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Robot menace

Fiction genre theme

Some form of robotic/artificial being or beings serve as an antagonistic force either primary or secondary to the main villain or villains.

90
games
26
platforms

Alternate name: Machine menace

Binary Domain (Xbox 360)
Binary Domain
X360 2012-02-16
Iron Brigade (Windows)
Iron Brigade
WIN 2012-08-13
Bad Bots (Windows)
Bad Bots
WIN 2013-05-17
Anomaly 2 (Linux)
Anomaly 2
LIN 2013-05-15
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Amstrad CPC)
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
CPC 1990
Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
Mass Effect
X360 2007-11-16
The Turing Test (Windows)
The Turing Test
WIN 2016-08-30
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Arcade)
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
ARCD 1989
Bionic Dues (Windows)
Bionic Dues
WIN 2013-10
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus (Windows)
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
WIN 2018-11-15
Iron Brigade (Xbox 360)
Iron Brigade
X360 2011-06
Iron Sight (Zeebo)
Iron Sight
ZEBO 2010-09-28
Implied: (not enforceable)
* Robots
* Sentient machines

Related:
* Rogue AI
* Automated war
Note that this implies that robots and similar things (including artificial intelligences) serve as the primary antagonistic force. It is NOT enough that you're opposed by robots (among other things).

This does NOT cover biological robots (bioroids).

Popular tags

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Parent group

Antagonists

Related group

Creatures
Sentient machines

Games by year

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A2004 - I, Robot (film)

The first Robot menace video game was released in 1979.

11 bit studios, Domark and Valve published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 26
Linux 14
MS-DOS 9
X360 8
PS3 5
Mac OS X 4
Amiga 3
Atari ST 2
Switch 2
ZX Spectrum 1
SAM 1
Neo-Geo 1
BSD 1
PS4 1
Apple II E 1
C64 1
Ohio Scientific 1
Xbox One 1
Amstrad CPC 1
Xbox 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Arcade 1
Zeebo 1
NES 1
Mega Drive 1
Android 1

Most common companies

11 bit studios11
Domark7
Valve6
Square Enix5
Sega3
Interplay3
Accolade3
Arcen Games3
Dreadlocks3
Microsoft Game Studios3
Plug In Digital3
Night Dive Studios3
Evolved Games3
Ubisoft3
Flying Wild Hog2