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All 618 games
Every title in the dataset, from Spacewar! to the present. Games marked with a first are credited with introducing at least one mechanic to the medium.
The 40 most inventive titles in the dataset
Ranked by how many mechanics are first recorded in them. This is a measure of what the data credits, not a ranking of quality.
1960s 1 games
1970s 8 games
1980s 72 games
Adventure 1980Battlezone 1980Defender 1980Missile Command 1980Pac-Man 1980Rogue 1980Zork I 1980Castle Wolfenstein 1981Centipede 1981Donkey Kong 1981Frogger 1981Galaga 1981Tempest 1981Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness 1981Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 1981Dig Dug 1982Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 1982Moon Patrol 1982Pitfall! 1982Pole Position 1982Q*bert 1982River Raid 1982Robotron: 2084 1982Zaxxon 1982Dragon's Lair 1983Lode Runner 1983Ultima III: Exodus 1983Elite 1984Excitebike 1984Karateka 1984King's Quest 1984Marble Madness 1984Pitfall II: Lost Caverns 1984Spy vs Spy 1984Tetris 1984Gauntlet 1985Gradius 1985Space Harrier 1985Super Mario Bros. 1985The Bard's Tale 1985The Oregon Trail 1985Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985Castlevania 1986Dragon Quest 1986Habitat 1986Kid Icarus 1986Metroid 1986Might and Magic: Book One 1986OutRun 1986The Legend of Zelda 1986Contra 1987Double Dragon 1987Final Fantasy 1987Maniac Mansion 1987Mega Man 1987Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! 1987Phantasy Star 1987R-Type 1987Sid Meier's Pirates! 1987Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 1987Dragon Quest III 1988Mega Man 2 1988Ninja Gaiden 1988Pool of Radiance 1988Super Mario Bros. 2 1988Super Mario Bros. 3 1988Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny 1988Wasteland 1988Final Fight 1989Populous 1989Prince of Persia 1989SimCity 1989
1990s 135 games
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons 1990F-Zero 1990Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light 1990Super Mario World 1990The Secret of Monkey Island 1990Wing Commander 1990Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 1990Another World 1991Catacomb 3-D 1991Final Fantasy IV 1991Lemmings 1991Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1991Puyo Puyo 1991Sid Meier's Civilization 1991Sonic the Hedgehog 1991Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 1991The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991Alone in the Dark 1992Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty 1992Flashback 1992Mortal Kombat 1992Night Trap 1992Shining Force 1992Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1992Star Control II 1992Streets of Rage 2 1992Super Mario Kart 1992Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss 1992Ultima VII: The Black Gate 1992Virtua Racing 1992Wolfenstein 3D 1992Day of the Tentacle 1993Doom 1993Kirby's Adventure 1993Madden NFL '94 1993Master of Orion 1993Myst 1993NBA Jam 1993NHL '94 1993Phantasy Star IV 1993Ridge Racer 1993Samurai Shodown 1993Secret of Mana 1993SimCity 2000 1993Star Fox 1993Star Wars: X-Wing 1993The 7th Guest 1993Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds 1993Virtua Fighter 1993Donkey Kong Country 1994Doom II 1994EarthBound 1994Final Fantasy VI 1994Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem 1994Heretic 1994King's Field 1994Sonic the Hedgehog 3 1994Star Wars: TIE Fighter 1994Super Metroid 1994Super Street Fighter II Turbo 1994System Shock 1994Tekken 1994The King of Fighters '94 1994Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger 1994X-COM: UFO Defense 1994Chrono Trigger 1995Command & Conquer 1995Suikoden 1995Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1995Civilization II 1996Command & Conquer: Red Alert 1996Crash Bandicoot 1996Diablo 1996Duke Nukem 3D 1996Harvest Moon 1996Mario Kart 64 1996PaRappa the Rapper 1996Pokémon Red and Blue 1996Quake 1996Resident Evil 1996Super Mario 64 1996Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 1996The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall 1996Tomb Raider 1996Age of Empires 1997Bushido Blade 1997Fallout 1997Final Fantasy Tactics 1997Final Fantasy VII 1997GoldenEye 007 1997Gran Turismo 1997Grand Theft Auto 1997Quake II 1997Star Fox 64 1997Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II 1997Street Fighter III: New Generation 1997Total Annihilation 1997Ultima Online 1997Baldur's Gate 1998Banjo-Kazooie 1998Dance Dance Revolution 1998Fallout 2 1998GuitarFreaks 1998Half-Life 1998Jurassic Park: Trespasser 1998Metal Gear Solid 1998Resident Evil 2 1998Sonic Adventure 1998Spyro the Dragon 1998StarCraft 1998The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998Thief: The Dark Project 1998Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 1998Unreal 1998Xenogears 1998Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 1999Chrono Cross 1999Counter-Strike 1999Crazy Taxi 1999EverQuest 1999Final Fantasy VIII 1999Heroes of Might and Magic III 1999Homeworld 1999Planescape: Torment 1999Pokémon Gold and Silver 1999Quake III Arena 1999RollerCoaster Tycoon 1999Shenmue 1999Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri 1999Silent Hill 1999Super Smash Bros. 1999Team Fortress Classic 1999Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1999Unreal Tournament 1999Vib-Ribbon 1999
2000s 162 games
Alien Resurrection 2000Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 2000Deus Ex 2000Diablo II 2000Europa Universalis 2000Jet Set Radio 2000Paper Mario 2000Perfect Dark 2000The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000The Sims 2000Thief II: The Metal Age 2000Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 2000Vagrant Story 2000Advance Wars 2001Animal Crossing 2001Black & White 2001Dark Age of Camelot 2001Devil May Cry 2001Final Fantasy X 2001Frequency 2001Golden Sun 2001Gothic 2001Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec 2001Grand Theft Auto III 2001Halo: Combat Evolved 2001Ico 2001Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy 2001Max Payne 2001Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 2001Pikmin 2001Red Faction 2001Rez 2001RuneScape 2001Shenmue II 2001Silent Hill 2 2001Super Smash Bros. Melee 2001Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2001Battlefield 1942 2002Final Fantasy XI 2002Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 2002Medal of Honor: Allied Assault 2002Metroid Prime 2002Neverwinter Nights 2002Ratchet & Clank 2002The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2002Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2002Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 2002Beyond Good & Evil 2003Call of Duty 2003Defense of the Ancients 2003Deus Ex: Invisible War 2003Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 2003Drakengard 2003EVE Online 2003kill.switch 2003MapleStory 2003Need for Speed: Underground 2003Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2003Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne 2003Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003Burnout 3: Takedown 2004City of Heroes 2004Counter-Strike: Source 2004Doom 3 2004Far Cry 2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004Half-Life 2 2004Halo 2 2004Katamari Damacy 2004Rome: Total War 2004Spider-Man 2 2004Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 2004Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2004World of Warcraft 2004Brain Age 2005Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening 2005God of War 2005Guitar Hero 2005Ninja Gaiden Black 2005Nintendogs 2005Perfect Dark Zero 2005Resident Evil 4 2005Shadow of the Colossus 2005Dwarf Fortress 2006Final Fantasy XII 2006Gears of War 2006Hitman: Blood Money 2006New Super Mario Bros. 2006Okami 2006Persona 3 2006Pokemon Diamond and Pearl 2006Resistance: Fall of Man 2006Roblox 2006The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2006The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006Wii Sports 2006Assassin's Creed 2007BioShock 2007Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007Crackdown 2007Crysis 2007God of War II 2007Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2007Half-Life 2: Episode Two 2007Halo 3 2007Mass Effect 2007Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 2007Penumbra: Overture 2007Portal 2007Professor Layton and the Curious Village 2007Rock Band 2007S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 2007Super Mario Galaxy 2007Team Fortress 2 2007The Witcher 2007Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 2007Wii Fit 2007Braid 2008Call of Duty: World at War 2008Dead Space 2008Fallout 3 2008Far Cry 2 2008Gears of War 2 2008Grand Theft Auto IV 2008Left 4 Dead 2008LittleBigPlanet 2008Mario Kart Wii 2008Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 2008Mirror's Edge 2008Monster Hunter Freedom Unite 2008Persona 4 2008Rhythm Heaven 2008Saints Row 2 2008Spelunky 2008Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars 2008World of Goo 2008Angry Birds 2009ARMA 2 2009Assassin's Creed II 2009Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009Bayonetta 2009Borderlands 2009Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2009Demon's Souls 2009DJ Hero 2009Dragon Age: Origins 2009Final Fantasy XIII 2009Flower 2009Halo 3: ODST 2009inFAMOUS 2009Infiniminer 2009Just Dance 2009Killzone 2 2009League of Legends 2009Left 4 Dead 2 2009Minecraft 2009Prototype 2009Resident Evil 5 2009Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 2009
2010s 169 games
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010Battlefield: Bad Company 2 2010Call of Duty: Black Ops 2010Dance Central 2010Fallout: New Vegas 2010God of War III 2010Halo: Reach 2010Just Cause 2 2010Kinect Adventures! 2010Limbo 2010Mass Effect 2 2010Metro 2033 2010NieR 2010Pokemon Black and White 2010Red Dead Redemption 2010Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010Super Meat Boy 2010VVVVVV 2010World of Tanks 2010Xenoblade Chronicles 2010Bastion 2011Batman: Arkham City 2011Battlefield 3 2011Dark Souls 2011Dead Space 2 2011Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2011Kerbal Space Program 2011L.A. Noire 2011Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 2011Portal 2 2011Saints Row: The Third 2011Temple Run 2011Terraria 2011The Binding of Isaac 2011The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2011The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 2011Animal Crossing: New Leaf 2012Borderlands 2 2012Candy Crush Saga 2012Clash of Clans 2012DayZ 2012Dear Esther 2012Dishonored 2012Dragon's Dogma 2012Far Cry 3 2012Fez 2012Fire Emblem: Awakening 2012FTL: Faster Than Light 2012Halo 4 2012Hotline Miami 2012Journey 2012Mass Effect 3 2012PlanetSide 2 2012Prison Architect 2012Sleeping Dogs 2012Slender: The Eight Pages 2012Thomas Was Alone 2012Antichamber 2013Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 2013BeamNG.drive 2013BioShock Infinite 2013Don't Starve 2013Dota 2 2013Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 2013Flappy Bird 2013Gone Home 2013Grand Theft Auto V 2013Ingress 2013Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 2013Monster Hunter 4 2013Outlast 2013Papers, Please 2013Risk of Rain 2013Rogue Legacy 2013Rust 2013Super Mario 3D World 2013The Last of Us 2013The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 2013The Stanley Parable 2013Warframe 2013Alien: Isolation 2014Banished 2014Dark Souls II 2014Destiny 2014Hearthstone 2014Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 2014Monument Valley 2014Shovel Knight 2014Smite 2014Thief 2014This War of Mine 2014Threes! 2014Titanfall 2014Transistor 2014Watch Dogs 2014Bloodborne 2015Cities: Skylines 2015Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015Fallout 4 2015Ori and the Blind Forest 2015Pillars of Eternity 2015Rocket League 2015Splatoon 2015The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015Undertale 2015Clash Royale 2016Dark Souls III 2016Dead by Daylight 2016Dishonored 2 2016Firewatch 2016Inside 2016No Man's Sky 2016Overwatch 2016Persona 5 2016Pokémon GO 2016Stardew Valley 2016Superhot 2016The Witness 2016Titanfall 2 2016Cuphead 2017Destiny 2 2017Divinity: Original Sin 2 2017Escape from Tarkov 2017Fortnite Battle Royale 2017Hollow Knight 2017Horizon Zero Dawn 2017Nioh 2017Prey 2017PUBG: Battlegrounds 2017Rain World 2017Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017Slay the Spire 2017Super Mario Odyssey 2017The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017What Remains of Edith Finch 2017Among Us 2018Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2018Beat Saber 2018Celeste 2018Dead Cells 2018Deltarune 2018Frostpunk 2018God of War 2018Into the Breach 2018Marvel's Spider-Man 2018Monster Hunter: World 2018Red Dead Redemption 2 2018RimWorld 2018Sea of Thieves 2018Subnautica 2018Apex Legends 2019Baba Is You 2019Blasphemous 2019Control 2019Death Stranding 2019Disco Elysium 2019Dota Auto Chess 2019Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers 2019Fire Emblem: Three Houses 2019Hunt: Showdown 2019Outer Wilds 2019Oxygen Not Included 2019Persona 5 Royal 2019Pokémon Sword and Shield 2019Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2019Teamfight Tactics 2019Untitled Goose Game 2019
2020s 71 games
Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2020Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2020Call of Duty: Warzone 2020Cyberpunk 2077 2020Deep Rock Galactic 2020Factorio 2020Fall Guys 2020Final Fantasy VII Remake 2020Genshin Impact 2020Ghost of Tsushima 2020Hades 2020Half-Life: Alyx 2020Journey to the Savage Planet 2020League of Legends: Wild Rift 2020Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020Noita 2020Phasmophobia 2020The Last of Us Part II 2020Valorant 2020Deathloop 2021Dyson Sphere Program 2021Metroid Dread 2021Monster Hunter Rise 2021Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous 2021Resident Evil Village 2021Returnal 2021Sable 2021Valheim 2021Elden Ring 2022God of War Ragnarök 2022Horizon Forbidden West 2022Overwatch 2 2022Pokémon Legends: Arceus 2022Pokémon Scarlet and Violet 2022Splatoon 3 2022Tunic 2022Vampire Survivors 2022Xenoblade Chronicles 3 2022Alan Wake 2 2023Baldur's Gate 3 2023Chants of Sennaar 2023Cocoon 2023Dave the Diver 2023Diablo IV 2023Final Fantasy XVI 2023Honkai: Star Rail 2023Lethal Company 2023Lies of P 2023Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2023Remnant II 2023Resident Evil 4 2023Starfield 2023Super Mario Bros. Wonder 2023The Finals 2023The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 2023Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty 2023Animal Well 2024Balatro 2024Caves of Qud 2024Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 2024Helldivers 2 2024Last Epoch 2024Manor Lords 2024Marvel Rivals 2024Palworld 2024Satisfactory 2024Silent Hill 2 2024Blue Prince 2025Hades II 2025Hollow Knight: Silksong 2025Monster Hunter Wilds 2025