RPG
The most iconic twist in video game history originates from this game, the origin of the second-most successful video game franchise.
Pokemon Red and Blue
First an old story of an eldrich being, turned creepypasta, turned video game where you try in vain to collect eight pages.
Slender
Dead or Alive
Bethesda's most successful work sees you take the mantle of the Dragonborn, though a sequel is still nowhere to be found 15 years later.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Tetris
One game before a One-Winged Angel hit the scene, this Square Enix game is widely acclaimed for having arguably the best villain in the franchise.
Final Fantasy VI
Despite it seeming to be a visual novel, one iconic moment turned this into one of the most memed horror games.
Doki Doki Literature Club
The best selling fighting game of all time, this fighter redefined the genre and is widely regarded as one of the most influential video games of all time.
Street Fighter II
One year in development and three days of gameplay is all you need to follow one of the most beloved video games ever made.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Super Mario Bros. 2 was a reskin of this game, which never found its way out of Japan.
The mustachiod plumber sees himself going through a pit of 100 trials, Murder on the Oriest Express and competing in a wrestling federation in this adventure.
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Jokingly referred to as the best TellTale game, this interactive drama puts you into a Wendigo-led slasher flick where you are in control of the fates of the characters.
Until Dawn
One of Nintendo's biggest cash-cows, this entry has maintained relevance for its firm entrenchment in the competitive fighting game scene.
This installment of Infinity Ward's most iconic shooter was the first to introduce staples of the series like an overarching story and multiplayer, though it's iconic status is arguably overshadowed by its sequel.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Pizza Time.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Despite being a spinoff, this series would dwarf its predecessor, a fact that became undeniable when one of it's protagonists became a fighter in Smash Bros.
Xenoblade Chronicles
Stuck in a school and trying to get to eating practice, the scariest part of collecting the notebooks and evading your abusive teacher is having to do math.
Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning
This is one of two games responsible for establishing the ESRB rating system, no doubt due to it's overly bloody and gory mechanics.
Mortal Kombat
Bioware's four-game RPG takes you into outer space in war against the Reapers, though the acclaimed trilogy's ending left a lot to be desired.
Mass Effect
This visual novel murder has a surprising amount of gameplay to it, with it being a murder mystery that has its primary source of gameplay in the trials.
Ace Attorney
A Square Enix franchise that centers around an unprecedented eight protagonists.
Octopath Traveler
James Sunderland searches for his wife in the foggy and desolate Maine in arguably the most acclaimed horror game ever made.
Silent Hill 2
A spinoff of a spinoff, this game is a crossover fighter utilizing characters entirely within its own franchise, and if it couldn't get more convoluted, would even receive a remake.
Persona 4 Arena
The sister-series to Castlevania when it came to establishing a style of gameplay that is focused on nonlinear progression and exploration of a large world, with progression gated by needing new abilities or items.
Metroid
This video game adaptation of a Steven Spielburg movie was such a colossal failure, it is rumored that nearly a million cartridges of it were buried in a landfill in New Mexico.
E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial