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Captives

Creatures theme

Confined prisoners, hostages or other captives play a part in the story.

240
games
55
platforms

Alternate names: Prisoners, Hostages

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PlayStation 3)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
PS3 2011-08-23
Mini Ninjas (Wii)
Mini Ninjas
WII 2009-09-08
Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham City
X360 2011-10-18
Renegade Ops (Windows)
Renegade Ops
WIN 2011-10-27
Hostages (Acorn Electron)
Hostages
ELEC 1990
Darksiders (PlayStation 3)
Darksiders
PS3 2010-01-05
Space Gun (ZX Spectrum)
Space Gun
SPC 1992
XUltima IV (Linux)
XUltima IV
LIN 2004
1213 EPISODE ONE (Linux)
1213 EPISODE ONE
LIN 2010-08-26
Darksiders (Xbox 360)
Darksiders
X360 2010-01-05
Hostages (Commodore 64)
Hostages
C64 1989
Crime Busters (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Crime Busters
NES 1989
Although there's a notable difference between the meaning of hostage and a prisoner, for now these should share the same tag as gameplay mechanics tend to make no difference between the two.
Related:
* Taking captives

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Games by year

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The first Captives video game was released in 1983.

Eidos Interactive, Origin and Ubisoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 49
Linux 42
MS-DOS 14
PS3 11
X360 9
Apple II E 7
C64 7
Mac OS X 7
Amiga 7
Atari ST 5
BSD 5
NES 5
Master System 4
BeOS 4
ZX Spectrum 4
Mac OS Classic 4
Arcade 3
Amstrad CPC 3
Apple IIGS 3
PS 3
Xbox 3
Archimedes 3
MSX 2
NEC PC9801 2
PS2 2
GameKing 2
GP2X 2
Electron 1
VIC-20 1
Atari 400/800 1

Most common companies

Eidos Interactive7
Origin7
Ubisoft6
Square Enix6
Pony Canyon6
Ocean6
Infogrames6
THQ5
Interplay5
Blue Label Studio4
Bethesda Softworks4
Capcom4
Top Books3
Virgin3
Exult Team3