Cursing)[bad language;offensive language;profanities;foul language;cussing]	Uses of significant amount of socially offensive language.		3 games
Weak humans (Puny humans)	In contrast to the popular trend that favors humans, they are depicted as weaker, stupider, slower, more fragile, etc. than any other notable beings in the setting with no qualities of their own in which they would be better than others.	1983 / 2008	12 games