Franchises

Cooperative first-person shooter series from Valve (with Turtle Rock). Four survivors fight AI Director–driven Infected after a zombie outbreak across Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, and their free campaign DLC packs.

Dark fantasy action-adventure series set in Nosgoth, begun by Silicon Knights and Crystal Dynamics with Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996). Later Crystal Dynamics entries follow the vampire Kain and wraith Raziel through Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2, and Defiance, with Aspyr’s Soul Reaver remasters and Crystal Dynamics’ Defiance Remastered and Ascendance continuing the line.

Narrative adventure series published by Square Enix, created by Dontnod Entertainment and later continued by Deck Nine. It began with the five-episode Life Is Strange in 2015 and expanded through Before the Storm, Life Is Strange 2, True Colors, Double Exposure, Reunion, and related spin-offs.

Adeline Software’s action-adventure series starring Twinsen on the twin-sun planet Twinsun. Known in North America as Relentless: Twinsen’s Adventure and Twinsen’s Odyssey; includes DotEmu enhanced re-releases and the 2024 remake Twinsen’s Quest by Studio [2.21] and Microids.

Capcom third-person shooter series set on the frozen colony world E.D.N. III, where snow pirates fight Akrid and rival factions for thermal energy. It began with Lost Planet: Extreme Condition in 2006 and continued through Lost Planet 2, the Japan-only spin-off E.X. Troopers, and Lost Planet 3.