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Thermal weapons

Tools concept

Includes weapons with the purpose of setting things on fire or otherwise burning them.

221
games
34
platforms

Alternate names: Flame weapons, Incendiary weapons

Alien Swarm (Windows)
Alien Swarm
WIN 2004-05-28
Alone in the Dark: Inferno (PlayStation 3)
Alone in the Dark: Inferno
PS3 2008-11-14
Breed (Windows)
Breed
WIN 2004-03
Deus Ex (Windows)
Deus Ex
WIN 2000-06-22
Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)
Left 4 Dead
X360 2008-11-17
Postal² (Windows)
Postal²
WIN 2003-04
Red Faction (Windows)
Red Faction
WIN 2001-09-18
Resident Evil 5 (PlayStation 3)
Resident Evil 5
PS3 2009-03-05
BioShock 2 (PlayStation 3)
BioShock 2
PS3 2010-02-09
UFO: Aftershock (Windows)
UFO: Aftershock
WIN 2005-10-21
Aliens vs Predator (Windows)
Aliens vs Predator
WIN 2010-02-16
Far Cry: Primal (Windows)
Far Cry: Primal
WIN 2016-03-01
Children:
* Flamethrowers
* Incendiary grenades / molotovs
* Incendiary bombs (napalm bombs)
* Incendiary rockets / ammo

Implied: (not enforceable)
* Burning - there are plenty of games that don't actually set anyone on fire

Related:
* Cryogenic weapons

Lasers are also thermal weapons, but their application and appearance differs too much from the others (and many popular inaccurate depictions), that implying thermal weapons with them is poor choice (unless they actually set things on fire).
Including things like flamethrowers, napalm, weapons using incendiary or white phosphorus, and so on.

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Anti-humanitarian warfare, Practical tools

Child groups

Incendiary grenades, Flamethrowers, Flare gun

Games by year

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The first Thermal weapons video game was released in 1982.

Electronic Arts, Valve and Sega published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 83
Linux 31
Mac OS X 19
X360 16
PS3 14
MS-DOS 12
PS2 7
Xbox 3
PS 3
Amiga 3
Tandy Coco 2
GameCube 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Mega Drive 2
Wii 2
PSP 2
3DO 1
Apple II E 1
SG-1000 1
Wii U 1
Arcade 1
Mega-CD 1
PS4 1
Jaguar 1
Amiga CD32 1
SNES 1
NES 1
Master System 1
Saturn 1
Amiga AGA 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts21
Valve8
Sega8
THQ7
Tripwire Interactive7
Acclaim Entertainment6
Atari5
Ubisoft5
2K Games4
Acclaim4
Bethesda Softworks4
Microprose4
Warner Bros. Interactive3
LudoCraft3
SMK Software3