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* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has a Mana Meter based on Tension Points (TP), which are gained by [[CloseContactDangerBenefit grazing]] during the BulletHell pattern sequences or by setting your character to defend on their turn.

*** In addition to using mana or Energy depending on their spec, the Monks introduced in ''Mists of Pandaria'' use a dual resource called Chi. They can up to five Chi on their character at a time, which are green dots built by using certain abilities and must be spent to use more powerful abilities. They can have up to five Chi, and they drain while out of combat. It's used most often by Mistweaver Monks (standing in for Combo Points), but is available to all three specs in some capacity.

*** Introduced in ''Legion'', Demons Hunters use either Fury or Pain depending on their spec. Both are solely built up by using abilities, but differ slightly. Fury, used by Havoc Demon Hunters, is built quickly by their standard attacks and consumed in large chunks to use heavy damage abilities. Pain, used by Vengeance Demon Hunters, slowly generates over time from certain abilities, allowing their other skills to be meted out slower but more consistently.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' series has a mana meter for your supernatural powers. A percentage of your mana recovers over time when you spend it, and lower cost powers like Blink and Dark Vision are cheap enough that you can use them without draining your mana meter if you don't spam them. You can use consumables to recover lost mana. ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored|DeathOfTheOutsider}}'' does this differently; your mana bar has three segments and there are no consumables that restore mana, but your entire meter fills up over time.

[[caption-width-right:209:A minty metric measuring magical might.]]

%%Also, this page's examples section is sorted alphabetically. It would be lovely if you'd maintain this when adding new examples, thanks.

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Blue: Mana Meter]]

* In ''Comicbook/{{Spawn}}'', the eponymous antihero has a limited amount of time he can use necroplasm, the source of his hellspawn powers. This limitation is shown through a gauge that starts at [9:9:9:9] and decreases whenever he uses his magical powers. In a way, his necroplasm counter [[CastFromHP also functions as a]] LifeMeter, since Spawn's soul would be condemned to return to Hell forevermore if the gauge reaches zero.

In colour-coded games, this meter is most often [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience blue]], as a handy contrast to the LifeMeter, which is most often red or green (or green that turns red when low on health). Whether the Mana Meter recovers on its own, or needs to be replenished by items, is much more variable than it is for the LifeMeter or the SprintMeter.

* The blue EVE gauge in the first two ''VideoGame/BioShock'' games, where you need EVE in-order to use Plasmids. ''Videogame/BioShockInfinite'' has its equivalent in the Salts gauge to use Vigors.

* The blue EVE gauge in the first two ''VideoGame/BioShock'' games, where you need EVE in-order to use Plasmids.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsZeroPointTwoBirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage'', and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' use an old fashioned MP gauge used for Magic and (barring ''KHII'' and ''0.2'') Summons. ''KHII'' also includes a Drive Gauge that allows Sora to transform into powerful forms and use Summons, and ''0.2'' and ''KHIII'' bring back the Focus gauge for Shotlocks.

* There's a blue meter for your spells in ''VideoGame/OverlordI''.

*** Most damage-dealing casters have a big bar and very good regeneration, leaving them with few worries about filling it. Arcane mages stand in a separate niche among them - unlike others who regenerate it passively, they consume it much faster and actively use special regeneration spells to restore it. Failure to hold back on nuking may result in running dry before their refills are ready and being forced to do minimal damage for a time.

** Other classes have differently named and looking resource bars that fulfil the same function:
*** Warriors and Guardian Druids utilise Rage mechanic, a red bar that fills as they deal or take damage. It has a cap of 100 or 120 and their skills usually cost a hefty chunk of it, sometimes emptying it out entirely and dealing more damage the more full it was. It also slowly drains out of combat and thus warriors typically move from one monster to another in a hurry, unleashing the stored up rage on the new target before it vanishes.
*** Rogues, Feral Druids, and Windwalker Monks use Energy, a yellow bar that refills fast by itself and limits them from spamming attacks at high speed. Rogues and Druids use Combo Points and Monks use Chi, which are functionally identical - they're accumulated as red dots on their current target and allow them to unleash powerful finishers.
*** Introduced in ''Wrath of the Lich King'' Death Knights use a double-type resource system: they had six runes, two of each type of Unholy, Blood and Frost and a light blue Rune Power bar. A portion of their skills cost specific runes to use, which then refill themselves - and activation of runes gives them rune power to be used on other skills. Similar to warriors, rune power drains out of combat.
*** As of ''Cataclysm'' expansion, Hunters have switched from mana bar to an orange Focus bar. It's similar to Energy, but it refills much slower and can be quickly restored with use of certain abilities.

* ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventure'': A bar below Colgate's LifeMeter, that fills up with blue as she gains {{Mana}}.
* ''VideoGame/OkikuStarApprentice'': Shown in the battle screens and menus, depicted by an dark blue to light blue bar from left to right, going black as it depletes from right to left. Shows {{Mana}} as Current / Max.
* ''VideoGame/EternalSenia1'': A blue bar at the top left of the screen.
* ''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain'': It's displayed below Senia's skills and is divided into 2 10-point segments. It's refilled by attacking with Senia's normal slashes. An additional 10-point segment can be added with the Eternal Mana rune equipped.

** The Sora of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' simply has the old fashioned MP gauge used for Magic and Summons. ''KHII'' also includes a Drive Gauge that allows Sora to transform into powerful forms, and ''KHIII'' brings back the Focus gauge for Shotlocks.
** However, there are no meters in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', as it uses a VancianMagic system where you slot spells in.

** ''coded'' and "Re:coded" have a Debug gauge, and a Clock gauge. The Debug gauge essentially functions the same as the original MP gauge, for triggering special abilities and magics. Re:coded's Clock gauge simply buffs Sora with helpful status effects whenever it fills, culminating in a Finish attack.

This does not necessarily need to be magical in nature. It can represent an auxiliary power reserve, or other quantity that must be recovered between uses of a special ability. Sometimes it's a catchall, and KiAttacks, PsychicPowers, FunctionalMagic, or even {{Wave Motion Gun}}s all drain the same [[{{mana}} "stuff"]].

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' gives players both an MP meter for magic and a meter for "Tactical Points", or TP, which has a fixed maximum value of 1000 and is used by physical combat classes (although it will be removed in the expansion "Shadowbringers"). Meanwhile, [[RedMage Red Mages]] have a secondary mana meter for their unique abilities: casting white or black magic will lead to an accumulation of white or black mana (with non-elemental spells increasing both incrementally) which can be used to strengthen their melee combo attacks. If there is a large imbalance of their accumulated mana, however, it will become harder to build up whichever mana gauge is lower until balance is restored.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', [[NoNameGiven the Hero]] from ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter unlike other spellcasters in the Smash Bros series]], has a limited MP gauge to cast spells. He can recharge it by attacking, and it slowly fills up on his own, but the Hero still has to be careful not to spend all his MP when he might be needing to use a recovery move.

* VideoGame/{{Enigmata}}'' has the energy meter that is consumed for your special abilities.

** ''Blood Omen'' also put an interesting spin on the RespawningEnemies trope, by making the indoor NPCs respawn as ghosts, whose attacks only affect your mana instead of [=HP=]. On the contrary, consuming their now-blue blood replenishes it.

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%% * ''VideoGame/DragonRage's'' Cael Cyndar has a real interesting one, instead of it being a actual meter his {{Mana}} is represented by a bunch of particles swirling around a gem.
* Units in ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' have "energy meters" that can indicate either the unit's remaining energy reserve (Terrans), psionic power (the Protoss) or bioweapons (the Zerg). They are depleted as that unit's special abilities are used and recover with time (with the exception of several zerg units that can restore their energy by consuming another friendly unit). This system can lead to some weirdness when the terran [=EMP=] drains psionic power and bioweapons in addition to energy and shields, [[GamePlayAndStorySegregation but that's game balance for you]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', mana is used as a PowerLimiter for various items (usually taking the form of magic tomes or wands for flavour) that would be otherwise overpowered without a casting cap. You start with a very small amount, and are required to gather 5 fallen stars to craft into a mana crystal which expands it by 20 points. A player can also expand it by equipping certain accessories and armor which increase it until taken off.

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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has quite a bit of variants.
** First is the classic blue mana bar. It used to grow with increase of Intellect stat, but as of ''Mists of Pandaria'' it has been standardised to level and specialisation. However, while the bar remains the same, different classes use it differently
*** Most damage-dealing casters have a big bar and very good regeneration, leaving them with few worries about filling it. Arcane mages stand in a separate niche among them - unlike others who regenerate it passively, they consume it much faster and actively use special regeneration spells to restore it. Failure to hold back on nuking may result in running dry before their refills are ready and being forced to do minimal damage for a time.
*** The healers typically are more involved with their meters than casters - they obtain regeneration from stats on their gear rather than passive abilities and running dry is a constant threat. Thus they have to balance the heals they dish out to both keep everybody alive and to not run out of mana before the fight is over.
*** Mana-using melee classes, such as paladins and enhancement shamans, have a much shorter mana bar and their abilities tend to take solid chunks out of it with every use - however, their regeneration refills them just as fast. They tend to not run out doing their usual damage rotation, but will run out fast if the situation forces them to throw out some heals. Paladins also have a separate "Holy Power" bar which is accumulated via use of select abilities and can be used on powerful effects or free heals.
** Other classes have differently named and looking resource bars that fulfil the same function:
*** Warriors and Guardian Druids utilise Rage mechanic, a red bar that fills as they deal or take damage. It has a cap of 100 or 120 and their skills usually cost a hefty chunk of it, sometimes emptying it out entirely and dealing more damage the more full it was. It also slowly drains out of combat and thus warriors typically move from one monster to another in a hurry, unleashing the stored up rage on the new target before it vanishes.
*** Rogues, Feral Druids, and Windwalker Monks use Energy, a yellow bar that refills fast by itself and limits them from spamming attacks at high speed. Rogues and Druids use Combo Points and Monks use Chi, which are functionally identical - they're accumulated as red dots on their current target and allow them to unleash powerful finishers.
*** Introduced in ''Wrath of the Lich King'' Death Knights use a double-type resource system: they had six runes, two of each type of Unholy, Blood and Frost and a light blue Rune Power bar. A portion of their skills cost specific runes to use, which then refill themselves - and activation of runes gives them rune power to be used on other skills. Similar to warriors, rune power drains out of combat.
*** As of ''Cataclysm'' expansion, Hunters have switched from mana bar to an orange Focus bar. It's similar to Energy, but it refills much slower and can be quickly restored with use of certain abilities.
*** Introduced in ''Legion'', Demons Hunters use either Fury or Pain depending on their spec. Both are solely built up by using abilities, but differ slightly. Fury, used by Havoc Demon Hunters, is built quickly by their standard attacks and consumed in large chunks to use heavy damage abilities. Pain, used by Vengeance Demon Hunters, slowly generates over time from certain abilities, allowing their other skills to be meted out slower but more consistently.
%%* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' uses round glassy "vessels", whose level of fullness varies. In ''[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Diablo II]]'', the mana orb is blue and held by a statue of an angel.
%%* In ''VideoGame/StarControl II'', spaceships in combat have battery meters, in red; many races have a special way of filling them, from the Pkunk's psychic insults to the Druuge's sacrifice of crew members.
%%* Both ''VideoGame/Rune Factory'' and its sequel fulfill this trope with a Rune Point meter. The RP meter is blue and the HP meter is green.

%%* Most ''Franchise/StarWars'' games have Force meters.
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* In the ''VideoGame/XWing'' series, all ships have a DeflectorShield meter, and every single laser has a {{Cooldown}} meter that slowly recharges after being used. The "mana meter" functionality comes from being able to consume the charge of these meters in order to pull off very fast evasive manuevers, whatever they are full or not.
* The blue EVE gauge in the first two ''VideoGame/BioShock'' games, where you need EVE in-order to use Plasmids.

%%** ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' makes use of a similar system, but uses it in a very different way.
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* The ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' series has unique takes on Mana Meters. For most games in the series, magic is described as PowersAsPrograms, with actual magic being a lost art in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'', and new spells being learned from using "Discs" starting with ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline''. Throughout the series, spells have been commonly referred to as "Techniques", and most early games thus referred to MP as "Technique Points", or TP. The aforementioned PSIV used charges for "real" magic, similar to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''. Starting with ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarUniverse'', TP was rebranded as "Photon Points", or PP, to account for the addition of non-tech classes' special attacks, known as "Photon Arts".
* Various ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games have green meters that are consumed when Link uses spells and magical items. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' uses instead a purple one that is consumed for most items, and regenerates over time.
* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' has Technical Points, which are consuming when using techniques. Although still technically a mana meter, ''Tales'' games by Team Destiny (''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'') get rid of Technical Points in favor of some other mechanic that usually regenerates whatever it is you need to do special attacks quickly.
* The ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series uses Magic Points for spell-casting. ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' introduces the unusual mechanic of being able to die from losing MP. With Physical attacks using HP and Magic attacks using MP, different attacks cause different amounts of damage to one of them, or to both. In essence, they function as two separate meters that both were a hybrid of HitPoints and Mana Meter. Note that this applies to both your party and enemies. This opens up things like seemingly tankish characters with high HP end up having low MP and therefore easier to kill with MP damage. And if you use certain skills (for instance, the Convert MP Damage or Convert HP Damage skills, which converts one damage type to the other, like 1 HP damage for 4 MP damage) can create really resistant characters - that BlackMagicianGirl Sophia can suddenly survive physical attacks because all the supposed HP damage is instead transferred to MP damage, ''and she has a lot of MP''.
%%* ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' has PSI meter.
* ''VideoGame/{{Brink}}'' gives each player a "Supplies" meter, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation an abstraction of your side's current logistical capabilities]]. The bar is divided into segments referred to as "Pips", one of each is consumed when the player uses a special ability. [[note]]The specific abilities can be either universal, such as grenades, or specific, such as [[InfiniteSupplies ammo resupplies]] or [[SentryGun Sentry Guns]].[[/note]] The default is three pips, but can be increased with upgrades to six; additionally, the team that owns the Supply Command Post gets one additional pip [[note]]Two pips if a friendly [[TheEngineer engineer]] upgraded the command post[[/note]] for every member, increasing the potential amount to eight. Also, soldiers can unlock an additional ability to scavenge Supplies from bodies.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has MP, which can be restored by resting, items, or certain familiars. If you're a caster, the game will call them "mana points", if you're a fighter-type, they'll be called "muscularity points", and if you're a rogue-type, they'll be "mojo points". Of course, everything that drains, restores or otherwise affects MP, does so in exactly the same way regardless of class.
* ''VideoGame/{{Arcanum}}'' borrows ''Diablo's'' liquid-filled vessels, with a unique twist on the local type of mana: It's called Fatigue and represents exactly that. In addition to being used for casting spells, it can be drained by carrying too much gear or getting hit with blunt weapons.
* ''[[Website/GaiaOnline zOMG!]]'' has a blue, battery-shaped Stamina meter next to the Health meter. Stamina is consumed when using rings. Like Health, you restore a certain amount of Stamina per tick, though you can increase the rate by kneeling (at the cost of tripling all damage received) or by using certain buffs. Certain power-ups also instantly restore a portion of your Health and Stamina. Unlike Health, your maximum Stamina never increases, nor can you reduce the Stamina cost of a ring.
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%%* ''VideoGame/LostMagic'' has a yellow bar that appears below Isaac's blue Health bar on his status screen. The rate at which it refills and the delay before it starts refilling are determined by the number of Mana Crystals on the map that are "pure" (captured by you).
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* The original ''VideoGame/{{Fable|I}}'' has the Will Gauge, which limits spellcasting for the player. The series foregoes this meter from ''VideoGame/FableII'' onwards, making magic, gunplay and swordplay being equally spammable.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' and the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' games have Flower Points, in keeping with the mushroom/flower/star theme usually seen in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, that are consumed when using special attacks and abilities. Uniquely, in ''Paper Mario'' FP [[BagOfSharing is shared among all characters]] rather than each having their own separate FP meter. The ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series use Bros. Points instead of Flower Points for the same purpose.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' has the Magicka meter, which is a mana meter in all but name, being consumed when using any kind of magical ability. There's also a [[SprintMeter Fatigue meter]] which is drained by various physical activities, such as running, jumping, and attacking.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}}'' and its sequel have a 'rage' meter which fills by attacking enemies using Raynes wrist blades. It is used to power 'bloodrage' and other attacks.

* The ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'' series, being heavily influenced by the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series, also features a mana bar in the first two installments, but changes up the name and function in ''III'', splitting it into the Focus bar and Power Orbs. Both are used for special attacks/abilities, but refilling them is no longer a matter of simply waiting or drinking a potion; to restore focus attacking and defeating enemies is required, and power is restored by using focus abilities, with certain talents and other abilities affecting the refill as well.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' uses Power Points, or [=PPs=], which indicate how many times a move can be used, with each move having its own PP. When depleted, they can be filled with an item, or by fully healing the Pokemon at a Pokemon Center.

* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' uses a magick meter for spells and it regenerates as you walk around or use items.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'' has a lot of different resources spread over the different types of classes. Mages, and a couple of hybrid classes, have Mana, which regenerates over time. Warriors, Rogues, and most of the {{Magic Knight}}s have Stamina, which also regenerates more slowly over time but is harder to restore otherwise. Psionic classes have Psi, which regenerates very slowly over time but can be gained quickly by using abilities that suck energy out of enemies. Corrupters have Vim, which does not regenerate over time but can be regained by killing creatures or from a few specific talents that all rely on enemies. Afflicted have Hate, which decreases over time, and can be gained by killing enemies or by being in a high-damage battle. Celestials have Positive and Negative, which both decrease over time but have talents whose cost to use is negative. Wilders have Equilibrium, which starts at 0 and increases with talent cost, and gives a chance of failure to associated talents once it gets high enough. Chronomancers have Paradox, which works similarly, but high Paradox increases the power of your abilities and also has a chance of causing random unintended effects or just backfiring on the caster.

* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures''
** The Staff Energy Meter indicates how much energy Fox has available for the Staff Powers. It is refilled by collecting Magic Gems, and it has three upgrades that can be found in the world.
** Tricky has a meter that tells how many Grubtubs' worth of energy he has available for the Sidekick Skills that require it. It is refilled by feeding him Grubtubs.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bioforge}}'': The {{cyborg}} character's battery meter is used to regenerate health and to power their built-in gun.
* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' uses a meter to power the characters' {{Special Attack}}s. Taunting can be used to drop the opponent's meter, and it can be rapidly build it up by stopping and focusing the character's Ki.
* The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series adopted the Super Meter in ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterII Turbo'', which increases by throwing attacks, and by inflicting and taking damage. In its original form, filling it allows the player to pull off a [[LimitBreak Super Move]], and later games in the series added the ability to pull off powered-up EX maneuvers that only partially drain the meter.

* Most games in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series have an EN bar, which is usually reserved for energy attacks, energy shields, and significantly-powerful melee attacks or {{Limit Break}}s. Moving while flying also reduces EN by 2 per tile. Missiles, guns, and other ammunition-based weapons usually have their own separate ammo counts, as do AlphaStrike-style attacks.
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'', instead of the usual EN bar, all [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Deus Machina]] have an MP bar instead. It has a variety of quirks, such as scaling up through leveling skills rather than upgrades.
** Then there's Spirit Points or SP. This one is tied to the pilot and co-pilot. SP is consumed whenever you use Spirit Commands that buff you or your allies, debuff your enemies, or some unique commands like [[SelfDestructMechanism Self Destruct]].
* In ''VideoGame/VampiresDawn'', mana is represented by the vampires' blood. Casting spells costs blood points, and if they suck an enemy for blood their mana meter fills up accordingly. If their mana/blood points fall below a certain percentage they will go berserk.
* The Vibe Gauge in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' dictates how much the titular character can use her 4 vibe powers: [[BlowYouAway Joy]] (which comes with VideoGameFlight), [[PlayingWithFire Rage]] (which comes with a strong stomp), [[MakingASplash Gloom]] (which comes with SuperSpeed), and [[HealingFactor Calm]] (which comes with nothing).
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' has this for [[SpecialAttack Sosetsitsu moves]].
* In both ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' and ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' below the health-bar is the yellow focus bar. How full it is shows how many more focused moves, moves that are faster and harder than regular ones, can be pulled off.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', the Inklings's Ink Gauge functions like a mana meter more than like an "ammo" counter. Firing or using the main weapon consumes ink; different weapons consume ink at different rates, with weapons with more punch to them generally eating through it way faster. The gauge is also used for sub weapons, which they consume a significant part of when thrown or used, from about a third of the gauge to the whole thing depending on the weapon. Ink is refilled by having the Inkling swim in their own ink as a squid, slowly over time by simply not firing, or filled immediately when triggering a [[LimitBreak special weapon]].
* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', while most spellcasting classes used VancianMagic and spell slots, psionic classes used something called Power Points, which acted something like a Mana Meter. You'd use however many points based on the level of the spell you were casting.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has a unique variation of this in the form of "Bravery". Landing Bravery Attacks reduces the opponent's Bravery while adding to the attacker's, while landing HP Attacks inflicts damage to the opponent's LifeMeter equivalent to their current Bravery count. After landing an HP attack, the attacker's Bravery is reduced to 0 and gradually returns to its default value (the speed at which it recovers decreasing the more Bravery they had when landing the HP Attack). If a fighter's Bravery is reduced to below zero, they are put into a state of "Break", where they are unable to inflict any HP damage until their Bravery returns to its default value.
* In ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'' using psionic talents consumes "power points", making the mechanic similar to casting spells from a mana pool.
* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' uses Parasite Energy or PE, which serves as power source for Aya's abilities. Aya's PE recharges over time during battle, but the more often she uses her abilities in the current fight, the slower her PE refills unless you swap armor. ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'' uses a more traditional MP system where each ability has a cost associated with it and said MP can only be restored through items, certain armor, or after certain events.
* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series has become rather infamous for gratuitously littering the screen with all sorts of gauges all over the place.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' all feature the most straightforward example of them all: An old fashioned MP gauge used for Magic and Summons. ''KHII'' also includes a Drive Gauge that allows Sora to transform into powerful forms, and ''KHIII'' brings back the Focus gauge for Shotlocks.
** Completed averted in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' - there are absolutely no additional UI bars in this game save for your HP, and enemy HP. Somewhat tweaked in ''Re:Chain of Memories'' in that Riku's DP system is re-designed with a gauge, though functions the same as the GBA game.
** Once more averted in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' - The game uses a VancianMagic system where you slot in .
** ''coded'' and "Re:coded" have a Debug gauge, and a Clock gauge. The Debug gauge essentially functions the same as the original MP gauge, for triggering special abilities and magics. Re:coded's Clock gauge simply buffs Sora with helpful status effects whenever it fills, culminating in a Finish attack.
** Taken to its absolute logical extreme in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', where you have ''three'' gauges to keep track of aside from your HP. First is the Focus gauge, for your Shotlock attacks. The second is a D-Link gauge, for your D-Link abilities, and the last is the Command gauges, for Finishes and Command Styles. Factor in the fact that every Command Style has its own unique gauge, and that deck commands are in and of themselves gauges, ''BBS'' takes it UpToEleven.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' scales things down a notch. The deck commands are back, but gone is the rest. All you have are your Dream Eater Link gauges (found under their own tiny UI's), and a rather humongous Drop gauge which is nothing more than a fancy looking timer.
* ''VideoGame/{{Nihilumbra}}'': Determines how much more color you can put down, and it's shared by all five colors.

* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' plays around with its resource system quite a bit. Most heroes have mana, but very few are expected to run out in anything less than several prolonged fights. There's a handful of heroes who use nonstandard resources, like Chen's brew or Sonya's fury. Many heroes have no resource at all, or a non-resource stat taking the place of the resource bar (such as Fenix's DeflectorShields or D.Va's Self Destruct charge). It's one of the mechanics making it such a fast-paced MOBA.